Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2001-04-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid

C 117/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.4.2001

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2001/C 117/09)

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.3.2001

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 81/2000

Title: Pre-shipment
export to Japan and Taiwan

inspection of

Title: Extension of
programming measures to agriculture, forestry and fisheries

instruments provided for

in agreed

fruit and vegetables for

Legal basis:

Objective: To promote various activities in the above sectors

Objective: The measure aims to facilitate the export of these
products to Japan and Taiwan. To that effect, quality control
measures
(absence of diseases) which would normally be
performed in the importing countries are performed in the
Netherlands

Legal basis: Verordening PT heffing export groenten en fruit
Japan en Taiwan 2001

Budget: 2001: NLG 650 000

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting State aid

Duration: Indefinite

(cid:151) Disposizioni in materia di contenimento dei costi di pro-
duzione e per il rafforzamento strutturale delle imprese
agricole, a norma dell’articolo 55, commi 14 e 15, della
legge 27 dicembre 1997, n. 449,

(cid:151) delibera CIPE dell’11 novembre 1998, n. 127, relativa al-
l’estensione degli strumenti previsti dalla programmazione
negoziata all’agricoltura ed alla pesca in attuazione dell’ar-
ticolo 10, comma 1, del decreto legislativo n. 173/98,

(cid:151) progetto di decreto del ministero del Tesoro, del bilancio e
della programmazione economica di concerto con il mini-
stero delle Politiche agricole e forestali

Budget: Unspecified

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

Aid intensity or amount: Various according to the measures

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

Duration: Unlimited

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.3.2001

Member State: Italy (Cuneo)

Aid No: N 512/2000

Title: Access to loans for small and medium-sized agricultural
enterprises

Objective: To reduce interest rates on bank loans granted over
a five-year period by traditional private lending establishments
to small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises in the
province of Cuneo

Legal basis: Delibere della Giunta camerale di Cuneo n. 1 del
15.1.1999 e n. 286 del 31.8.1999

Budget: ITL 358 million maximum (EUR 185 000)

Aid intensity or amount: 5,053 %

Duration: 2000-2003

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/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.3.2001

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 729/A/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/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.3.2001

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 79/2001

Title: Amendment to environmental investment deduction

Objective: Stimulating investments in certain environmental-
friendly assets by creating an additional category benefiting
from a higher tax deduction

basis: Aanwijzingsregeling milieu-investeringsaftrek

Legal
2000

Budget: NLG 10 million in 2001 for the new category

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum approximately 21 %

Duration: Indefinite

Other
N 247/99 and N 648/99

information: Amendment

to State aid measures

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

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