Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, 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 145/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.4.2006

Duration: 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2011

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 162/2006

Title: Forest goat

Objective: Improve genetical pool

Legal basis: Zuwendungsbescheid für die Durchführung eines
Modell- und Demonstrationsvorhaben im Bereich der biolo-
gischen Vielfalt: ‘Förderung und nachhaltige Nutzung der Popu-
lation der Thüringer Wald Ziege’

Budget: EUR 212 770

Aid intensity or amount: Max.100 %

Duration: 3 years

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: 4.4.2006

Member State: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Aid No: N 56/2006

Title: Climate change levy rebate extension — Annex I-
products (Northern Ireland)

Objective: A extension of the 100 % rebate on the applicable
climate change levy rate is proposed for gas in Northern
Ireland

Legal basis: Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2000

Budget:

July 2006

August 2007

GBP 200 000

GBP 300 000

September 2008

GBP 500 000

Oktober 2009

GBP 500 000

November 2010

GBP 600 000

Total GBP 2 100 000 (EUR 3 083 474)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % rebate on the applicable
levy rates

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: 27.4.2006

Member State: Austria (Niederösterreich)

No of the aid: Aid No N 62/2006, N 64/2006 and N181/
2006

Title: Aid for the damage caused by natural disasters

Objective: The Guidelines approved by the Commission in
State aid case N 564a/2004 (‘the approved national Guide-
lines’) lay down the conditions and modalities of compensation
to agricultural producers in the event of damage caused to agri-
cultural production by flood,
landslide, rockslide, mudflow,
avalanches, earthquake, snow pressure and hurricane. As stated
in the Commission Decision C(2005)6036 of 26.12.2005
(State aid case N 564a/2004) approving the national Guide-
lines, the Austrian authorities had given assurances that every
exceptional emergency situation giving rise to compensation to
agricultural producers under the approved national 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. In the case at hand, the Austrian authorities have
notified a number of exceptional emergency situations in 2005
verified by the hydrological services of the government of the
Land Niederösterreich. The Austrian authorities have specified
that the damage would be assessed and compensation granted
according to the provisions of the approved national Guide-
lines. The maximum compensation would be 20 % of the
assessed damage

Legal basis: Richtlinien für die Gewährung von Beihilfen zur
Behebung von Katastrophenschäden des Landes Niederöster-
reich

Budget: Estimated budget EUR 70 000

Aid intensity or amount: 20 %

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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 4.4.2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 24.3.2006

Member State: Austria (Burgenland)

No of the aid: N 63/2006

Member State: Italy (Veneto)

Aid No: N 74/2006

Title: Aid towards partial compensation for the frost damage
to commercial fruit growing in 2005

Objective: According to the Austrian authorities on 9.2.2005,
2.4.2005 and 21- 23.4.2005 fruit cultures sustained frost
damage in all of Burgenland. In the view of this damage the
Austrian authorities propose to compensate the commercial
fruit growers 40 % of
the frost-related economic losses
sustained. Only the fruit growing undertakings that have
sustained a damage amounting to 50 % or more of their
average crops would receive compensation

Legal basis: Richtlinie der Burgenländischen Landesregierung
über die teilweise Schadensabgeltung für Frostschäden im
Erwerbsobstbau 2005

Budget: EUR 500 000

Aid intensity or amount: 40 %

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/

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(windstorms of 7 June 2005 in three municipalities in the
Veneto region, province of Verona)

Objective: To compensate for damage to farming structures as
a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: EUR 520 000

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

Duration: Measure implementing 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: 12.4.2006

Member State: Italy (Piedmont)

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.4.2006

Aid No: N 76/2006

Member State: Italy (Veneto)

Aid No: N 72/2006

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas affected by natural disas-
ters (drought during the period from 15 June to 15 August
2005 in the province of Padua)

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

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(drought in the summer of 2005 in the province of Novara)

Objective: To compensate for damage to non-insurable crops
as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

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

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 80 %

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Duration: Until the final payment is made

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

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

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/

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: 22.3.2006

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: N 83/B/05

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Title: Guarantee scheme for agricultural undertakings and
professional producers

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

Objective: To facilitate access to loans

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Legal basis: «Deliberazione» della Giunta regionale n. 20201
del 14 gennaio 2005 — «Istituzione di un regime di garanzie
per le società agricole e gli imprenditori agricoli professionali»

Budget: EUR 2 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: Scheme involving no State aid
within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty.

