Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2003-05-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

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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 123/08)

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.4.2003

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.4.2003

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 65/03

Title: Aid for agricultural
consumption

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 86/03

insurance for potatoes for human

Title: Compensation to beekeepers for draught-related losses

Objective: To take out agricultural insurance for potatoes for
human consumption

Legal basis: Régimen de ayudas del Estado español al seguro
agrario combinado

Budget: Unspecified

Aid intensity or amount: Varies

Duration: Unspecified

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: 15.4.2003

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 69/03

Title: Aid for agricultural associations

Objective: To compensate beekeepers for losses in honey
production caused by draught in the summer of 2002

Legal basis: Delibera n. 102 del 6 febbraio 2003 (Determina-
zione dei criteri e delle modalità di erogazione dei contributi a
favore del settore apistico a causa della siccità) Articolo 7 della
legge regionale n. 24 dell'8 luglio 2002

Budget: EUR 1,5 million

Aid intensity or amount: 90 %

Duration: One year

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: 15.4.2003

Member State: France

Aid No: N 105/03

Objective: To increase the economic and social dimension of
agricultural associations and to facilitate technical assistance
and training for them and their members

Title: Parafiscal charges for the benefit of GNIS, CTICS and
FASC

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden por la que se establecen las
bases reguladoras y la convocatoria, para el año 2003, de las
subvenciones destinadas al fomento, asistencia técnica y forma-
ción de entidades asociativas agrarias de nivel supraautonómico

Budget: EUR 1 000 000 in 2003

Objective: To renew these schemes until 31 December 2003

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Six months

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

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

Duration: 2003

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

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: 14.4.2003

Member State: France

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Aid No: N 108/03

Title: Aid to improve the quality of pigmeat produced in
mountain areas

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden por la que se establecen las
bases reguladoras y la convocatoria para el ejercicio 2002 de
la concesión de ayudas destinadas a la modernización del sec-
tor de la avicultura de carne de pollo en España

Objective: Extention of the scheme to research the quality of
pigmeat produced in mountain areas

Budget: EUR 300 510 in 2002

Budget: EUR 5,3 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: One year

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Duration: 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

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.4.2003

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.4.2003

Member State: Spain (Cantabria)

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 546/02

Aid No: N 619/02

Title: Aid for agricultural associations

Title: Aid for agricultural associations

Objective: The promotion of agricultural associations

Objective: To increase the economic and social dimension of
agricultural associations and to facilitate technical assistance
and training for them and their members

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden por la que se regulan y con-
vocan ayudas para el fomento del asociacionismo agrario en
Cantabria

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden por la que se establecen las
bases reguladoras para el fomento, asistencia técnica y forma-
ción de entidades asociativas agrarias de nivel supraautonómico

Budget: EUR 1 000 000 for 2002

Budget: EUR 370 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Various, according to the type of
aid

Aid intensity or amount: Varies, depending on the aid

Duration: Not specified

Duration: 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

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.4.2003

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.4.2003

Member State: Belgium

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 564/02

Aid No: N 648/02

Title: To compensate the damage to flax, potato and cereal
crops caused by rain in September 2001

Title: Aid for modernising the poultry sector

Objective: To modernise the poultrymeat production sector
and increase its competitiveness

Objective: To compensate flax, potato and cereal producers
who suffered damage as a result of the exceptionally heavy
rains in September 2001

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Legal basis:

Loi du 12 juillet 1976 relative à la réparation de certains
dommages causés à des biens privés par des calamités natu-
relles. Moniteur belge du 13 août 1976

Wet van 12 juli 1976 betreffende het herstel van zekere schade
veroorzaakt aan private goederen door natuurrampen. Belgisch
Staatsblad van 13 augustus 1976

Budget: EUR 8,66 million

Member State: France

Aid No: N 715/02

Title: Aid for the hides and skins sector (‘5th quarter’) —
improvement of hides and skins

Objective: To encourage the implementation of measures
which aim to improve the quality of hides and skins from
cattle, sheep and goats

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 % of losses

Budget: EUR 457 000 per year

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

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 %

Duration: Three years

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.4.2003

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 651/02

Title: Promoting the use of biodegradable lubricants

Objective: Promotion of the introduction of lubricants and
hydraulic fluids based on agricultural raw materials, which
degrade quickly and have no negative effects on CO2-levels

Legal basis: Richtlinien zur Förderung von Projekten zum
Schwerpunkt Einsatz von biologisch schnell
abbaubaren
Schmierstoffen und Hydraulikflüssigkeiten auf Basis nachwach-
sender Rohstoffe

Budget: EUR 10,2 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: The aid intensity amounts up to
100 % of the extra costs that result from the use of environ-
mentally friendly lubricants

Duration: Until 31 December 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

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.4.2003

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 591/01

Title: Regional Law 32/2000 Articles 101, 104, 106, 108, 109
and 119

Objective: Agro-environmental aids, aid for the preservation
of traditional landscape and aid for investment in ostrich meat

Legal basis: Legge della Regione Siciliana, n. 32/2000, articoli
101, 104, 106, 108, 109 e 119 «Investimenti aziendali nel
settore agricolo»

Budget: EUR 43 million

Aid intensity or amount: Depending on the measure

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

Duration: Until 2006

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.4.2003

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