Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, investment 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

(2004/C 15/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.12.2003

Member State: Italy (Venezia)

Aid No: N 369/2000

Title: Development of hill farming

Objective: To support investment in mountain areas

Legal basis:

Objective: This aid scheme is designed to provide public
funding for technical assistance, promotion and advertising of
Tuscany's quality agricultural products (PDO, PGI, organic
products and products from integrated agriculture)

Legal basis:

— Legge regionale n. 28 del 14.4.1997, come modificata dalla

legge regionale n. 35 del 20.3.2000

— Delibera della Giunta Regionale n. 758 del 28.7.2003

— Legge regionale 28 gennaio 2000 n. 6

— Legge regionale 2/94 «Provvedimenti per il consolidamento
e lo sviluppo dell'agricoltura di montagna e per la tutela e
la valorizzazione dei territori montani»

Budget: The annual public contribution will not exceed
EUR 2 700 000

— Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 3423 del 29 no-
vembre 2002 «Modifiche
alla D.G.R.
28.3.2000 n. 1114 recante direttive tecnico-amministrative
per il consolidamento e lo sviluppo dell'agricoltura di mon-
tagna e la tutela e la valorizzazione dei territori montani, ai
sensi degli artt. 5, 6, 7, 13, 15, 16 L.R. 18.1.1994 n. 2»

ed integrazioni

Aid intensity or amount:

— For technical support and promotion (excluding fairs): up

to 100 % of eligible costs;

— For fairs and exhibitions: 50 % of eligible costs;

— Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 2675 del 12 settem-
bre 2003 «Modifiche ed integrazioni alle D.G.R. 28.3.2000
n. 1114 e 29.11.2002 concernente il consolidamento e lo
sviluppo dell'agricoltura di montagna»

— For advertising measures: up to 50 % of eligible costs (up to
80 % in the case of measures to be implemented outside
the EU)

Budget: EUR 1 549 370

Duration: Unlimited

Aid intensity or amount: From 30 % to 75 % (certain
measures do not constitute State aid within the meaning of
Article 87(1) of the Treaty)

Duration: 1 year

Other information: The Italian authorities have engaged to
submit a report on the implementation of
the scheme,
including representative samples of advertising material used

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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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Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2003

Member State: Italy (Tuscany)

Aid No: N 389/03

Title: Promotion of agricultural resources

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2003

Member State: Germany (Bavaria)

Aid No: N 432/03

Title: Promotion of insecticide-free control of bark-breeding
insects

Objective: To provide an incentive for forest owners to use
insecticide-free methods to control bark-breeding insects

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Legal basis: Richtlinie für die Gewährung von Zuwendungen
im Rahmen eines waldbaulichen Förderprogramms

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Budget: EUR 1 million

Aid intensity or amount: The aid intensity varies between
33 % and 60 %

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2003

Duration: Until 31 December 2004

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2003

Member State: Italy (Sicilia)

Aid No: N 100/03

Member State: Spain (Catalonia)

Aid No: N 137/03

Title: Aid for the promotion of
sector

the cooperative/non-profit

Objective: The promotion of the cooperative/non-profit sector
by means of aid for technical assistance, investment and the
start up of new groups

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden por la que se aprueban las bases
reguladoras de las subvenciones para el fomento de la econo-
mía social en Cataluña y se establece la convocatoria para el
año 2003 para la presentación de solicitudes de estas subven-
ciones

Title: Aids to the wine sector. Establishment of wine routes.
Article 10 of Regional Law 2 August 2002 n. 5

Budget: Varies according to the programme

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the programme

Objective: To provide aids for a series of interventions aimed
at establishing wine routes in Sicily. Namely:

Duration: Four years

a) the creation of the symbol of identification of the wine

route and the specific signposting;

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b) the creation or the adaptation of information and reception

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centres on the recognised wine routes;

c) the creation of new wine museums, the setting-up and the

restructuring of existing museums;

d) the adaptation to the quality requirements envisaged by

Article 8 of the notified Law;

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2003

Member State: United Kingdom

e) the creation of a regional logo and information material on
including the making of multimedia

the wine routes,
material

Aid No: N 228/03

Legal basis: Articolo 10 della legge regionale 2 agosto 2002 n.
5 «Istituzione delle strade e delle rotte del vino»

Budget: Euro 250 000 for the first three years of implemen-
tation

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 50 % for each measure

Duration: Undetermined

Title: Red Meat Industry Forum

Objective: The aim of the Red Meat Industry Forum Scheme is
to improve the business competitiveness and efficiency of the
red meat and red meat products industry. Support will be given
for benchmarking, consultancy, training, management devel-
opment, a Centre of Red Meat Excellence and best practice

Legal basis: Agriculture Act 1967 as amended

Budget: GBP 6 768 000 (EUR 9 665 810)