Duration: 6 years

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/

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

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 80 % of the cost of the
damage

Duration: Measure implementing 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: 27.4.2006

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 84/2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 24.3.2006

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(violent winds of 3 August 2005 in the province of Catania)

Aid No: N 91/2006

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural produc-
tion as a result of bad weather (violent winds of 3 August 2005
in the province of Catania)

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 80 %

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/

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(heavy snowfalls from 26 January to 20 February 2005 in three
municipalities in the region of Sicily, province of Caltanissetta)

Objective: To compensate for damage to farming structures as
a result of 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 implementing 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: 24.3.2006

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 85/2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 4.4.2006

Member State: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters
(frosts from 10 January to 10 March 2005 in 10 municipalities
in the region of Sicily, province of Ragusa)

Aid No: N 119/2006

Title: Seed Potatoes Levy Fund (Northern Ireland)

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Objective: To support the seed potato industry in Northern
Ireland by the following measures: distribution of information
materials, organisation of exhibitions and fairs and encouraging
the development of quality products

Legal basis:

Date of adoption of the decision: 24.3.2006

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 125/2006

— Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions)

(Northern Ireland)

Order 1984

Title: Research program for the Murnau-Werdenfels bovine
race

— Seed Potatoes (Levy) Order (Northern Ireland) 1985, as

amended

Objective: To find out the possibilities of a conservationary
breeding

— Seed Potatoes (Levy) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland)

2004

Budget: GBP 185 000 (EUR 277 000)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Duration: 6 years

Legal basis: Zuwendungsbescheid für die Durchführung eines
Modell- und Demonstrationsvorhaben im Bereich der biolo-
gischen Vielfalt: „Modellhafte Entwicklung und Erprobung eines
neuen Zuchtprogramms für die Rasse Murnau-Werdenfelser auf
der Grundlage molekulargenetischer Charakterisierung“

Budget: EUR 20 240

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

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

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

Duration: 21 months

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.4.2006

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

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

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 124/06

Title: Welfare
chickens
(development of instruments for counselling on the assessment
of welfare)

counselling

concerning

slaughter

Objective: Improvement of animal welfare within the organic
production of slaughter chickens. The aid amounting to DKK
240 000 per year would be granted to Økologisk Landsfor-
ening for 50 % of the costs of a project aiming at developing
instruments for counselling about the assessment of welfare
within the production of organic slaughter chickens. The
results of the project will be made available to all interested
parties, e.g. organic farmers

Legal basis:

— Bekendtgørelse nr. 297 af 28. april 2004 af lov om admin-
istration af Det Europæiske Fælleskabs forordninger om
markedsordninger for landbrugsvarer m.v.
(Bemyndigelse-
sloven)

— Bekendtgørelse nr. 987 af 6. oktober 2004 om administra-
tion og revision af promille- og produktionsafgiftsfonde
m.v. indenfor jordbrugs- og fiskeriområdet

Budget: DKK 240 000 (about EUR 32 140) per year.

Overall budget of about DKK 960 000

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %

Duration: 2006-2009

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.4.2006

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 132/06

Title: Aid for development of
regarding comparisons of production results on potato estates

instruments for counselling

Objective: The aid amounting to DKK 150 000 per year will
be granted to Dansk Landbrugsrådgivning, Landcentret for the
costs of a project aiming at developing instruments able to
analyse differences of production results on comparable potato
estates. The results of the project will be made available to all
interested parties, e.g. potato growers, who will be able to iden-
tify the business activities that should be at focus for improve-
ment of the production results and security of supply

Legal basis:

— Bekendtgørelse nr. 297 af 28. april 2004 af lov om admin-
istration af Det Europæiske Fælleskabs forordninger om
(Bemyndigelse-
markedsordninger for landbrugsvarer m.v.
sloven)

— Bekendtgørelse nr. 987 af 6. oktober 2004 om administra-
tion og revision af promille- og produktionsafgiftsfonde
m.v. indenfor jordbrugs- og fiskeriområdet

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

— Bekendtgørelse nr. 973 af 4. december 2003 om produk-

tionsafgift på kartoffler.

