Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2001-11-20
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

(2001/C 323/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.10.2001

5. support for investments by co-operatives

Member State: United Kingdom

Legal basis:

Aid No: N 565/01

Title: Agrimontetary aid (cid:151) beef and veal sector (second
tranche of (cid:145)premiums(cid:146) for 2000)

Objective: To compensate producers for income losses as a
result of the fluctuations in sterling in 1999

Legal basis: Ministerial Decision, Council Regulation (EC) No
2799/98 and Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 2808/98 and
801/2000

Budget: GBP 14 666 664 (EUR 23 403 977)

Aid intensity or amount:

Suckler cow premium:

GBP 3,12 (EUR 4,978665)

Supplementary premium for suckler cows:

GBP 0,70 (EUR 1,117008)

Special premium for male bovines:

GBP 2,78 (EUR 4,436118) for bulls

GBP 2,12 (EUR 3,382939) for steers

Extensification premium:

GBP 0,66 (EUR 1,053179) for level 1

GBP 1,31 (EUR 2,090401) for level 2

Duration: One-off aid

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Besluit van de Vlaamse Regering betreffende steun aan inves-
teringen en aan de installatie in de landbouw

Ministerieel besluit betreffende steun aan de investeringen en
aan de installatie in de landbouw

DØcret du gouvernement flamand concernant l’aide (cid:224) l’investis-
sement et (cid:224) l’installation dans le secteur agricole

DØcret ministØriel concernant
l’installation dans le secteur agricole

l’aide (cid:224) l’investissement et (cid:224)

Budget: No budget has been set (cid:151) budget per year will vary
depending on the uptake and occurrence of animal and plant
diseases

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Indefinite

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 10.10.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 386/01

Title: Renewal of
institute for the improvement of viticulture (ENTAV)

the parafiscal charge for

the National

Objective: To fund R & D and technical assistance measures by
ENTAV

Legal basis: DØcret instituant une taxe au profit de l’(cid:201)tablisse-
ment national technique pour l’amØlioration de la viticulture

Date of adoption of the decision: 10.10.2001

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 % of expenditure

Member State: Belgium (Flanders)

Duration: 2001-2003

Aid No: N 501/2000

Title: Support for investments and setting-up in farming

Objective:

1. support for on-farm investments;

2. support for the setting-up of young farmers;

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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3. compensations for damages;

Date of adoption of the decision: 10.10.2001

4. support for undertakings in financial difficulties;

Member State: France

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Aid No: N 381/01

Legal basis:

Title: Aid to improve the quality of pigmeat produced in
mountain areas

Objective: Extension of this scheme to research the quality of
pigmeat produced in mountain areas

Budget: FRF 40 000 000 (approximately EUR 6 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: One year

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 10.10.2001

Member State: Spain (Extremadura)

Aid No: N 367/01

(cid:151) Proyecto de orden por la que se establecen ayudas a los
cultivadores de tomate en determinados Æmbitos territoria-
les de la regi(cid:243)n de Murcia

(cid:151) Proyecto de orden de la Consejer(cid:237)a de Agricultura, Agua y
Medio Ambiente de la regi(cid:243)n de Murcia por la que se
aprueban las bases reguladoras y la convocatoria de ayudas
para cultivadores de tomate

Budget: The maximum budget announced for aid N 252/01 is
ESP 105 million (EUR 631 063). No budget has been fixed for
regional aid N 392/01

Aid intensity or amount: A two-point interest-rate reduction
on the rates offered by financial
institutions on loans to
the repayment period is five years
farmers.
In both cases,
and the maximum reduced-rate
loan is ESP 8 million
(EUR 48 081) per beneficiary farmer and ESP 4 million
(EUR 24 040,5) per hectare. The maximum-interest reduction
provided for, for both the national and the regional aid,
is
ESP 280 000/ha

Duration: Five years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Title: Aid for marketing livestock

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

Objective: To promove marketing conditions in extensive
farming (sheep-farming, goat-farming, cattle-farming,
Iberian
pig-farming and bee-keeping sectors) in Extremadura

Legal basis: Proyecto de decreto de la Consejer(cid:237)a de Econom(cid:237)a,
Industria y Comercio de Extremadura, por el que se establece
un sistema de ayudas para la mejora de la organizaci(cid:243)n comer-
cial en el sector de la ganader(cid:237)a extensiva

Budget: ESP 372 million (EUR 2 235 765) per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable (cid:151) 50 %, 30 % and 12 %
(cid:151) depending on the type of investment

Duration: 2000-2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 10.10.2001

Member State: Germany (Th(cid:252)ringen)

Aid No: N 243/01

Title: Rescue aid for the firm Voigt-Jacob

Objective: Enable the firm to remain in business until the
Commission has decided on the restructuring plan to be
submitted by the German authorities

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Legal basis: Th(cid:252)ringer Landes-Haushaltsordnung

Budget: DEM 600 000 (EUR 306 775)

Date of adoption of the decision: 10.10.2001

Member State: Spain (Murcia)

