Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2005-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, State aid, aid to agriculture, 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

(2005/C 105/04)

Date of adoption of the decision: 22.12.2004

Member State (Region): Italy (Abruzzi)

Aid No: N 261/2004

Title: Subsidised farm credit

Aid intensity or amount: 80 % of actual losses, minus 15 %
normal business risk

Duration: One year.

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

Legal basis: Legge regionale 14 settembre 1994, n. 62 e Legge
regionale 9 marzo 2004, n. 11.

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

Objective: Regional Law No 11 of 9 March 2004 amends
Regional Law No 62 of 14 September 1994 on subsidised farm
credit

Budget: The regional authorities are allocating total funding of
EUR 900 000 for 2004

Aid intensity or amount: Investment aid for
the first
purchase of livestock, materials and equipment: 50 % in less-
favoured areas and 40 % in other areas. 1,10 % of the applic-
able interest rate

Duration: Five years, until 31 December 2009

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.10.2004

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 262/04

Title: Aid to compensate for production losses due to adverse
weather events

Objective: To grant compensation to farmers for production
losses due to drought and torrential rain in the Region in
2003.

Legal basis: Legge Regionale 13 agosto 2002, n. 22 art. 1 e
successive modificazioni;

Delibera della Giunta regionale n. 1239 del 14 maggio 2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.9.2004

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 270/2004

Title: Draft royal decree fixing the temporary crisis contribu-
tions due by potato producers to compensate losses suffered as
a result of measures to combat harmful organisms

Objective: To compensate potato producers for losses suffered
as a result of measures to combat harmful organisms

Legal basis:

— Loi du 2 avril 1971 relative à la lutte contre les organismes

nuisibles aux végétaux et aux produits végétaux

(Wet van 2 april 1971 betreffende de bestrijding van voor
planten en plantaardige producten schadelijke organismen)

— Loi du 17 mars 1993 relative à; la création d'un Fonds budgé-
la protection des végétaux et des

taire pour la production et
produits végétaux

(Wet van 17 maart 1993 betreffende de oprichting van een
begrotingsfonds voor de produktie en de bescherming van planten
en plantaardige produkten)

— Le projet d'arrêté royal fixant les cotisations de crise temporaires
dues par les producteurs de pommes de terre pour l'indemnisation
de pertes subies suite aux mesures prises contre des organismes
nuisibles

(Ontwerp van koninklijk besluit tot vaststelling van de door de
aarappelproducenten verschuldigde tijdelijke crisibijdragen voor het
vergoeden van verliezen ingevolge maatregelen tegen schadelijke
organismen)

Budget: EUR 1 825 068 (Fondo Regionale per la gestione delle
emergenze in agricoltura)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Budget: EUR 1 500 000

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Duration: Until the harmful organisms in question have been
eradicated in Belgium

Duration: Una tantum.

The authentic text(s) of this decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.8.2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.12.2004

Member State: Italy (Abruzzi)

Aid No: N 272/04

Member State: Italy (Apulia)

Aid No: N 280/04

Title: Programme of assistance for the relocation or cessation
of agricultural activities for public health or similar reasons

Title: Assistance for stockfarmers participating in the blue-
tongue vaccination plan

Objective: To promote relocation of holdings, or withdrawal
from farming and closure of production capacity

Objective: To offset losses incurred in the control of animal
diseases

Legal basis: Legge regionale n. 15 del 26 aprile 2004 — ‘Disposi-
zioni finanziarie per la redazione del bilancio annuale 2004 e plur-
iennale 2004/2006 della Regione Abruzzo’

Legal basis: Disegno di
legge ‘Interventi a favore degli allevatori
partecipanti all'attuazione del piano di sorveglianza sierologica e del
piano vaccinale per la febbre catarrale degli ovini (Blue Tongue)’

Budget: EUR 5 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: From 30 to 100 % or unamortised
value of property plus 20 %

Duration: 1 year

The authentic text(s) of this decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Budget: EUR 748 914,98

Aid intensity or amount:

— 90 % for losses due to death, abortions and reduced milk

production.

— EUR 60 per animal per year for making animals available
length of

(with reduction of aid according to the actual
time the animal is made available)

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

Duration: The time needed to make the payments

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.8.2004

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

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

Member State: Italy (Basilicata)

No of the aid: N 274/2004

Title: Aid to compensate farmers for the losses caused by
heavy snow.

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.8.2004

Member State: Italy

Objective: To compensate for damages due to the heavy snow
in the county of Potenza on 23-24.12.2003.

No of the aid: N 281/2004

Legal basis: Legge n. 185/1992 e successive modifiche e Delibera
n. 680 del 23.3.2004 — Proposta di declaratoria dell'eccezionalità
dell'evento calamitoso ‘Nevicate nei giorni 23 e 24 dicembre 2003
— Provincia di Potenza’.

Title: Accord interprofessionnel 2004 pour les pommes de
terre destinées à la transformation industrielle et aide au
stockage privé de pommes de terre de consommation

Objective: Aid for the stocking of potatoes.

Budget: EUR 1 280 000.

Aid intensity or amount: As specified in Commission Deci-
sion C (2003) 4328 of 16.12.2003 (aid C 12/B/1995).

Legal basis: Accordo interprofessionale 2004 per le patate destinate
alla trasformazione industriale e aiuto all'ammasso privato di patate
alimentari.

