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: 2003-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Italy, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, investment aid, regional 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 236/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2003

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 121/03

Title: Land reallocation and generational
culture

turnover in agri-

Objective: The notified measure is a scheme for land repar-
celling through long-term land lease. Aid will be granted to
owners of agricultural
land who accept to definitively stop
farming and lease their land through ISMEA, the Italian Land
Management body. The aid is granted for early retirement, for
the cessation of farming activities of unprofitable undertakings
and for the transfer of land by owners of agricultural under-
takings who do not work as farmers

Legal basis: Schema di delibera ISMEA «Modalità di intervento
dell'Ismea per favorire il riordino fondiario ed il ricambio ge-
nerazionale in agricoltura»

Budget: EUR 500 000 for 2003

Aid intensity or amount:

during the period from January to October 2001 (draft joint
ministerial decree amending the aid scheme approved under
State aid N 376/02, as amended)

Objective: To compensate farmers for losses due to adverse
weather

Legal basis: Χορήγηση οικονοµικής ενίσχυσης σε αγρότες των
οποίων οι εκµεταλλεύσεις ζηµιώθηκαν από τις δυσµενείς καιρικές
συνθήκες κατά τη διάρκεια της περιόδου Ιανουαρίου/Οκτωβρίου
2001 (σχέδιο διυπουργικής απόφασης)

Budget: EUR 7 500 000

Aid intensity or amount: Variable, depending on the losses

Duration: Four years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Early retirement: EUR 15 000 per year and EUR 150 000
overall

Unprofitable undertakings: EUR 50 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.9.2003

Member State: Italy (Tuscany)

Tansfer of land by owners of agricultural undertakings not
working as farmers: EUR 150 000

Aid No: N 174/03

Duration: Unlimited

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2003

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 156/03

Title: Grant of financial assistance to farmers and stockfarmers
whose holdings were damaged as a result of the bad weather

Title: Programme of Protection of Local Endangered Breeds
(2003-2005)

Objective: The projects aim at improving the genectic base
and variability of the local endangered breeds

Legal basis: Deliberazione del Consiglio regionale n. 9 del
31.3.2003 relativa alla proposta di programma di
interventi
per la tutela delle razze reliquia autoctone in pericolo di estin-
zione, nel triennio 2003-2005

Budget: EUR 80 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: 40 % aid for the purchase of high-
quality male breeding animlas registered in the relevant herd
books and 25 % for the purchase of high quality female
breeding animals and 40 % aid for animal breeding projects
based on specific mating programs

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Duration: 2003 to 2005

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2003

Member State: Belgium (Flanders)

Aid No: N 215/03

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.9.2003

Member State: Italy (Lombardia)

Aid No: N 241/03

Title: Aids to the holding ‘Zanetti Luigi e Vittorio, cascina
Belvedere — Comune di Calcio (Bergamo)’

Title: Compensation of damages following the outbreak of
animal and plant diseases (amendment of an existing scheme)
and the implementing measures relating to avian influenza

Objective: The measure aims at granting revenue aid to the
holding in question, contaminated by PCB

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

Legal basis:
«Intervento a sostegno del mancato reddito
dell'azienda Zanetti Luigi e Vittorio, cascina Belvedere — Co-
mune di Calcio (Bergamo)»

Legal basis: Besluit van de Vlaamse Regering van 24 november
2000 betreffende steun aan investeringen en aan de installatie
in de landbouw.

Budget: EUR 302 125,5

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 302 125,5

Ontwerp van Ministerieel Besluit tot wijziging van het Minis-
terieel Besluit van 24 november 2000 betreffende steun aan
investeringen en aan de installatie in de landbouw

Budget:

— Amendment of an existing scheme: no budget has been set.

— Implementing measures:

Duration: Una tantum

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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1.

interest rate subidy: EUR 392 943 and guarantee: no
budget has been set;

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.9.2003

2. capital grant: EUR 4 679 184

Aid intensity or amount: Less than 100 %

Duration:

— Existing scheme as amended: indefinite.

— Implementing measures:

1.

interest rate and guarantee 2003 to 2005;

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: N 257/03

Title: Compensatory payments in less-favoured areas

Objective: Aid scheme for compensatory payments in less-
favoured areas

Legal basis: Delibera della Giunta regionale n. 12682 del
10.4.2003, relativa a criteri regionali per la concessione di
un regime di aiuti denominato «indennità compensativa in
zone montane»

2. capital grant: one off

Budget: EUR 8 000 000 per year in the first three years

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Aid intensity or amount: On the basis of a simplified or
annual scheme (EUR 95/Ha for forage areas on livestock
farms, areas under olives, areas under fruit trees and areas
under vines, and EUR 300/Ha for areas under vines
in
Valtellina)

Duration: 10 years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 1.9.2003

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 263/03

Title: TSE testing of sheep and goats fallen stock

Objective: The notified aid scheme, which will run until 2008,
is designed to cover the costs of removal, disposal and TSE
testing of sheep and goats which died on farms in the United
Kingdom

