Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2001-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, 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 350/06)

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.11.2001

Aid No: N 447/01

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: N 106/01

Title: Organisation and management of a technical assistance
service for livestock holdings

Objective: To assist stockfarmers

Legal basis: Deliberazione n. 2923 del 29 dicembre 2000:
«Approvazione dell’intervento: Servizio di Assistenza tecnica
agli Allevamenti (cid:151) SATA»

Title: Aid for technical assistance programmes for stockfarming

Objective: Aid for technical assistance, quality programmes,
genetic improvement, research and development
for quality
improvement

Legal basis: Delibera della Giunta Regionale n. 457 del
23.5.2001 «Regimi di aiuto per i servizi di assistenza tecnica
agli allevatori»

Budget: ITL 10 billion (approximately EUR 5 million) for 2001

ITL 7,3 billion (approximately EUR 3,65 million)

in

Aid intensity or amount:

Budget:
2001

Aid intensity or
depending on the type of service provided

amount: Between 30 % and 100 %

Duration: Unlimited

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: 7.11.2001

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 181/01

Title: Milk quality system

For technical assistance: 100 % of eligible costs

For genetic improvement: variable intensity (from 100 % for
herd books to 30 % for keeping individual male breeding
animals)

For quality improvement 100 % (degressive for quality controls)

For research and development: 100 % of the eligible costs

Duration: Indeterminate

Other information: Article 5 concerning aid for animal
diseases has been withdrawn from the draft Decree

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

Objective: To improve the quality of milk production systems

Legal basis: Point 14 of the «Orientamenti della Comunit(cid:224) per
gli aiuti di Stato nel settore agricolo» (1)

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.11.2001

Budget: EUR 100 000 per recipient and per three-year period

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia-Giulia)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Aid No: N 454/01

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/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

(1) OJ C 232, 12.8.2000, p. 17.

Title: Aid for the development of local wine productions and
for the forestry sector

Objective:
enhancement of local forestry resources

Improvement of wine production facilities and

Legal basis: Legge Regionale 8 aprile 1997, n. 10 che istituisce
il Fondo regionale per lo sviluppo della montagna

Budget:

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.11.2001

Grape-wilting centre: ITL 100 000 000

Member State: Italy (Calabria)

Forestry measures: ITL 225 000 000

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Aid intensity or amount:

40 % in the case of the grape-wilting centre

75 % in the case of the forestry measures

Duration: Expenditure relating to the interventions under the
scheme must be sustained by the beneficiaries by 30 November
2002

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

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: 7.11.2001

Member State: Spain (Asturias)

Aid No: N 600 C/01

Title: Employment assistance

Objective: To encourage employment

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.11.2001

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 465/01

Legal basis: Resoluci(cid:243)n de la Consejer(cid:237)a de Trabajo y promo-
ci(cid:243)n del empleo, de 16 de marzo de 2001

Budget: Not specified

Title: Aid to promote the food industry

Aid intensity or amount: Between ESP 300 000 (EUR 1 803)
and ESP 800 000 (EUR 4 808) per job

Objective: To promote
foodstuffs on international markets

the Spanish food industry and

Duration: Unlimited

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden por la que se establecen las
bases reguladoras y la convocatoria de concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas
destinadas al fomento de la industria agroalimentaria y a la
promoci(cid:243)n de los productos alimentarios

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

Budget: ESP 57 million (EUR 342 576)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 85 % of costs

Duration: One year

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.11.2001

Member State: Belgium

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

Aid No: N 657/01

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

Title: Aid to stockfarmers hit by the BSE crisis

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.11.2001

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 483/01

Title: Aid in addition to regional operational programmes
(Scheme 5)

Objective: Improvement in equine breeding infrastructure

Objective: Second tranche of aid to compensate stockfarmers
for losses due to the crisis

Budget: BEF 1 200 million (approximately EUR 29,7 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 % of losses

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

Legal basis: An administrative provision under Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.11.2001

Budget: EUR 1 500 000

Member State: France (Landes)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Duration: 2000-2006

Aid No: N 794/2000

Title: Aid to stockfarming

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local

stockfarming to preserve and
Objective: To adapt
improve the environment with the aim of achieving a
complete lack of controllable nitrogen leaks into the natural
environment

Budget: FRF 105 million (approximately EUR 16 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 20 % increase of
the ceilings
allowed for investment aid in the French rural development
plan (fixed at 40 % and 45 % of the cost of investment)

Duration: 2000-2006

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/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Title: Support for participation in fairs

Objective: Stimulate participation in fairs. The aid consists of a
fixed amount for costs linked with the exhibition,
increased
with a sum for the rental costs for space for stands in the
exhibition

Legal basis: F(cid:246)rderung der Beteiligung mittelst(cid:228)ndischer Unter-
nehmen an exportorientierten Veranstaltungen (cid:151) Messef(cid:246)r-
derungsprogramm

Budget: For 2001, a budget of DEM 3,18 million is foreseen

amount: One
Aid intensity or
DEM 180 000 or EUR 92 032,54 over a three-year period

can receive

at most

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.11.2001

Member State: Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz)

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

Aid No: N 855/2000

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

Duration: 2001-2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2548 (cid:151) Cinven/Castrol)

(2001/C 350/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 August 2001 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

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