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Budget: EUR 7 600 000.

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.9.2004

Aid intensity or amount: Depending on the measure

Member State: Italy (Apulia)

Duration: One year.

Aid No: N 290/04

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 10.11.2004

Member State: Italy (Veneto)

Aid No: N 289/B/2003

‘Interventi di indennizzo per i pulcini che non hanno potuto
Title:
in conseguenza di influenza aviaria’ (compensation
essere accasati
for chicks which could not be placed as a result of avian influ-
enza)

Legal basis: Allegato B) della deliberazione della Giunta regionale
del Veneto n. 808 del 28 maggio 2003 di attuazione della legge
regionale 7 aprile 2000, n. 8

Objective: To compensate hatcheries
located outside the
protection and surveillance zones established by the veterinary
authorities for day-old chicks which could not be placed in the
holdings that had ordered them because they were located
inside those zones. The measure also addressed animal welfare
problems as the chicks could not remain in the hatcheries for
more than a day after hatching because they did not have the
proper structures to raise them (brooding houses). The day-old
chicks were therefore put down and incinerated in accordance
with the health rules in force

Budget: The regional authorities plan to allocate a budget of
around EUR 800 000

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 80 % of the income lost
calculated on the average market values of the day-old chicks
in the area concerned during the periods in question

Duration: Ad hoc measures covering the income lost by
poultry-breeding holdings as a result of the epidemics which
hit the Veneto region in the periods from the end of August
2000 to the end of March 2001, and from the end of October
2002 to the beginning of October 2003.

The authentic text(s) of this decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas hit by natural disasters

Objective: To compensate farmers for losses due to adverse
weather

Legal basis: Legge 14 febbraio 1992, n. 185 ‘Nuova disciplina del
Fondo di solidarietà nazionale’. Deliberazione della Giunta regionale
n. 1924 del 28 novembre 2003 ‘Proposta urgente al Ministero delle
politiche agricole di declaratoria delle eccezionali avversità atmosfer-
iche. Piogge alluvionali del 29/9/2003. Provincia di Brindisi’

Budget: Part of the budget laid down for implementation of
the scheme approved under aid No C/12/B/95

Aid intensity or amount: Rates approved under aid No C 12/
B/95

Duration: Time needed to pay the aid

The authentic text(s) of this decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.9.2004

Member State: Finland.

No of the aid: N 292/2004.

Title: Deferred payments of subsidised loans.

Objective: The notified scheme would make it possible to
defer loan payments of subsidised loans by two years at a time
or five years in total. For certain types of subsidised loans (state
loans) no interest would be paid on the period of deferral. Such
deferrals and interest-free periods could be granted on subsi-
dised loans granted for investments, housing or as start-up aid
for young farmers pursuant to the national aid scheme, the
amendment of which was lastly approved by the Commission
with Decision C (2003) 1872. The Finnish authorities have
specified that
increase the aid
amount or intensity.

the arrangement does not

Legal basis: Maaseutuelinkeinojen rahoituslaki,
valtioneuvoston
asetus eräistä maaseudun kehittämiseen myönnettävistä lainoista ja
valtioneuvoston asetus maaseudun kehittämisestä, sellaisena kuin se
on muutettuna vuonna 2004

Lagen om finansiering av landsbygdsindustri (Maaseutuelinkeinojen
rahoituslaki), regeringens rättsakt om vissa lån som beviljas för land-
sbygdsutveckling, regeringens rättsakt om landsbygdsutveckling efter
ändring 2004.

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Budget: No budgetary impact

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.12.2004

Aid intensity or amount: No changes to the existing aid
scheme.

Duration: Unlimited.

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.2.2005

Member State: France

Aid No: N 294/2004

Title: Aid for the regeneration of grassland (Moselle)

Objective: To regenerate permanent grassland following the
drought in the summer of 2003

Budget: EUR 350 000

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 %

Duration: Once

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.8.2004

Member State: France

Aid No: N 295/2004

Title: Aid for the rice sector

Objective: To adapt the sector to the new market conditions
by financing aid for research and development,
investment,
improving product quality and technical assistance

Budget: EUR 200 000

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Five years (2004-08)

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

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

Member State: Italy (Veneto)

No of the aid: N 302/2004

Title: Regional Law 40/2003 Articles 52, 53, 55 and 56 ‘Short
term loans and guarantees to the agricultural sector’.

Objective: To provide short-term loans, guarantees and tech-
nical assistance to the agricultural sector.

Legal basis: Legge regionale 12 Dicembre 2003 n. 40 ‘Nuove
norme per gli interventi in agricoltura’ articoli 52, 53, 55 e 56.

Budget: Approximately EUR 900 000 (EUR 600 000 for the
measures provided for in Article 53 and EUR 300 000 for the
measures provided for in Article 56)

Aid intensity or amount: As specified in the letter to the
Member State.

Duration: Until 31.12.2010

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.9.2004

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 326/2004

Title: Platform Biologica 2001 (2001 organic platform)

Objective: Market studies, technical support and publicity for
the organic sector

Legal basis: Decreet van de minister van Landbouw, natuur-
beheer en visserij.

Budget: EUR 174 705,38 per year

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %-100 % depending on the
measures

Duration: 2005-08

The authentic text(s) of this decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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