Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2005-08-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Germany, Italy, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to agriculture

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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 210/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.7.2005

Member State: Germany (Brandenburg)

Aid No: NN 14/2004 (ex N 453/2003)

Title: Aid for the removal and destruction of fallen stock

Objective: to compensate livestock farmers for the disposal of fallen stock at farm level; to compensate
slaughterhouses for the removal and destruction of slaughterhouse waste (until 1998 only)

Legal basis: Gesetz zur Ausführung des Tierkörperbeseitigungsgesetzes des Landes Brandenburg

Budget:

1994
(1 000
DM)

1995
(1 000
DM)

1996
(1 000
DM)

1997
(1 000
DM)

1998
(1 000
DM)

1999
(1 000
DM)

2000
(1 000
DM)

2001
(1 000
DM)

2002
(1 000
EUR)

2003
(1 000
EUR)

2004
(1 000
EUR)

1 216,5

6 754,5

5 836,5

6 795,7

6 060,6

6 262,8

7 248,7 11 776,6 6 197,4

5 600,0

5 000

Aid intensity: 66 % of removal and destruction costs

Duration: until 2013

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.11.2004

Member State: Austria (Carinthia)

Aid No: N 14/04

Title: Carinthia directive on aid for agriculture and forestry

Objective: Provision of aid to agriculture and forestry activ-
ities as follows: technical support (training, consultation and
information activities as well as farm replacement services);
prevention of plant diseases (warning systems, meteorological
stations, general prevention activities); maintenance of herd
books and tests to determine the genetic quality of livestock;
measures concerning quality products (introduction of quality
research,
assurance
degressive aid for controlling measures, legally prescribed tests
on milk); building private housing; investments (new machines
and appliances, construction projects, high quality breeding

consulting, market

training,

systems,

animals and farm land); infrastructure measures (public roads,
water management, landslide prevention, planning of ecologi-
cally important measures not favouring agricultural protection);
land reparcelling (purchase of land and measuring and planning
costs); preservation of rural heritage (restoration of residential
and production buildings); purchase of storm insurance poli-
cies; forestry measures.

The notified draft directive is intended as a legal basis for all
aid schemes exclusively financed by the Land Carinthia. The
draft directive replaces all previous legal bases for State aid to
agriculture and forestry in Carinthia where such State aid is
financed by the Land Carinthia. All measures contained in the
draft directive are financed by Carinthia

Legal basis: Landesförderungsrichtlinie Land- und Forstwirtschaft

Budget: Estimated budget 2005: EUR 11 150 000

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Aid intensity or amount: Variable according to measure

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2004

Duration: Until 31.12.2014

Member State: Italy (Marche)

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

Aid No: N 16/2004

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

Title: Programme of development services for the agri-food
system

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.7.2004

Member State: Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)

Aid No: N 15/04

Objective: To promote development of the agri-food system
in the Marche region through technical assistance services,
maintaining herd books and controls

Legal basis: Delibere della Regione Marche n. 99 del 28.7.2003,
n. 1144 del 5.8.2003 e n. 1353 del 13.10.2003 concernenti l'ap-
provazione e le modalità di attuazione del Programma obiettivo trien-
nale dei Servizi di sviluppo del sistema agroalimentare 2003-2005

Title: Aid towards the cost for removal and disposal of fallen
stock, for which contributions have been paid to the Tierseu-
chenkasse

Budget: EUR 11 100 000 over the three-year programme

Objective: Compensation to livestock farmers in Rhineland-
Palatinate for the costs of disposal and destruction of fallen
stock

Aid intensity or amount: Technical assistance: 70 % of
eligible costs, up to a maximum EUR 100 000 per beneficiary
over the three-year period. Herd books: 100 % of eligible costs.
Functional controls: aid limited to 70 % of the eligible costs

Legal basis: Erstes und zweites Gesetz vom 30.11.2000 und
20.4.2003 (Rheinland-Pfalz) zur Änderung des Landestierkörperbe-
seitigungsgesetzes

Duration: Until 2005

Budget:

2002: EUR 3 291 048

2003: EUR 2 673 996

2004: EUR 2 673 996

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/

Aid intensity or amount: For removal of fallen stock: 100 %

For destruction of fallen stock: 75 %

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.12.2004

For removal and destruction of animals subject to TSE testing:
100 %

Duration: Until 31.12.2013

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/

Member State: Italy (Trento)

Aid No: N 27/2004

Title: Aid to compensate farmers following the BSE crisis.
Regional Decree 2585 of 10.10.2003 as modified by Regional
Decree 2935 of 6.11.2003

Objective: To compensate farmers and trout breeders for the
costs of disposal of fallen stock

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Legal basis: Legge provinciale 28 marzo 2003 n. 4 ‘Sostegno
all'economia agricola, disciplina dell'agricoltura biologica e della
contrassegnazione di prodotti geneticamente non modificati’ articolo
52, Delibera 2585 del 10.10.2003 come modificata dalla delibera
2935 del 6.11.2003

