Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2001-12-29
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 374/08)

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia-Giulia)

Aid No: N 99/01

Title: Aid for the promotion of typical products and for setting
up services to farms

Objective: To promote
concerned and make them more widely known

consumption of

the products

Legal basis: Fondo regionale per lo sviluppo della montagna

Budget: ITL 150 million (approximately EUR 75 000)

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: One-off aid

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: 27.11.2001

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 165/01

aid can be given for
the preparation, assessment and
assistance for Article 33 projects under Regulation (EC)
No 1257/1999, to the extent this technical assistance is
not already included in the financing of the project

Legal basis: Sonderrichtlinie f(cid:252)r die F(cid:246)rderung von nicht in-
vestiven Ma(cid:223)nahmen in der Landwirtschaft
(Dienstleistungs-
richtlinie): Sparte Qualit(cid:228)tsverbesserung in der Tierhaltung
(Punkt 2.10) und Sparte Technische Hilfe (Punkt 2.11)

Budget:

(cid:151) quality improvement

for animal husbandry: ATS 120

million per year (EUR 8 720 740,10)

(cid:151) technical assistance:

2002: ATS 25,08 million (EUR 1 874 959,12)

2003: ATS 25,68 million (EUR 1 866 238,38)

2004: ATS 29,20 million (EUR 2 122 046,76)

2005: ATS 29,20 million (EUR 2 122 046,76)

2006: ATS 29,20 million (EUR 2 122 046,76)

Aid intensity or amount:

1. Section (cid:145)quality improvement in animal husbandry(cid:146): the aid
intensity amounts to maximally 70 % of the eligible costs,
except for the combating of animal diseases where the aid
intensity amounts to maximum 100 % (50 % of which will
be paid by the Bund) (1)

2. Section (cid:145)technical assistance(cid:146): maximum 100 %

Title: Directive concerning the provision of services

Objective: To improve efficiency and product quality in animal
that are
husbandry and to prepare and support projects
co-financed under Article 33 of Council Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999. There are 2 parts:

Duration: Indefinite, with the exception of the providing of
technical assistance, which is limited until 31 December 2006

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

1. Section (cid:145)quality improvement in animal husbandry(cid:146)

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

(a) breeding programmes;

(b) organisation of trade fairs and exhibitions;

(c) coordination of producer organisations, conducting of
studies and drafting of concepts, and the organisation
of congresses;

(d) management and coordination of or participation in the
gene preservation programmess to maintain endangered
species;

(1) With

an

expected

approximately
EUR 1 200 000 per year, the actual aid intensity will amount to
50 %.

budget

annual

aid

of

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

(e) combating of animal diseases

Member State: Germany

2. Section (cid:145)technical assistance(cid:146):

Aid No: N 233/01

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Title: Setting-up a computerised information system for horti-
culture

Title: Aid for voluntary reparcelling in mountain areas (Article
3 of Regional Law No 8/1992)

Objective: Setting-up an information system to improve
exchanges of knowledge in the horticultural sector and make
research more effective

Legal basis: The aid is granted by Zuwendungsbescheid (indivi-
dual notice) on the basis of the Bundeshaushaltsordnung (Federal
Budget Regulation)

Objective: To promote reparcelling of agricultural and forestry
properties in mountain areas

Legal basis: Legge regionale n. 8/1992

Budget: ITL 2 000 million (approximately EUR 1 million) per
year

Budget: DEM 1 152 709 (EUR 589 371)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Aid intensity or amount: The aid intensiity is 67 %. The
maximum amount of
support per beneficiary within a
three-year period is EUR 925 on an average

Duration: Until 31 December 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

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: 27.11.2001

Member State: Italy (Emilia Romagna)

Aid No: N 337/01

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 420/01

Title: Aid for planting trees

Title: Income aid to milk bovine stockfarms affected by BSE

Objective: To promote afforestation as an alternative use of
agricultural land

Objective: The purpose of the aid is to offset in part the loss
of
income resulting from the interruption of activities on
holdings hit by BSE when their animals are the subject of
compulsory slaughter on health grounds

