Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-01-04
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

(2006/C 1/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.11.2005

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 9/2005 and N 10/2005

Title:

— Draft Royal Decree fixing the contributions referred to in
Article 4 of the Law of 9 December 2004 on the financing
of the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain
(AFSCA);

— Draft Royal Decree fixing the payments referred to in
Article 5 of the Law of 9 December 2004 on the financing
of the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain
(AFSCA)

Objective: To set up a new financing system for the Federal
Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain

Legal basis:

— Loi du 9 décembre 2004 relative au financement de
l'Agence fédérale pour la Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire
(article 4)

— Artikel 4 van de wet van 9 december 2004 houdende de
financiering van het Federaal Agentschap voor de veiligheid
van de voedselketen

Budget: Unspecified

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the cost of BSE testing
and of the cost of inspections likely to prove to be directly
linked to production and/or marketing; financing of certain
activities/inspections not constituting State aid

Duration: Indeterminate

Objective: With the draft Provincial Act on Measures to
ensure food quality and the adoption of a quality label ‘Quality
with indication of origin’ the Italian authorities would intro-
duce an aid scheme under which support could be granted for
the marketing, promotion and advertising of quality products
and a quality label ‘Quality with indication of origin’. The aid
scheme would apply to the following products: products satis-
fying the criteria laid down in Article 24a (b) of Regulation
(EC) No 1257/1999, as modified by Regulation (EC) No
1783/2003, and bearing the quality label pursuant to § 3 of
the draft Act; products falling under the scope of Regulation
(EEC) No 2081/92, i.e. products covered either by a Protected
Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indi-
cation (PGI) or of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92, i.e. Traditional
Speciality Guaranteed (TSG); Quality wines pursuant to Regu-
lation (EC) No 1493/1999

Legal basis: Misure per garantire la qualità nel settore dei
prodotti alimentari e adozione del «marchio di qualità con indi-
cazione di origine» (legge provinciale)

Budget: Ca EUR 3 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Unlimited

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: 18.11.2005

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

Member State: Spain (Navarre)

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

Aid No: N 48/2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.10.2005

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 45/05

Title: Measures to ensure food quality and the adoption of a
quality label ‘Quality with indication of origin’

Title: Aid for the repair of damage caused by flooding

Objective: To repair
September 2004

the damage caused by flooding in

Legal basis: Ley Foral 9/2004 por el que se establecen
medidas a favor de los afectados por las inundaciones produ-
cidas en la Comunidad Foral de Navarra y Decreto Foral
333/2004 de 25 de octubre, por el que se establecen ayudas
para compensar los daños materiales en estructuras agrarias y
las pérdidas de renta en las explotaciones agrarias dañadas por
las inundaciones de septiembre de 2004

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Budget: EUR 1 110 000

Aid intensity or amount: Less than the losses suffered

Aid intensity or amount: Less than the cost of the damage

Duration: Ad hoc aid

Duration: Ad hoc aid (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/

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: 18.11.2005

Member State: France

Aid No: N 87b/2005

Title: Aid for grubbing up vines
contrôlée’ areas

in certain ‘appellation

Objective: To develop the wine sector in the Loire-Atlantique
department

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.6.2004

Member State: France

Aid No: N 204/2004

Title: Investments in agricultural holdings — Bouches-du-
Rhône

Objective: Aid for investments to improve agricultural hold-
ings

Budget: EUR 50 000 to 200 000 per year

Legal basis: Articles L 1511-5 et suivants du Code général des
collectivités territoriales

Aid intensity or amount: 25 %

Budget: EUR 2 045 000 (overall budget)

Aid intensity or amount:

— EUR 2 360 per hectare (2004/05)

— EUR 2 045 per hectare (2005/06)

— EUR 1 730 per hectare (2006/07)

Duration: Until the 2006/07 wine year

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/

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: 11.1.2005

Member State: France

Aid No: N 216/2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 22.3.2005

Member State: Spain (Cantabria)

Aid No: N 102/2004

Title: Aid to offset the effects of the 2003 drought

Objective: To compensate for agricultural losses caused by the
2003 drought in the Cantabria region

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden por la que se regulan las
ayudas por pérdidas en la agricultura ocasionadas por la sequía
en 2003

Budget: EUR 7 million

Title: Aid to reduce the number of animals in Brittany

Objective: To help absorb the organic nitrogen produced by
animals

Budget: EUR 2 million in 2004

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 5 per kg of organic nitrogen
absorbed

Duration: 3 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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 21.9.2005

Member State: France

Aid No: N 245/2005

Title: Grafting aid intended to supplement the restructuring
plan for cider-apple orchards, which was approved by the
Commission on 11 January 2005 (scheme No N 332/2004)

Objective: Improvement and redeployment of production

Legal basis: Articles L 621-1 et suivants du Code rural

Budget: Included in the budget of scheme No N 332/2004, as
approved

Aid intensity or amount: 40 %

Duration: 4 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: 9.2.2005

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 285/2004

Title: Amendment of
N 679/2002

the rural development aid scheme

Objective: The notified aid measure introduces the following
amendments to the approved aid scheme

— When the aid rate fixed in Commission Decision C(2004)
457fin. of 16.3.2004 (case N 518/2003) exceeds 50 % of
the eligible costs (or 60 % in case of young farmers) the aid
in excess of these rates would be paid in annual instalments
following the
of equal amount during the five years
completion of the investment. This amendment is in force
until 31.12.2007.

— When aid is granted at the fixed rates referred to at point 1
above as a combination of grant and subsidised loan the
total funding may exceed the eligible costs. The maximum
aid intensities laid down in Article 7 of the Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1257/1999, as amended by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1783/2003 or, if applicable, the aid rates
specified in Annex I to the above Decision on case N 518/
2003 will be adhered to. Moreover, the amount in excess
must be used towards the investment in question. This
amendment is in force until 31.12.2007.

— Eligible investment costs will be limited to those laid down
in Article 4 point 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1/2004.

— If an investment project consists of several parts belonging
together the aid intensity is that applicable to the main part
of the investment.

— The aid intensity of investment aid to young farmers would

be raised to 60 %.

— Technical changes would be introduced in national provi-
sion governing the notified aid (Government Decree on the
development of rural industries)

Legal basis: A government decree (not yet issued). The decree
would modify the Government Decree on the development of
rural industries (Valtioneuvoston asetus maaseudun kehittämisestä)

for

Budget: The budget
the investment aid scheme, as
amended by the present notification, has been estimated at
EUR 150 million/year. The exact budgetary impact of
the
proposed amendment cannot be estimated yet

Aid intensity or amount: See above under ‘Objective’

Duration: Unlimited except for certain notified amendments
to the existing scheme

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/