Budget: For the year 2003: EUR 5 487 345

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the costs

Duration: Una tantum

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.7.2004

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 33/A/2004

Title: Law-Decree concerning ‘Urgent Provisions
culture, fishery and their administration’

for agri-

Objective: To provide subsidiary guarantee on credit and 12
months suspension of social security to farmers who have been
supplying Parmalat companies the 6 months before receiver-
ship and have not been paid for the delivered milk

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

Legal basis: Legge di conversione 27 marzo 2004 n. 77 recante
‘Disposizioni urgenti concernenti i settori dell'agricoltura e della pesca’

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.6.2004

Aid intensity or amount: For social security: EUR 995 for
the total period of three years

Budget: For social security: EUR 1 327 000 per year, for a
total of EUR 3 980 000

Member State: Italy (Sardinia)

Aid No: N 28/2004

Title: Aid to compensate farmers for the losses caused by
drought

Objective: To make good the damages
suffered by the
farmers, due to the drought and exceptionally high tempera-
tures during the spring and summer 2003

Legal basis: Legge regionale 11 marzo 1998 n. 8 ‘Interventi per i
danni alle produzioni provocati dalla siccità della primavera-estate
2003’ Delibere 45/44 del 5.12.2003 e 4/9 del 6.2.2004

Duration: Until 2006 for social security suspension

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 40 000 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2004

Aid intensity or amount: The aid amounts to 50 % of the
ascertained damage, but it can be cumulated with other public
aids, up to 100 % of the incurred damage

Member State: Italy (Lazio)

Duration: Una tantum and in any case aid can not be paid
more than three years after the adverse weather event

Aid No: N 36/2002

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/

Title: Assistance for the payment of insurance premiums for
losses due to natural disasters

Legal basis: Articolo 251 della legge regionale 10 maggio 2001,
n. 10. Legge 14 febbraio 1992, n. 185

Objective: To encourage farmers to insure against damage
caused by bad weather

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Budget: The 2002 regional budget allocates ITL 1 billion
(EUR 516 457) to these measures

approved quality label. The measures include aid for official
controls, consultancy and training services,
investments in
equipment, promotion in a wide sense

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 50 % of the cost of insurance
premiums which also cover losses due to natural disasters,
exceptional occurrences, adverse weather conditions which can
be assimilated to natural disasters and other losses resulting
from poor weather

Legal basis: Legge regionale 15 aprile 1999 n. 25 ‘Norme per la
valorizzazione dei prodotti agricoli ed alimentari ottenuti con tecniche
di produzione integrate e tutela contro la pubblicità ingannevole’

Regolamento di attuazione n. 6/2000 del 3 agosto 2000 ‘Condizioni
per l'uso del marchio collettivo “Agriqualità”’

Duration: Unspecified

Budget: EUR 5 001 596,50

the Regional Law
Other information: Article 251(4) of
provides for aid for crop protection associations and other
associations of
farmers which provide agro-meteorological
services for the purchase, maintenance and management of
equipment needed to provide such services. The competent
authorities have affirmed that no such measures have yet been
launched, and they undertake to notify the implementing rules
for that provision to the Commission, under Article 88(3) of
the Treaty, once those rules have been adopted by the Lazio
regional executive

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

Aid intensity or amount: variable according to the measure

Duration: three years (2004 to 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/

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.8.2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.11.2004

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 36/2004

Title: Regional Decision n. 1068 of 20.10.2003: Aid scheme
for the development and the improvement of agri-food under-
takings operating under the label
‘Agriqualità’. Regional Law
n.25/99

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 44/2004

Title: The National Fallen Stock Scheme

Objective: Providing a State-aided voluntary subscription
system for collecting and disposal of fallen stock in compliance
with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002

Legal basis: Non-statutory measure

Budget:

2004/2005: GBP 10 000 000

2005/2006: GBP 6 000 000

Objective: to improve the quality of agricultural products by
promoting the creation of integrated chain projects under an

2006/2007: GBP 3 000 000

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Aid intensity or amount: In the 1st year State aid contribu-
tion will vary between 25 % and 35 %. It is expected that in the
2nd and 3rd year it will diminish

Duration: Three years from the approval by the Commission
(2004-2007)

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: 30.6.2004

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 53/04

Objective: The aim of the scheme is to enable farmers in
Northern Ireland to comply with restrictions on the spreading
of livestock manures on land within the NVZs. 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
(Financial Assistance) (NI) Order 1987 — S.I. 1987/166 (NI 1)

the Agriculture and Fisheries

Budget: GBP 42 000 000 (EUR 62 800 000)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 40 %

Duration: 30.11.2007 for payments; works must be finished
until 30.11.2006

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

Title: Farm Waste Management (Northern Ireland) Scheme

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