Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2002-09-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, animal product, control of State aid, crop production, foodstuff

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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 214/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 70/02

Legal basis: Determinazione del dirigente responsabile del set-
tore Ispettorato compartimentale agricoltura e foreste «Inter-
vento a sostegno delle aziende colpite da BSE relativamente
al fermo di impresa e al conseguente mancato reddito»

Budget: ITL 51 529 315 (EUR 26 612,69)

Title: Organic Housing (Conversion of Animal Housing)
Scheme

Aid intensity or amount: ITL 51 529 315 (EUR 26 612,69)

Objective: The scheme is designed to encourage the uptake of
organic farming in Northern Ireland. The investment aid is
available to farmers in Northern Ireland who wish to convert
from conventional production methods to organic production
methods, who are already in conversion or who have already
converted

Legal basis: Administrative Scheme, in accordance with Article
16(1) of the Agriculture and Fisheries (Financial Assistance)
(Northern Ireland) Order 1987

Duration: One-off aid

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Budget:

— 2001/2002: GBP 600 000,

— 2002/2003: GBP 600 000,

— 2003/2004: GBP 800 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 127/02

Aid intensity or amount: The maximum aid rates are 40 % of
to a
the total costs (50 % in less-favoured areas), subject
maximum grant payable of GBP 30 000 per applicant. Aid
for investments complying with the Council Regulation (EC)
No 1804/1999 can be increased by 20 or 25 percentage
points respectively

Duration: Until 31 March 2004

Title: Measures for farmers whose holdings were harmed by
fire in 2001

Objective: To compensate losses resulting from an exceptional
event (fire)

Legal basis: Μέτρα υπέρ παραγωγών της χώρας που οι γεωργο-
κτηνοτροφικές τους εκµεταλλεύσεις ζηµιώθηκαν από πυρκαγιές
κατά το έτος 2001 (σχέδιο διυπουργικής απόφασης)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Budget: EUR 4 400 000

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

Aid intensity or amount: Variable, depending on the losses

Duration: 5 years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

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

Member State: Italy (Apulia)

Aid No: N 119/02

Title: Urgent measures to combat BSE

Objective: To compensate holdings affected by BSE for the
losses due to the stopping of activity

Member State: France

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

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Aid No: N 164/02

Budget: EUR 155 million per year

Title: Aid for advertising milk products

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the measure
(between 40 % and 50 %)

Objective: To encourage consumers and economic operators
to purchase products of dairy origin

Duration: Until 2006

Budget: EUR 3,4 million in 2002

Aid intensity or amount: Around 30 % of expenditure

Duration: Unspecified

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 169/02

Title: Aid to publicise the livestock and meat product sector

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 258/02

Title: Aid for the promotion of ornamental horticulture on the
domestic market

Objective: To make the products concerned more widely
known

Objective: To promote the image of meat products

Budget:
envisaged in 2002

Provisional

appropriation

of

EUR 1,5 million

Budget: EUR 9 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 50 % of expenditure

Aid intensity or amount: 50-100 % of the cost of promotion
measures

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

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 220/02

Title: Tax credits for agricultural investments

Objective: Investments in farms and in the processing of agri-
cultural products

Legal basis: Progetto di Legge finanziaria 28.12.2001 n. 448
articolo 8 e decreto del ministro delle politiche agricole e fore-
stali recante le tipologie di investimento per il settore agricolo
ammissibili al credito d'imposta

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 272/02

Title: Parafiscal charge for SONITO (interbranch organisation
for tomatoes)

Objective: Research and experimentation, advisory services
and technical support in the sector

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 %

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Duration: Two years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: France

Member State: Spain (Canary Islands)

Aid No: N 307/02

Aid No: N 277/02

Title: Harvest insurance

Title: Aid to implement programmes for quality livestock
products

Objective: To promote the development of insurance against
agricultural risks

Objective: Technical assistance in implementing programmes
for quality livestock products

