Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2004-04-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Ireland, Italy, State aid, 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

(2004/C 93/07)

Date of adoption of
15.3.2004

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 824/D/2000

the decision: 12.2.2004 + CORR.

Duration: Three years (2000 to 2003)

Other information: The measure provided for in Article
129(1)(a) as implemented on the basis of Article 1(1)(b)(3) of
the MIPAF decree of 9 April 2001, as amended by the MIPAF
decree of 29 March 2002, does not constitute state aid within
meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty

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

Title: Article 129(1), (a), (c), (d) and (f) of Law 388/2000

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

Objective: Article 129(1)(a): These measures are designed to
fund structural assistance and prevention measures in regions
in which the spread of the disease has led to compulsory
slaughter by order of the health authorities and in adjacent
protection and surveillance zones, and activities conducted by
the regions affected by the disease to inform farmers of
practical methods of containing the spread of infection.

Article 129(1)(c): These measures are designed to fund
structural assistance, prevention measures and compensation
for poultry and game bird farms in regions affected by avian
influenza.

Article 129(1)(d): To compensate farmers for the costs incurred
in grubbing up and replanting as a result of the introduction of
compulsory measures
and eradicate
grapefine flavescence dorée.

to control, prevent

Article 129(1)(f): To compensate farmers
incurred as a result of
measures to control, prevent and eradicate the disease

the consts
the introduction of compulsory

for

Legal basis: Articolo 129, comma 1), lettere a), c), d) e f) della
Legge 388/2000 e decreti del Ministero delle Politiche agricole
e forestali del 9 aprile 2001 e del 29 marzo 2002, n. 100652

Budget: EUR 72 303 965

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.3.2004

Member State: Italy (Valle d'Aosta)

Aid No: N 186/03

Title: Aid for damage caused by natural disasters

Objective: To introduce a framework for aid to offset the
damage caused by natural disasters and comparable events

Legal basis: Modifica dell'aiuto di Stato relativo alla misura
III.1, azione III.1.2 — calamità naturali e danni da fauna sel-
vatica — del Piano di sviluppo rurale della Valle d'Aosta e la
procedura di attuazione dell'azione stessa

Budget: EUR 1 000 000 up to 2006

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of eligible expenditure

Duration: Until 2006

Other information: The implementing measures will be indi-
vidually notified to the Commission

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

the region
Aid intensity or amount: Where the RDP of
concerned provides for the same aid measure,
the budget
received by the region will be used to increase public
resources for carrying out the partfinanced measures. Those
regions whose RDP does not provide for the same measures
will apply the rules laid down in the MIPAF decree of 9 March
2001, as amended by the decree of 22 March 2002. These
intensities and amounts vary depending on the measure

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.3.2004

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 416/03

Title: Aid for Improvement of Animal Welfare Standard (Pigs)

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Objective: The scheme is an amendement of an existing
scheme for
support, which was approved by
the Commission on 26 January 2001 (Aid N 164/A/2000
Scheme 1).

investment

limit

The maximum of 200 income units will be removed and the
maximum investment
increased from EUR 57 140 to
EUR 300 000 (with a corresponding maximum grant of
EUR 120 000). A minimum level
of
EUR 10 000 will be introduced for building works. The
minimum limit of 30 Income Units (of which at least 20
must come from farming) is replaced by a requirement that
an applicant must have a minimum of 60 Income Units from
pig production on his holding

investment

of

Legal basis: The scheme is implemented by administrative
provision under Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on
support
for Rural Development. The scheme constitutes a
sub-measure under two Regional Operational Programmes —
(II) Southern and Eastern
(I) Border, Midland and Western,
Region

Budget: The scheme is funded from exchequer sources and its
original
indicative allocation of EUR 13,747 million remains
the same as indicatd in Aid N 164/A/2000. The proposed
amendment to the scheme's investment ceiling will not have
an impact on the level of exchequer funding available to the
scheme

Aid intensity or amount: 40 %

Duration: From Commission approval until 2006

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: 16.3.2004

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 767/02

Title: Control of Newcastle disease

the scheme is to compensate
Objective: The purpose of
poultry producers that have suffered losses because of
the
ban on export of live poultry and haching eggs, or because
of zone restrictions imposed in connection with the outbreak
of Newcastle disease in Denmark in the summer of 2002. The
losses due to zone restrictions derive from the fact that either
the seller or the buyer is in a protection zone, and hence eggs

or animals could not be transported, but had to be slaughtered/
destroyed

Legal basis:

— Lov om administration af De Europæiske Fællesskabers
forordninger om markedsordninger for landbrugsprodukter,
jf.
lovbekendtgørelse nr. 818 af 3. november 1999, som
ændret ved lov nr. 334 af 16. maj 2001.

— Bekendtgørelse nr. 675 af 2.

juli 2001 om produktions-
afgiften på æg og slagtning og eksport af fjerkræ. Afgifterne
vil blive forhøjet for at kunne finansiere den nye godtgø-
relses- og forsikringsordning.

— Cirkulære om produktions- og promilleafgiftsfonde for

landbrug og havebrug (21. december 1998).

— Revisionsvejledning om produktions- og promilleafgifts-
fonde for landbrug og havebrug (21. december 1998).

— Lov nr. 351 af 2. juni 1999 om dyresygdomme.

— Bekendtgørelse nr. 921 af 10. november 1994 om særligt
smitsomme sygdomme hos fjerkræ og andre opdrættede
fugle.

— Bekendtgørelse nr. 869 af 7. september 2000 om oprettelse
og drift af bedrifter med opdræt af høns til produktion af
konsumæg.

— Bekendtgørelse nr. 124 af 5. marts 1996 om oprettelse og
drift af rugerier og rugeægproducenter med opdræt af høns,
kalkuner, gæs og ænder.

— Bekendtgørelse nr. 125 af 5. marts 1996 om produktion af
perlehøns, vagtler, duer, strudsefugle, fasaner og agerhøns,
der opdrættes på bedrifter, som ønsker at foretage kollek-
tive køb i EU.

— Rådets direktiv 92/66/EØF om EF-foranstaltninger

til

bekæmpelse af Newcastle disease

Budget:
The
15 Mio DKK

expenditure will

amount

to maximum

Aid intensity or amount: 90 %

Duration: The scheme covers the outbreak of Newcastle
disease in Denmark in the summer of 2002. Export restrictions
were in place from 26 July 2002 to 1 January 2003, and this is
also the duration of the aid scheme

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