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Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

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Duration: 2003 until 31 March 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Legal basis: Richtlinie für die Gewährung eines Zuschusses zur
Beseitigung von Hagelschäden an Weinbau- und Erwerbsobst-
kulturen in Wien zur Sicherung und Erhaltung der Kulturland-
schaft

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Budget: Ca. EUR 450 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2003

Duration: One-off

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Member State: Spain (Navarre)

Aid No: N 338/03

Title: Aid for the relocation of farm buildings

Objective: The relocation of
interest

farm buildings in the public

Legal basis: Proyecto de decreto Foral por el que se establecen
ayudas para el traslado de explotaciones pecuarias

Budget: EUR 1 200 000 per year

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2003

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 428/03

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the area

Title: Fund for Organic farming

Duration: 2004, 2005 and 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Objective: The purpose of the Fund for Organic farming is to
promote organic agricultural production by providing support
for marketing, research and experimentation, product devel-
opment, and consultation

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Legal basis:

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2003

Member State: Austria (Wien)

Aid No: N 348/03

— Lov om administration af EF-forordninger om fælles

markedsordninger for landbrugsprodukter

— Vedtægter for Fonden for økologisk landbrugsproduktion

— Cirkulære om produktion og promillefonden for landbrug

og gartneri

Title: Aid towards partial compensation for the hail damage to
wine and fruit growing in 2003

— Revisionsinstrukser om produktion og promillefonden for

landbrug og gartneri

Objective: Compensation for hail damage. According to the
Austrian authorities on 13 May 2003 fruit cultures sustained
hail damage in Wien. According to the weather data on Wien
provided by the Austrian authorities, in the afternoon of 13
May 2003 hail storms of exceptional severity and partly with
egg-sized hailstones caused substantial damage to cultures
especially in municial districts 19, 21 and 22. Only the fruit
growing undertakings in areas with more than 30 % loss of
average yields will receive compensation. The income loss
varies between EUR 11 465,30 and 27 843,60. The aid is
one-off and amounts to EUR 1 049,50/ha. The fruit grower
must apply for the aid individually indicating the damaged
areas. Furthermore he must give an engagement to carry out
certain measures on the plants, their supports and the soil in
order to repair the damage done by the hail

Budget: DKK 20 Million (EUR 2 689 800) for 2003

Aid intensity or amount: 80 % of the costs for all measures;
except for marketing measures, where the aid intensity is 50 %

Duration: 2003-2009

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2003

Member State: Italy (Tuscany)

Aid No: N 454/03

Title: Pilot project
marketing of hemp (cannabis sativa L.)

for

the production, processing and

cultivation and
Objective: Pilot project
processing of hemp (cannabis sativa) for industrial purposes.
The demonstrative project aims at the creation of a complete
cluster to stimulate the operators to invest in the sector

to start-up the

Legal basis: Legge Regionale n. 12 del 14.2.2003 «Progetto
pilota relativo alla coltivazione, trasformazione e commercia-
lizzazione della canapa a scopi produttivi e ambientali»

Budget: EUR 1 179 750

Aid intensity or amount:

income
Objective: Partial compensation for
incurred by beef farms as a result of bovine spongiform encep-
halopathy

the loss of

Legal basis: Orden Foral de 16 de febrero de 2001 del Con-
sejero de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación, por la que se
establece para la campaña 2001, una ayuda excepcional, única
a las explotaciones ganaderas certificadas como prioritarias que
promuevan vacuno de carne en régimen extensivo

Budget: ESP 100 918 000 (EUR 606 529)

Aid intensity or amount: Between ESP 5 000 (EUR 30) and
ESP 8 000 (EUR 48) per suckler cow

Duration: One-off aid

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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— research measures: 75 % of the eligible costs;

— pilot project: 75 % of the eligible costs up to EUR 100 000

per beneficiary;

Member State: Spain (Castile-Leon)

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2003

— investments for the processing of hemp: 40 % of
eligible costs and general costs up to 12 % of
investment costs;

the
the

— market

research: 75 % of
EUR 100 000 per beneficiary

the

eligible

costs up to

Duration: Until 2005

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2003

Member State: Spain (Navarre)

Aid No: NN 1/02

Aid No: NN 167/01

Title: Aid for the processing and marketing of agricultural
products

Objective: To improve the conditions for the processing and
marketing of agricultural products by means of investment aid
and technical assistance

Legal basis: Orden de 3 de mayo de 2001 de la Consejería de
Agricultura y Ganadería de regulación y convocatoria de ayu-
das a la transformación y comercialización de los productos
agrarios, silvícola y de alimentación en Castilla León

Budget: EUR 85 248 682 for 2001

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Duration: Not specified

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Title: Aid to stockfarmers (BSE)

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