Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2001-01-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, European Commission, State aid, application of EU law, 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

(2001/C 27/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 122/2000

Title: Aid to ecological farming

Objective: The notified measure
a nationally
financed temporary aid to farmers who did not apply for aid
within the time limit

concerns

Legal basis: Bekendtgłrelse nr. 881 af 11. december 1998 om
tilskud
senere
(cid:230)ndringer

jordbrugsproduktion med

łkologisk

til

Member State: Italy (Valle d’Aosta)

Aid No: N 357/2000

Title: Aid for checks on products with a protected designation
of origin (PDO)/protected geographical indication (PGI)

Objective: See title

Legal basis: Disegno di legge regionale n. 80 «Disposizioni in
materia di indicazioni geografiche protette e di denominazioni
d’origine protette»

Budget: DKR 2 000 000 (EUR 270 000)

Budget:

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: One year

(cid:151) ITL 10 000 000 (EUR 5 164,57) in 2000

(cid:151) ITL 110 000 000 (EUR 56 810,26) in 2001

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

(cid:151) EUR 56 800 from 2002

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

Aid intensity or amount:

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Italy (Emilia Romagna)

Aid No: N 171/2000

Title: Producer organisations and interbranch organisations in
the food sector

Objective: To support producer organisations and interbranch
organisations in the region

Legal basis: Legge regionale 29 febbraio 2000 n. 224/2000
«Disciplina delle organizzazioni di produttori e delle organiz-
zazioni interprofessionali per i prodotti alimentari»

(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: 20 %

Duration: Six years

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

Budget: ITL 2 billion (approximately EUR 1 million) per year

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

Aid intensity or amount: Variable, depending on the type of
measure

Duration: Unlimited

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

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

Member State: Spain (Asturias)

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

Aid No: N 399/2000

Title: Aid for plant health protection

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To

good

facilitate

planning,

organisation,
Objective:
management and implementation of plant health protection
campaigns. To recommend the best methods of combating
harmful organisms, promote
establishment of plant
health protection groups, and monitor crops to allow rapid
detection of organisms harmful to plants and limit affected
areas

the

Legal basis: Proyecto de Resoluci(cid:243)n de la Consejer(cid:237)a de Medio
Rural y Pesca, del Principado de Asturias, por la que se aprue-
ban las normas que regirÆn la concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas en materia
de sanidad vegetal

Budget: ESP 5 960 000 (EUR 35 820)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 % of real costs or
damage
a maximum ESP 2 500 000
(EUR 15 025,30)

suffered,

up

to

Objective: To encourage farmers to insure themselves against
losses due to adverse weather

Legal basis: Legge Regionale 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23

Budget: ITL 9 billion in 2000

Aid intensity or amount: 80 %

Duration: Unspecified

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

Duration: 2000

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.12.2000

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

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 565/2000

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Italy (Liguria)

Aid No: N 511/2000

Title: Provisions to assist stockbreeders’ associations

Objective: To promote the work of stockbreeders’ associations

Legal basis: Disegno di legge n. 12/354 «Norme in materia di
associazioni di allevatori»

Budget: Unspecified

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) Herdbooks: 100 %

(cid:151) Functional controls: 70 %

(cid:151) Technical assistance: 100 %

Duration: Unlimited

Title: Contributions and payments to the budget fund for raw
materials

Objective: To create new contributions and payments to
finance administrative and monitoring costs borne by the State

Legal basis:

ArrŒtØ royal modifiant l’arrŒtØ royal du 19 aoßt 1998 fixant les
rØtributions et cotisations dues au Fonds budgØtaire des
matiŁres premiŁres

Koninklijk besluit tot wijziging van het koninklijk besluit van
19 augustus 1998 tot vaststelling van de retributies en bijdra-
gen verschuldigd aan het Begrotingsfonds voor de grondstoffen

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.12.2000

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

Member State: Spain (Madrid)

Aid No: N 610/2000

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

Title: Aid to assist beekeepers and poultry-farmers

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Italy (Sardinia)

Aid No: N 554/2000

Objective: To implement health and genetic improvement
programmes

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden por la que se regulan determi-
nadas ayudas en los sectores av(cid:237)cola y ap(cid:237)cola de la agricultura
y ganader(cid:237)a de la Comunidad de Madrid

Title: Decision No 28/5 of 4 July 2000 on aid for paying
insurance premiums

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Budget: ESP 8 million (EUR 48 080)

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Duration: Unspecified

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.12.2000

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 709/2000

Title: Agrimonetary aid (cid:151) aid having an operative event on 1
July 2000

Title: Federal State programme for farms in risk because of the
drought in spring 2000

Objective: Aid to compensate farmers for losses caused by
drought during the months May-June 2000 in the German
regions of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Sachsen,
Sachsen-Anhalt, Th(cid:252)ringen

Legal basis: Aid to compensate farmers for losses caused by
adverse weather conditions

Budget: DEM 16 million (approximately EUR 8 million) alto-
gether by the Federal State and the German L(cid:228)nder

Aid intensity or amount: Interest subsidy of maximum 9 %
(existence risk) or 15 % (extraordinary distress)/exceptionally a
subsidy is granted up to a total amount of 20 % or 30 %

Objective: To compensate the losses of producer
caused by the revaluation of the Swedish kroner in 2000

income

Duration: Maximum three or five years

Legal basis: Ministerial decision, Council Regulation (EC) No
2799/98 and Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 2808/98,
1577/2000 and 1612/2000

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

Budget:

(cid:151) 2000: EUR 24 172 400

(cid:151) 2001: EUR 16 114 933

(cid:151) 2002: EUR 8 057 467

Community participation: 50 %

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 726/2000

Aid intensity or amount: Variable per beneficiary according
to areas eligible for arable crop aid

Title: Aid for young horticulturists

Objective: Support young horticulturists

Duration: Three tranches

Legal basis: Regeling structuurverbetering glastuinbouw

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

Budget: NLG 15 000 000

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 725/2000

Aid intensity or amount: Additional 8,75 % investment aid.
The maximum total aid intensity for young horticulturists thus
amounts to 43,74 %

Duration: 31 December 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