Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-04-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, agricultural holding, agricultural product, apiculture, control of State aid, cooperation on agriculture, drinking milk, educational institution, livestock farming

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Official Journal of the European Union

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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

(2003/C 91/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.3.2003

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 41/03

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden Foral por la que se regula la
concesión de subvenciones para la financiación de las obras de
distribución de redes a presión en parcelas de interés agrícola
privado en las zonas de actuación en infraestructuras agrícolas
con transformación o modernización de regadíos

Title: Amendment of the investment aid scheme N 59/2000

Budget: EUR 800 000

Objective: The approved aid scheme N 59/2000 concerns
investment and development aid for processing and handling
of agricultural products. The notified aid measure introduces
the following amendments to that aid scheme: the cumulating
of the investment aid pursuant to scheme N 59/2000 with
other State aid would be limited to 40 % aid rates of the
eligible investment; wage and travel costs related to devel-
opment activity would be added as eligible costs for devel-
opment aid; cumulating of development aid with other State
aid would be allowed while these maximum cumulated aid
rates would remain the same as the maximum aid rates of
development aid under the approved aid scheme N 59/2000.
No other amendments are made to aid scheme N 59/2000

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 40 % (50 % in less-favoured
areas) and 45 % for young farmers (55 % in less-favoured areas)

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

Legal basis: A government decree (not yet issued)

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.3.2003

Budget: The budget
for the investment aid scheme to be
amended has been estimated at EUR 2,5-5 million/year. The
proposed amendment is not expected to have any budgetary
impact

Member State: France

Aid No: N 721/02

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until 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

Title: Aid to promote technical and economic restructuring in
the stockfarming sector

form of management

Objective: To improve effectiveness and professionalism,
in
particular by providing technical assistance to stockfarmers in
the
introducing technical
measures to improve production and processing, developing
new techniques, and organising competitions, trade fairs and
shows

services,

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.3.2003

Budget: EUR 300 000 per three-year period

Aid intensity or
ceiling of
EUR 100 000 per beneficiary of a technical assistance service
in a three-year period

amount: 50 %, with a

Member State: Spain (Navarre)

Duration: Six years

Aid No: N 709/02

Title: Aid for the conversion and modernisation of irrigation
works

Objective: To modernise irrigation works

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 14.3.2003

Member State: Italy (Bergamo)

Aid No: N 529/02

Title: Investment aid to agricultural undertakings and cooper-
atives in Bergamo

in
Objective: To favour investment in agricultural holdings,
the agro-tourism sector and in the processing and marketing of
agricultural products

Legal basis: Delibera della Giunta provinciale n. 293 del
13.6.2002 «Approvazione di un bando di concorso per la
concessione di contributi in conto interessi a favore delle im-
prese e cooperative agricole bergamasche a sostegno degli in-
vestimenti aziendali»

Objective: To compensate honey producers for losses resulting
from the bad weather in 2002

Legal basis: Articolo 10 della legge 27 marzo 2001, n. 122
«Misure finanziarie per il settore agricolo»

Budget: EUR 3 834 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: 30 % of the losses incurred by the
beekeeper

Duration: Until the budget is exhausted

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

Budget: Max. EUR 500 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.3.2003

Aid intensity or amount: Variable according to the extent of
the interest rate subsidy and the duration of the loan. Does not
exceed 15 % gross grant equivalent

Member State: France

Aid No: N 81/03

Duration: Unlimited

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

Title: Aid for supplying certain milk products to pupils in
educational establishments

Objective: To stimulate consumption of milk and organic milk
products by children

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

Budget: EUR 600 000 per year

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.3.2003

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 802/02

Aid intensity or amount: Variable, but less than 25 % of the
price of the products

Duration: Five years

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

Title: Aid for the beekeeping sector — Natural disasters 2002

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