Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-03-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, advertising, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, genetically modified organism, natural disaster

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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 57/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.12.2005

No of the aid: N 525/05

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 605/2004

Title: Compensation for crop loss 2002

Objective: Under this measure a compensation will be given
for damage to crops that occurred as a consequence of extreme
weather conditions in August 2002.

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

Title: Development of
scheme No N 297/00)

the Potato Sector

(Amending aid

improved
investments
Objective: Support
storage and marketing facilities for potatoes other than starch
potatoes

in new or

for

Legal basis: Implemented by administrative provision (The
scheme has been in operation since 2001)

Budget: EUR 5,5 million (as initially approved under N 297/
00)

Budget: This measure has a maximum budget of EUR 3,8
million

Aid intensity or amount: 35 %

Duration: One off payment

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: 2000-2006
31.12.2006)

(Applications

accepted

until

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 (Castile-Leon)

Aid No: N 521/05

Title: Assistance for the potato market

Objective: Temporary assistance for
the consumer potato
market in the form of a withdrawal and private storage opera-
tion, in order to stabilise the market in this product

Legal basis: Orden AYG/1213/2005, de 22 de septiembre, por
la que se regula una intervención en el mercado de la patata de
consumo de la campaña 2005-2006

Budget: EUR 2 million

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the activity

Duration: From 23 September to 1 November 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: 22.12.2005

Member State: Ireland

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.12.2005

Member State: Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 545/2005

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas affected by natural disas-
ters (hail of 29 June 2005 in three municipalities of the Friuli
Venezia Giulia region, Udine province)

Objective: To compensate damage to farming structures
caused by 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 % 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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 9.12.2005

Aid intensity or amount: 20-70 % of the eligible damage

Member State: France (Cher)

Aid No: N 560/2005

Title: Aid for the acquisition of sires of high genetic value —
General Council for the department of Cher

Objective: Investment aid

Legal basis: Articles L 1511-5 et s. du Code général des collec-
tivités territoriales

Budget: EUR 15 000 per year

Duration: Unlimited

Other information: The Decision concerns only the legal
framework constituted by the notified Guidelines and does not
authorise the payment of any State aid under that framework.
Such payment is subject to an individual notification to and
authorisation by the Commission

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Aid intensity or amount: 15 % (with a maximum of 40 %)

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

Duration: Three years (2006-08)

Other information: Extension of Aid Scheme N 732/2002

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 26.12.2006

Member State: Austria (Niederösterreich)

No of the aid: N 564a/2004

Title: Guidelines of the Land of Niederösterreich for damages
caused by natural disasters to agricultural production

Objective: The notified measure concerns the Guidelines of
the Land Niederösterreich governing the granting of aid in excep-
tional emergency situations (‘the notified Guidelines’). The noti-
fied measure regards only the application of those Guidelines
to agricultural production. The eligible damage, aid intensity
and the mechanics of the aid provision are identical with those
approved by the Commission in the case N 564b/2004.

Every exceptional emergency situation giving rise to compensa-
tion to agricultural producers under the notified Guidelines
would be individually notified to the Commission. No compen-
sation would be paid until the Commission has approved the
existence of a natural catastrophe in such an individually noti-
fied case

Legal basis: Richtlinien für die Gewährung von Beihilfen zur
Behebung von Katastrophenschäden des Landes Niederöster-
reich. (Rechtsvorschrift des Bundes)

Budget: Ca. 70 000 EUR per annum. This is the total budget
including aid to agricultural production

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.11.2005

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 568/04

Title: Compensation for losses due to the presence of certain
GMO material

Objective: In order to provide adequate coverage for the risk
involved and thus to contribute to the successful establishment
of the co-existence between GM and other crops the Danish
authorities have decided to set up a compensation scheme
financed by the growers of GM crops.

Each farmer cultivating genetically modified crops shall pay a
cultivation fee of 100 DKK per hectare of land cultivated with
such crops. The cultivation fees are integrally used to constitute
a compensation fund, from which compensation would be paid
to farmers who have sustained economic losses due to the
presence of GM material in their crops.

Payment of compensation is limited to cases where GM mate-
rial is found in the same non-GM crop as the GM crop or in a
crop closely related to the GM crop (GM crops that can be
crossed into non-GM crops) in the same season and within a
specified area (distance from the GM crops). In the cultivation
of organically grown seed only the condition concerning the
season applies.

Compensation for losses can be paid only if the occurrence of
GM material in the claimant's crop, as defined above, exceeds
the threshold of 0,9 per cent. The threshold is the limit under
which genetically modified food or feedstuffs do not have to be
labelled for containing genetically modified organisms, as laid
down in Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

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The amount of compensation is limited to the price difference
between the market price of a crop that has to be labelled as
containing GM material and a crop for which no such labelling
is required (i.e. GM material content less than 0,9 per cent).
The market price will be determined by the Danish Plant Direc-
torate on the basis of the monthly statistics from the Institute
for Food economics (FØI)

juni om dyrkning m.v. af
Legal basis: Lov nr. 436 af 9.
genetisk modificerede afgrøder; bekendtgørelse om kompensa-
tion for tab på grund af visse forekomster af genetisk modifi-
ceret materiale (udkast).

Budget: DKK 300 000/EUR 40 540 in 2005

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the eligible costs

Duration: 5 years

Other information: It is the intention of the Danish authori-
ties to limit the duration of the compensation scheme until a
privately financed insurance solution is found

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

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: N 577/05

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(violent winds of 2 August 2005 in the province of Cremona)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural produc-
tion and farming structures caused by bad weather (violent
winds of 2 August 2005 in the province of Cremona)

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

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

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Date of adoption of the decision: 22.12.2005

Member State: United Kingdom (Wales)

Aid No: N 584/2005

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

Objective: Prolongation of
Scheme (Wales) for 1 year with an increase of the budget

the Meat Generic Advertising

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

Budget: Increase of the budget: GBP 2,25 million (EUR 3,32
million)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 % (parafiscal levies)

Duration: Prolongation for 1 year until 31 March 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: 22.12.2005

Member State: United Kingdom (Wales)

Aid No: N 585/2005

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

Objective: Prolongation of
Scheme (Wales) for 1 year with an increase of the budget

the Meat Quality Advertising

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Budget: Increase of the budget: GBP 2,25 million (EUR 3,32
million)

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/

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 % (parafiscal levies)

Duration: Prolongation for 1 year until 31 March 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/