Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, aid to agriculture, 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 311/05)

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.5.2004

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum rate of 25 % for the
work, up to a maximum of EUR 32 000

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 57/04

Title: Reduction of land taxes

Objective: Ceiling of 4,6 per mille on the land taxes paid to
counties (amtskommune) by owners of productive land, i.e. land
for agriculture, horticulture, plant breeding stations, and orch-
ards

Duration: Three 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/

Legal basis: Lov nr. 1211 af 27. december 2003 om ændring
af lov om beskatning til kommunerne af faste ejendomme

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.9.2004

Budget: DKK 96 million (approx. EUR 12,9 million) per year

Aid intensity or amount: The ceiling creates an average
reduction of around DKK 35 per hectare

Duration: Permanent

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 (Friuli Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 85/2004

Title: Call for tenders relating to Action I.1 of the local devel-
opment plan: Computerisation, e-commerce, direct marketing
and certification of firms

Objective: To modernise the marketing structures of agri-
cultural undertakings in the municipalities included in the local
development plan for Alpi Prealpi Giulie by means of compu-
terisation on quality certification

Legal basis: Bando pubblico riferito al piano di sviluppo
locale:
e-commerce, direct
marketing e certificazione delle imprese ‘Progetto 2 — Certifi-
cazione delle aziende del settore agricolo’

I.1 Informatizzazione,

azione

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.7.2004

Member State: France

Budget: EUR 360 000

Aid intensity or amount: The investment aid is capped at
40 % of eligible expenditure, the certification aid is restricted to
EUR 100 000 per beneficiary per three-year period

Aid No: N 79/2004

Duration: Five years

Title: Aid for
Vierzon

farmers

in Bourges, Sancerre-Sologne and

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

Objective: Aid for investments to improve agricultural hold-
ings

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

Budget: EUR 51 300

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Date of adoption of the decision: 26.10.2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.10.2004

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 132/04

Title: FROST aid programmes

Objective: To compensate the losses suffered as a result of
adverse weather

Legal basis: Πρόγραµµα ενισχύσεων FROST (δυσµενείς καιρικές
συνθήκες κατά την περίοδο από 12 έως 15 Φεβρουαρίου 2004)
— σχέδιο κοινής υπουργικής απόφασης

Budget: EUR 20 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: 70 %

Duration: 4 years

Member State: Spain (País Vasco)

Aid No: N 162/A/2004

Title: IKERKETA Programme to support research and develop-
ment in agriculture

Objective: To promote research and development
culture and the food industry

in agri-

Legal basis: Proyecto de Decreto de apoyo a la investigación,
desarrollo e innovación tecnológica en los sectores agrario,
pesquero y alimentario de la Comunidad Autónoma del País
Vasco

Budget: EUR 4 985 000

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

Aid intensity or amount: Lower than a net subsidy equiva-
lent of 15 %

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

Duration: Unspecified

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.4.2004

Member State: Germany (Niedersachsen)

Aid No: N 149/2003

Title: Aid for the disposal of SRMs

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: 14.10.2004

Objective: to compensate livestock farmers for the disposal of
fallen stock arising at farm level

Member State: Spain (Basque Country)

Legal basis:

— Niedersächsisches Ausführungsgesetz zum Tierkörperbesei-

tigungsgesetz vom 21. April 1998,

— Directive 90/667 of 27 November 1990;

— Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of 3 October 2002;

— Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of 22 May 2001;

— Commission Decision of 20 June 2000 n. 418, amended by
Commission Decision 2001/2 of 27 December 2000, as
transposed in the Tierkörperbeseitigunganstalten-Verord-
nung of 21 December 2001

Budget: EUR 26,5 million

Aid intensity: 100 %

Duration: until 31.12.2003

Aid No: N 178/2004

Title: Aid to offset the effects of the 2003 drought in the
Basque Country

Objective: To compensate for agricultural losses caused by the
2003 drought in the Basque Country

Legal basis: Proyecto de Decreto del Gobierno Vasco por el
que se establecen ayudas para paliar los efectos de la ola de
calor y esquía del verano del 2003 en el agro vasco

Budget: EUR 2 250 000

Aid intensity or amount: Less than the losses suffered

Duration: Ad hoc assistance

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

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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2004

Member State: Italy (Calabria)

Aid No: N 225/04

Title: Loi 185/92:
endommagées

Interventions dans

les zones agricoles

Aid intensity or amount: See the approved scheme (C 12/B/
95)

Objective: To provide meteorological
information about
storms which have caused damage for which compensation is
to be granted under the scheme approved under aid No C 12/
B/95

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/

Legal basis: Legge 14 febbraio 1992, n 185 ‘Nuova disciplina
del Fondo di solidarietà nazionale’

Budget: See the approved scheme (C 12/B/95)