Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2005-08-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, meat processing industry

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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 208/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 20 July 2005

Budget: EUR 1 million.

Member State: Italy (Lombardy).

Aid No: N 43/2005.

Title: Articles 11 and 21 of Regional Law No 7 of 16 July
2003. Minor land improvement works.

land improvement works
Objective: To carry out minor
under the regional plan for ensuring the water safety of the
area, rationed and shared use of water resources, supply, main-
tenance and qualitative and quantitative safeguarding of the
waters, water economy, the capacity for agricultural production
of the soil and the development of agricultural, zootechnical
and forestry products.

Legal basis: Articoli 11 e 21, legge regionale 16 luglio 2003, n.
7.

Budget: EUR 5 000 000.

Aid intensity or amount: The maximum public aid rate may
not exceed 50 % of eligible expenditure in less-favoured areas
and 40 % in other areas and, where it relates to investments
made by young farmers within five years of their setting up,
45 %, or 55 % in less-favoured areas. Aid will be granted in the
form of direct subsidies and interest-rate subsidies.

Duration: 31 December 2015.

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % in less-favoured areas, 40 %
in other areas (55 % and 45 % for young farmers).

Duration: Two years (up to 2006)

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 1 July 2005

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 246/2005

Title: N 246/2005 modifying N 222/2004 Single opportunity
scheme and demonstration projects.

and innovative

Objective: The objective is to stimulate investments in energy
energy technology
transition experiments
demonstration projects. This measure concerns a change of the
support measure authorised by the Commission under number
N 222/2004. It extends the measure to entrepreneurs in the
agricultural sector who, under the previous stipulations, were
not eligible for support.

Legal basis: Kaderwet EZ-subsidies (Staatsblad 1997, 638).

Budget: The total budget of the notified scheme (for both
the agricultural and non agricultural
to
for transition experiments is
EUR 255 million. The budget
EUR 95 million,
for demonstration projects is
EUR 160 million.

sector) amounts

the budget

Date of adoption of the decision: 20 July 2005

Member State: France

Aid No: N 120/2005

Title: Aid for protective fencing for pig herds reared in the
open air.

Objective: To support investments in impermeable fencing
erected around pig herds reared in the open air in order to
prevent contact between swine for breeding and disease-
carrying wild boar.
funding may be
provided for conversion work on existing buildings for the
accommodation of sows on heat.

In exceptional cases,

Aid intensity or amount: Under the notified change in the
scheme the Dutch authorities will support investments in the
agricultural sector for up to 60 % of the eligible costs.

Duration: Sub measure on transition experiments: 2004-2009

Sub measure for demonstration projects: 2004-2014

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 20 July 2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 20 July 2005

Member State: Italy (Val D'Aosta)

Aid No: N 271/2005

Title: Aid to compensate farmers for the losses caused by
adverse weather events.

Objective: To compensate for damages to the wine and fruit
production in October 2003, March-April 2004 and on 4 May
2004, caused by hail and frost, in the Region Val d'Aosta.

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

Budget: EUR 53 737,5

Member State: Italy (Veneto)

Aid No: N 510/2004

Title: Aid for the certification and traceability of high-quality
agricultural products (Articles 50 and 51 of Regional Law No
40/2003).

Objective: Aid for the introduction of high-quality traceability
and certification systems.

Legal basis: Legge regionale 12 dicembre 2003, n. 40 ‘Nuove
norme per gli interventi in agricoltura’, articoli 50 e 51, come modifi-
cata dalla LR 9 aprile 2004, n. 8 e dalla Legge regionale 25
febbraio 2005 n. 5.

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of the ascertained damage.

Budget: EUR 300 000

Duration: Una tantum.

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 20 July 2005

Member State: Italy (Veneto)

Aid No: N 508/2004

Title: Aid for investment in agricultural undertakings (Articles
17 and 24 of Regional Law No 40/2003).

Objective: Investment aid for the production, processing and
marketing of agricultural products.

Legal basis: Legge regionale 12 dicembre 2003, n. 40 ‘Nuove
norme per gli interventi in agricoltura’, articoli 17 e 24 come modifi-
cata dalla LR 9 aprile 2004, n. 8 e dalla Legge regionale 25
febbraio 2005 n. 5.

