Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2003-05-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, agricultural holding, agro-industry, control of State aid, essential oil, food contamination, investment, production aid

1.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 105/35

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2003/C 105/05)

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.3.2003

Member State: France

Aid No: N 243/02

Title: Aid to assist lavandin producers

Objective: To assist
following the crisis in the sector in 2000-01

restructuring of

lavandin producers

Budget: Aid for restructuring: EUR 73 000 in 2002; Aid to
producers of essential oils: EUR 76 000 in 2002

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 2 000 maximum per holding

Duration: Unspecified

Other information: France has undertaken to submit an
annual report on the application of the aid

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

Lagförslag utfärdat av regeringen om ersättning för förluster på
grund av att pälsdjur dött till följd av förgiftning under 2002

Budget: EUR 2,93 million

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the eligible losses

Duration: One-off

Other information: No specific procedure to deal with
outbreaks of botulism has been laid down in Community
veterinary legislation. Botulism is an animal disease (zoonosis),
which is listed in Annex I
to the amended Commission
proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and the
Council on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents as
a zoonosis to be monitored according to epidemiological
situation

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: 19.3.2003

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.3.2003

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 30/03

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 6/03 ex 220/02

Title: Aid for farmers to compensate damages due to feed
contaminated by clostridium

Title: Tax credits for agricultural
thereto

investments: amendments

Objective: On 5 October 2002 the feed producing company
Terjärv Frys delivered to several fur farms a shipment of fur
animal
feed of company's own production. The feed was
contaminated by Clostridium botulinum bacterium resulting
in an outbreak of botulism in the fur animal population on
the farms. Out of the 50 000 animals lost ca. 42 000 or 84 %
were culled on 7 October 2002 on the order of the veter-
the decree on Animal
inarians acting under Article 11 of
Protection (Eläinsuojeluasetus 396/1996). The other ca. 8 000
animals had died of the disease during the first two days of
the outbreak. The notified aid scheme would provide compen-
sation for the loss income from the sales of fur animal skins.
The compensation amounts to up to 100 % of the average
commercial value in 2002 of the skins of only those animals
that were culled on the orders of the veterinarians

Legal basis: Valtioneuvoston asetus
turkiseläimille vuonna
2002 tapahtuneesta rehumyrkytyksestä aiheutuneiden tappioi-
den korvaamisesta;

Objective: To encourage investment on agricultural holdings
and for the processing and marketing of agricultural products

Legal basis: Legge finanziaria 388/2000 articolo 8, Decreto del
ministro delle Politiche agricole e forestali recante le tipologie
di
investimento per il settore agricolo ammissibili al credito
d'imposta e articolo 11 della Legge 178/2002

Budget: EUR 175 million a year (for 2003 and 2004)

Aid intensity or amount: Varies, depending on the measure
(40 or 50 %)

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