Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-01-05
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 2/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.10.2005

Budget: LTL 3 million (around EUR 869 000)

Member State: The Republic of Latvia

Aid intensity or amount:

Aid No: N 429/2005

Title: Support to stabilisation of sustainable forest functions in
private forests

Objective: Support to maintenance and tending activities in
sustainable forestry

Legal basis: Lauksaimniecības un lauku attīstības
likums
(2004. gada 23. aprīlis) un projekts noteikumiem par kārtību,
kādā piešķirams, administrējams un uzraugāms valsts atbalsts
meža ilgtspējības
stabilizēšanai privātajos mežos
2005. gadā

funkcijas

Budget: LVL 100 000 (approximately EUR 143 900)

Aid intensity or amount: 86-100 % of eligible costs

Duration: 2005

— LTL 538 (EUR 155)/ha of apple, pear, plum, cherry and

sweet cherry,

— LTL 273 (EUR 79)/ha of black currant, red currant and

chokeberry,

— LTL 461 (EUR 133,5)/ha of strawberry and raspberry

Duration: One year from the approval by the Commission

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:

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.10.2005

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

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 452/05

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.1.2005

Member State: The Republic of Lithuania

Aid No: N 448/2004

Title: Aid to compensate farmers for damages caused by unfa-
vourable weather conditions

Objective: Compensating damages caused to fruit cultures by
spring frost in May 2004

Legal basis:

— 2002 m. birželio 25 d. Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ir
kaimo plėtros įstatymas Nr. IX-987 (Valstybės žinios, Nr.
72-3009).

— 2000 m. vasario 4 d. Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės
nutarimas „Dėl ekstremalių įvykių kriterijų patvirtinimo“
Nr. 216 (Valstybės žinios Nr. 19-439).

— Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerijos

įstatymo
projektas „Dėl paramos žemės ūkio bendrovėms, patyru-
sioms nuostolius dėl 2004 m. pavasario šalnų, taisyklių
patvirtinimo“

Title: On-the-spot-payments
for damages
caused by the flood of August 2005 in Bavaria to holdings in
the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector

to compensate

Objective: Mitigation of physical damages caused by the flood
in August 2005 to holdings in the agriculture, forestry and
fishery sector

Legal basis: Verwaltungsvereinbarung zwischen der Bundesre-
gierung und dem Freistaat Bayern über die Beteiligung der
Bundesregierung an den Einmalzahlungen an die land- und
forstwirtschaftlichen Betriebe, die von dem Hochwasser im
August 2005 betroffen waren

Budget: EUR 4,95 million

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %

Duration: 31.12.2005

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: 14.4.2004

Aid intensity or amount: Variable (maximum of 40 % for
investments and 100 % for research and technical assistance)

Member State: France

Aid No: N 481/2003

Duration: Three years.

Title: Aid for the Morne Rouge SOCOMOR agricultural coop-
erative

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

Objective: To provide financial support for the restructuring
of SOCOMOR

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

Budget: Aid for restructuring: EUR 2,856 million

Duration: One-off aid.

Other information: France undertakes to submit an annual
report on application of the aid 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/

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.7.2004

Member State: France

Aid No: N 489/2003

Title: Aid from the Burgundy Regional Council
producers

to barley

Objective: To offset losses caused by adverse wether condi-
tions

Budget: EUR 4 million

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 %

Duration: One off

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: 17.11.2005

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 508/2005

Title: Extension to the Agriculture Development Scheme 2002

Objective: With this extension to the aid scheme N 505/
2002 — Agriculture Development Scheme 2002, this measure
is prolonged by one year with an increase of the budget

Legal basis:

The Food Development Scheme 1997

The Food Industry Development Scheme (Specification of
Activities) order 1997

The Food Industry Development
Scheme 2001

(Amendment)

(England)

Budget: Increase of the budget: GBP 5,9 million (EUR 8,7
million)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 50 %

Duration: Prolongation for the year 2006/07

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: 14.4.2004

Member State: The Netherlands

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.4.2004

Member State: France.

Aid No: N 490/2003.

Title: Aid for the olive sector

Objective: To modernise oil mills, fund research and ensure
the traceability of products

Budget: EUR 400 000 per year

Aid No: N 527/2003

Title: Ocean Desert Enterprises

Objective: Industrial
research and precompetitive develop-
ment concerning the use of halophytic trees as a source of raw
material for the production biomass

Legal basis: Wet overige OC en W Subsidies en Kaderregeling
subsidiëring projecten Onderzoek en Wetenschap

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Budget: EUR 1 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Duration: 2004-2007

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/

Duration: Ten years from the date of notification of
the
scheme to the Commission (from 20 November 2003 to 19
November 2013).

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/

(1) The Italian Institute for Foreign Trade is the government agency
responsible for encouraging, developing and promoting Italian trade
links abroad.

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.10.2005

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 532/2003

Title: Advertising measures in the food-processing industry in
the Member States of the EU and in the Accession States

Objective: Advertising and promotion. The scheme notified
sets out the general criteria for the granting, by the Italian Insti-
tute for Foreign Trade (ICE) (1), of public part-financing for
projects aimed at boosting awareness of Italian food and wine
products, and supporting the Made in Italy brand-image in
various distribution sectors in the old and new Member States
of the European Union, as well as countries applying for EU
membership during the period of the scheme

Budget: EUR 2 000 000 for the first year of implementation

Aid intensity or amount: For advertising measures: 50 % of
eligible costs.

For promotion measures: 50 % of eligible costs in cases where
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will benefit;
in
other cases, the overall amount of the aid may not exceed
EUR 100 000 per beneficiary per three-year period

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.1.2005

Member State: United Kingdom (Wales)

Aid No: N 546/2004

Title: Extension to the Meat Generic Advertising (Wales)
Scheme

Objective: The approved Meat Generic Advertising (Wales)
Scheme (N 696/2002) will be prolonged by one year

Legal basis: Agriculture Act 1967 (as amended); Welsh Devel-
opment Agency Act 1975 (as amended)

Budget: GBP 2,25 million (EUR 3,22 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Parafiscal levies will always finance
at least 50 % of the budget

Duration: 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006

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/