Budget: EUR 1 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: 40 % of eligible costs and 50 % in
less-favoured areas (with a 5 % increase in the case of invest-
ments by young farmers) for farmers, and 50 % of eligible costs
in Objective 1 regions and 40 % in other regions for processing
and marketing.

Duration: 31.12.2009

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Duration: 31.12.2009

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 16 February 2005

Member State: France

Aid No: N 515/B/2003

Title: Aid for small butchers — slaughter tax

Objective: To finance the collection of
animals presenting a health risk

the vertebrae of

Budget: Estimated at EUR 26 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: One year (2004)

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11 January 2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 27 January 2005

Member State: United Kingdom (Wales)

Aid No: N 547/2004

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 558/2004

Title: Extension to the Meat Quality Advertising (Wales)
Scheme

Objective: The approved Meat Quality Advertising (Wales)
Scheme (N 716/2002) will be prolonged by one year.

Legal basis: Agriculture Act 1967 (as amended); Welsh Devel-
opment Agency Act 1975 (as amended)

Budget: GBP 2,25 million (EUR 3,22 million)

Title: Aid towards the costs of BSE-tests within the special
program on the consequences of BSE in the Land Sachsen.

Objective: Alteration to aid scheme no N 371/2003

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums
für
Soziales über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen im Rahmen des
Sonderprogramms für BSE-Auswirkungen.

Budget: EUR 234 000

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 10 per test

Aid intensity or amount: Parafiscal levies will always finance
at least 50 % of the budget.

Duration: 1 year

Duration: 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11 May 2005

Member State: Italy (Basilicata)

Aid No: N 557/2004

Title: Aid to Consorzi Fidi in the agriculture sector

Objective: This aid scheme aims to stock up the guarantees
funds of Consorzi Fidi
in Region Basilicata. These Consorzi
grant guarantees on loans taken out by agricultural SMEs oper-
ating in the region.

Legal basis: Legge no 441 del 15 dicembre 1998, art. 11

Decreto legislativo no 173 del 30 aprile 1988, art. 5

Budget: EUR 2 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Unlimited

Date of adoption of the decision: 20 July 2005

Member State: Portugal.

Aid No: N 559/2004.

Title: Compensation for the damage caused by hail
municipalities of Murça and Mirandela.

in the

Objective: To compensate for losses suffered by agricultural
holdings involved in vine and olive cultivation as a result of the
severe hail storm which took place on 7 June 2004 in the
Portuguese region of Alto-trás os Montes, more specifically in
the municipalities of Murça, parish of Candedo e de Mirandela
and parish of Abreiro.

Legal basis: Projecto de portaria de operacionalização do Auxilio de
Estado relativo à queda de granizo nos concelhos de Murça e Miran-
dela.

Budget: EUR 16 000
the
EUR 261 975,42 for the vine sector.

for

olive

sector

and

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 650/ha for the vine sector.
For the olive sector the amount will correspond with the actual
loss of production.

Duration: One-off aid.

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 20 July 2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 1 July 2005

Member State: Sweden.

Aid No: N 562/2004.

Title: Aid for the costs of transporting fallen stock.

Objective: With letter of 13 May 2002 (SG(2002)D/229773,
aid case N 4/2002) the Commission authorised Sweden to pay
aid towards the cost of transporting carcasses of fallen stock or
emergency slaughtered animals from livestock farms situated in
Northern Sweden beyond the 62nd Parallel to the Stenstorp
installation. All livestock farms with fallen stock in Sweden pay
a standard fee that in principle covers the transportation and
destruction costs. However, in Northern Sweden the costs of
transportation are considerably higher than in other regions of
the country, and the standard fee is not sufficient to cover the
extra costs. Therefore the aid referred to above was granted to
cover the part of the transportation costs of carcasses exceeding
the transportation costs from farms south of the 62nd Parallel.
No aid was granted to destruction costs. Because the livestock
farmers in Northern Sweden continued to pay the standard fee
they never paid less for the disposal of fallen stock than the
livestock farmers in other parts of the country. The Swedish
this scheme
authorities propose to prolong the validity of
without any changes. Aid is available only to farmers and to no
other operators. These farmers continue to pay the above-
mentioned standard fee towards the transport and disposal
costs of fallen stock. No aid is paid towards the destruction
costs, which are covered by this fee.

