Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2003-09-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Netherlands, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

30.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 233/3

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2003/C 233/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.8.2003

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 95/03

Title: Liquidity aid for agricultural holdings — North Rhine-
Westphalia

Objective: Liquidity aid for agricultural holdings that have
suffered from natural disasters or exceptional occurrences

Legal basis: Richtlinien über die Gewährung von Zuwendun-
gen an Inhaber landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe als Liquiditätshilfe
nach Naturkatastrophen und außergewöhnlichen Ereignissen

Budget: No indication, as it is impossible to foresee future
natural disasters or exceptional occurrences. Funds are made
available on a yearly basis

Objective: The objective of the scheme is to monitor the
prevalence and epidemiological spread of TSEs within UK
fallen cattle population by testing the carcasses of all fallen
bovines aged over 24 months

Legal basis: Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down
rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), as amended;

— National

implementing provisions of Regulation (EC) No

999/2001:

TSE (England) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/843)

TSE (England) Amendment Regulations 2002
(SI 2002/1353)

Aid intensity or amount: 7 % of
loans taken to remedy
damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences

TSE (England) Amendment (N. 2) Regulations 2002
(SI 2002/2860)

Duration: From 1.1.2003 until 31.12.2007

TSE (Wales) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/1416)

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

TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/255)

Transmissible
(Northern Ireland 2002) (SR 2002/225)

Spongiform Encephalopathy Regulations

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.8.2003

Budget:

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 125/03

Title: Animal welfare measures following the outbreak of avian
influenza

Objective: To compensate damages following the outbreak of
an animal disease

Legal basis: Kaderwet LNV-subsidies, artikel 2

Budget: EUR 6 500 000

Aid intensity or amount: 80 % in general, 50 % for
replacement pullets

Duration: Depending on the determination of areas where
movement is restricted and the exhaustion of the budget

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

Great Britain

Northern Ireland

2003/2004 GBP 19 Million

(EUR 26,7 Million)

GBP 1,26 Million
(EUR 1,77 Million)

2004/2005 GBP 19,5 Million

(EUR 27,4 Million)

GBP 1,29 Million
(EUR 1,81 Million)

2005/2006 GBP 20 Million

(EUR 28,1 Million)

GBP 1,33 Million
(EUR 1,87 Million)

2006/2007 GBP 20,5 Million

(EUR 28,8 Million)

GBP 1,37 Million
(EUR 1,93 Million)

2007/2008 GBP 21 Million

(EUR 29,5 Million)

GBP 1,4 Million
(EUR 1,97 Million)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

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

Duration: Until December 2008

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.8.2003

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 283/03

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: TSE testing of fallen cattle aged over 24 months

(1) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001.