Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-08-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, State aid, 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 205/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 4.7.2006

Member State: Germany (Brandenburg)

Aid No: NN 52/01 (ex N 207/01)

Title: Promotion of products of the agrarian and food sector
in Brandenburg

Intensity: Varying, depending on the length of
animals have to be kept in their stables

time the

Duration: Until the final payment is made

Economic sectors: Agriculture — animal husbandry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Objective: Technical aid (organization of and participation in
fairs, exhibitions, farmer markets and similar events) and de
minimis aid (advertising) is given to agrarian and other produ-
cers in Brandenburg

Sicily region
Agriculture and Forestry Inspectorate
Via Bonanno Pietro, 2
I-90142 Palermo

Legal basis: Haushaltsordnung des
Landes Brandenburg;
Zuwendungsbescheid des Landes Brandenburg an den Verband
zur Förderung der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft des Landes
Brandenburg e.V. — pro agro

Budget: EUR 4,3 million

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 90 %.

Duration:: 2000-2002

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: Member State

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.7.2006

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 137/2004

Title: Aid for cattle breeders to compensate for damage due to
an outbreak of Blue Tongue

Legal basis: Articolo 20 della legge regionale siciliana 3
dicembre 2003, n. 20

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Objectives: Compensation for Sicilian calf breeders who were
unable to send their animals to Italy's northern regions to feed
and slaughter them as a result of the movement ban for rumi-
nants imposed by the Italian authorities as of 1 January 2003
following the outbreak of Blue Tongue

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: EUR 1 000 000

7.12.2005: Austria

Aid No: N 520/2005

Title: Financial aid for the purchase of forage and forage repla-
cement products to agricultural and forestry enterprises having
sustained damage due to the exceptional weather conditions

Objective: In July and August 2005 torrential rains and the
resulting flooding, flood debris accumulation, rock and boulder
slides occurred locally in Burgenland, Carinthia, Salzburg,
Styria, the Tyrol and Vorarlberg. In order to compensate for
the flood-related damage to the forage production of livestock
farms Austria proposes
to grant aid towards purchasing
roughage or roughage substitute. The aid is granted as a one-
off measure and only upon presentation of
the proof of
purchase completed in the period between 1.7.2005 and
31.1.2006. The aid may not be cumulated with any other
national or Community aid nor paid against damage falling
under an insurance policy

Legal basis: Sonderrichtlinie des Bundesministers für Land-
und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (BMLFUW)
zur Abfederung der Zusatzaufwendungen für Raufutter und
Raufutterersatzprodukte
außergewöhnlichen
Überschwemmungsereignissen 2005 besonders betroffenen
Betrieben mit Futterflächen (a national Provision)

von

den

in

Budget: Ca EUR 3 million

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Aid intensity or amount: The maximum amount of aid per
holding is EUR 150 for each hectare of forage area, and the
aid may not exceed EUR 3 000 per holding

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/

Economic sectors: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Agenzia regionale per lo sviluppo rurale — ERSA
Via Monsanto 15/6
I-34170 Gorizia

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: 26.7.2006

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 625/03

Title: Sale of the Centrale ortofrutticola in Comune di Udine to the
Cooperativa Frutticoltori Partidor Soc. Coop.a.r.l by the Regional
Agency for Rural Development (Agenzia regionale per lo sviluppo
rurale — ERSA)

Legal basis: Legge regionale 17 luglio 1992, n. 20, articolo
35, e successive modificazioni ed integrazioni.

Decreto n. 111/2003 del Commissario dell'Agenzia regionale
per lo sviluppo rurale — ERSA

Type of measure: Individual aid

Objective: Investments
marketing

related

to

transformation

and

Form of the proposed assistance: Sales price reduction

Budget: EUR 766 265,20

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.7.2006

Member State: The Republic of Hungary

No of the aid: N 633/2005

Title: Hungarian National Damage Mitigation Act

Objective: Compensation for damages caused by drought,
flood, inland inundation or frost

Legal basis: A nemzeti agrár kárenyhítési rendszerről szóló
törvény

Budget: Budget for 2006: HUF 1,4 billion (around EUR 5,3
million) state resources completed with the same amount of
producers' contribution

Aid intensity: 100 % of the eligible damage

Duration: Unlimited (at least 6 years) from the approval by
the Commission

Intensity: 40 % without
plan, which is financed by the cooperative

taking account of

the investment

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

Duration: One-off aid

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