Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-06-22
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 146/08)

Date of adoption of the decision: 4.4.2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 22.3.2006

Member State: Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 470/2005

Title: Land guarantee programme

Objective: To supplement and extend investment guarantees
in accordance with that of agrarian investment aid programme
(AFP) of the framework plan of the joint task ‘improvement of
the agrarian structures and coastal protection’

Legal basis: Verwaltungsvorschrift des rheinland-pfälzischen
Ministers der Finanzen ‘Übernahme von Bürgschaften zur
Förderung der Landwirtschaft’

No of the aid: Aid No N 486/05

Title: Scheme of Investment Aid for Farm Waste Management

Objective:
Investment aid to help ensure compliance of
farmers with Action Programme measures to be introduced
under the Nitrates Directive

Legal basis: Approved programme under Title II, Chapter I, of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural
development from the European Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF)

Budget: Guarantee line of EUR 20 million

Budget: EUR 248 million

Aid intensity or amount: 0,225 % gross aid equivalent

Duration: Until 31 December 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/

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum aid intensity of 75 % in
less favoured areas, 60 % in other areas

Duration: 2006-2008. Applications will be accepted until
31.12.2006

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: Spain

Aid No: N 476/2005

Title: Aid for high-quality agri-food products (MAPA)

Objective: To develop the quality policy for agri-food products
by creating and expanding bodies for the protection of distinc-
tive quality marks

Legal basis: Orden APA/…/2005, de … de …, por la que se
establecen las bases reguladoras para la concesión de subven-
ciones para potenciar la creación, funcionamiento y desarrollo
de las estructuras de los productos agroalimentarios protegidos
con signos de calidad diferenciada

Budget: EUR 205 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.4.2006

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

No of the aid: N 514/05

Title: Regional measures for the support of poultry breeding
and games farms affected by avian influenza — compensation
for lost income. Regional Decree 470 of 4.8.2005

Objective:: Compensation for loss of income in favour of the
breeders of poultry and game affected by avian flu

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale della Regione
Lombardia n. 470 del 4.8.2005, riguardante: Legge Regionale
n. 7/2000 — «Misure regionali di sostegno a favore degli alle-
vatori avicoli e fauna selvatica colpiti dall'influenza aviaria» —
Indennizzi per mancato reddito

Aid intensity or amount: The maximum amount of the aid
will not exceed 70 % of the total costs of each of the projected
measures

Budget: Approximately EUR 1 800 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 % of the losses

Duration: 2005

Duration: 6 years

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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 12.4.2006

Duration: Unlimited

Member State: The Republic of Lithuania

No of the aid: N 571/2005

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: State aid for partial compensation for adverse weather
events in the agriculture sector

Objective: Bad weather compensation

Legal basis:

— 2002 m. birželio 25 d. Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ir
IX-987 (Valstybės žinios,

įstatymas Nr.

kaimo plėtros
Nr. 72-3009).

— Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro 2005 m. spalio
19 d.
įsakymas Nr. 3D-491 „Dėl pagalbos žemės ūkio
subjektams, patyrusiems nuostolius dėl hidrometeorologinių
reiškinių
nuo
2005 m. liepos 30 d. iki rugpjūčio 15 d., teikimo taisyklių
patvirtinimo“

nukentėjusiose

laikotarpiu

teritorijose

Budget: Total
EUR 3 260 000)

budget:

LTL 11 250 000 (approximately

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: 1 year

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: Austria

No of the aid: N 600/2005

Title: Modification of the national directive concerning the
provision of services (Dienstleistungsrichtlinie)

Objective: Aid for the provision of services to the agriculture
sector

Legal basis: Sonderrichtlinie für die Förderung von nicht-inves-
tiven Maßnahmen in der Landwirtschaft (Dienstleistungsrich-
tlinie)

Budget: According to the Austrian authorities the modifica-
tions have no budgetary impact

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: The measures according to point 2.6.2.2 of the
expire on 31.12.2010. The other
Dienstleistungsrichtlinie
measures are of indefinite duration

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: The Republic of Lithuania

No of the aid: N586/2005

Title: Support for procurement of breeding animals

Objective: Investment aid for purchase of animals of higher
genetic quality

Legal basis:

