Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2003-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, benchmarking, control of State aid, food industry, investment promotion, livestock, livestock farming, quality label, rural development, sheep

4.3.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 50/3

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2003/C 50/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.1.2003

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 50 %

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Duration: Until 31 December 2005

Aid No: N 599/02

Title: Amendments and corrigendum to Aid N 584/01 ‘Aid for
rural development compatible with optimising living and
environmental resources’

Objective: Amendments and corrigendum to Aid N 584/01,
approved by Commission Decision SG(02) 711 of 19.3.2002.
Introduction of a new measure: crops lost in setaside land
(within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1251/99)

regime di aiuto
Legal basis: Modifica ed integrazione al
N 584/01 «Contributi per uno sviluppo rurale compatibile
con la valorizzazione delle risorse faunistiche ed ambientali»

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.1.2003

Budget: EUR 1 250 000 per year for the first three years

Member State: Austria (Vorarlberg)

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the measure

Aid No: N 705/02

Duration: Unspecified

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.1.2003

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 646/02

Title: Aid to promote consultancy for small and medium-sized
enterprises

Objective: To improve the performance and competitiveness
of commercial enterprises and strengthen the willingness to
undertake business start-ups

Legal basis: Richtlinien über die Förderung von Unterneh-
mensberatungen für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen

Budget: Average of EUR 150 000 per year

Title: Aid for livestock keeping and breeding

Objective: Quality improvement in livestock farming. Aid will
be granted for the following purposes:

— first purchase of valuable breeding animals to improve
quality (excluding small animals and birds), aid intensity
40 %,

— establishment and maintenance of herd books (excluding

small animals and birds), aid intensity 80 %,

— determining the genetic quality and yield of

livestock

(excluding small animals and birds), aid intensity 70 %,

— introduction

of

innovatory

breeding

techniques

or

practices, aid intensity 40 %,

— keeping individual male breeding animals of high genetic
quality registered in herd books (excluding small animals,
birds and bees), aid intensity 30 %,

— information meetings,
associations

training and further
bodies;
other
and

training by
breeding
organising
competitions, exhibitions and fairs as well as participating
in such events, aid intensity EUR 100 000 three years per
beneficiary or maximally 50 % of the eligible costs for small
and mediumsized enterprises

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Official Journal of the European Union

4.3.2003

Legal basis: Die Maßnahme basiert auf der Richtlinie der Vor-
arlberger Landesregierung zur Förderung der Tierzucht und
Viehwirtschaft

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

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

Budget: EUR 2,1 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Unlimited

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.1.2003

Member State: France

Aid No: N 731/02

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.1.2003

Member State: Spain (Madrid)

Aid No: N 770/02

Title: Aid to promote investment in technological innovation
in the food industry

Objective: To promote investment in technological innovation
in the food industry

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden por la que regulan ayudas al
fomento de las inversiones para la innovación tecnológica de la
industria alimentaria en la Comunidad de Madrid

Title: Aid for sheep products with official quality mark

Budget: EUR 1 100 000 for 2003

Objective: To take over part of the inspection costs for sheep
products with an official quality mark

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

Budget: EUR 1 630 000 per year

Duration: 2003

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % in the first year followed by
gradual reduction by 20 % per year

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

Duration: Six years

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

NOTICE

(2003/C 50/04)

By decision of 3 March 2003, the European Commission has appointed Mr Willy BUSCHAK as Deputy
Director of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for a period
of five years, from 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2008.