Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2005-10-18
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 258/05)

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.11.2004

Member State: Italy (Abruzzi)

Aid No: N 10/04

Title: Assistance for livestock holdings in Abruzzi affected by
zootechnical, health and veterinary problems

Objective: To compensate losses as a result of combating
epizootic diseases

Legal basis: Legge regionale 23 ottobre 2003, n. 15 ‘Interventi
a sostegno delle aziende zootecniche della Regione Abruzzo a
seguito delle emergenze zootecniche, sanitarie e veterinarie’

Budget: EUR 500 000 in the first year (after the first year: the
amount fixed in the annual finance acts)

Aid intensity or amount: Premium per livestock unit, or 75-
100 % of losses, according to the measure

Duration: Unspecified

contribute
Budget: The province of North Brabant will
EUR 6,67 million to the Fund, which is the same amount as
the other two (private) investors (NCB participation B.V. and
the Rabobank) will contribute

Duration: 2005-2011

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: 16.6.2005

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

Member State: Denmark

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

Aid No: N 47/05

Title: Aid for counselling concerning Natura 2000 forests

Objective: The draft Administrative Order of 27.1.2005 (‘the
Order’, not yet in force) provides that the Danish Forestry Asso-
ciation (Dansk Skovforening ‘the Association’) will
receive
financial support for organising above-mentioned counselling
to owners of forests in private property or associations of such
owners.

In § 2 of the Order the supported counselling given by the
Association is limited to 930 hours of counselling on identi-
fying and evaluating the condition of natural habitats as well as
on entering voluntary agreements concerning the implementa-
tion of Natura 2000 forest plans. No other counselling activity
is eligible for support. The aid is limited to actual costs of the
counselling including reasonable administrative and travel costs
associated with organising the counselling. The support is paid
to the Association on the presentation of supporting docu-
ments concerning the counselling that has been organised.

The above counselling is available free of charge to all private
owners of forests or associations of such owners and is not
limited to members of the Association

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.8.2005

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 30/2005

Title: Agro & Co capital fund

Objective: To stimulate innovation in the agricultural sector
by providing risk capital to SME's in the agricultural and agri-
related sectors in the initial phase of implementing innovations.
These SME's in general find it hard to attract this form of finan-
cing

Legal basis: Provinciewet, art. 158, paragraaf 1, subsectie e, en
Ontwerp Besluit Gedeputeerde Staten van Noord-Brabant, 19
oktober 2004

Legal basis: Lov om skove, § 29.1.5.

Forslag til bekendtgørelse af 27. januar 2005

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Budget: Ca DKR 600 000 (about EUR 80 600) per year

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the eligible costs

Duration: Until 31.12.2010

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/

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: 10.8.2005

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 128/05

Title: Endangered breeds

Date of adoption of the decision: 4.8.2005

Objective: To stimulate the keeping of rare animal breeds in
the Netherlands

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 102/2005

Legal basis:

Kaderwet LNV-subsidies (17-12-1997)

Title: Compensation for avian influenza

Subsidieregeling zeldzame landbouwhuisdierrassen (6-7-1998)

Objective: The purpose of the scheme is to partially compen-
sate egg multipliers that have suffered losses because of the ban
on export of hatching eggs, or because of zone restrictions
imposed in connection with the outbreak of avian influenza in
the Netherlands in 2003

Legal basis:

3 maart

Beschikkingen

De
2003,
2003/153/EG van
2003/172/EG van 12 maart 2003, 2003/191/EG van 19 maart
2003, 2003/214/EG van 27 maart 2003, 2003/258/EG van 10
april 2003 en 2003/290/EG van 25 april 2003 van de
Commissie (incl. verschillende wijzigingen), alle betrekking
hebbende op beschermende maatregelen in verband met aviaire
influenza in Nederland.

Richtlijn 92/40/EEG van de Raad tot vaststelling van commu-
nautaire maatregelen voor de bestrijding van aviaire influenza.

Verordening (EG) nr. 1249/2004 van de Commissie van 7 juli
2004 houdende vaststelling van buitengewone maatregelen ter
ondersteuning van de markt in de sector eieren in Nederland.

Regeling vervoersbeperkingsgebieden pluimvee 2003, geconso-
lideerde versie 14-08-2003

Budget: The expenditure will amount to maximum EUR 1,5
million

Budget: EUR 245 000 annually

Aid intensity or amount:

For agricultural holdings: EUR 120,25 per LSU per year with a
maximum of EUR 300,60 per hectare of fodder area and 30
LSU per application (this last limitation is not valid for sheep
races).

