Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2004-03-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

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Official Journal of the European Union

6.3.2004

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2004/C 58/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 4.2.2004

Budget: Not specified

Member State: Spain (Valencia)

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Aid No: NN 69/01 and N 494/01

Duration: Varies according to the aid

Title: Measures in support of farmers affected by drought

Objective: To compensate the owners of holdings for the
damage caused by drought in the 1999-2000 marketing year

Legal basis: Real Decreto Ley 8/2000 de 4 de agosto de adop-
ción de medidas de carácter urgente para paliar los efectos
producidos por la sequía y otras adversidades climáticas. Orden
de 19 de febrero de 2001 de la Conselleria de Agricultura,
Pesca y Alimentación por la que se regulan las ayudas destina-
das a reparar los efectos producidos por la sequía y otras
adversidades climáticas en el ámbito de la Comunidad Valen-
ciana y se establece el procedimiento para su concesión

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: 4.2.2004

Budget: Not specified

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid intensity or amount: Less than the damage suffered

Aid No: N 363/03

Duration: Ad hoc aid

Title: Scottish Farm Business Advice and Skills Service

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

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the scheme is

to encourage
Objective: The purpose of
business-oriented thinking among farmers and crofters faced
with fundamental changes in their market place and industry,
and to encourage them to take strategic decisions about the
future development of their businesses, leading to financially
and environmentally sustainable businesses

Date of adoption of the decision: 4.2.2004

Member State: Spain

Aid No: NN 38/01

Title: Aid to stockfarmers (BSE)

Objective: Partial compensation for losses in income by beef
farms as a result of BSE

Legal basis: Real Decreto Ley 9/2001 de 6 de abril por el que
se adoptan medidas adicionales en el marco de la erradicación
de las encefalopatías espongiformes transmisibles

Legal basis: Non-statutory scheme

Budget: 2003/04: GBP 1,5 million (EUR 2,16 million);
2004/05: GBP 2 million (EUR 2,88 million); 2005/06:
GBP 2,5 million (EUR 3,6 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Three years

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 4.2.2004

Member State: Germany (Brandenburg)

Legal basis: Proyecto de decreto por el que se regula la con-
cesión de ayudas al cultivo, almacenamiento y comercialización
de la patata de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco

Aid No: N 467/03

Budget: EUR 1 133 216

Title: Promotion of performance testing in livestock breeding

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Objective: To maintain and improve the performance and
vigour of farm animals

Duration: Not specified

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Landwirtschaft,
Umwelt und Raumordnung über die Gewährung von Prämien
für die Förderung von Leistungsprüfungen und weiteren Maß-
nahmen in der Tierzucht

Budget: EUR 623 700 per year

Aid intensity or amount: The aid intensity varies between
25 % and 70 %

Duration: Until 31 Dezember 2006

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 4.2.2004

Member State: Spain (Cantabria)

Aid No: N 634/03

Title: Aid for beekeeping

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

Objective: To maintain beekeeping

Date of adoption of the decision: 4.2.2004

Member State: Spain (Basque Country)

Aid No: N 575/03

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden por la que se establece una
prima de polinización destinada a los titulares de explotaciones
apícolas de Cantabria y se convoca dicha prima para el año
2003

Budget: EUR 60 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the beneficiaries

Title: Aid for
the cultivation,
potatoes in the Basque Country

storage and marketing of

Duration: Not specified

Objective: To improve production,
introduce new environ-
mentally freindly technologies, promote marketing structures
and increase the production of high quality and organic
potatoes

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