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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Official Journal of the European Communities

11.12.2001

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2001/C 350/04)

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.11.2001

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 112/01

Title: Draft calls to tender for the grant of aid in the agri-
cultural sector

Objective: To develop and upgrade agricultural production

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

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2001

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

Aid No: N 245/01

Budget:
million (EUR 232 405,6 respectively)

ITL 500 million (EUR 258 228,45) and ITL 450

Title: Rescue aid for the firm (cid:145)Die Th(cid:252)ringer(cid:146)

Aid intensity or amount: 40 % for
in the
processing and marketing of agricultural products, 50 % and
55 % (young farmers) for investments in farm holdings (less-
favoured areas)

investments

Duration: One year

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

restructuring

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

Budget: DEM 1 900 000 (EUR 971 454)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

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Duration: Six months

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.11.2001

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Member State: Portugal

Aid No: N 208/01

Title: Aid for paying insurance premiums in the stockfarming
sector

Objective: To promote the acquisition of insurance policies in
the stockfarming sector

Legal basis: Projecto de decreto-lei relativo ao Seguro do Sec-
tor PecuÆrio

Budget: Estimated annual budget: between PTE 389 million
(EUR 1 940 324) and PTE 650 million (EUR 3 242 186)

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 355/2000

Title: Programme to control agricultural pollution (PMPOA)

Objective: To increase effluent storage capacity on holdings

Budget: EUR 147 million per
2001-2006) in vulnerable areas

year

(EUR 885 million

Aid intensity or amount: Between 25 % and 50 % of the cost
of the insurance premium

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 65 % of expenditure

Duration: Unspecified

Duration: Until the end of 2006

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Objective: To promote marketing and consumption of
products concerned

the

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Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden del Ministerio de Agricultura,
Pesca y Alimentaci(cid:243)n, por el que se establecen las bases regu-
ladoras y la convocatoria para la concesi(cid:243)n de subvenciones
para acciones de promoci(cid:243)n de la comercializaci(cid:243)n y el con-
sumo de flores y plantas vivas

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2001

Budget: ESP 51 500 000 (EUR 309 521,23) in 2001

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: N 411/01

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of the cost of promotion and
advertising measures

Title: Income support to beef farms in crisis due to BSE

Duration: One year

Objective: Short-term interest
farmers whose animals have not been hit by BSE

rate subsidies

for

livestock

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Legal basis: Intervento a sostegno del reddito delle aziende
agricole di allevamento bovino in crisi per la BSE relativamente
al credito agevolato

Budget: ITL 4 500 million (approximately EUR 2 324 060)

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.11.2001

Aid intensity or amount: 3,5 % of the amount of the loan

Member State: The Netherlands

Duration: One year

Aid No: N 566/01

information: Lombardy undertakes

to submit an
Other
annual report to the Commission on the implementation of
this measure

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Title: Project NIMF (N-Impuls: milieukundige en financiºle
effecten) (N-impulse: environmental and financial effects)

Objective: The aim of the project is to acquire knowledge and
to disseminate information regarding nitrate reduction in the
environment

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Legal basis: Beschikking Gedeputeerde Staten Provincie Gelder-
land

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.11.2001

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 438/01

Budget: NLG 1 324 500 (EUR 601 031,90)

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum NLG 11 000 per
participant (EUR 4 991,58)

Duration: 2001-2002, with the monitoring extending to 2003

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Title: Aid for the advertising and promotion of flowers and
plants

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