Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-02-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, animal disease, control of State aid, natural disaster, waste management, water management

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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 37/04)

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.12.2005

Duration: 2006 — 2010

Member State: The Republic of Latvia

No of the aid: N 97/2005

Title: Aid for reconstruction and renovation of water reclama-
tion and amelioration systems

Objective: Public contribution to financing the investments in
reconstruction and
for construction,
agricultural holdings
improvement of water reclamation and amelioration systems

Legal basis:

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: 20.12.2005

— Ministru kabineta 2005. gada 25. janvāra noteikumi Nr. 70
“Noteikumi par valsts atbalstu lauksaimniecībai 2005. gadā
un tā piešķiršanas kārtību” (2005. gada 17. februāra Latvijas
Vēstnesis Nr. 27),

Member State: Italy (Trento)

Aid No: N 200/2005

— 2003. gada 25. decembra Meliorācijas

līdz
(2003. gada 11. decembra Latvijas Vēstnesis

likuma 1.

3. pants
Nr. 175),

— 2004. gada 24. aprīļa Lauksaimniecības un lauku attīstības
likuma 4. un 6. pants (2004. gada 23. aprīļa Latvijas
Vēstnesis Nr. 64),

— 1995. gada 13. septembra Būvniecības likuma 12. panta
1. punkts (1995. gada 30. augusta Latvijas Vēstnesis Nr. 131),

— Ministru kabineta 2004. gada 8. aprīļa noteikumu Nr. 272
“Meliorācijas sistēmu ekspluatācijas un uzturēšanas notei-
kumi” 1.
līdz 3. punkts (2004. gada 22. aprīļa Latvijas
Vēstnesis Nr. 63),

— Ministru kabineta 2003. gada 17. jūlija noteikumi Nr. 382
“Meliorācijas sistēmu un hidrotehnisko būvju būvniecības
kārtība” (2003. gada 16. jūlija Latvijas Vēstnesis Nr. 105)

Budget:

Total: 2006 — 2010 — 3 400 000 LVL (approximately
EUR 4 890 000)

Annual:

— 2006 — LVL 600 000

— 2007 — LVL 600 000

— 2008 — LVL 700 000

— 2009 — LVL 700 000

— 2010 — LVL 800 000

Aid intensity or amount:

Title: Provincial law No 4 of 28 March 2003 Article 43 bis.
Aid for the disposal of specified risk material

Objective: The measure aims to compensate the additional
costs of disposal and destruction of fallen stock

Legal basis: Legge provinciale 28 marzo 2003 n. 4 «Sostegno
all'economia agricola, disciplina dell'agricoltura biologica e della
contrassegnazione di prodotti geneticamente non modificati»
(articolo 43 bis), modificata dalla Legge provinciale 11 marzo
2005, n. 3, articolo 1

Budget:

— Overall budget: EUR 4 200 000 (2004 to 2009)

— Annual budget: EUR 700 000

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of removal costs, 75 % of
destruction costs

Duration: From 2004 to 2009

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: Denmark

— 50 % in less-favoured areas, 40 % in other areas

Aid No: N 215/05

— 55 % in less-favoured areas and 45 % in other areas for

young farmers

Title: Compensation for delay in lifting zone restrictions due
to Newcastle disease

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Objective: Aid would be granted to compensate for the losses
due to delay in lifting zone restrictions due to Newcastle
disease in 2002 on two poultry farms. The authorities have
indicated that in 2002 due to a translation error the provisions
of Article 9 of Directive 92/66/EEC (transposed on the national
level with Order No 921 of 10 November 1994) were inter-
preted in such a way that the minimum quarantine was 21
days after
the final cleaning and disinfection. The other
language versions of the Directive prescribe a minimum period
of 21 days after the initial cleaning and disinfection. The trans-
lation error was corrected on 7 May 2003

Legal basis: Afgørelse af 6. april 2005, truffet af Ministeriet
for Familie- og Forbrugeranliggender

Budget: DKK 240 626 (ca EUR 32 300)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the eligible costs

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: 15.12.2005

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 276/2005

Title: Aid for certification bodies for agricultural products

Objective: To promote the creation of certification bodies for
agricultural and food products in accordance with standard EN
45.011

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden APA/ /2005, de de , por la que
se establecen las bases reguladoras para la concesión de subven-
ciones destinadas a la constitución y a la consolidación de enti-
dades certificadoras de productos agrarios y alimenticios

Budget: EUR 720 000

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 65 % of expenditure

Duration: One year (2005)

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.12.2005

Member State: Sweden

No of the aid: N 310/2005

Title: Measures in connection with the storm in Southern
Sweden on 8 — 9 January 2005