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 999/2001:

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

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

Budget:

2003/2004: GBP 2,00 million in Great Britain and GBP 0,053
million in Northern Ireland

2004/2005: GBP 2,08 million in Great Britain and GBP 0,055
million in Northern Ireland

2005/2006: GBP 2,16 million in Great Britain and GBP 0,057
million in Northern Ireland

2006/2007: GBP 2,24 million in Great Britain and GBP 0,06
million in Northern Ireland

2007/2008: GBP 2,34 million in Great Britain and GBP 0,062
million in Northern Ireland

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Duration: Until 2008

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 1.9.2003

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 264/03

Title: TSE testing of sheep and goats destined for human
consumption

Objective: The notified aid scheme, which will run until 2008,
is designed to cover the costs of the obligatory TSE testing of
United Kingdom sheep and goats over 18 months of age
destined for human consumption

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;

TSE (England) Amendment
2002/2860)

(N. 2) Regulations 2002 (SI

National
999/2001:

implementing provisions of Regulation (EC) No

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

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

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

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

TSE (England) Amendment
2002/2860)

(N. 2) Regulations 2002 (SI

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

Spongiform Encephalopathy

Regulations

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

(1) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001.

(1) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001.

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

Duration: Five years

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Regulations (Nor-
thern Ireland 2002) (SR 2002/225)

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Budget:

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2003/2004: GBP 10,7 million in Great Britain and GBP 0,2
million in Northern Ireland

2004/2005: GBP 11,13 million in Great Britain and GBP 0,21
million in Northern Ireland

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2003

2005/2006: GBP 11,57 million in Great Britain and GBP 0,22
million in Northern Ireland

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 693/02

2006/2007: GBP 12,04 million in Great Britain and GBP 0,23
million in Northern Ireland

Title: Changes to the ‘Farm Waste Grant Scheme’

2007/2008: GBP 12,52 million in Great Britain and GBP 0,23
million in Northern Ireland

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Duration: Until 2008

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the Farm Waste Grant

Objective: The aim of
(Nitrate
Vulnerable Zones) Scheme is to enable farmers in NVZs in
England to comply with restrictions on the spreading of
livestock manures on land within the NVZs. Aid is available
towards the cost of investments in new or improved farm
waste storage and handling facilities for livestock waste and
silage effluent

Legal basis: The Farm Waste Grant (Nitrate Vulnerable Zones)
(England and Wales) Scheme 1996 as amended; Protection of
Water against Agricultural Nitrate Pollution (England and
Wales) Regulations 1996

Budget: 2003 to 2006: GBP 13 million

Aid intensity or amount: 40 %

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.9.2003

Duration: 2003 until 16 April 2006

Member State: Italy (Toscana)

Aid No: N 656/02

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Title: Invitation to tender: access to regional contributions for
promotional activities in the agriculture and agri-food sectors

Objective: To provide aids for activities of promotion, adver-
tising, quality improvement, technical assistance and training in
the agriculture and agri-food sectors (Annex I agricultural
products)

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2003

Member State: Italy (Marche)

Legal basis: Bando di concorso; Legge regionale 14 aprile
1997, n. 28, articolo 10, comma 4

Aid No: N 741/01

Budget: EUR 400 000 for the years 2003

Title: Restructuring plan for
CE.MA.CO SpA

the agricultural undertaking

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 50 % for each measure

Objective: To restructure an undertaking in difficulty

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Legal basis: Legge regionale n. 56/97, articolo 2, comma 1,
lettera b) («Aiuti per il salvataggio e la ristrutturazione delle
imprese in difficoltà»)

Aid No: NN 79/01 (ex N 512/01)

Title: Aid for the olive oil sector

Budget: EUR 774 685,3

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 774 685,3

Duration: One-off aid

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Objective: To finance research and experimentation, technical
assistance and promotion measures for the sector

Budget: EUR 540 000

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 %

Duration: Unspecified

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.9.2003

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Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 781/02

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.9.2003

Title: Aid for the Biofata SpA investment project

Member State: Ireland

Objective: Investments in processing and marketing products

Aid No: NN 123/A/2000 (ex N 624/99)

Legal basis: Delibera CIPE «Contratto di programma tra il mi-
nistero delle attività produttive e la società Biofata SpA»

Budget: EUR 19 701 450

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % for products listed in Annex I
of
the Treaty. Rates applicable to State aid N 715/99 for
products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty

Duration: 16 months (duration of the work)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Title: Scheme of compensation Payments for losses arising
from designation of the Nature 2000 Network

Objective: To compensate farmers for any actual
loss of
income arising from the implementation of the agro-environ-
mental commitments linked to the designation of sites as part
of the ‘Natura 2000’ network as well as reduction of quotas or
stoking levels on commonages

Budget: Approximately EUR 6,35 million per annum

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of actual income losses with
maximal amount of EUR 450/Ha

Other information: Annual report

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.9.2003

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Member State: France

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