Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2002-11-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, agricultural product, champagne, control of State aid, natural disaster, quasi-fiscal charge, small and medium-sized enterprises

26.11.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 291/5

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 291/04)

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.10.2002

Budget: Unspecified

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 182/02

Title: Flemish Government Decree on the aid to help farmers
or market gardeners through difficulties or conversion

Objective: To fund the costs of helping farmers or market
gardeners through difficulties or conversion

Legal basis: Besluit van de Vlaamse regering betreffende de
steun voor de begeleiding van land- en tuinbouwers in moei-
lijkheden of in reconversie

Arrêté du gouvernement flamand relatif à l'aide à l'accompa-
gnement des agriculteurs et des horticulteurs en difficulté ou en
phase de reconversion

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 %

Duration: Until end of 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

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.10.2002

Budget: EUR 250 000 in 2002

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 %

Duration: Unspecified

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 552/02

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

Title: The loan programme of Finnvera plc towards the
processing and marketing of agricultural products

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

Objective: Aid to SMEs for investments as well as for research
and development

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.11.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 305/02

Legal basis: Toimenpide perustuu lakeihin N:o 443/1998 ja
445/1998, joissa säännellään Finnvera Oyj:n toimintaa, alueel-
lisen korkotuen ja erityiskorkotuen maksamisesta 17.
joulu-
kuuta 1998 Finnvera Oyj:lle annettuun valtioneuvoston sitou-
mukseen, sellaisena kuin se on viimeksi muutettuna 15. joulu-
luotto- ja takaustappioiden osittaisesta korvaa-
kuuta 2001,
misesta 17. joulukuuta 1998 Finnvera Oyj:lle annettuun valtio-
neuvoston sitoumukseen, sellaisena kuin se on viimeksi muu-
tettuna 15. maaraskuuta 2001, sekä Finnvera Oyj:n 2. elokuuta
2001 annettuun yhtiöjärjestykseen

Title: Parafiscal charge to fund the Comité interprofessionnel
du vin de Champagne (CIVC), the joint trade association for
champagne

Objective: To encourage measures of common interest such as
research and development and legal protection for
this
designated product

Åtgärden baseras på lag 443/1998 och 445/1998, som styr
Finnvera Abp:s verksamhet, på regeringens åtagande gentemot
Finnvera Abp av den 17 december 1998, senast ändrat den 15
december 2001, för utbetalning av regionalt räntebidrag och
särskilt räntebidrag, på regeringens åtagande gentemot Finnvera
Abp av den 17 december 1998, senast ändrat den 15 novem-
ber 2001, gällande partiell täckning av kredit- och garantiför-
luster, och på Finnvera Abp:s stadgar av den 2 augusti 2001

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Budget: The Finnish authorities have estimated that EUR 24,5
million of loans would be granted yearly. The interest subsidy
on these loans would amount to EUR 660 000 and the resti-
tution for credit losses to EUR 1,15 million for the whole loan
period. These costs would be paid by the State

Aid intensity or amount: The above partial state guarantee
reduces the risk premium and hence the cost of the loan. The
aid intensity varies according to the level, of
the interest
is limited to
subsidy and the partial State guarantee, but
40 % (50 % for less-favoured areas) in investment loans and
35 % for development loans. Aid from other sources is taken
into account so that
these maximum intensities are never
exceeded

Duration: Until further notice

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

Aid No: NN 90/02 (ex N 704/01)

Title: Aid to compensate for damage caused by exceptional
weather conditions in autumn-winter 2000/2001

Objective: Aid for cereal producers (in particular growers of
wheat, distichous barley, triticale, oats, common barley and rye)
to compensate them for the considerable production losses
they suffered as a result of the exceptional weather conditions
(excessively heavy rainfall and abnormally high temperatures)
that occurred between 1 December 2000 and 1 May 2001
over a large part of mainland Portugal

Aid intensity or amount: Interest subsidies of up to 20 % of
the reference rate as established by Decree Law No 359/89 of
18 October, except where the reference rate exceeded the rate
used by the credit institution in question, in which case the
rate to be used would be that lower rate

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

Duration: One year

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.10.2002

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

Member State: Portugal

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

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 291/05)

Date of adoption of the decision:

6.8.2002

Member State:

Aid No:

Title:

Objective:

Legal basis:

Spain

N 676/01

Aid to the bull sector

Aid to bullfight organisers for the withdrawal and destruction of
fighting bulls

Orden del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, de 8 de
agosto de 2001, por la que se instrumentan medidas complemen-
tarias de apoyo en relación con la encefalopatía espongiforme bo-
vina

Budget:

ESP 2 512 500 000 (EUR 15,1 million)

Aid intensity or amount:

Varies according to the type of bullfight show

Duration:

Between 1 July 2001 and 31 December 2001

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

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