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden por la que se regula el pro-
grama para el fomento de la prestación de servicios destinados
a la aplicación de programas de productos ganaderos de calidad

Legal basis: Projet de décret fixant pour 2002 les modalités
d'application de l'article L.361-8 du livre III (nouveau) du code
rural en vue de favoriser le développement de l'assurance
contre certains risques agricoles

Budget: EUR 9,4 million

Budget: EUR 2 704 555 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 50 %

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: 1 year

Duration: 2002-2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: Spain (Galicia)

Member State: France

Aid No: N 304/02

Aid No: N 444/02

Title: Additional compensation for BSE

Title: Parafiscal charge for the Centre technique de la salaison,
(CTSCCV:
de la charcuterie et des conserves de viandes
technical centre for curing, preparation and preservation of
meat)

Objective: To fund research and development and technical
assistance measures in the sector

Objective: To replace livestock following implementation of
animal health campaigns

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden por la que se establecen las
compensaciones complementarias como consecuencia de la de-
claración oficial de la existencia de la enfermedad encefalopatía
espongiforme

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 %

Budget: EUR 240 000 in 2002

Duration: Until the end of 2003

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

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Duration: Unspecified

Budget: EUR 6 911 639 per year

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Aid intensity or amount: Varies between 50 % and 80 %,
depending on the type of measure

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

Duration: 2001-2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: Germany (Sachsen)

Aid No: N 502/01

Title: Disposal of old industrial stocks of feedingstuffs

Objective: To promote the safe disposal of old stocks of feed-
ingstuffs which contain animal protein and which may
therefore no longer be used

Legal basis: A decision of the Government of Freistaat Sachsen

Budget: Not communicated

Aid intensity or amount: The aid is in the form of direct
grants up to a maximum 44,69 % of the eligible costs. The aid
measure applicable in Sachsen concerns only the cost of
disposal as far as such costs have not been compensated
under
aid programme N 646/01,
Commission decision C(2001) 3274fin of 28 November 2001

the German federal

Duration: One-off

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 691/A/01

Title: Aid for investments in marketing structures in the wine-
growing sector

Objective: To encourage the restructuring of operators down-
stream of the sector

Budget: EUR 2,15 million in 2001

Aid intensity or amount: 40 % of the eligible costs (50 % in
less-favoured areas)

Duration: Unspecified

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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: 25.7.2002

Member State: Spain (Galicia)

Aid No: N 581/01

Title: Aid to agricultural cooperatives and producer groups

Objective: To promote professional skills and training in
coopertives and other agricultural producer groups head-
quartered in the Galicia region, and to improve financial and
commercial management and consolidation by supporting the
provision of specialist technical assistance and aid for hiring
specialised staff and for introducing quality and environmental
systems

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 667/01

Title: Ofival aid. State-region planning contracts. Cattle, pig,
sheep and goat production

Technical

Objective:
improvement of herds
conditions

support
(tests)

for

genetic
producers;
and improved production

Budget: EUR 22,9 million per year until 2006

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

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Duration: 5 years

Member State: France

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Aid No: N 670/01

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 668/01

Title: Ofival aid. State-region planning contracts. Egg sector

Objective: To improve the health status of livestock, guarantee
a good environment for rearing animals, and contribute to
developing
and expanding
industry by promoting
procedures for greater control of the health environment of
livestock

the

Budget: EUR 76 000 per year until 2006

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Title: Ofival aid. State-region planning contracts. Rabbit
production

Duration: 5 years

Objective: To adapt production to market needs

Budget: EUR 711 630 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: 5 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

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

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

Member State: France

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 669/01

Aid No: N 671/01 and N 672/01

Title: Ofival aid. State-region planning contracts. Equine
production and deseasonalisation of the production of heavy
foals

Objective: To improve horsemeat production by means of aid
for technical assistance and a premium for the deseasonali-
sation of the production of heavy foals

