Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2005-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Netherlands, 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 263/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 29.7.2005

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Member State: Italy (Apulia)

Aid No: N 469/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(tornado of 12 July 2004 in the province of Foggia)

Objective: To compensate farmers for damage to agricultural
production 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)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved
aid NN 54/A/2004
by
(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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Member State: Italy (Calabria)

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:

Aid No: N 471/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(hail-storms of 17, 18 and 19 June 2004)

Objective: To compensate farmers for damage to agricultural
production and farming structures as a result of bad weather

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

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.8.2005

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 470/2004

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas which have suffered
damage (frosts of 23 to 25 May 2004, province of Pordenone)

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

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

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

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

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

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved
aid NN 54/A/2004
by
(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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 29.7.2005

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: N 474/2004

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas which have suffered
damage (hail-storm of 20 August 2004, province of Bergamo)

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

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

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

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: 30.8.2005

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Member State: Italy (Marche)

Aid No: N 482/2004

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/

Title: Assistance
scheme for agricultural and agri-food products

for quality certification and traceability

Objective: Measures to encourage quality production and the
introduction of traceability and certification schemes for agri-
cultural products and agri-foodstuffs:

A) aid for quality certification and traceability schemes for
agricultural products and agri-foodstuffs (articles 2, 3, 4 and
9);

B) aid for technical assistance for adapting specifications for
the production of registered quality products in line with
the Community, national and regional rules (article 6);

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.8.2005

C) start-up aid for consortiums for the protection of designa-

tions of origin (article 7)

Member State: Italy (Campania)

Aid No: N 475/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(hail-storms of 3 September 2004)

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

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

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

Legal basis: Legge regionale 10 dicembre 2003, n. 23, articoli
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 e 9

Budget: Annual budget (estimate): around EUR 2 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable depending on measure

Duration: Measures A and C: seven years. Measure B: indefi-
nite

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

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

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

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Date of adoption of the decision: 29.7.2005

Budget: See the approved schemes (C 12/B/95 and NN 54/A/
04)

Member State: Italy (Emilia-Romagna)

Aid No: N 484/2004

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas which have suffered
damage (hail-storms in the summer of 2004, provinces of
Forlì-Cesena, Piacenza, Ravenna, Ferrara and Modena)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural produc-
tion and farming structures as a result of bad weather [hail
which affected the provinces of Forlì (27 July 2004), Piacenza
(20 June 2004), Ravenna (27 July 2004), Ferrara (2 June 2004
and 3 August 2004), Modena (2 June 2004, 24 July 2004 and
3 August 2004)]

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

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

Duration: Measure applying aid schemes approved by the
Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved
by the Commission under State aid C 12/B/95 (Commission
Decision 2004/307/EC of 16 December 2003) and 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:

Budget: EUR 50 884,37 to be financed from the budget
approved under Aid No NN 54/A/04

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

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 80 % of the cost of the
damage

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Date of adoption of the decision: 29.7.2005

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

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 490/2004

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

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas which have suffered
damage (wind-storms in the province of Palermo in April and
May 2004)

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

Objective: To compensate farmers for damage to agricultural
production and farming structures as a result of bad weather

Date of adoption of the decision: 29.7.2005

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 488/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas which have suffered damage
(summers of 2003 and 2004, hail-storms and tornado in the
provinces of Trieste, Pordenone and Udine)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural produc-
tion and farming structures as a result of bad weather (hail-
storms in the provinces of Pordenone on 13 July 2003 and
Trieste on 27 June 2004, and a tornado in the province of
Udine on 26 August 2004)

Legal basis: Legge n. 185/1992 e Decreto legislativo n.
102/2004

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

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

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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 29.7.2005

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

Member State: Italy (Apulia)

Aid No: N 495/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(hail-storms of 26 July 2004 in the province of Brindisi)

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 29.7.2005

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

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

Aid No: N 513/2004

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

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
(hail,
tornado and torrential rain of 17 June 2004 in the
provinces of Catania and Trapani)

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

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

Budget: EUR 22 353 000, to be financed from the budget
approved under aid scheme NN 54/A/04

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

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Date of adoption of the decision: 29.7.2005

Member State: Italy (Campania)

Aid No: N 512/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(hail-storms of 1, 2, 3, 6 and 25 September 2004 in the
provinces of Naples and Benevento).

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

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

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/

Date of adoption of the decision: 29.7.2005

Member State: The Netherlands (Flevoland)

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

Aid No: N 516/2003

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Title: School fruit project Flevoland

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

Objective: The aid measure has as its aim to promote the
consumption of fruit (apples) at primary and secondary schools
in the Dutch province of Flevoland

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Legal basis:

— Decentralisatie-overeenkomst van de Staat der Nederlanden
en de provincie Flevoland met betrekking tot het Enkel-
voudig Programmeringsdocument (EPD) 2000-2006. (PME
000320/08, 24.1.2001)

— EPD-overeenkomst

tussen de provincie

Flevoland en

Stichting schoolfruit Flevoland

Budget:

— Investment aid: EUR 155 000

— Technical support: EUR 144 000

— Support for Advertisement/promotion: EUR 12 500

Aid intensity or amount:

— For investment costs: 38 %

— For technical support: 48 %

— For advertisement: 25 %

Duration:

— Investment aid: One-off

— Aid for technical support and advertising: 2005-2007

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: 12.8.2005

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 525/2004

Title: Legislative Decree No 102/2004: Assistance in farming
areas which have suffered damage (hail-storms of 19 and 20
June 2004 in the provinces of Udine and Pordenone)

Objective: To provide meteorological information about the
bad weather 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 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/