Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2002-10-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, agricultural production, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, insurance premium, product quality, technical cooperation, viticulture

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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 246/04)

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.9.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.9.2002

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Member State: Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

Aid No: N 55/02

Aid No: N 189/02

Title: Promotion of typical wines

Objective: Promotion of wines with a protected designation of
origin (PDO)
indi-
cation (PGI) (Refosco)

(Ramandolo) or a protected geographical

Title: Aid for the destruction of carcasses in Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern

Objective: Compensation for
carcasses of fallen stock to livestock farmers

the costs of destruction of

Legal basis: Progetti di convenzioni per l'attuazione di inter-
venti per la valorizzazione e promozione dei vini tipici locali

Legal basis: §§ 23, 44 der Landeshaushaltsordnung Mecklen-
burg-Vorpommern

Budget: ITL 73 000 000 (approximately EUR 37 000)

Budget: EUR 2 080 000

Aid intensity or amount: For advertising measures: 50 % of
the eligible costs, for studies aid can go up to EUR 100 000
per any three-year period

Aid intensity or amount: 33,3 % of the costs for disposal

Duration: 1 January to 31 December 2002

Duration: Until 2003

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: 23.9.2002

Member State: Italy (Tuscany)

Aid No: N 122/02

Title: Promotion of quality products

Objective: Promotion of typical and certified products

Legal basis: Delibera della Regione Toscana 1369 del
17.12.2001 «Supporto alle iniziative locali di qualificazione
dei prodotti»

Budget: EUR 107 732,91 (ITL 208 600 000)

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of the eligible expenses, up to
a maximum of EUR 100 000 per beneficiary in any three-year
period

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.9.2002

Member State: Spain (Murcia)

Aid No: N 199/02

Title: Aid for the processing and marketing of agricultural
products

Objective: To promote agricultural associations that process
and market agricultural products

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden por la que se convocan y se
aprueban las bases reguladoras de las ayudas destinadas al
fomento del asociacionismo agrario de transformación y co-
mercialización de los productos agrarios

Budget: Unspecified

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Duration: 2002

Duration: 2003-2006

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 9.9.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 232/02

Title: Aid to the production and marketing of
processed fruit and vegetables and others

fresh and

Objective: To rationalise production and improve quality, in
particular in the fruit and vegetables sector

Budget: EUR 10 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Unspecified

Budget: ITL 3 billion (approximately EUR 1,5 million) until
2004

Aid intensity or amount: 80 % of the costs of insurance
premiums to cover against losses caused by natural disasters
and exceptional occurences and 50 % where the insurance also
covers other losses caused by adverse climatic events, or losses
caused by animal or plant diseases

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

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: 9.9.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 255/02

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.9.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 234/02

Title: Aid for equipment for agricultural cooperatives to ensure
product traceability

Objective: To increase food security and consumer confidence

Budget: EUR 30 490 in 2002 and EUR 45 735 for 2003,
2004 and 2005

Aid intensity or amount: 30 %

Duration: Until 2005

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

Title: Aid within the framework of State-region planning
contracts in the winegrowing sector

Objective: To gear wine production towards quality, adapt
supply to demand, strengthen product identification and trace-
ability, and promote sustainable and environmentally sound
farming methods

(research and
Budget: Around EUR 10,3 million in total
experimentation EUR 2 010 800 per year; upstream and
downstream technical
year;
physical
investments: EUR 4 099 400 per year; restructuring
and developing downstream businesses: EUR 2 137 500 per
year; promotion and support
for the sector: EUR 772 700
per year; permanent abandonment of winegrowing in the
Poitou-Charentes region: EUR 508 200 per year)

EUR 853 200 per

support:

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until the end of 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

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.9.2002

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 251/02

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.9.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 309/01

Title: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums. DDL
n. 225/2001

Objective: Aid to cover the costs of insurance premiums

Legal basis: Disegno di legge regionale n. 225/2001 «Nuove
misure per il concorso della copertura assicurativa dei rischi
agricoli»

Title: Interregional programme of technical assistance in the
zootechnical sector

Objective: To provide technical assistance to stockfarmers

Legal basis: Programma interregionale di assistenza tecnica in
zootecnia (PIATZ)

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Budget: EUR 12,5 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 %

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % for technical assistance and
for organising training courses

Duration: 2002

Duration: Unspecified

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: 9.9.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.9.2002

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Member State: Italy (Trento)

Aid No: N 335/01

Title: Articles 61 and 67 of Provincial Law No 3/2001 laying
down measures in relation to movements of public finances in
2001

Objective: To support forestry and provide assistance for the
payment of insurance premiums and for investments in agri-
cultural holdings