Title: Ofival aid. State-region planning contracts. Production of
fat palmipeds

Budget: EUR 522 000 per year

Objective: To adapt production to market needs by supporting
the implementation of
technical assistance measures and
investments in renovating production buildings

Budget: EUR 580 000 per year until 2006

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: 5 years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

Duration: Until 2006

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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: 25.7.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 673/01

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Title: Ofival aid. State-region planning contracts. Production of
poultry for meat purposes

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Objective: To improve health and hygiene conditions in
existing poultry farms

Budget:
(Lit 800 000 000)

Estimated

expenses

for

2001:

EUR 431 000

Budget: EUR 1 532 000 per year until 2006

Aid intensity or amount: Variable according to the measure

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Indefinite

Duration: 5 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: 25.7.2002

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 728/01

Title: Aid promoting the use of seed from permanent grassland

Objective: To improve the environment by granting aid for
agri-environment commitments

Legal basis: Regolamento per l'inventario dei prati stabili na-
turali della pianura e la concessione di incentivi per l'utilizzo di
sementi prodotte da specie provenienti da prati stabili naturali
regionali

Budget: EUR 15 494 in 2001

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 413,17 per hectare

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: Spain (Madrid)

Aid No: N 772/01

Title: Aid for marketing agricultural products

Objective: To promote the quality and marketing of agri-
cultural products

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden por la que se regulan las ayudas
para la promoción de la calidad y comercialización de los
productos agroalimentarios de la Comunidad de Madrid

Budget: EUR 604 017

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the beneficiary
and aid

Duration: Unspecified

Duration: 2002

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: Italy (Regione Marche)

Aid No: N 769/01

Title: Aid for the forestry sector

Objective:
Enhancement of
promotion of sustainable forestry activities

the

forestry heritage

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 792/01

Title: Milk quality and conditions of dairy farms in mountain
areas

and

Legal basis: Proposta di delibera n. 2209 del 18 settembre
2001 «Interventi regionali a favore del settore forestale: com-
plementarietà e sinergia con il piano di sviluppo rurale della
Regione Marche 2000-2006»

Objective: To improve milk quality and the conditions of
dairy farms
in mountain areas and to maintain farming
activities in mountain areas

Budget: EUR 6,25 million in 2001

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Aid intensity or amount: Variable

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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: 25.7.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 793/01

Title: Aid for the goat sector

Objective: To adapt production more closely to market needs

Budget: EUR 305 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until 2006

Legal basis: Landeshaushaltsordnung Niedersachsen (Land
Budgetary Regulation of Lower Saxony), Entwurf einer Richt-
linie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Förderung
der landwirtschaftlichen Beratung und von Leistungsprüfungen
in der tierischen Erzeugung (draft directive on the grant of
allowances on the promotion of the agricultural consulting
and of performance examinations in the animal production)

Budget: EUR 2 800 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: 70 % of the costs of the consulting
services but not more than EUR 100 000 per undertaking
within a period of three years

Duration: 2002-2005

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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: 25.7.2002

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Member State: Portugal

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

Aid No: NN 82/02 (ex N 703/01)

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2002

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 832/01

Title: Promotion of consulting of agricultural and horticultural
enterprises

Objective: Consulting services are subsidised for agricultural
and horticultural enterprises in Lower Saxony in order to
support
the development of sustainable, environment- and
animal-friendly production in agriculture and horticulture as
well as the conversion to the ecological agriculture and horti-
culture

Title: Aid to compensate damage due to storms

Objective: Aid to farmers to compensate the loss of income
suffered as a result of the hailstorms towards the end of July
and August

Interest-rate
the reference rate as

subsidies of
a
Aid intensity or amount:
maximum 20 % of
laid down by
Decree-Law No 359/89 of 18 October, unless the reference
rate was higher than the rate used by the lending institution
in question, in which case the latter rate would be used

Duration: One year from 1 August 2001

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