Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2002-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, agricultural holding, aid to agriculture, animal disease, control of State aid, research and development

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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

(2002/C 140/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.5.2002

Member State: Italy (Union of Chambers of Commerce)

Aid No: N 241/01

Title: National Union of
the Chambers of Commerce: aid
scheme in favour of undertakings operating in the agricultural
sector

Objective: To favour the development of SMEs operating in
the agriculture sector

Legal basis: Delibera del Consiglio dell'Union Camere del
12.12.2000 recante «Misure di assistenza al settore agricolo»

Budget: For the year 2001: about EUR 30 900 000

Aid intensity or amount: Depending on the measure

Duration: Undetermined

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: 7.5.2002

Member State: Italy (Piemonte)

Aid No: N 366/01

Title: Subsidised short-term loans. Regional Government
Decision No 38-2930 of 7 May 2001. Regional Law No
63/78, Articles 42 and 50

Objective: Short-term loans to agricultural holdings

Legal basis: Delibera della Giunta regionale n. 38-2930 del
7.5.2001 recante «L.R. 63/78 — articoli 42 e 50. Applicazione
del programma di agevolazione crediti di gestione»

Budget: Undefined

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 1,5 % of the loan rate

Duration: Undetermined

information: The authorities have undertaken to

Other
transmit to the Commission an annual report

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: 7.5.2002

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 681/01

Title: Amendment
related to the BSE crisis

to aid measure N 114/2001 (Measures

Objective: To address the consequences of the BSE-crisis and
to stimulate combating BSE. This will be done through an aid

for the treatment and storage costs of certain materials, a
compensation for income losses of farmers and compensation
for BSE-test costs

Legal basis: Sonderrichtlinie zur Finanzierung von Maßnah-
men in Zusammenhang mit der BSE-Krise zwischen dem
1.6.2001 und dem 31.12.2002

Budget:

1. Treatment and storage costs of certain EUR 21,73 million

2. Compensation of

income losses for

farmers EUR 32,7

million

3. Test costs: actual costs

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Reference period between 1.6.2001 and 31.12.2002

Other information: The notified measure is identical with the
measure notified under No N 114/2001 (authorised by
Commission decision SG(2001) D/260242 of 4.10.2001)
except for modifications concerning only the duration of the
measure as well as administrative details

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: 7.5.2002

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 4/02

Title: Aid for animal carcass transportation

Objective: The Swedish Government intends to introduce an
aid scheme under which aid would be paid towards the cost of
transporting carcasses of fallen stock or emergency slaughtered
animals from livestock farms situated in northern Sweden
beyond the 62nd parallel
to the Stenstorp installation in
southern Sweden. No aid would be paid in areas where the
producers have been exempted from the obligatory disposal of
carcasses. The aid would cover the difference between the
standard fee paid by a livestock farmer in southern Sweden
(i.e. in the area south of the 62nd parallel), which covers the
transportation and destruction costs of carcasses from southern
Sweden, and the actual cost to transport and destroy a carcass
belonging to a farmer in the above region in northern Sweden.
The owner of the carcass in northern Sweden would always
pay the same standard fee that is paid in southern Sweden.
Therefore the animal owner in northern Sweden would in no
case pay less than the animal owner in other parts of the
country and the aid would be limited to the additional trans-
portation costs. Moreover,
the Swedish authorities have
indicated that
the companies handling the transports are
selected by a tendering procedure in accordance with the
applicable Community legislation

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Legal basis: Budget 2002 som skall antas av Sveriges Riksdag

Date of adoption of the decision: 8.5.2002

Budget:
nationally financed

SEK 3,6 million (approximately

EUR 397 000),

Member State: Germany

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Two years

the 62nd parallel

Other information: The notified draft measure would seem,
prima facie, to constitute a simple operating aid to livestock
owners north of
since such livestock
owners receive a subsidy discharging them of what would be
part of the normal operating costs to run their enterprise in the
area concerned. Such operating cannot normally be authorised
by the Commission. It has therefore been examined whether
the measure could benefit from the provisions laid down in
Article 142 of the Act of Accession of the Kingdom of Sweden.
The scope of the Article is limited to the areas north of the
62nd parallel and some adjacent areas south of the parallel

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: 7.5.2002

Member State: United Kingdom (England)

Aid No: NN 55/02 (ex N 341/2000)

Aid No: N 26/02

Title: Promotion of research and development projects in
organic farming

Objective: To close knowledge and experience gaps in organic
farming and to strengthen the competitiveness of organic
farming
from production through to marketing on a
long-term basis

Legal basis: Directive for the execution of the programme to
promote research and development projects and measures for
transfers of technoloy and knowledge in organic farming —
Part A. Projects in the area of the production, processing and
marketing of products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty

Budget: EUR 25 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until 31 December 2003

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

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Title: Amendment to the Farm Business Advice Service

Date of adoption of the decision: 8.5.2002

Objective: Help farmers affected by foot-and-mouth disease

Legal basis: Board of Agriculture 1889 section (2)

Member State: France

Aid No: N 162/02

Budget: Increase of the overall Budget from GBP 21,9 million
to GBP 27,75 million

Title: Aid to promote milk and milk products

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Objective: To inform consumers and the various economic
operators about these products

Duration: For the amendment (additional two days of advice
and environmental audit) until 31 March 2003

Budget: EUR 0,6 million per 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

Aid intensity or amount: Around 30 % 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