Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, agricultural education, agro-industry, aid to agriculture, consumer information, control of State aid, plant disease, pollution from agricultural sources, production aid, technology transfer

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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 17/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.12.2005

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 138/2002

Title: Subsidies for the production of salmonella free poultry
meat

Objective: The purpose of the measure is to produce poultry
(chick)meat free of salmonella

Legal basis: Kaderwet LNV subsidies, Staatsblad 1997, nr. 710

Budget: EUR 3 269 732

Duration: One-off subsidy. The pilot project itself will last two
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/

of the cost to beneficiaries of the individual technology transfer
programme, and will not be more than 15 % of the overall
budget for the aid scheme)

Duration: One year (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/

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.12.2005

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 239/05

Title: Aid for promotion activities, carried out by the Designa-
tions of Origin Boards and Associations dealing with quality
wines with a geographical indication (quality wines psr), with a
view to
disclosure
voluntary
programmes

food-quality

developing

Date of adoption of the decision: 8.12.2005

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 171/05

Title: Aid for training and technology transfer in the agri-food
sector

Objective: Modernisation of farms, bringing production more
closely into line with demand and diversification of activities
by means of training for farmers and technology transfer, using
the prospective synergies between these two instruments

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden de 20 de enero de 2005 de la
Consejería de Agricultura y Agua, por la que se establecen las
bases reguladoras y la convocatoria para el año 2005 de las
lineas de ayuda para programas de colaboración para la forma-
ción y transferencia tecnológica del sector agroalimentario y
del medio rural

Budget: EUR 895 269

Aid intensity or amount: The maximum rate of aid for
training is 100 % for educational costs and 75 % for the cost of
attending the courses. The rate of aid for technology transfer is
70 % of the eligible costs. (NB: for investment in infrastructure
under the technology transfer programmes, which have no
productive purpose but are intended for technical trials for
subsequent use by all farmers, the rate of aid is limited to 40 %

Objective: To develop information activities
relating to
systems for monitoring the quality of agri-food products in
order to increase consumer confidence in agricultural produc-
tion and promote this economic sector as a whole

Legal basis: Acuerdo de 29 de marzo de 2005, del Consejo
del Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León, por el que
se establece la aportación económica del Instituto Tecnológico
Agrario en las actividades promovidas por Consejos Regula-
dores y Asociaciones de Vino de Calidad con Indicación
Geográfica (v.c.p.r.d.) para el desarrollo de programas volun-
tarios de divulgación de la calidad alimentaria, modificado por
el Acuerdo de 28 de junio de 2005

Budget: EUR 1,150 million

Aid intensity or amount: The rate of the aid will be 50 % of
the total cost of the measures envisaged, with a maximum of
EUR 90 000 per beneficiary

Duration: One year

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: 8.12.2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.12.2005

Member State: The Netherlands

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 301/2005

Aid No: N 378/2005

Title: Program management, change of function

Objective: To stimulate a change of function from farmland
into nature area or woodland, to be managed by farmers

Legal basis: Kaderwet LNV subsidies, Staatsblad 1997, nr. 710

Budget: Increasing
EUR 17,9 million in 2015

from EUR 0,2 million in 2002 to

Duration: Indefinite

Title: Prevention of the spread of viral and bacterial diseases in
hops

Objective: The measure aims to favour the eradication of viral
and bacterial diseases affecting the productivity of hops in the
Czech Republic by replanting with healthy, certified virus-free
varieties

Legal basis: Zákon č. 326/2004 Sb., o rostlinolékařské péči;
vyhláška č. 147/2004 Sb.

Budget: 15 million CZK (EUR 0,5 million)

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 15 CZK per hops seedling

Duration: Unlimited

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

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 25.11.2005

Member State: Italy (Liguria)

Aid No: N 321/2005

Title: Agricultural development services

Objective: Aid for research and technical assistance in agri-
culture

Legal basis: Legge regionale 29 novembre 2004, n. 22 —
«Disciplina dei servizi di Sviluppo agricolo e degli interventi di
animazione per lo sviluppo rurale»

Budget: EUR 1,5 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 % of eligible expendi-
ture

Duration: Unlimited

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.12.2005

Member State: The Czech Republic

No of the aid: N 428/2005

Title: Aid for processing of agricultural products

Objective: Investment
products

Legal basis:

aid in processing of

agricultural

— § 2 a § 2d zákona č. 252/1997 Sb., o zemědělství,

v platném znění.

— Návrh dodatku k zásadám pro stanovení podmínek pro
poskytování dotací pro rok 2005 na základě § 2 a § 2d
zákona č. 252/1997 Sb., o zemědělství

Other information: The regional law makes provision for the
financing of regional public services intended for the com-
munity or of paid technical services (at market rates), which do
not constitute State aid under the terms of Article 87(1) of the
Treaty

Budget: 300 000 000 CZK (EUR 10 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 40 % of eligible costs

Duration: 2005

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: 6.12.2005

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 490/05

Title: Aid for the launch of livestock-excrement management
plans

Objective: To lessen or eliminate the impact of
livestock
excrement on the environment by means of investment in the
infrastructure required for the launch, control and monitoring
of plans for the management of livestock excrement in the
period 2006 and 2007

Legal basis: Resolución MAH/…./2006, de…., por la que se
publican las bases y se abre la línea de ayudas para la financia-

ción de las infraestructuras necesarias para la implantación, el
control y el seguimiento de los planes de gestión de deyeccio-
nes ganaderas

Budget: EUR 7,2 million

Aid intensity or amount: The subsidy is 25 % of the eligible
costs

Duration: Two years (2006 to 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/