Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2005-06-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: 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

(2005/C 153/05)

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.4.2005

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: 65/2005

Title: Forestry measures.

Objective: Improvement, protection and development of the
forests in the plains, creation of environmental networks and
conservation of landscape.

Legal basis: Legge regionale 7 febbraio 2000 n7, art 25 ‘Prote-
zione e valorizzazione delle superfici forestali’ e Delibera della Giunta
regionale del 19.11.2004, n.7/19418.

Budget: EUR 50 000 000 per year

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

γεωργοκτηνοτροφικές και αλιευτικές εκµεταλλεύσεις επλήγησαν
από θεοµηνίες (κατολισθήσεις, πληµµύρες, σεισµοί), από δυσµενείς
καιρικές συνθήκες (παγετοί, βροχές, θύελλες) και από ασθένειες
οφειλόµενες σε δυσµενείς καιρικές συνθήκες κατά την περίοδο από
το Μάρτιο 2003 έως το Φεβρουάριο 2004).

Budget: EUR 80 000 000.

Aid intensity or amount: From 50 to 80 % of losses or lump
sums per 1 000 m2 for certain crop types.

Duration: 4 years (taking into account aid to be paid in
several instalments).

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

Duration: Until 31.12.2011.

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

Other information: some measures are ‘de minimis’ 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: 25.4.2005

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 111/04.

Title: FAR Programme (draft joint ministerial decision laying
down measures to assist farmers and fishermen whose liveli-
hoods have been affected by disasters (avalanches, floods, earth-
quakes), adverse weather conditions (frosts, rainfall, storms) and
diseases resulting from adverse weather conditions (pyricular-
iosis and Helicoverpa armigera) from March 2003 to January
2004).

Objective: To compensate for losses due to adverse weather
conditions.

Legal basis: Πρόγραµµα
υπουργικής
απόφασης όσον αφορά µέτρα υπέρ των παραγωγών των οποίων οι

FAR (σχέδιο

κοινής

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.5.2005

Member State: Luxembourg

Aid No: N 205E/2004.

Title: Draft
framework law to provide aid to small and
medium-sized enterprises — special aid scheme for food safety.

food sector business investments in
Objective: To support
tools or methods to allow the traceability and quality of
products to be ensured or increased, and to promote these
businesses' access to outside advice for making progress as
regards the hygiene, safety and quality of foodstuffs.

Legal basis:

Projet de loi portant création d'un cadre général des régimes d'aides en
faveur du secteur des classes moyennes.

Projet de règlement grand-ducal ‘portant exécution de l'article 6 de la
loi du […] portant création d'un cadre général des régimes d'aides en
faveur du secteur de classes moyennes et instituant un régime d'aides
en matière de sécurité alimentaire’

Budget: EUR 1 000 000.

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Aid intensity or amount:

— 40 % for aid to investments.

— 75 % for support for technical assistance with a maximum
amount of EUR 100 000 per beneficiary and per three-year
period.

Duration: Six years.

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Aid intensity or amount:

— EUR 24,78 per tree, to a maximum of EUR 7 436,97 per

hectare, for one-year-old trees;

— EUR 30,98 per tree, to a maximum of EUR 9 089,64 per

hectare, for two-year-old trees;

— EUR 37,18 per tree, to a maximum of EUR 11 155,46 per

hectare, for three-year-old trees;

— EUR 39,25 per tree, to a maximum of EUR 14 873,95 per

hectare, for four- to nine-year old trees;

— EUR 30,98 per tree, to a maximum of EUR 12 394,96 per

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

hectare, for ten-year-old trees;

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.5.2005

Member State: Italy (Veneto)

Aid No: N 335/A/04.

Title: Improving animal stock.

Objective: Aid for the livestock sector.

Legal basis: Legge regionale n. 40/2003 ‘Nuove norme per gli
interventi in agricoltura’ — articoli 65 e 67, comma 2 lettera c).

Budget: Between EUR 1 million and EUR 2 million for 2004
and 2005. Thereafter the amount will be determined in annual
budgetary legislation.

Aid intensity or amount: From 30 % to 100 %.

Duration: Six years.

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

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— EUR 24,78 per tree, to a maximum of EUR 9 915,97 per

hectare, for eleven-year-old trees;

— EUR 8,76 per tree, to a maximum of EUR 7 436,97 per

hectare, for twelve-year-old or older trees;

— EUR 2,06 per cutting in nurseries.

Duration: 2 years.

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: 9.2.2005

Member State: Italy (Piedmont)

Aid No: N 447/04

Title: Law 185/92: Assistance in agricultural areas that have
suffered bad weather (hail storm of 6 May 2004, provinces of
Asti and Alessandria).

Objective: To provide meteorological
information about
storms which have caused damage for which compensation is
to be granted under the scheme approved under aid No C 12/
B/95.

Legal basis: Legge 185/92

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.2.2005

Budget: See the approved scheme (C 12/B/95).

Member State: Italy (Veneto)

Aid No: N 348/04.

Title: Compensation for losses due to fireblight.

Objective: To compensate losses resulting from plant diseases.

Legal basis: Legge regionale n. 1 del 30 gennaio 2004, art. 14 —
‘Legge finanziaria regionale per l'esercizio 2004’.

Budget: EUR 1 000 000.

Aid intensity or amount: See the approved scheme (C 12/B/
95).

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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.4.2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.5.2005

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 545/03

Member State: France

Aid No: N 554/2004.

Title: Northern Ireland Weather Aid (2002) Scheme

Objective: To compensate agricultural producers for losses to
production (cereals, potatoes and forage) that occurred as a
result of abnormally wet weather conditions in Northern
Ireland in 2002.

Title: Aid to investments for transporting cereals, oilseeds and
protein crops by waterway.

Objective: To increase the share of transport of raw materials
(cereals, oilseeds, protein crops) by waterway.

Legal basis: Agriculture (Temporary Assistance) Act (Northern
Ireland) 1954

Legal basis: Articles L 611-1 et L 621-1 et suivantes du Code
Rural.

Budget: GBP 4 570 000 (EUR 6 567 035)

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: One-off

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/

Budget: EUR 500 000 for 2005.

Aid intensity or amount: 15 % (40 % in cases of cumulated
aid).

Duration: One to two years.

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/