Objective: On 8 and 9 January 2005 the storm ‘Gudrun’ hit
force was 33 m/s,
Southern Sweden. The average gale
exceeding hurricane level and reaching at times 43 m/s. Electri-
city and telephone lines were cut, streets blocked and millions
of trees fell. It has been estimated that the lives of about 20
persons were lost due to the storm. According to the Swedish
authorities the amount of timber felled by the storm corre-
sponds to the production of three years in the affected region.
The prices of timber have dropped to a level 35 % below
normal market prices and the felling and handling costs
(excluding transport) have increased by SEK 60/m3fub (fub =
timber measured under bark). It appears from the loss calcula-
tions presented by the Swedish authorities that the loss was at
least SEK 114 per m3fub. The notified aid is limited to a tax
reduction of SEK 50 per each m3 of storm-felled harvested and
handled timber, which according to the Swedish authorities
corresponds to an operational income of ca SEK 71 per m3fub.
The compensation is paid only on the part of
the losses
exceeding one year's tree growth

Legal basis: Förordning (1997:75) om anläggningsstöd till
plantering av fleråriga grödor för produktion av biomassa,
ändrad genom ett regeringsbeslut om det anmälda stödet.

Budget: Ca. SEK 2 billion (ca EUR 210,5 million)

Aid intensity or amount: SEK 71 per each m3fub of storm-
felled harvested and handled timber

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: 15.12.2005

Member State: Spain.

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

Aid No: N 400/2005

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

Title: Aid for agricultural associations of national importance

Objective: To enhance the economic and social aspects of
agricultural associations of national importance

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Legal basis: Orden APA/ /2005, por la que se establecen las
bases reguladoras para la concesión de subvenciones destinadas
al fomento de la integración cooperativa de ámbito estatal

Objective: To compensate losses to farming structures caused
by bad weather

Budget: For 2005, EUR 2 452 130

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Duration: 2005

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

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

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.1.2006

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 494/2005

information: Measure

Other
scheme
approved by the Commission under State Aid NN 54/A/2004
(Commission Letter C(2005)1622 final of 7 June 2005)

applying

aid

an

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: Assistance in agricultural areas affected by natural disas-
ters (frosts of 25 January to 9 March 2005 in 15 municipalities
of the region of Sicily, Agrigento province)

Objective: To compensate damage to agricultural production
caused by bad weather

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.12.2005

Member State: Italy (Basilicata)

Aid No: N 518/05

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

information: Measure

Other
scheme
approved by the Commission under State Aid NN 54/A/2004
(Commission Letter C(2005)1622 final of 7 June 2005)

applying

aid

an

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

Title: Legislative Decree No 102/2004: Assistance in agri-
cultural areas having suffered damage (torrential rain of 12 and
13 November 2004, whirlwind of 14 November 2004, Matera
province)

Objective: To provide meteorological information on the bad
weather that caused the damage for which compensation is to
be granted on the basis of the approved aid scheme NN 54/A/
04

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo 102/2004: «Nuova disciplina
del Fondo di solidarietà nazionale»

Budget: The amount of aid, which is yet to be established, will
be funded from the overall budget of EUR 200 million allo-
cated for the approved aid scheme (NN 54/A/04)

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

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: One-off aid

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.12.2005

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 495/2005

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas affected by natural disas-
ters (heavy snowfalls of 25 — 28 January 2005 in six munici-
palities in the region of Sicily, Agrigento province)

information: Measure

Other
scheme
approved by the Commission under State Aid NN 54/A/2004
(Commission Letter C(2005)1622 final of 7 June 2005)

applying

aid

an

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: 15.12.2005

Member State: Italy (Calabria)

Aid No: N 561/05

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas affected by natural disas-
ters (excessive snow in the period 1 January 2005 to 30 March
2005 in the province of Cosenza; violent winds of 10 and 11
April 2005 in the provinces of Cosenza and Reggio Calabria)

Objective: To compensate damage to agricultural production
and farming structures caused by bad weather (excessive snow
in the period 1 January 2005 to 30 March 2005 in the
province of Cosenza; violent winds of 10 and 11 April 2005 in
the provinces of Cosenza and Reggio Calabria)

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo 102/2004: «Nuova disciplina
del Fondo di solidarietà nazionale»

Budget: To be financed from the budget approved under State
Aid NN 54/A/04

Aid intensity or amount: Up to100 %

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

information: Measure

scheme
Other
approved by the Commission under State Aid NN 54/A/2004
(Commission Letter C(2005)1622 final of 7 June 2005)

applying

aid

an

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/