Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2005-11-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, 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 278/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.8.2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.9.2005

Member State: Italy (Veneto)

Aid No: N 381/2005

Title: Regional Law 5/2005, article 9: Aid for the improve-
ment of agricultural production

Objective: Aid is granted for investments in agricultural farms

Legal basis: Legge regionale 25 febbraio 2005, n. 9 ‘Interventi
per la valorizzazione delle produzioni’

Budget: EUR 978 500 for the year 2005

the
Aid intensity or amount: Aid is limited to 50 % of
eligible expenses in the less-favoured areas increased by 5 % in
case of young farmers within five years from the setting up

Duration: Until 31.12.2011

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: 14.9.2005

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 148/2005

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas hit by natural disasters
(heavy rainstorms on 6 to 8 September 2004 in some munici-
palities of Sicily, province of Caltanissetta)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural produc-
tion and agricultural structures caused by bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Member State: Italy (Tuscany)

Aid No: N 211/2005

Title: Measures to protect animal stock against attacks by
predators

Objective: Aid for
investments aimed at prevention and
protection, and for the payment of insurance premiums to
cover damage resulting from attacks by protected predatory
animals

Legal basis: Proposta di legge ‘Tutela del patrimonio zootec-
nico soggetto a predazione’

Budget: An amount of EUR 565 000 is planned for 2006

Aid intensity or amount: For investments: 40 % of eligible
costs and 50 % in less-favoured areas. For insurance premiums:
80 % of the cost of the premiums for losses of more than 30 %
of production, and of more than 20 % in the case of less-
favoured areas. For losses of less than 20 % or 30 % of produc-
tion, aid is restricted to 50 % of the cost of the insurance
premium

Duration: Six years

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

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

Member State: Italy (Veneto)

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

Aid No: N 303/2004

Duration: Measure implementing an aid scheme approved by
the Commission

Title: Aid for consolidating and increasing the surface area of
farms

Other details: Measures applying the scheme approved by the
Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter
C(2005)1622 fin of 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/

Objective: Restructuring of agricultural property

Legal basis: Legge regionale 12 dicembre 2003, n. 40 ‘Nuove
norme per gli interventi in agricoltura’, articoli 32, 33 e 34

Legge regionale 25 febbraio 2005, n. 5, articolo 13

Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 1462 del 21 giugno
2005

Budget: EUR 1 400 000 for the first year and, subsequently, a
budget set in the annual Finance Acts

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Aid intensity or amount: Articles 32 and 33: 50 % in less-
favoured areas and 40 % elsewhere, with a further five percen-
tage points in either case for young farmers who undertake
consolidation within five years of setting up.

Article 34: A maximum of 50 % of the cadastral income from
rented land, throughout the period of the lease, with a ceiling
of EUR 100 000 per beneficiary per three-year period (this
measure is targetted at beneficiaries outside the agricultural
sector and does not constitute State aid)

Duration: Six years

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

Aid No: N 325/2005

Title: Aid to the Garzason-Tisens Cooperative for
caused by adverse weather conditions (hail of 6 July 2004)

losses

Objective: To compensate farmers for damage to agricultural
production as a result of bad weather (hail of 6 July 2004)

Legal basis: Legge provinciale n. 8/1985 e successive modi-
fiche, articolo 5-bis

Budget: EUR 324 000

Aid intensity or amount: 11 % of the losses

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved
by the Commission under State aid N 679/2001 (Commission
letter C(2002) 256 dated 21 February 2002)

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

Member State: Italy (Autonomous Province of Bolzano)

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