Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2005-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid

11.6.2005

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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 142/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 25 April 2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 27 April 2005

Member State: France.

Aid No: N 71/2005.

Member State: The Netherlands (Friesland)

Aid No: N 98/2005

Title: Aid for the regeneration of grassland damaged by the
exceptional drought of summer 2003.

Title: Stimulation fund farm relocations.

Objective: To regenerate damaged grassland through aid for
the purchase of seed in the Aude, Haute-Garonne and Haut-
Rhin departments.

Budget: EUR 459 000 for the three departments.

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 80 % of the cost of the
seed.

Duration: One year.

Objective: Compensating extra costs caused by relocation.

Legal basis: Provinciale verordening

Budget: EUR 680 670

Aid intensity or amount: Max. 40 % and 50 % in the less-
favoured areas, as defined in Article 17 of the Rural Develop-
ment Regulation.

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

Duration: 2005-2008

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 25 April 2005

Member State: France

Aid No: N 87a/2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 27 April 2005

Title: Aid for collective investment in physical capital for wine
production.

Member State: Spain (Cantabria)

Objective: To develop the wine industry in the Loire-Atlan-
tique department.

Aid No: N 119/2005

Legal basis: Articles L 1511-1 et suivants du Code général des
collectivités territoriales.

Title: Aid to eliminate the preceding and following carcases in
the slaughter chain in the case of carcases testing positive for
BSE in Cantabria

Budget: Overall amount: EUR 300 000.

Aid intensity or amount: 40 %.

Duration: Three years.

Objective: To compensate for losses suffered by the owners of
the carcase immediately preceding and the two immediately
following in the slaughter chain where carcases test positive in
rapid BSE tests.

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/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Legal basis: Orden 41/2004 de 27 de septiembre por la que se
establece un régimen de ayudas por la destrucción de la canal inme-
diatamente anterior y las dos inmediatamente posteriores a la que dé
positivo en las pruebas de diagnostico rápido de Encefalopatioa
Espongiforme Bovina en la misma cadena de sacrificio.

Budget: EUR 25 000 per year. Overall budget: EUR 150 000.

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Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the type of aid.

Date of adoption of the decision: 27 April 2005

Duration: Indeterminate

Member State: Germany

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

Aid No: N 314/04

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

Title: Agri-Marketing Agreement in Hessen

Objective: The quality scheme for promotion and advertising
(N 260/A/02) should be extended to venison.

Date of adoption of the decision: 3 May 2005

Legal basis: Hessischer Agrarmarketing-Vertrag.

Member State: Finland.

No of the aid: N 133/2005.

Title: Aid to agricultural
weather conditions in 2004.

Budget: EUR 1 549 000 per year

enterprises affected by adverse

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % for advertising measures,
100 % for participation in trade fairs and exhibitions, 100 %
for training measures and consultancy

Objective: According to the meteorological reports prepared
by the Finnish Meteorological Institute the exceptional weather
conditions during summer 2004 in Finland were characterised
by large amounts of rainfall much of which fell in torrential
showers provoking local flooding

Aid could be granted for crop failure and for flood damage.

For crop failure compensation may be paid in cases where the
demonstrated loss due to adverse weather conditions is more
than 30 % of the standard harvest (normisato) of a culture in the
district (normisatoalue) where the farm is situated. The compen-
sation is limited to 90 % of the losses that exceed 30 % of the
value of the standard harvest.

Aid for flood damage would be paid for damage to production
buildings, growing or ripe horticultural crops, growing trees
and harvested field and horticultural crops. The aid rate for
damage to buildings and installation is 80 % of eligible damage
whereas the aid rate is 60 % of the market value of crops and
trees.

Legal basis: Toimenpide perustuu lakiin satovahinkojen korvaami-
sesta (1214/2000) ja lakiin tulvavahinkojen korvaamisesta (284/
1983,
sellaisena kuin se on muutettuna lailla 1310/1990 ja
92/1995)

Åtgärden baseras på lagen om ersättande av skördeskador (1214/
2000) och lagen om ersättande av skador som förorsakats av excep-
tionella
genom lagarna
(284/1983,
1310/1990 och 92/1995).

översvämningar

ändrad

Budget: Ca. EUR 19,61 million

Aid intensity or amount: See above under ‘Objective’.

Duration: One-off.

Duration: Until 31 December 2008

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/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision: 11 May 2005

Member State: Germany

No of the aid: N 339/2004.

Title: Compensation in Natura 2000 forest areas.

Objective: The authorities of Schleswig-Holstein intend to
enter long-term agreements under public law with owners of
forests in order to promote the preservation and development
of Natura 2000 areas. The authorities of Schleswig-Holstein
would pay compensation for the costs and loss of revenue
resulting from these contracts. A one-time payment of EUR
1 700 could be given in order to partly compensate the
average difference in revenue between leaf tree and needle tree
cultures. A compensation limited to the actual costs or loss of
revenue could be paid when the forest owner gives an under-
taking not to cut old trees for timber in areas that are impor-
tant for the preservation of species or cuts needle trees not
for the habitat before the trees have reached their
typical
normal cutting age or establishes biotopes and wetland areas.

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/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Legal basis: § 33 Bundesnaturschutzgesetz oder § 20d Landesna-
turschutzgesetz in Verbindung mit §§ 121 bis 129 des Landesver-
waltungsgesetz

Budget: Ca. EUR 100 000 per annum.

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Aid intensity or amount: Variable.

Title: Amendments to aid No N 758/2002.

Duration: 10 years from the date of approval by the Commis-
sion.

Objective: To increase the duration of and the budget for the
aid.

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/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision: 12 April 2005

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 598/2004

Legal basis: Decreto Ministeriale 7 novembre 2002 ‘Modalità
operative del
fondo riassicurativo’ nonché decreto ministeriale 7
febbraio 2003.

Budget: EUR 80 million.

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % or 80 % of premiums.

Duration: Until 2008.

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/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/