Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, agricultural waste, agro-industry, control of State aid, indemnification, meat processing industry, waste disposal, working conditions

C 85/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.4.2006

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 85/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 24.1.2006

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 211/2004

Title: Funds for social matters in the meat and meat products
industry

Objective: To contribute to better labour circumstances and
the establishment of a structural basis for high value employ-
ability in the meat and meat products sector.

Legal basis: Raamwerkwet op subsidies van het ministerie van
Landbouw, natuurbeheer en voedselkwaliteit (de artikelen 2 en
4).

Verordening Heffing Fonds Sociale aangelegenheden Vlees-
industrie 2003.

Verordening Heffing Fonds Sociale aangelegenheden Vlees-
warenindustrie 2004

Budget: EUR 175 000,- per year (EUR 130 000 for the meat
industry and EUR 45 000,- for the meat products industry), to
be financed by parafiscal levies of the product board for live-
stock and meat

Duration: Indefinite

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: 3.2.2006

Member State: Italy (Tuscany)

Aid No: N 583/2005

Title: Compensation for the removal and destruction of fallen
stock

Objective: Compensation for the costs incurred by farmers for
collecting, transporting and destroying fallen stock on agri-
cultural holdings

al Consiglio regionale n. 4 del
Legal basis: Proposta
20.10.2005 — Modifiche della legge regionale 27 maggio
2004, n. 26 «Interventi a favore degli allevatori in relazione alla
rimozione e alla distruzione degli animali morti in azienda».

Aid intensity or amount: For the cost of collecting and trans-
porting fallen stock as from 1 January 2005, the amount of
compensation cannot exceed EUR 300 per head of cattle and
buffalo and EUR 65 per head of sheep and goats. Even where
the aid is combined with other aid received in the same capa-
city and for the same stock, compensation cannot exceed
100 % of the costs actually incurred by the farmer.

For the cost of destroying the carcases of fallen stock found as
from 1 January 2005, the amount of compensation cannot
exceed EUR 50 per head of cattle and buffalo and EUR 7 per
head of sheep and goats. Even where the aid is combined with
other aid received in the same capacity and for the same stock,
compensation cannot exceed 75 % of
the costs actually
incurred by the farmer

Duration: 31.12.2010

Other information: Extension of Aid N 61/2004

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: 3.2.2006

Member State: The Czech Republic

Aid No: N 646/2005

Title: Aid for processing of agricultural products

Objective: Investment
products

Legal basis:

aid for 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 na základě § 2 a § 2d zákona
č. 252/1997 Sb., o zemědělství, pro rok 2006

Budget: CZK 600 million (EUR 20 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 40 %

Duration: 2006

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

Budget: EUR 400 000 per year

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