Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2005-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, control of State aid, farming sector

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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 190/06)

Date of adoption of the decision: 16 June 2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 3 June 2005

Member State: Spain (Navarre).

Aid No: N 80/2005.

Title: Phytosanitary measures to control whitefly.

Objective: To fight against the scourge of whitefly.

Legal basis: Decreto Foral 365/2004 de 30 de noviembre por el
que se establecen ayudas para compensar las pérdidas y gastos ocasio-
nados a los agricultores con motivo de la aplicación de medidas fito-
sanitarias obligatorias establecidas para el control de la mosca blanca
en determinadas localidades de Navarra.

Budget: EUR 360 000 for 2005.

Aid intensity or amount: Less than 100 % of actual costs.

Duration: 2005.

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 103/2005

Title: Amendment
(Northern Ireland) Scheme

to

the

Farm Nutrient Management

Objective: With this amendment to aid scheme N 53/2004,
the aid intensity is increased up to 60 %. Aid is available
towards the cost of investments in new or improved farm
waste storage and handling facilities for livestock waste and
silage effluent.

Legal basis: Article 16 of
the Agriculture and Fisheries
(Financial Assistance) (NI) Order 1987 — S.I. 1987/166 (NI 1).

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

Budget: GBP 71 million (EUR 102 million)

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

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 60 %

Date of adoption of the decision: 3 June 2005

Member State: Italy (Lombardy).

Aid No: N 83/A/05.

Title: Guarantee scheme for agricultural undertakings and
professional producers.

Objective: To facilitate access to credit.

Legal basis:
‘Deliberazione’ della Giunta regionale n. 20201 del 14
gennaio 2005 — ‘Istituzione di un regime di garanzie per le società
agricole e gli imprenditori agricoli professionali’.

Budget: EUR 5 000 000.

Aid intensity or amount: Linked to the scheme to which the
guarantee applies (see aids Nos N 49/00, N 38/01, N 604/01,
N 599/02, N 188/03, N 258/03, N 257/03 et XA 6/04).

Duration: Six years.

Duration: 30 November 2007 for payments; works must be
finished until 30 November 2006.

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: 16 June 2005

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 142/c/2004

Title: Investment Premium Act 2005 (Agriculture sector)

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

Objective: The scheme aims at regional development and
provides fiscal premiums for investment in the five new Länder
and in Berlin.

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

Legal basis: Investitionszulagengesetz 2005 in der Fassung der
Bekanntmachung vom 24. März 2004 unter Berücksichtigung nach-
folgender Änderungen.

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Budget: EUR 1,2 million (for the Investment Premium Act
2005 as a whole, no sector-specific breakdown available)

Aid intensity or amount: max. 27,5 %

Duration: 31 December 2006

Legal basis: Legge 2 giugno 1988, n. 218 e successive modifica-
zioni e integrazioni concernente misure per la lotta contro alcune
malattie epizootiche degli animali; D.G.R. 16 febbraio 2005, n.
20876, recante approvazione del programma 2005 ‘Interventi a
sostegno delle aziende colpite da tubercolosi bovina e sottoposte ad
ordinanza di abbattimento totale (stamping out) relativamente a
mancati redditi’

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

Budget: EUR 500 000

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

Aid intensity or amount: The aid is calculated on the basis of
structural data and economic indicators from the FADN (Farm
Accountancy Data Network). The indicator used is the gross
margin of
the sector, representing gross production minus
specific costs that were not incurred since there was no produc-
tion

Date of adoption of the decision: 3 June 2005

Duration: 31.12.2005

Member State: Spain.

Aid No: N 163/2005.

Title: Aid for
marketing sector for agricultural,
products.

technical assistance in the processing and
fishery and food
forestry,

Objective: To implement
processing and marketing sectors for agricultural,
fishery and food products.

technical assistance plans in the
forestry,

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden por la que se establecen las bases
reguladoras de las subvenciones para planes de asistencia técnica y de
gestión en los
sectores de transformación y comercialización de
productos agrarios, silvícolas, de la pesca, la acuicultura y la alimenta-
ción.

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: 3 June 2005

Member State: Germany (Bayern)

Aid No: N 275/2004

Budget: EUR 459 230.

Title: Quality programme ‘Geprüfte Qualität’

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of the cost.

Duration: Six years.

the existing quality
Objective: to extend the coverage of
scheme, which was limited to meat products, to a number of
other agri-food products.

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

Legal basis: Vollzugshinweise für die Durchführung von Mass-
nahmen zur Förderung der Qualität und des Absatzes im Rahmen
des Zeichens ‘Geprüfte Qualität’

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

Besonderen Bedingungen für die Verleihung and Benutzung des
Zeichens ‘Geprüfte Qualität’

Budget: EUR 0,5 million/year

Date of adoption of the decision: 16 June 2005

Aid intensity: max. 50 %

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: N 210/2005

Duration: unlimited

Title: Support measures for holdings affected by veterinary
measures involving compulsory slaughter (‘stamping out’) as a
result of bovine tuberculosis

Objective: Compensation measure in the context of imple-
mentation of the plan for the prevention and monitoring of
bovine tuberculosis

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: 3 June 2005

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 309/2004

Title: Parafiscal charge for Research and Development and
technical support in the goat's milk sector

Objective: The purpose of this aid measure is to introduce a
parafiscal charge in the goat's milk sector to finance research &
development and small scale pilot and demonstration projects.

Legal basis: Zuivelverordening Heffing melkgeitenhouderij 2004

Budget: The present scheme foresees for this year a budget of
EUR 70 000. For the future the maximum budget will be set at
EUR 150 000 at the maximum rate for the charge.

Aid intensity or amount: The aid intensity is 100 %.

Duration: The duration of the scheme is for an unspecified
period.

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: 3 June 2005

Member State: France

Aid No: N 422/2004

Title: Aid to facilities for treating livestock manure in areas
with a structural surplus.

Objective: To absorb 15 000 tonnes of organic nitrogen in
areas with a structural surplus.

Aid intensity or amount: 80 % for preparatory studies and
60 % for investments; ceiling of EUR 150 000 per project.

Duration: 31 December 2006

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: 7 June 2005

Member State: Italy.

Aid No: NN 54 A/2004 A (formerly N 449/2003).

Title: National solidarity fund for natural disasters.

Objective: To compensate farmers for damage to agricultural
production or the means of production suffered as a result of
natural disasters, poor weather
livestock
epidemics.

conditions or

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo 29 marzo 2004, n. 102 ‘Interventi
finanziari a sostegno delle imprese agricole, a norma dell'articolo 1,
comma 2, lettera i), della legge 7 marzo 2003, n. 38’.

Budget: Approximately EUR 200 000 000 per year (of which
EUR 100 000 000 is for compensatory measures and EUR
100 000 000 is for aid towards insurance premiums).

Aid intensity or amount: Variable according to the measure
(some items do not constitute State aid under Article 87(1) of
the Treaty).

Duration: Unlimited.

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

Budget: Total cost of facilities estimated at EUR 100 million.

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