Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2002-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, State aid, application of EU law, control of State aid

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instituant une
Legal basis: Projet de rŁglement grand-ducal
prime d’encouragement Øcologique pour l’ØlectricitØ produite
(cid:224) partir de l’Ønergie Øolienne, hydraulique, solaire et de la
biomasse

Budget: Approximately EUR 500 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Between EUR 450 and EUR 550
per MWh for photovaltic energy; EUR 25 per MWh for other
renewable energy sources

Duration: Four 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

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.11.2001

Member State: Finland (¯land Islands)

Aid No: NN 134/01

Objective: Encourage employees to improve their competence
and companies to invest in training of their staff

Legal basis: Landskapslagen om l(cid:229)n, r(cid:228)ntest(cid:246)d och underst(cid:246)d
ur Landskapets medel samt landskapsgaranti (¯FS 50/88)

Budget: FIM 1 242 700 (EUR 209 007)

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) For

large enterprises:

in Mariehamn 25 % for specific
training and 50 % for general training; in the areas falling
within Article 87(3)(c) 30 % for specific training and 55 %
for general training

(cid:151) For small and medium-sized enterprises:

in Mariehamn
35 % for specific training and 70 % for general training,
falling within Article 87(3)(c) 40 % for
in the areas
specific training and 75 % for general training

(cid:151) For

training of disadvantaged workers the intensity is

increased by 10 percentage points

Duration: 2000-2006

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

Title: Training aid in ¯land Islands

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

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 5/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.12.2001

Duration: Indefinite

Member State: Germany (Bayern)

Aid No: N 111/01

Title: Aid to umbrella organisations
measures

for

sales promotion

Objective: Enable undertakings (SMEs) in the food industry to
participate in trade and consumer fairs in both Germany and
other countries

Legal basis: Gesetz (cid:252)ber die Festsetzung des Haushaltsplanes
des Freistaates Bayern/Hinweise zur Abwicklung der Beihilfen
an Dachorganisationen

Budget: DEM 1,1 million (EUR 562 421)

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: 5.12.2001

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

Aid No: N 444/01

Aid intensity or amount: Up to a maximum of 50 %

Title: Aid towards the payment of hail insurance premiums in
fruit culture

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Objective: The Land Baden-W(cid:252)rttemberg intends to introduce
an aid measure to help fruit growers to obtain adequate hail
insurance policies at feasible cost. The aid is granted to fruit
growers or associations of fruit growers as a subsidy towards
insurance premium. Only the
the actually payable hail
premiums of insurance policies that also cover hail damage
assimilated to natural disasters are eligible for support under
the draft directive

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Ministeriums L(cid:228)ndlicher Raum
Baden-W(cid:252)rttemberg f(cid:252)r die Gew(cid:228)hrung von Zuwendungen
f(cid:252)r Hagelversicherungspr(cid:228)mien
(Richtlinie
Hagelbeihilfe)

im Obstbau

Budget: DEM 2 million (approximately EUR 1,0226 million)
per year (nationally financed)

Aid intensity or amount: Maximally 30 % of
insurance premium minus insurance tax

the actual

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.12.2001

Member State: Austria (Carinthia)

Aid No: N 658/01

Title: Aid towards compensation for the drought damage to
harvest in 2001

Objective: To compensate for the drought-related damage to
the forage production of livestock farms during summer 2001.
The scope of the aid measure is limited to drought-related
losses in the grassland areas used to grow forage for livestock.
The Land Carinthia proposes to grant the following aid:

(cid:151) ATS 0,80 per kg of hay purchased

(cid:151) ATS 0,80 per kg of roughage replacement product

purchased

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

(cid:151) ATS 0,50 per kg of feeding straw

(cid:151) ATS 0,10 per kg corn silage purchased

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

(cid:151) ATS 100 per each grass silage ball purchased.

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.12.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 573/01

Title: Aid for processing fresh fruit

Objective: To facilitate development projects submitted by
firms in the fruit processing sector

Budget: EUR 6 million in 2001

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 40 % of
investment
expenditure and 100 % of expenditure on technical assistance

Duration: Four years

The fodder purchased must be intended to replace a shortfall in
the beneficiary’s own forage production. The aid is granted as a
one-off measure and only upon presentation of the proof of
purchase completed in the period between 1 August 2001 and
30 November 2001. The maximum amount of aid is
determined according to the forage area of
the holding.
Livestock farmers with no forage area and sellers of roughage
or its substitutes will receive no aid under the draft directive

Legal basis: Richtlinie der K(cid:228)rntner Landesregierung (cid:252)ber die
Gew(cid:228)hrung von Beihilfen zum Ausgleich von D(cid:252)rresch(cid:228)den der
Ernte 2001

Budget: ATS 20 000 000 (EUR 1 453 466) in 2001

Aid intensity or amount: The maximum amount of aid per
holding is ATS 2 000 (EUR 145,35) for each hectare of forage
area. Minimum payable aid amount is ATS 500 (EUR 36,34),
and the aid may not exceed ATS 40 000 (EUR 2 907) per
holding

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

Duration: One-off measure

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