— Žemės ūkio ir kaimo plėtros įstatymas (Valstybės žinios,

2002, Nr. 73–3009)

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.4.2006

Member State: Spain (Castile-Leon)

Aid No: N 655/2005

Title: Aid for the development of job creation in rural areas

Objective: To develop and consolidate the jobs and income of
the working population in the farm sector through the reinfor-
cement of associations, with a view to maintaining and stimu-
lating the economic activity of a region whose rural areas are
characterised by an employment rate of less than 50.5 % and a
strong trend towards a decline in village populations

Legal basis: Orden AYG/…/2005 de … de …, por la que se
establece un régimen de ayudas para fomentar la creación de
empleo en el medio rural en la Comunidad autónoma de
Castilla y León

— Gyvulių veislininkystės įstatymas (Valstybės žinios, 1994,

Budget: EUR 500 000

Nr. 14–226: 1998, Nr. 110–3023)

— Žemės ūkio ministro įsakymas dėl veislininkystės rėmimo
taisyklių ir paramos 2005 m. veisliniams gyvūnams įsigyti
teikimo taisyklių patvirtinimo (Valstybės žinios, 2005, Nr.
50–1656)

Budget:
EUR 1 800 000)

Annual:

LTL

6 200 000

(approximately

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum of EUR 12 000 per
worker recruited — maximum intensity of 50 % of eligible
costs (60 % for disabled workers)

Duration: One year

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/

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %

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Date of adoption of the decision: 12.4.2006

Title: combat of TSE (sheep and goats)

Member State: Germany (Hamburg)

Aid No: NN 45/2005 (ex N 109/2005)

Title: Removal and disposal of fallen stock in Hamburg

Objective: Aid for the removal and disposal of fallen stock:
100 % of costs up to 2003, 75 % of costs from 2004 onwards.
In 2004, 25 % of costs are paid as de minimis-aid

Legal basis:

— Gesetz über die Beseitigung von Tierkörpern, Tierkörper-
teilen und tierischen Erzeugnissen (Tierkörperbeseitigungs-
gesetz) in der jeweils gültigen Fassung: BGBl. I 1975, S.
2313, BGBl. I 1975, S. 2610 (Änderung), BGBl. I 2001, S.
226 (Änderung), BGBl. I 2001, S. 524 (Neufassung), BGBl. I
2001, S. 1215 (Änderung).

— Gesetz zur Durchführung gemeinschaftsrechtlicher Vor-
schriften über die Verarbeitung und Beseitigung von nicht
für den menschlichen Verkehr bestimmten tierischen
Nebenprodukten (Tierische Nebenprodukte-Beseitigungsge-
setz), BGBl. I 2004, S. 82.

— Gebührengesetz, Gebührenordnung für das öffentliche
Gesundheitswesen und Hamburgisches Gesetz zur Ausfüh-
rung des Viehseuchengesetzes,
jeweils in der geltenden
Fassung

Budget: EUR 727 985,11

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: 1994 to 2013

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/

Objective: good animal health

Legal basis: TSE-Beihilfe Richtlinien

Budget: EUR 40 000 (2002), EUR 12 310 (2003), EUR 12 310
(2004), EUR 5 200 (2005), EUR 2 600 (as of 2006)

Aid intensity: max. 100 %

Duration: 1.1.2003 — 31.12.2013

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: Germany (Berlin)

Aid No: NN 74/2004 (ex N 437/2004)

Title: Removal and disposal of fallen stock in Berlin

Objective: Aid for the removal and disposal of fallen stock:
100 % of costs up to 2003, 50 % of costs from 2004 onwards

Legal basis: Gesetz über die Beseitigung von Tierkörpern, Tier-
körperteilen und tierischen Erzeugnissen; Verordnung über
Tierkörperbeseitigungsanstalten und Sammelstellen, Gesetz zur
Ausführung des Tierkörperbeseitigungsgesetzes (Berlin), Verord-
nung über die Erhebung von Entgelten für die Inanspruch-
nahme von Leistungen im Rahmen der Tierkörperbeseitigung

Budget: EUR 41 404 512

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: 1993 to 2013

Date of adoption of the decision: 24.3.2006

Member State: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)

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

Aid No: NN 46/04

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