For non agricultural holdings (nature organizations and hobby
farmers): EUR 120,25 per LSU with a maximum of 30 LSU
per application (this last limitation is not valid for sheep races)

Duration: 2003-2007

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: 29.7.2005

Aid intensity or amount: For chicken hatching eggs the aid
constitutes approximately 27 % of the financial loss suffered.
For turkey and duck eggs the compensation is approximately
9 %, for pheasant eggs 8 %.

Member State: Italy (Tuscany)

Aid No: N 151/2005

Duration: The scheme covers the outbreak of avian influenza
in the Netherlands in 2003. Movement restriction measures
were in place from 1 March 2003 to 22 August 2003. This is
also the duration of the aid scheme.

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(rainfall of 29 October 2004 in the province of Grosseto)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural produc-
tion and farming structures as a result of bad weather

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Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 29.7.2005

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 % of the cost of the
damage

Aid No: N 155/2005

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved
by
aid NN 54/A/2004
(Commission letter C(2005) 1622 final, dated 7 June 2005)

the Commission under

State

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(earth tremors in the province of Brescia during the period
from 24 to 28 November 2004)

Objective: To compensate for damage to farming structures as
the result of a natural disaster

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

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

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

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Date of adoption of the decision: 10.8.2005

Member State: Italy (Piedmont)

Aid No: N 153/2005

Title: Legislative Decree No 102/2004: Assistance in agri-
cultural areas which have suffered damage (hail of 20 August
and 15-16 September 2004 in the provinces of Turin and
Vercelli)

Objective: To provide meteorological information about the
storms that caused the damage for which compensation is to
be paid as part of the scheme approved under Aid No NN 54/
A/04

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004 («Nuova disciplina
del Fondo di solidarietà nazionale»)

Budget: The amount of the aid, which has still to be fixed, will
be financed from the overall budget of EUR 200 million allo-
cated to the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: One-off aid

Other details: Measure applying the scheme approved by the
Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter
C(2005) 1622 final, dated 7 June 2005)

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/

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved
by
aid NN 54/A/2004
(Commission letter C(2005) 1622 final, dated 7 June 2005)

the Commission under

State

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: 2.8.2005

Member State: Italy (Molise)

Aid No: N 157/2005

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(torrential rainfall of 13 and 14 November 2004 in certain
municipalities of the province of Campobasso)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural produc-
tion and farming structures as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

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Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Budget: SEK 6 million (ca EUR 655 180)

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved
by
aid NN 54/A/2004
(Commission letter C(2005) 1622 final, dated 7 June 2005)

the Commission under

State

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: 3.6.2005

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 167/2005

Title: Investment aid for planting multi-annual energy crops

Objective: Aid would be granted for the investment costs
regarding planting multi-annual energy crops falling under the
CN code 0602 90 41, in particular coppice (Salix ff.), used to
produce biomass. The aid is limited to the planting costs of
new plantations. Replacement plantations
and planting
measures undertaken before submitting the application for aid
to the authorities are not eligible for the aid. Every applicant
whose planting project fulfils the conditions for receiving aid is
legally entitled to it. The aid is limited to SEK 5 000 per ha
planted with energy crops. According to the Swedish authori-
ties planting costs of coppice are SEK 12 955 per ha, resulting
in an aid rate of ca 40 %. The Swedish authorities have indi-
cated that the aid may not exceed 40 % of the eligible costs

Legal basis: Åtgärden baseras på förordning (1997:75) om
anläggningsstöd till plantering av fleråriga grödor för produk-
tion av biomassa, ändrad genom regeringens beslut om att
infoga det anmälda stödet

Aid intensity or amount: Max. 40 % of the eligible costs

Duration: Until 31.12.2006

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: 14.9.2005

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 168/A/2003 (ex N 495/2003)

Title: Aid to the farming sector, which has been affected by
bad weather and dioxin problems in Campania

Objective: Compensation for losses resulting from measures
aimed at preventing products being contaminated with dioxin

Legal basis: Legge 24 settembre 2003, n. 268 — conversione
in legge, con modificazioni, del decreto-legge 24 luglio 2003,
n. 192, recante interventi urgenti a favore del comparto agri-
colo colpito da eccezionali avversità atmosferiche e dall'emer-
genza diossina nella Campania — art. 2

Budget: EUR 28 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % (a measure aimed at moni-
toring the area does not constitute State aid within the
meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty)

Duration: One-off 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/