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: Finland, Germany, Italy, 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 1/06)

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.11.2005

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Member State: Finland.

Title: Commission Decision approving a request made by the
Republic of Finland to amend the aid programme approved
with the Commission Decision C(2004)475fin of 16 March
2004 (Aid N 513/2003) by modifying the maximum amounts
of aid laid down in Annex III and prolonging in certain cases
incentive payments towards agri
the duration of additional
environmental commitments

Objective: The Finnish authorities have proposed to raise the
maximum allowed aid amount laid down in Annex III for ewes
and she-goats in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and to reduce the aid
proportionally in other sectors so that the yearly maximum
total amount of aid for all sectors laid down in Annex III of the
Commission Decision C(2004)475fin of 16 March 2004 (Aid
N 513/2003)
(‘the Commission Decision’) would not chan-
ge.These authorities have also requested to be authorised by the
Commission to grant
as
additional
provided in Article 2 of the Commission Decision, towards the
ongoing co-financed five-year agri-environmental commitments
also during the two-year continuation period provided in
Commission Decision C(2005) 1134 for such commitments

incentive payments,

Budget: To be financed from the budget approved under Aid
No NN 54/A/04

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

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: 25.11.2005

Legal basis: Commission Decision C(2004)475fin of 16 March
2004

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 493/2005

Duration: 31.12.2007

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: 25.11.2005

Member State: Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 492/05

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(hail-storms and tornado of 4 June 2005 in some municipalities
in the province of Udine)

Objective: To compensate for farming structures damaged as
a result of bad weather

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(persistent rain in the province of Siracusa from 3 November
to 31 December 2004)

Objective: To compensate farmers for damage to agricultural
production 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 80 % of the damage

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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.8.2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.7.2005

Member State: Italy (Liguria)

Aid No: N 588/2004

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 824/C/2000

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(hail-storms of 11 October 2004 in the provinces of Imperia
and Savona)

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)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Title: Compensatory measures for holdings affected by blue-
tongue and avian influenza in 2001

Objective: To compensate the losses suffered by holdings
affected by bluetongue and avian influenza in 2001

Legal basis: Articolo 100 della legge n. 388/2000

Budget: ITL 25 billion (EUR 12 911 422)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the market value of the
animals slaughtered as determined in accordance with Article
2(4) of Italian law No 218/1988

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Duration: 2001

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: 18.6.2004

Member State: Germany (Bavaria)

Aid No: N 785/2002

Title: Promotion of milk and milk products

Objective: The aid covers measures for advertising campaigns,
sales promotion, fairs and exhibitions, as well as work directed
towards media and publicity, in order to promote the sale of
Bavarian milk and milk products

Legal basis: §§ 14 und 22 des Milch- und Fettgesetzes vom
10.12.1952

Budget: EUR 4,6 million per year.

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

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: 28.10.2005

Member State: Italy (Marche)

No of the aid: NN 31/2004 ex N 623/2003

Title: Aid for collection and disposal of fallen stock

Objective: To compensate bovine livestock producers for the
collection and disposal of fallen stock in the period between
1.10.2000 until 31.12.2004, but with the possibility to extend
it further until 2013

della Giunta Regionale

Legal basis: Delibere
659
del 26 marzo 2001 e n. 891 del 23 aprile 2001: Emergenza
BSE,
indennizzi agli allevatori per fronteggiare le spese di
raccolta e trasporto di bovini morti in azienda da avviare agli
impianti di pretrattamento e successiva distruzione

n.

Budget: Undetermined, on average EUR 80 000 per month

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of costs of removal and
the carcasses as from
75 % of
1.1.2004

the costs of destruction of

Duration: Unlimited.

Duration: Until 2013

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: 14.10.2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.11.2005

Member State: Portugal

Aid No: NN 40/2003

Member State: France

Aid No: NN 44/2002

Title: Aid for the agricultural cooperative Coopafreixo-Coop-
erative agrícola, CRL

Objective:

To support
project prior to carrying out material investments

implementation by experts of an architectural

Budget: EUR 5 000

Aid intensity or amount: Less than 100 % of the cost of the
service

Duration: Ad hoc assistance

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: Aid to finance animal waste — Bone meal

Objective: The purpose of the aid is to finance the destruction
in 2000, 2001 and 2002 of bone meal banned from the
market

Legal basis: Décret 2000-1166 instituant une mesure d'indem-
nisation pour les entreprises productrices de certaines farines et
graisses et ses modifications

Budget: The budget amounts to EUR 472,4 million

Aid intensity or amount: As specified in the letter to the
Member State

Duration: From 15 November 2000 to 31 December 2002

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/