Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

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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 144/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.4.2006

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Member State: France

Aid No: N 165/2005

Title: Temporary aid granted for livestock production in the
Overseas Departments in 2005 in addition to Community
support

Objective: To supplement the Community support provided
for in 2005 in order to renew for that year the aid per head of
livestock as it existed previously (operating aid)

Legal basis: Nationale: les articles L 621-1 et suivants du code
rural

Budget: EUR 1,8 million

Aid intensity or amount:

‘de minimis’

Duration: 2005

Duration: Until the final payment is made

Other details: Measure applying the scheme approved by the
Commission under State aid 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://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.4.2006

Member State: United Kingdom (Wales)

Aid No: N 183/2006

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

Title: Extension of the National Scrapie Plan for Great Britain
(Wales)

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.4.2006

Member State: Italy (Apulia)

Aid No: N 180/2006

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(whirlwind of 22 February 2005 in the province of Brindisi).

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural produc-
tion and farming structures as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

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

Objective: Prolongation of the National Scrapie Plan for Great
Britain only for Wales for 2 years with an increase of the
budget and tightening of criteria

Legal basis: Non-statutory

Budget: Increase of
million)

the budget: GBP 6 million (EUR 8,72

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Prolongation for 2 years until 31 March 2008

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.4.2006

programme, and will not be more than 15 % of the overall
budget for the aid scheme)

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 197/2006

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(persistent rain and whirlwinds from 22 October until 13
December 2005 in the provinces of Catania, Enna and Ragusa)

Objective: Compensation for damage to agricultural produc-
tion and farms as a result of bad weather (persistent rain and
whirlwinds from 22 October until 13 December 2005 in the
provinces of Catania, Enna and Ragusa)

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 %

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the
Commission

Other details: Measure applying the scheme approved by the
Commission under State aid 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://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.4.2006

Member State: Spain (Murcia)

Aid No: N 206/2006

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: «Orden de la Consejería de Agricultura y Agua,
por la que se hace pública la convocatoria en el año 2006 de
las líneas de ayuda para Programas de colaboración para la
formación y transferencia tecnológica del sector agroalimen-
tario y del medio rural»

Budget: EUR 923 000

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 %
of the cost to beneficiaries of the individual technology transfer

Duration: One year (2006)

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.4.2006

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 277/2003

Title: Transfer of nature protection land

Objective: Nature protection land of the federal government
(Bund) in the Laender Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Bran-
denburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony
of up to 32,000 hectares are to be transferred free of charge to
these Laender or nature protection foundations and associations.
The German authorities have given assurances that nature
protection restrictions are respected on a permanent basis

Legal basis: Ausgleichsleistungsgesetz

Budget: Not determined

Aid intensity or amount: No aid

Duration: Unlimited

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision: 24.3.2006

Member State: Germany (Baden-Württemberg)

Aid No: N 349/2004

Title: Activities for the preservation of biotopes and the coun-
tryside

Objective: Care measures on surfaces important for nature
protection as well as the payment of a compensation for
giving-up or relocating of facilities due to nature protection
reasons

Legal basis:
Württemberg vom 5. Dezember 2001’

‘Landschaftspflegerichtlinie des Landes Baden-

Budget: Preservation of the countryside and biotope: approx.
EUR 6 million per year

Remuneration for giving-up or relocating of a facility: approx.
EUR 0,2 million per year

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Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Unlimited

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

consultants will, after the training, provide consultancy services
to potato growers in Denmark on cultivation, handling and
treatment of potatoes. All potato growers have access to these
services. The Danish authorities have confirmed that the potato
growers are the sole beneficiaries of the aid

Legal basis: Bekendtgørelse nr. 973 af 4. december 2003 om
produktionsafgift på kartofler)

Budget: Ca DKK 70 000 (about EUR 9 383)

Aid intensity or amount: DKK 30 per hour of consultancy

Date of adoption of the decision: 24.3.2006

Duration: One-off

Member State: Slovak Republic

Aid No: N 407/05

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

Title: Restructuring aid to Roľnícka spoločnosť a.s. Bottovo

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Objective: Restructuring of the company.

Legal
a vyrovnaní v znení neskorších predpisov.

basis: Zákon

328/1991

č.

Zb.

o

konkurze

Zákon č. 511/1992 Zb. o správe daní a poplatkov a o
zmenách v sústave územných finančných orgánov v znení
neskorších predpisov

Budget: SKK 4 996 690

Aid intensity or amount: Non-aid

Duration: one-off

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision: 24.3.2006

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 416/05

Title: Aid for consultancy services in the potato sector

Objective: Improvement of cultivation, handling and treat-
ment of potatoes. The aid amounting to DKK 70 000 would
be granted to Dansk Landsbrugsrådgivning, Landcentret for the
costs of a project, in which 6 persons will be trained as specia-
lised potato cultivation consultants. The potato cultivation

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.4.2006

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 438/2005

Title: A change in the parafiscal levies for the fruit and vegeta-
bles sector

Objective: To finance sales promotion for onions and mush-
rooms, various promotion measures for fruit and vegetables,
research on horticultural products and support
for quality
control. The present measure concerns a change in financing in
the sense that parafiscal charges for vegetables and strawberry
growers will no longer be based on revenue, but on hectares
grown with these crops. In addition, the maximum budget for
this measure will be increased to EUR 20 million per year

Legal basis: Verordening van het Productschap voor Tuin-
bouw bestemmingsheffing vollegrondsgroenten 2005

Budget: The maximum budget
this measure will be
EUR 20 million per year, although budgets for the foreseeable
future will remain below this level

for

Duration: Indefinite

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/