Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-04-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid

13.4.2006

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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 90/05)

Date of adoption of the decision: 8.3.2006

Duration: Indefinite

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 54 B/2004

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

Title: Assistance for the capitalisation of undertakings. Legisla-
tive Decree No 102/2004, Article 17

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

Objective: Guarantees. The guarantee
scheme has been
conceived in such a way that it may be considered to involve
no state aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty:
the conditions set out in point 4.3 of the Commission Notice
on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to
State aid in the form of guarantees have been fulfilled

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo 29 marzo 2004, n. 102, arti-
colo 17 e Progetto di decreto del Ministero delle politiche agri-
cole e forestali

Budget: EUR 60 million

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.2.2006

Member State: Germany (Hessen)

Aid No: N 348/2005

Title: Agro-Marketing Hessen — Amendment with the
Product Group Eggs

Aid intensity or amount: The measure involves no state aid

Objective: The quality scheme for promotion and advertising
(N 260/A/02) should be extended to eggs

Duration: 6 years

Legal basis: Hessischer Agrarmarketing-Vertrag

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: 20.2.2006

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 155/2004

Title: Aid for the production and marketing of quality meat
products

Objective: To raise the quality of meat products and to estab-
lish a more environmentally friendly and energy efficient
production process

Legal basis: Verordening Heffing
Ontwikkeling Vleesindustrie 2003

Fonds Onderzoek

en

Budget: EUR 120 000 per year, to be financed by parafiscal
levies of the product board for livestock and meat

Budget: EUR 1 549 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % for advertising measures,
100 % for participation in trade fairs and exhibitions, 100 %
for training measures and consultancy

Duration: Until 31 December 2008

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: 20.2.2006

Member State: Italy (Calabria)

Aid No: N 372/2004

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas which have suffered
damage (frosts in January/February 2004 in the provinces of
Cosenza and Catanzaro, strong winds on 16 April 2004 in the
province of Reggio Calabria)

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Objective: To compensate farmers for damage to agricultural
production and farming structures as a result of bad weather
(frosts in the provinces of Cosenza and Catanzaro in January/
February 2004, and strong winds 2004 in the province of
Reggio Calabria on 16 April 2004)

Legal basis: Legge n. 185/1992 e decreto legislativo n. 102/
2004

Budget: See the approved schemes (C 12/B/95 and NN 54/A/
04)

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

Duration: Measure applying aid schemes approved by the
Commission

Other details: Measure applying the aid schemes approved by
the Commission under State aid C 12/B/95 (Commission Deci-
sion 2004/307/EC of 16 December 2003) and NN 54/A/2004
(Commission letter C(2005) 1622 final, dated 7 June 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: 14.3.2006

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 580/C/03

Title: Programme for combating the citrus fruit disease tristeza
in Calabria

Objective: Plant disease prevention measures

Legal basis: Legge n. 423 del 2 dicembre 1998

Decreti del ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali del
29 dicembre 2003 e del 14 luglio 2004

Budget: EUR 2 958 006,78

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % (a measure does not consti-
tute a State aid under Article 87(1) of the Treaty)

Duration: At least 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/

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.2.2006

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 551/2005

Title: Model measure: ‘Multiplication-oriented and input-based
advisory models in privately owned forests’

Objective: To develop models for the forestry consultancy of
the enterprises of the small private forest and its associations

Legal basis: Zuwendungsbescheid des Bundesministeriums für
Verbraucherschutz,
vom
7. Oktober 2005

Landwirtschaft

Ernährung

und

Budget: EUR 0,3 million

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: 4 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/

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.2.2006

Member State: Germany (Bayern)

Aid No: N 647/2005

Title: Aid for Bavarian machinery rings

Objective: to enhance the cooperation between farmers

Legal basis: Gesetz zur Förderung der bayerischen Landwirt-
schaft

Budget: EUR 3,2 million

Aid intensity: max. 30 %

Duration: 1 year (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/