Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, Italy, State aid, United Kingdom

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Official Journal of the European Communities

24.3.2001

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2001/C 94/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.2.2001

Member State: Italy (Lazio)

Aid No: N 250/2000

Title: Measures to protect indigenous genetic resources of agri-
cultural interest

Objective: To catalogue and protect
varieties and species

traditional

indigenous

Aid intensity or amount: Direct grant of up to EUR 100 000
or (for SMEs) up to 50 % of eligible expenses (cid:151) whichever is
lesser (cid:151) over any three year period

Duration: 2000-2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Legal basis:

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.2.2001

(cid:151) articolo 6 della legge regionale n. 15/2000: «tutela delle

risorse genetiche autoctone di interesse agricolo»,

(cid:151) piano settoriale di intervento per la tutela delle risorse ge-

netiche autoctone di interesse agricolo (2001-2003),

(cid:151) programma operativo per la tutela delle risorse genetiche

autoctone di interesse agricolo (2001)

Budget:
2001; to be fixed for the following years

ITL 428 million (approximately EUR 160 000)

in

Aid intensity or amount: The measure does not constitute an
aid scheme

Duration: Unspecified

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

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Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 462/2000

Title: Aid for employment and human resources development

Objective: Provide training programmes for agriculture and
rural development
(sub-scheme 1) and for equine science
(sub-scheme 2)

Legal basis: Non-statutory scheme implemented by adminis-
trative provision

Budget: A total of EUR 90,23 million for sub-scheme 1 and of
EUR 1,75 million for sub-scheme 2 over the duration of the
scheme

Aid intensity or amount: Direct grants to the public bodies
that will implement the scheme

Duration: 2000-2006

Other information: In replacement of former EU co-funded
operational
1994-1999
the
measures
programmes for Ireland

regional

under

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.2.2001

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 363/2000 (corrigendum)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Title: Marketing improvement assistance programme (MIAP)

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.2.2001

Objective: To assist micro, small and SME companies in
developing their marketing capabilities

Member State: Ireland

basis: Government

Legal
decision
provisions (National Development Plan)

and

administrative

Aid No: N 599/2000

Budget: IEP 3,5 million over 2000-2006 period

Title: Training under the rural environment protection scheme
(REPS)

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Objective: Training of approved planners and of farmers who
enter into agreements under the co-financed rural environment
protection scheme (REPS)

Legal basis: Implemented by administrative provision (National
Development Plan)

Budget: EUR 13,1 million over 2000-2006 period

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 124 per trainee on successful
completion of the training. Payment of EUR 2 475 to approved
planners per course delivered

Duration: 2000-2006

Other information: Scheme in support of the environmental
measures under
the co-financed Rural Development Plan
2000-2006

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: 19.2.2001

Member State: Italy (Bologna)

Aid No: N 663/2000

Title: Regulation issued by the Bologna chamber of commerce,
industry, crafts and agriculture granting aid to agricultural
holdings operating in the province of Bologna to improve
the efficiency of agricultural structures

Objective: Structural adjustment of agricultural holdings in all
phases of
the production, processing and marketing of
products produced by those holdings

Legal basis: Regolamento della Camera di Commercio Indu-
stria Artigianato Agricoltura di Bologna

Budget: ITL 700 million (approximately EUR 361 519 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Unspecified

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: 19.2.2001

Aid No: N 686/1999

Title: Aid for the fruit and vegetable sector

Objective: Investments in computing equipment, measures to
combat
to compensate for bad
weather conditions

sharka disease, measures

Budget:

(cid:151) investments

in computing equipment: FRF 64 million

(EUR 9 750 000),

(cid:151) measures

to combat

sharka disease:

FRF 12 million

(EUR 1 829 388),

(cid:151) compensatory measures: FRF 15 million (EUR 2 286 735)

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

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: 19.2.2001

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 4/2001

Title: National Scrapie Plan (Great Britain) (cid:151) genotyping
scheme

Objective: Upgrade the scrapie resistance status of
through genotype testing of rams for further breeding

flocks

Legal basis: Non-statutory scheme implemented by adminis-
trative provision

Budget: GBP 50,24 million (approximately EUR 83,4 million)
over the 2000-2004 period

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the cost of testing, animal
identification and registration

Duration: Unlimited

Other information: The notification constitutes the first phase
of a comprehensive scrapie control and eradication plan

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

Member State: France

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