Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2002-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, agricultural holding, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, control of State aid, farming sector, investment, natural disaster

30.11.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 298/7

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 298/04)

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2002

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 29/02

Member State: France

Aid No: N 367/02

Title: Organic platform (Platform Biologica)

Title: Regional aid for investments in the sector of arable crops

Objective: Market studies, technical support and publicity for
the organic sector

Legal basis: Decreet van het ministerie van Landbouw, natuur-
beheer en visserij

Budget: EUR 459 824,56

Aid intensity or amount: Various according to the measures

Duration: 2001 to 2004

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: Encourage undertakings downstream of production
to invest in traceability, quality and marketing of quality arable
crops

Budget: EUR 155 000 for organic farming for the duration of
the ‘contrat de plan’ 2000-2006; EUR 300 000 for conven-
tional farming over the same period

Aid intensity or amount: 20 % for organic farming; 30 % for
conventional farming

Duration: From 2000 to 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: 30.10.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2002

Member State: Germany (Bayern)

Aid No: N 30/01

Title: Agrarinvestitionsförderungsprogramm

Objective: To promote investment on farms, in particular to
help to stabilise and improve farm incomes and improve living,
working and production conditions

Legal basis: Richtlinien des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für
Landwirtschaft und Forsten zur einzelbetrieblichen Investitions-
förderung

Budget: EUR 335 million

Member State: Germany (Saxony)

Aid No: N 473/02

Title: Sonderprogramm des Freistaates Sachsen für BSE-Aus-
wirkungen

Objective: The various measures under the programme are
designed to alleviate the financial burden associated with the
BSE crisis

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für
Soziales, Gesundheit, Jugend und Familie über die Gewährung
von Zuwendungen im Rahmen des Sonderprogramms für BSE-
Auswirkungen

Aid intensity or amount: The maximum overall aid intensity
is 40 %. In the case of investments made by young farmers
within five years of start-up, the maximum intensity is 45 %

Budget: EUR 1 200 000

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until 31 December 2005

Duration: Until 31 December 2002

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

C 298/8

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Official Journal of the European Communities

30.11.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2002

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

Member State: Italy (Sardinia)

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

Aid No: N 594/02

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 conditions in
2001/02

Legal basis: Progetto di legge della Regione Sardegna

Budget: EUR 250 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2002

Member State: Luxembourg

Aid No: N 647/01

Title: Aid towards farmers' income — bad weather in 2000

Objective: To compensate farmers for losses suffered as a
result of heavy rains in July 2000

Budget: EUR 562 307

Aid intensity or amount: 80 % of losses

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

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

Duration: Up to three years after the adverse weather event

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

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2868 — Linde/Sonatrach/JV)

(2002/C 298/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 20 November 2002 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration
pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1310/97 (2), by which the German undertaking Linde International AG (Linde) and the Algerian
State-owned undertaking Société nationale pour la recherche, la production, le transport, la transformation
et la commercialisation des hydrocarbures SpA (Sonatrach), acquire, wihtin the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
of the Regulation, joint control of the newly created joint ventures Société de production and Société de
commercialisation by way of transfer of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Linde: manufacturing and supply of industrial and medical gases as well as engineering, material

handling and refrigeration,

— Sontatrach: prospecting, production, transport and commercialisation of hydrocarbons,

— Société de production: production of helium,

— Société de commercialisation: wholesale of helium.

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.