Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2002-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, application of EU law, control of State aid

C 75/2

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Official Journal of the European Communities

26.3.2002

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 75/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.2.2002

Aid No: N 467/01

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 213/01

Title: Aid to the potato sector

Objective: To increase the quality of potatoes

Legal basis: Lov om administration af Det Europæiske Fælles-
skabs forordninger om markedsordninger for landbrugsvarer
m.v.

Budget: DKK 3 million (EUR 405 000) per year

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Duration: 2002-2004

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: 21.1.2002

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 347/01

Title: Aid to manufacturers, traders and importers of animal
feedingstuffs and to holdings and livestock farms hit by
measures to combat BSE

Objective: To compensate the losses suffered as a result of
livestock seizures as part of measures to combat BSE

Legal basis: Οικονοµική ενίσχυση σε µονάδες παραγωγής ζωοτρο-
φών, εµπόρους και εισαγωγείς ζωοτροφών, καθώς και σε κτηνοτρο-
φικές επιχειρήσεις και εκµεταλλεύσεις που επλήγησαν από τα µέτρα
που ελήφθησαν για την αντιµετώπιση της σπογγώδους εγκεφαλο-
πάθειας των βοοειδών — σχέδιο διυπουργικής απόφασης

Budget: GRD 330 000 000 (EUR 880 411)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the value of feedingstuffs
for livestock seized and destroyed

Duration: Eight months

Title: Aid to introduce quality assurance schemes

Objective: To make it possible for seeds laboratories to issue
trade certificates

Legal basis: Lov om administration af Det Europæiske Fælles-
skabs forordninger om markedsordninger for landbrugsvarer
m.v.

Budget: DKK 1,7 million (EUR 230 000 ) per year

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Duration: One year

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: 21.2.2002

Member State: Spain (Aragon)

Aid No: N 633/01

Title: Aid to Parda cattle breeders

Objective: To develop a programme for improving the quality
of Parda breeding animals

Legal basis: Proyecto de convenio de colaboración entre la
administración regional y la Asociación aragonesa de criadores
de ganado bovino de la raza parda de montaña

Budget: EUR 144 243

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 70 % of expenditure

Duration: One year, may be extended by three 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

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: 21.2.2002

Member State: Italy (Provincia autonoma di Bolzano)

Aid No: N 679/01

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.2.2002

Member State: Denmark

Title: Aids to agricultural cooperatives for losses due to adverse
weather conditions

Objective: Compensation to farmers who have suffered losses
as a result of adverse weather conditions

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Legal basis: Articolo 5 bis della legge provinciale 16 aprile
1985, n. 8, e successive modifiche e integrazioni

Budget: Allocation of EUR 232 405,61 for 2001. Estimated
allocation for the next three years: EUR 1 032 913,80 per year

Aid intensity or amount: 60 %

Duration: Indefinite

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: 20.2.2002

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 755/01

Title: Aid to reduce the cost of replacement
grassland areas affected by drought in 2001

feed in the

Objective:
In order to compensate for the drought-related
damage to the forage production of livestock farms Austria
proposes
the following aid towards purchasing
roughage or roughage substitute:

to grant

— ATS 0,80 per kg of hay purchased

— ATS 160 per each corn/grass silage ball purchased

— ATS 3 600 ha of corn on the cob (Mais am Stamm)

purchased

— ATS 0,30 per kg of feeding straw purchased

— ATS 0,10 per kg corn silage purchased

— ATS 0,80 per kg of

roughage

replacement product

purchased

— ATS 0,60 per kg dry fodder purchased

The fodder purchased must be intended to replace a shortfall in
the beneficiary's own forage production. Livestock farmers with
no forage area and sellers of roughage or its substitutes will
receive no aid under the draft directive. 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 January 2002. The aid measure is applicable only in the
following areas: Burgenland (districts Eisenstadt, Güssing,
Jennersdorf, Mattersburg,
Neusiedl/See, Oberpullendorf,
Oberwart), Carinthia (all districts), Lower Austria (districts
Baden, Bruck/Leitha, Mödling, Neunkirchen, Wn. Neustadt,
Wien-Umgebung), Styria (all districts) and the Tyrol
(district
Lienz). Since in Carinthia aid is granted only pursuant to the

Carinthian Directive, aid No N 658/01, and Carinthia is
included in the present notification only for administrative
reasons
subsidy to the
Carinthian aid measure N 658/01 with no increase in the aid
the notification concerning
leval
Carinthia falls outside the scope of this decision

(an Austrian Federal Government

in Carinthia)

the part of

Legal basis: Sonderrichtlinie des Bundesministers für Land-
und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (BMLFUW)
zur Abfederung der Zusatzaufwendungen für Ersatzfuttermittel
in von der Dürre 2001 besonders betroffenen Grünlandgebie-
ten

Budget: ATS 150 000 000 (approximately
million), nationally financed

EUR 10,9009

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
is ATS 2 000
aid
(EUR 145,35) per holding and the aid may not exceed
ATS 40 000 (EUR 2 907) per holding

amount

Duration: One-off measure

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: 21.2.2002

Member State: Spain (region of Valencia)

Aid No: N 5/02

Title: Aid to improve the processing of agricultural and
forestry products

Objective: To support and promote investment
in the
processing and marketing sector for agricultural and forestry
products

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden por la que se regulan las
ayudas a las inversiones en mejora de las condiciones de trans-
formación y comercialización de los productos agrarios, silví-
colas, pesquero y de la alimentación

Budget: ESP 90 000 000 (EUR 540 911) in 2001

Aid intensity or amount: 45 %

Duration: 2001-2006

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