Member State: Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen)

No of the aid: N 620/2003.

Title: Aid for the costs of transporting and destroying fallen
stock.

Objective: Disposal of fallen stock. According to the provi-
sions applicable in Nordrehein-Wesfalen farmers pay 25 % of
the costs of processing and rendering fallen stock in a
rendering facility while the remaining costs (i.e. 75 % of the
processing and rendering and 100 % of the pick-up, transport
and storage costs) are borne by the cities and municipal
districts.

Legal basis: Ausführungsgesetz zum Tierische Nebenprodukte-Besei-
tigunsgesetz (AG TierNebG NRW) vom 27.1.2005.

Budget: Exact budget figures are not available, but on the
basis of the data supplied by the German authorities it can be
estimated that the destruction costs of fallen stock amount to
ca EUR 5 million per annum.

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

Duration: 31.12.2013.

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Legal basis: Riksdagens beslut avseende regeringens proposition
2004/05:1 och Jordbruksverkets regleringsbrev för år 2005.

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

Budget: SEK 2,4 million per annum (ca EUR 260 870).

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the eligible costs.

Date of adoption of the decision: 29 July 2005

Duration: 6 years.

Member State: Germany (Hessen)

Aid No: NN 60/2004 (ex aid N 255/2004)

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Title: Special programme for implementing additional BSE
tests for slaughter cattle

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

Objective: The scheme covers the costs of BSE tests on
slaughter cattle over 24 months old in Hessen.

Legal basis: Verordnung (EG) Nr. 999/2001 des Europäischen
Parlaments und des Rates mit Vorschriften zur Verhütung, Kontrolle
und Tilgung bestimmter
spongiformer Enzephalo-
transmissibler
pathien; BSE Untersuchungsverordnung, Erlass über die Kostenüber-
nahme für BSE-Schnelltests

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Budget: EUR 2 300 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %, with a maximum of
EUR 39,50 from 1 January 2003

Duration: 2002-2003

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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massimi liquidabili alle imprese agricole a agroalimentari a titolo di
indennizzo ai sensi dell'articolo 5, comma 13

Budget: EUR 12 057 000

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: One-off

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 20 July 2005

Member State: Italy (Molise)

Aid No: NN 64/2004

Title: Ordinanza DPCM 3268/2003 — Compensation for
damages due to adverse weather events (floods and torrential
rain)

Objective: This aid scheme aims to provide compensation to
undertakings in Molise hit by flooding and torrential rain.

Legal basis: Ordinanza del Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri
(PCM) n. 3268 of 12 March 2003 ‘Primi
interventi urgenti di
protezione civile diretti a fronteggiare i danni conseguenti agli eventi
meteorologici verificatisi nei giorni 23, 24 e 25 gennaio 2003 sul
territorio della regione Molise’

Decreto n. 8 del Presidente della Regione Molise (Commissario Dele-
gato) del 3 giugno 2003 ‘Danni in agricoltura causati dagli eventi
meteorologici del 23, 24 e 25 gennaio 2003’;

Decreto n. 25 del Presidente della Regione Molise (Commissario
Delegato) del 13 luglio 2003 ‘Prestiti di cui agli articoli 5 e 6 del
Decreto 8/2003’

Progetto di decreto del Presidente della Regione Molise (Commissario
importi
Delegato) determinazione delle percentuali di aiuto e degli

Date of adoption of the decision: 20 July 2005

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 67/2004

Title: Preservation of land integrity — Legislative Decree n.
99/2004, Article 7, paragraph 2, Article 9, paragraphs 1 and 2,
Articles 10, 11 and 12

Objective: The measures aim to encourage reparcelling and
the setting up of larger, more viable agricultural undertakings
(notably by means of transfers of land and the setting up of
cooperatives which jointly manage land).

Legal basis: Decreto Legislativo n. 99/2004, Article 7, comma 2,
Articolo 9 commi 1 e 2, articoli 10, 11 e 12.

Budget: The measures will be financed from the general
budget, without a specific appropriation

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Unlimited

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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