Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-08-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Poland, State aid, United Kingdom, 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 181/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.6.2006

Member State: United Kingdom (Wales)

Aid No: N 499/05

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: Extension of Activities of the Producer Group ‘Welsh
Meat Company’

Objective: To support the significant expansion of activities of
the Welsh Meat Company

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.6.2006

Member State: Denmark

Legal basis: Welsh Development Agency Act 1975,
amended

as

Aid No: N 604/b/04

Budget: GBP 200 000 (EUR 291 163)

Aid intensity or amount: Degressive from 100 to 20 %

Duration: 5 years from date of Commission approval

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: 1.6.2006

Member State: Poland

Aid No: N 527/05

Title: Aid to research on biological development in plant and
animal production (Dotacje do badań z zakresu postępu biologicz-
nego w produkcji roślinnej i zwierzęcej)

Objective: Research and Development

Legal basis: Rozporządzenie Ministra Rolnictwa i Rozwoju
Wsi zmieniające rozporządzenie w sprawie stawek dotacji
przedmiotowych dla
różnych podmiotów wykonujących
zadania na rzecz rolnictwa

for plant
Budget: PLN 1 335 000 (some EUR 342 308)
research and PLN 1 115 000 (some EUR 285 897) for animal
research

Aid intensity or amount: 98 %

Title: Fiscal treatment of quotas and payment entitlements

Objective: Adjustment of
tax rules for agricultural quotas.
According to the Danish authorities the fiscal treatment of
payment entitlements, milk quotas, delivery quotas of sugar
beet and transitory rules on leasing agreements between
farmers and landowners is different from the general
fiscal
rules dealt with in the aid case N/604/a/04 in the following
the initial purchase costs and profits and losses
aspects:
connected with agricultural quotas are subject to a special tax
deduction system (the ‘saldo’ model), which is different from
the system applicable to other quotas; losses from the sale of
agricultural
land may be deducted from profits made when
selling agricultural quotas; payment rights may be transferred
tax-free in the context of certain leasing agreements concerning
agricultural land

Legal basis: Retsgrundlaget for foranstaltningen er lov nr. 464
af 9. juni 2004 om ændring af afskrivningsloven, ligningsloven
og lov nr. 1386 af 20. december 2004 om ændring af afskriv-
ningsloven, ligningsloven og andre skattelove (kvoter og beta-
lingsrettigheder)

Budget: Not applicable

Aid intensity or amount: Not applicable

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: 2.6.2006

Member State: United Kingdom (Scotland)

Duration: Until 2007 for plant
animal research

research, until 2008 for

Aid No: N 609/05

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C 181/3

Title: Amendment to the Farm Business Development Scheme
(Scotland)

The Farm Business Development (Scotland) Variation Scheme
2005 (SSI 2005/219)

Objective: To extend the approved Farm Business Develop-
ment Scheme (State aid No NN 36/2003) for another 2 years
and introduce a new investment support for the improvement
of existing production facilities

Legal basis: Section 29 (2) (d) of the Agriculture Act 1970
Farm Business Development Scheme (Scotland) Amendment
Scheme 2004 (SSI 2004/236).

Budget: GBP 37,5 million (EUR 54,59 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until 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/