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

Budget: DKK 150 000 (about EUR 20 106) per year.

Overall budget of DKK 900 000 (about EUR 120 637)

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Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 55 % of eligible expenditure

Duration: 2006-2011

Duration: Two-year extension, from 2007 to 2008

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

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/

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.4.2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.4.2006

Member State: Finland

No of the aid: N 136/2006

Title: Aid for the damage caused by exceptional flooding in
2005

Objective: Compensation for damage due to flooding. In the
spring 2005 the rapid melting of snow caused exceptional
flooding mainly in the Ounasjoki, Ivalojoki, and Tornionjoki
river basin. In the summer 2005 heavy rainfall caused local
flooding in the Kokemäenjoki river basin. Aid for the damage
done by the floods would be granted for the damage done to
production buildings and installations as well as to crops of
farms situated in the watersheds of rivers enumerated above

Legal basis: Laki poikkeuksellisten tulvien aiheuttamien vahin-
kojen korvaamisesta 284/1983, sellaisena kuin se on muutet-
tuna laeilla 1310/1990 ja 92/1995, sekä asetus poikkeuksel-
listen tulvien aiheuttamien vahinkojen korvaamisesta 93/1995

Budget: Ca. EUR 0,162 million

Aid intensity or amount: From 60 % to 80 % according to
the type of eligible damage

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 146/2006

Title: Investment aid Slaughterhouse Aschaffenburg

Objective: saving energy, improving of the operational system

basis: Zuwendungsbescheide

Legal
Landkreise Aschaffenburg und Miltenberg).

(Stadt Aschaffenburg,

Haushaltsgesetz

Budget: EUR 180 000

Aid intensity or amount: Max. 40 %

Duration: 2006/07

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/

Duration: One-off

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.4.2006

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

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 160/2006

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

Title: Sheep breed ‘Bentheimer Landschafe’

Date of adoption of the decision: 4.4.2006

Member State: France

Aid No: N 145/2006

Title: Extension: Aid for research and development
protein-crop sector

in the

Objective: To extend the aid for research and development in
the protein-crop sector

Legal basis: Code rural, articles L 611-1, L 621-1 et suivants

Budget: New budget: EUR 1 400 000 (EUR 700 000 per year
in 2007 and 2008)

Objective: Improve genetical pool

Legal basis: Zuwendungsbescheid für die Durchführung eines
Modell- und Demonstrationsvorhaben im Bereich der biolo-
gischen Vielfalt:
«Erhaltung der Population der Bentheimer
Landschafe unter Minimierung der Inzucht und Berücksichti-
gung der Zucht auf Scrapie-Resistenz»

Budget: EUR 29 656

Aid intensity or amount: Max. 100 %

Duration: 18 months

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

Budget: EUR 240 000 per year

Member State: Spain (Galicia)

Aid No: N 162/2005

Title: Aid for access to the ownership of agricultural land in
Galicia

Objective: To facilitate access to the ownership of agricultural
land for tenant farmers in possession of historic rural share-
cropping or rental leases concluded from time immemorial and
governed by the common law of Galicia

Legal basis: Ante proyecto de Ley por el que se prorrogan los
arrendamientos rusticos históricos y las aparcerías reguladas en
la Ley 3/1993, del 16 de abril

Aid intensity or amount: The overall rate of the aid is 40 %
(35 % for the purchase of land and 5 % for administrative
costs) of
limited to
EUR 90 151,82 per beneficiary

expenditure, which is

eligible

the

Duration: 5 years

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/