Legal basis: Administrative provisions under Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development
as outlined in Ireland’s
rural development plan (RDP)
2000-2006

Legal basis: Decreto del ministero della Sanit(cid:224), 7 gennaio
2000, pubblicato sulla GU dell’11 marzo 2000, n. 59, che
prevede l’abbattimento di tutti gli animali presenti negli alleva-
menti, qualora si pervenga ad una diagnosi positiva di BSE
all’interno degli stessi; decreto legge 11 gennaio 2001, n. 1,
convertito con modificazioni
in legge 9 marzo 2001, n. 49
recante disposizioni urgenti per l’encefalopatia spongiforme
bovina

Budget: The maximum amount available under the regional
budget
(approximately
ITL 1
EUR 516 000 000)

billion

2001

for

is

Budget: EUR 4 000 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: 30 % increase of the co-financed
income loss premium

Duration: 13-19 years

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

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Indefinite

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: Spain (Cantabria)

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

Aid No: N 496/01

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia-Giulia)

Title: Aid to horse-breeders’ associations

Objective: To promote horse-breeders’ associations

Legal basis: Orden por la que se regulan y convocan ayudas a
las asociaciones de criadores de ganado equino

Aid No: N 408/01

Budget: ESP 5 million (EUR 30 050) in 2001

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Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Budget: Approximately EUR 300 000 per year

Duration: Unspecified

Aid intensity or amount: Maximally 60 % of the eligible costs

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

Duration: Unlimited

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: 27.11.2001

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 577/2000

Title: Aid for mergers of cooperatives

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 665/01

Objective: To encourage the amalgamation of and setting-up
of cooperatives

Title: Aid to grouping centres

Legal basis: (cid:211)(cid:247)(cid:221)(cid:228)Ø(cid:239) (cid:240)æ(cid:239)(cid:229)(cid:228)æØŒ(cid:239)(cid:253) (cid:228)ØÆ(cid:244)(cid:220)ª(cid:236)Æ(cid:244)(cid:239)(cid:242) (cid:151) ˚(cid:223)(cid:237)(cid:231)(cid:244)æÆ (cid:243)ıª(cid:247)(cid:254)-
(cid:237)(cid:229)ı(cid:243)(cid:231)(cid:242) Æªæ(cid:239)(cid:244)ØŒ(cid:254)(cid:237) (cid:243)ı(cid:237)(cid:229)(cid:244)ÆØæØ(cid:243)(cid:236)(cid:254)(cid:237)

Objective: To modernise
livestock marketing
structures, thereby improving cattle, sheep and pig gene pools

collective

Budget: GRD 6 billion (EUR 17,5 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Three years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Budget: EUR 1,6 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: 35-40 % of expenditure

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: 27.11.2001

Member State: Austria (Vorarlberg)

Aid No: N 583/01

Title: Aid towards
management or free-range production in poultry-keeping

transition from cage-rearing to floor

and the purchase

Objective: Granting of investment aid towards the demolition
and
cages
and removal of present
construction of facilities whith a view to facilitating the tran-
sition from cage-rearing to floor management or free-range
production in poultry keeping in order to comply with the
the Land
requirements
(Tierhaltungs-
Vorarlberg on keeping certain animal
verordnung, LGBl Nr. 62/1997)

laid down in the Regulation of

races

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 759/2000

Title: Promotion of foodstuffs in non-member countries

Objective: To promote
the products
concerned in countries outside the European Union and
make them more widely known

consumption of

Budget: ITL 10 billion (approximately EUR 5 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of the cost of the planned
measures

Duration: One-off aid

Legal basis: Richtlinie der Vorarlberger Landesregierung f(cid:252)r die
Gew(cid:228)hrung einer Beihilfe zur Umstellung von K(cid:228)fighaltung auf
Boden- oder Freilandhaltung bei Gefl(cid:252)gel

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