Aid No: N 252/01 and N 392/01

Title: Aid for tomato growers

Aid intensity or amount: One-off loan for a period of six
months. The interest rate is 6,6 %

Duration: Six months

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Objective: Protective measures and compensation for tomato
growers with holdings in municipalities in certain districts of
the Region of Murcia (Aguilas, Cartagena, Lorca and Mazarr(cid:243)n)
affected by certain organisms harmful to tomatoes

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.10.2001

Member State: Italy (County of Mantova)

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Aid No: N 242/01

Objective: Aid to ecological production

Title: Promotion of marketing and valorisation of agricultural
products

Legal basis: Lovbekendtgłrelse nr. 818 af 3. november 1999,
(cid:230)ndret ved lov nr. 1267 af 20. december 2000

Objective: Enhancement of
productions of the county

the image of

the agricultural

Duration: No limitation

Legal basis: Delibera provinciale del 6 aprile 2001 (cid:151) Legge
regionale 4 luglio 1998, n. 11

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Budget: ITL 281 000 000 (EUR 145 124,38)

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

Duration: One year (2001)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.10.2001

Member State: Germany (Baden-W(cid:252)rttemberg)

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.10.2001

Aid No: N 150/B/01

Member State: Germany (Sachsen)

Aid No: N 239/2000

Title: Compensatory payments in water protection areas

Objective: The aim of the payments if to arrive at a partial
compensation of
disadvantages which the parties
concerned experience in water protection areas on the basis
of State-ordered cultivation restrictions

the

Legal basis: Verordnung (cid:252)ber Schutzbestimmungen und Aus-
gleichsleistungen f(cid:252)r erh(cid:246)hte Aufwendungen der Land- und
Forstwirtschaft in Wasserschutzgebieten

Budget: DEM 20 500 000 (EUR 10 481 483,56) per year for
2000-2003

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Indefinite

Other information: The German authorities have undertaken
to provide a detailed annual report on the implementation of
the scheme

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11.10.2001

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 224/01

Title: Extension of the law on administration of the European
Community Regulations regarding the market organisation and
agricultural products etc. to cover aid on ecological production

Title: BSE-related measures in Baden-W(cid:252)rttemberg

Objective: To offer compensation for the financial conse-
quences of the BSE crisis. There will be a liquidity aid for
farmers. The aid will be given in the form of
interest
subsidies for loans on the capital markets. Furthermore, to
restore consumer confidence, the measure allows farmers to
have their feed tested (voluntary). The test only concerns the
presence of MBM in the animal feed

Legal basis:

Liquidit(cid:228)tsbeihilfen f(cid:252)r landwirtschaftliche Unternehmen infolge
der BSE

Verordnung zur fleischhygienerechtlichen Untersuchung von
geschlachteten Rindern auf BSE vom 1. Dezember 2000, Erlass
vom 8.12.2000

Budget:

(cid:151) liquidity

aid

for

farmers:

DEM 10

million

(EUR 5 112 918,81),

(cid:151) voluntary feed tests: DEM 14 300 (EUR 7 311,47)

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) liquidity aid for farmers: an aid will be given of DEM 39,20
(EUR 20,04) per animal on the basis of
the average
number of livestock held in 2000. The aid will be given
in the form of interest subsidies for loans on the capital
markets. The amount of the loan is limited to DEM 400
per animal. The loan and interest subsidy is for a duration
of four years; the interest subsidy amounts to 5 % in the
first year, 4 % in the second, 3 % in the third and 2 % in the
fourth; the first year is redemption free. A further differ-
entiation is made depending on the situation of the farm,

(cid:151) voluntary feed tests: actual

test

costs

(approximately

DEM 100)

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Duration:

(cid:151) liquidity aid for farmers: until 30 June 2001,

(cid:151) voluntary feed tests: (has been repealed in the meantime)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Other information: The Austrian authorities have undertaken
to provide a detailed annual report on the implementation of
the scheme

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: 2.10.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 10.10.2001

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 114/01

Member State: Spain (Austrias)

Aid No: N 109/01

Title: Measures related to the BSE crisis

Title: Aid for animal health protection groups

Objective: To address the consequences of the BSE crisis and
to stimulate combating of BSE. This will be done through an
aid for the treatment and storage costs of certain materials, a
compensation for income losses of farmers and compensation
for BSE test costs

Legal basis: Sonderrichtlinie zur Finanzierung von Ma(cid:223)nah-
men in Zusammenhang mit der BSE-Krise zwischen 4.12.2000
und 31.5.2001

Objective: To permit
the efficient planning, organisation,
management and implementation of campaigns to prevent
and combat certain animal diseases

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 subvenciones des-
tinadas a las Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria Ganadera para
el aæo 2001

Budget:

Budget: ESP 20 million (EUR 120 202)

1. Treatment and storage costs of certain materials: not yet

known

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 70 % of actual expenditure
incurred

2. Compensation of

for
ATS 400 million (EUR 29 069 133,67)

income losses

farmers and tests:

Duration: 2001

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Duration: Reference period between 4 December 2000 and 31
May 2001

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