Aid No: N 452/01

Title: Agricoltura biologica, di qualità e di nicchia

Objective: To favour investment in the ‘Valli del Torre’ area of
Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Legal basis: Delibera 197/2001 della giunta regionale del
Friuli-Venezia Giulia; legge regionale n. 10/97

Budget: EUR 198 836

Legal basis: Legge provinciale n. 3/2001 «Misure collegate con
la manovra di finanza pubblica per l'anno 2001»

Aid intensity or amount: Variable according to the measure

Budget: Article 61: EUR 3 356 969,84 for 2002; Article 67:
around EUR 150 000 each year in 2002 and 2003

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the measures

Duration: Unspecified

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: 18.9.2002

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 346/02

Title: Decree introducing subsidies within the framework of
monitoring for TSE in cattle, sheep and goats

Objective: To part-finance the costs incurred by slaughter-
houses and rendering plants within the framework of moni-
toring for TSE in cattle, sheep and goats

Duration: 31 December 2002

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: 12.9.2002

Member State: Spain (Canary Islands)

Aid No: N 503/02

Title: Plant-health measures for potatoes

Objective: To compensate for losses due to implementation of
a potato disease eradication programme

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden de la Consejería de Agricultura,
Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación del Gobierno de Canarias por
el que se regulan las medidas fitosanitarias adoptadas para la
erradicación y control de la Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Ya-
buuch et al en la isla de la Palma y el de la Tecia solanivora
Povolny en la isla de Tenerife ambas en el cultivo de la papa y
se establecen las ayudas por la adopción de tales medidas

Legal basis: Bekendtgørelse om tilskud til overvågning af TSE
hos kvæg, får og geder

Budget: Unspecified

Budget: DKK 96 300 000 (approximately EUR 12 652 500)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

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Duration: Unspecified

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

Objective: To meet restructuring requirements to bring farm
buildings up to standard in accordance with Council Directive
91/629/EEC of 19 November 1991 having down minimum
standards
the protection of calves, as amended by
Directive 97/2/EC of 20 January 1997

for

Budget: EUR 5,34 million per year until the end of 2003

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 40 %

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.9.2002

Duration: Until the end of 2003

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 549/01

Title: Improvement of the efficiency of the agrarian structures
common task
(new version).
coastal
‘Improvement of
protection’ for the period 2002-2005

the agrarian structure and the

Framework plan of

the

in Germany in the context of

Objective: The scheme concerns amendments to the approved
programme Durchführung von Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung
der Effizienz der Agrarstrukturen in Deutschland nach dem
Rahmenplan 2000-2003 der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbes-
serung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes’ (Implemen-
tation of measures to improve the efficiency of agricultural
the framework
structures
2000-2003 of the framework programme ‘Improvement of
the agricultural
structures and the coast protection’). The
amendments cover the following areas: land reparcelling, the
voluntary use exchange, the rural construction of roads, reno-
resources
of
and
vation
management
agrarian
investment aid programme, processing and marketing of
ecologically or
regionally produced agricultural products,
holdings in disadvantaged areas, agro-environmental measures
and forestry measures

villages, water
culture-technical measures,

development
and

Legal basis: Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbes-
serung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes“

Budget: EUR 1,55 billion per year (co-financed and nationally
financed)

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: 9.9.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 691/B/01

Title: Technical framework — winegrowing sector

Objective: To provide technical assistance to promote restruc-
turing by downstream operators

Budget: EUR 2,3 million in 2001

Aid intensity or amount: 40 % of eligible costs

Duration: 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

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.9.2002

Duration: Unlimited

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: 9.9.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 659/01

Member State: Spain (Galicia)

Aid No: N 764/01

Title: Aid to promote agricultural associations

Objective: To promote agricultural associations by means of
investment aid, start-up assistance and technical assistance

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden por el que se establecen ayudas
para fomentar el asociacionismo agrario y el redimensiona-
miento empresarial de las entidades asociativas agrarias en Ga-
licia

Budget: EUR 642 578 per year

Title: Aid for farm buildings for veal calves

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

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Duration: Unspecified

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: 9.9.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 791/01

Title: State-region planning contracts. Regional agreements on
milk production

agricultural
Objective: To ensure
products,
improve the image and security of milk and milk
products, and improve the technical and economic efficiency
of holdings

the diversification of

Budget: Approximately EUR 10 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.9.2002

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 852/01

Title: Aid to implement quality beef programmes

Objective: To implement quality beef programmes

Legal basis: Proyecto de Real Decreto por el que se establecen
ayudas a los programas de carne de vacuno de calidad

Budget: Unspecified

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 50 % of the cost

Duration: Five years

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

Duration: Until the end of 2006

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