Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty - Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2000-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, control of State aid

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2000/C 252/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Duration: Three years

Member State: Italy (Toscana)

Aid No: N 679/99

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Title: Aids for the improvement of
livestock

the genetic quality of

Objective: Improvement of the genetic quality of livestock

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Legal basis: Legge regionale 14.1.1998, n. 1

Member State: Belgium (Vlaanderen)

Budget: Variable, yearly allocation

Aid No: N 84/2000

Duration: Indefinite

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Title: State aid for PCB-tests for manure

Budget: BEF 2 250 000 (EUR 55 000)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

http://europa.eu.int/comm/sg/sgb/state_aids

Duration: One-off

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Italy (Lazio)

Aid No: N 696/99

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Title: Three-year agricultural research programme (cid:151) Article
94 of Regional Law No 6/1999

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: N 99/2000

Objective: Horizontal assistance to implement the guidelines
on agricultural research and experimentation policy in the
Lazio multiannual
and agri-industrial development
programme (1999-2003)

rural

Title: Aid towards the costs of checks on PDO and PGI
products

Objective: See title

Legal basis:

(1) Istituzione del fondo speciale per la ricerca e la sperimen-
tazione agricola, agroambientale, agroalimentare ed agroin-
dustriale.

Legal basis: Allegato alla deliberazione 22 dicembre 1999, n.
47309 Criteri e modalit(cid:224) per l’accesso ai contributi previsti
dall’azione 3 «Attivazione di un sistema di controllo sui pro-
dotti DOP e IGP riconosciuti ai sensi del regolamento (CEE) n.
2081/92»

Rif: art. 94 l.r. 7.6.1999 n. 6 «Disposizioni finanziarie per la
redazione del Bilancio finanziario della regione Lazio 1999»

Budget: Unspecified

Aid intensity or amount:

(2) Programma triennale di ricerca agricola, agroambientale,
agroalimentare ed agroindustriale della Regione Lazio
1999-2001 (PRAL).

Rif: Deliberazione della Giunta regionale del Lazio n. 5037
del 5 ottobre 1997

Budget: ITL 5 700 million (approximately EUR 2,5 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

(cid:151) 1st year: 100 %

(cid:151) 2nd year: 85 %

(cid:151) 3rd year: 70 %

(cid:151) 4th year: 55 %

(cid:151) 5th year: 40 %

(cid:151) 6th year: 25 %

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Duration: 31 December 2000

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Member State: Spain (Asturias)

Aid No: N 242/2000

Title: Aid to producer groups

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: France

Aid No: N 174/2000

Title: Measures to assist sheep farmers

Objective: To boost the sheep-farming sector

Budget:

(cid:151) technical support for sheep farmers:

EUR 3 811 000

(cid:151) genetic improvement of herds:

EUR 6 097 000

(cid:151) assistance towards investment in sheep farms:

EUR 8 384 000

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Objective: To improve the marketing of agricultural products
by means of start-up aid for producer groups

Legal basis: Proyecto de Resoluci(cid:243)n por la que se aprueban las
normas que regirÆn la concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas econ(cid:243)micas desti-
nadas a promover la constituci(cid:243)n y funcionamiento adminis-
trativo de las agrupaciones de productores y sus uniones para
el aæo 2000

Budget: ESP 20 million (EUR 120 202,42)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % in the first year, afterwards
reduced by 20 % per year

Duration: 2000

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Spain (Asturias)

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Aid No: N 243/2000

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 187/2000

Title: Compensation for storm damage in the forestry sector

Objective: To partially compensate for the damage to forest
land inflicted by the storm (cid:145)Lothar(cid:146) in December 1999

Legal basis: Grunds(cid:228)tze zur F(cid:246)rderung von Ma(cid:223)nahmen zur
Restrukturierung der durch den Orkan (cid:132)Lothar(cid:147) am 26.12.1999
gesch(cid:228)digten W(cid:228)lder in den Jahren 2000 bis 2002

Budget: Nationally financed

(cid:151) 2000: DEM 35 million

(cid:151) 2001: DEM 20 million

(cid:151) 2002: DEM 10 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable, maximally 85 % of eligible
costs

Duration: The measure will be valid until 2002

Title: Aid to purchase agricultural material

Objective: Promoting restocking and forestry work

Legal basis: Resoluci(cid:243)n por la que se aprueban las bases que
regirÆn la concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas para la adquisici(cid:243)n de maqui-
naria para las labores de repoblaci(cid:243)n y tratamientos silv(cid:237)colas

Budget: ESP 35 million (EUR 210 354,34)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 35 % of
volume

the investment

Duration: 2000

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/sg/sgb/state_aids

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

http://europa.eu.int/comm/sg/sgb/state_aids

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 303/2000

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Title: Contributions
affected by the dioxin crisis

to the compensation fund for

farms

Duration: One year

Objective: To compensate holdings affected by the dioxin
crisis

Legal basis:

Projet d’arrŒtØ royal relatif aux cotisations obligatoires dues par
le secteur de l’alimentation animale au Fonds pour l’indemni-
sation d’entreprises agricoles touchØes par la crise de la dioxine

Ontwerp van koninklijk besluit betreffende verplichte bijdragen
van de veevoedersector aan het Fonds voor de schadeloosstel-
ling van ondernemingen getroffen door de dioxinecrisis

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % where the aid is combined

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 339/2000

Title: Measures to assist the storage of potatoes produced in
1999

Objective: To keep up the market price of edible potatoes

Legal basis: Legge n. 610 del 14.8.1982, art. 1. Delibera CIPE
del 21.12.1999

Budget: ITL 4,5 billion

Aid intensity or amount: Max.
maximum of 4 months for storage. Max.
national unions of producers for services to AIMA

ITL 14/kg/month for a
ITL 4/kg to the

Other information: The products in question, although they
to the Treaty, are not covered by a
come under Annex I
the market. Therefore the Treaty
common organisation of
to
does not permit
national aid in the sector concerned

the Commission to raise objections

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 1.8.2000

Member State: Spain (Valencia)

Aid No: N 570/99

Title: Aid to stockfarming

Objective: To carry out
programmes on farms

investments and quality control

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden por la que se establecen ayudas
a inversiones y programas de control de calidad desarrollados
en explotaciones ganaderas

Budget: ESP11 000 million (EUR 66,14 million),
Community funding under the EAGGF Guidance section

including

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Duration: Until 2006

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/sg/sgb/state_aids