Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2002-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, animal production, bad weather, control of State aid, damage, early retirement, horticulture, silviculture

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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 238/04)

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.7.2002

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Member State: Spain (Galicia)

Aid No: N 445/02

Title: Aid for livestock health

Objective: To replace livestock following implementation of
animal health campaigns

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden por la que se regulan y con-
vocan ayudas para la compra de ganado bovino que tenga por
objeto la reposición de reses como consecuencia del sacrificio
obligatorio en ejecución de los programas de control y erradi-
cación de enfermedades de los animales

Budget: EUR 480 000 in 2002

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Date of adoption of the decision: 31.7.2002

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 737/01

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Title: Promotion of animal breeding

Duration: Unspecified

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Objective: Promotion of the maintenance and improvement of
the genetic quality of the livestock in Saxony with four actions:
maintenance of herd books of recognised breeder associations,
performance tests and tests to determine the genetic quality
within the framework of breeding programmes, organisation
of exhibitions of breeding animals and keeping male breeding
animals of high genetic quality

Legal basis: Landeshaushaltsordnung Sachsen, Tierzüchtungs-
gesetz, vorgeschlagene Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsminis-
teriums für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft zur Förderung der
Tierzucht

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.7.2002

Budget: EUR 766 937,82 per year

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 470/02

Title: Aid to potato producer groups

Objective: To maintain agricultural activities

Legal basis: Proyecto de Real Decreto por el que se regula el
reconocimiento de las agrupaciones de productores de patatas
de consumo, no destinadas a la industria feculera y se estable-
cen diversas medidas de apoyo a las mismas

Budget: EUR 3 million in 2003

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Duration: Six years

Aid intensity or amount: Maintenance of herd books up to
80 %; maximally EUR 80 000; performance tests and tests to
determine the genetic quality up to 70 %; organisation of
exhibitions of breeding animals up to 70 %, maximally
EUR 33 000 per year; keeping male breeding animals of high
genetic quality: EUR 100 per animal with an aid intensity of
25,6 %

Duration: 2002—2004

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 7.8.2002

Title: Aid for early retirement in farming

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 457/01

Title: Veronesi Project — RIBS SpA

Objective: Modification of the original scheme approved by
the Commission (aid N 149/99)

Legal basis: Articolo 23 della legge 7 agosto 1997, N. 266.
Variante al progetto Veronesi

Budget: No other allocation

Duration: One-off intervention

Other information: The scheme consists in a different allo-
cation of funds and in a modification in the composition of the
capital of the firm

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Date of adoption of the decision: 14.8.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 660/01

Title: Aid for farm buildings for livestock

Objective: To encourage stockfarmers' efforts to improve
production conditions

Budget: EUR 21 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until 2006

Objective: To facilitate early retirement in farming. The draft
measure would modify an existing early retirement aid scheme
N 65/2000, which has been approved hy the Commission with
concern the
decision SG(2000) D/104371. Modifications
retirement age, possibility to cede agricultural
land with a
long-term lease, allowed forestry work and benefits to family
members and persons holding elective offices

Legal basis: Laki maatalousyrittäjien luopumistuesta annetun
lain muuttamisesta

Budget:

2003: EUR 4 million

2004: EUR 15 million

2005: EUR 27 million

2006: EUR 35 million

2007: EUR 170 million

Aid intensity or amount: Early retirement pension whose
amount is established by law. The average monthly benefit in
the year 2000 was EUR 607

Duration: The early retirement has to take place in the period
from 2003 to 2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 26.8.2002

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 586/01

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1. Call for projects in pigmeat processing sector

2. Call for projects to develop niche products

Objective:

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.8.2002

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 274/02

1. To provide

assistance

for

improving the quality of

processing and marketing structures for pigmeat

2. To promote investments in the development of niche

products

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Legal basis:

Budget: EUR 6 million

Fondo Regionale per lo sviluppo della montagna:

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

— Articolo 4 l.r. 08.04.1998, n. 10 (modificato dall'art. 13, l.r.

Duration: 2002

12.02.1998, n. 3)

— Deliberazione della giunta regionale n. 738 del 13.3.1998,
modificata dalla deliberazione della giunta regionale n.
1201 del 24.4.1998 (Bollettino ufficiale della Regione, n.
28 del 15.7.1998)

Budget: EUR 415 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the measures

Duration: Two years (1 January 2002 to 31 December 2003)

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2002

Member State: Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz)

Aid No: N 116A/02

Title: ‘Beihilfen bei Elementarschäden’

Objective: To grant
emergency
situations as the result of damage caused by certain weather
conditions (e.g. floods, storms, whirlwinds)

in exceptional

support

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 259/02

Title: Aid for
products

the advertising of ornamental horticulture

Objective: To promote the image of ornamental horticulture
products

Budget: EUR 278 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 50 % of expenditure

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Legal basis: Gewährung staatlicher Finanzbeihilfen bei Elemen-
tarschäden

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2002

Budget: Variable

Member State: Italy (Sardinia)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 33 %

Aid No: N 331/02

Duration: 31 December 2007

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 226/02

Title: Aid to improve the quality of pigmeat produced in
mountain areas

Objective: To research the quality of pigmeat produced in
mountain areas

Title: ‘Interventi per i danni provocati dalla siccità 2001/2002
e dalle gelate dell'inverno 2001/2002’

Objective: To compensate farmers and Consorzi di bonifica
for the losses suffered due to adverse weather condidtions in
2001/02

Legal basis: Progetto di legge della Regione Sardegna

Budget: EUR 125 000

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Up to three years after the adverse weather event

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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3.10.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2002

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

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Aid No: N 441/02

Title:
‘Regolamento per l'attivazione di interventi contributivi
al sostegno delle attività collegate alle utilizzazioni dei prodotti
forestali per una migliore gestione del patrimonio boschivo’

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 794/01

Objective: To develop a part of the forestry sector

Title: Aid to distribute milk in schools

Legal basis: Decreto del presidente della giunta regionale n.
0479/Pres./2000, del 27.12.2000

Objective: To stimulate children's consumption of milk

Budget: EUR 1,52 million per year

Budget: EUR 415 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the measure
involved (one of the measures, the marketing of wood, is not
an aid measure)

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 0,0970 per product unit (20 cl
carton of whole milk). Supplement to the Community aid

Duration: Unspecified

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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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 238/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.7.2002

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Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 105/02

Title: R & D programme ‘Viennese innovation programme’

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.5.2002

Objective: To support R & D projects carried out in Vienna

Member State: Spain (Catalonia)

Legal basis: Beschluss durch den Wiener Gemeinderat vom
14.12.2001

Budget: Up to EUR 25 million for three years

For

amount:

fundamental

research:
Aid intensity or
maximum 100 %; for industrial research: maximum 50 %; for
precompetitive development: maximum 25 %; plus bonuses
where
not
exceeding 75 % for industrial research and 50 % for precom-
petitive development

appropriate;

altogether,

including

bonuses,

Duration: Until 31 May 2005

Aid No: N 106/02

Title: Extension of aid N 670/98 (grants for eliminating waste
from residual water — Catalonia)

Objective: Environmental protection

Legal basis: Resolución de la Agencia Catalana del Agua de
convocatoria de ayudas para actuaciones relativas a la reduc-
ción de aguas residuales y/o su carga contaminante

Budget: EUR 6 million per year

Aid intensity or amount:

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

— 30 % gross (40 % gross for SMEs)