Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

17.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 251/5

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 251/04)

Date of adoption of the decision

4.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

NN 43/06 (ex N 331/06)

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Italy

Toscana

Change to State aid scheme ‘Wine, olive oil routes and agri-food routes’

Legge regionale n. 45 del 5 agosto 2003 «Disciplina delle strade del vino, dell'olio
extravergine d'oliva e dei produttori agricoli e agroalimentari di qualità»

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

To provide public funding for setting up road infrastructure and carrying out a
number of promotional activities with a view to enhancing agri-food tourism in
the area

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of the granting
authority

Up to EUR 300 000 per year

See the approved scheme N 126/03

Unlimited

Agriculture

Regione Toscana
Direzione Generale Sviluppo Economico
Settore Qualità dei Prodotti e Agricoltura
Via Novoli, 26
I-50127 Firenze

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Date of adoption of the decision

14.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 46/06

Member State

Germany

Title

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Acorn-fed pigs

Zuwendungsbescheid Modell- und Demonstrationsvorhaben „Eichelmast mit
Schweinen“

Individual aid

High quality

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.10.2006

Form of aid

Grant

Budget

Intensity

Duration

EUR 41 018

Variable

4 years

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
D-53168 Bonn

Other information

Publication of results of the pilot project (equal access) — specialist conference to
be equally open to all interested farmers free of charge

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Date of adoption of the decision

11.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 83/06

Member State

Region

Title

Italy

Puglia

Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters (drought from 1 January
to 30 June 2005 in 6 municipalities in the region of Apulia, province of Bari)

Legal basis

Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Budget

Intensity

Duration

To compensate farmers for damage to crops as a result of bad weather

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

Up to 100 % of the cost of the damage

Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Other information

Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid
NN 54/A/04 (Commission letter C(2005)1622 final, dated 7 June 2005)

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 251/7

Date of adoption of the decision

11.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 138/06

Member State

Title

Legal basis

Greece

State aid programme to compensate losses resulting from fires

Πρόγραµµα κρατικών ενισχύσεων για την κάλυψη ζηµιών από πυρκαγιές
(σχέδιο κοινής υπουργικής απόφασης)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of the granting
authority

Natural disasters or extraordinary occurrences

Grants

EUR 22 000 000

Standard amounts or 50 — 100 % of losses depending on the case

Up to 4 years

Agriculture

ΕΛΓΑ
Mεσογείων 45
GR-11510 Αθήνα

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Date of adoption of the decision

14.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 195/06

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of the granting
authority

The Netherlands

Overijssel

Subsidy arrangement: demolition of agricultural buildings in the province of
Overijssel

— Nationale wet inzake Ruimtelijke Ordening
— Streekplan Overijssel 2000+
— Uitvoeringsraamwerk „Rood voor Rood met gesloten beurs in Overijssel”

Aid scheme

To increase the spatial quality of the landscape of the province of Overijssel and
to protect the environment

One-off

EUR 700 000 (per year)

100 % for the demolition cost and 30 % of the corrected replacement value

2006-2008

Agriculture

Provincie Overijssel
Luttenbergstraat 2
8000 GB Zwolle
Nederland

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.10.2006

Date of adoption of the decision

2.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 229/06

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Objective

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Italy

Tuscany

Developing the stock of local breeds and varieties of agricultural, zootechnical
and forestry interest

Legge regionale 16 novembre 2004, n. 64

The Region of Tuscany wants to create, as part of the regional germplasm bank,
a network of
‘caretaker’ growers to cultivate the endangered plant species
recorded in regional registers

EUR 75 000 for 2006. The budget for following years will be set by the regional
Finance Act

This measure does not constitute aid

Indefinite

Economic sectors

Secteur A: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Regione Toscana
Via Cavour, 2
I-50100 Firenze

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Date of adoption of the decision

31.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of the granting
authority

N 342/06

Austria

Niederösterreich

Investment aid for the construction of a bioethanol production facility in Pischels-
dorf, Lower Austria

Förderungsrichtlinien 2001 für Umweltförderung
Umweltförderungsgesetz,
Inland, Regierungsbeschluss des Landes Österreich, EPR-Fonds Gesetz, Richtlinien
für die Einräumung von EPR-Krediten für die Landwirtschaft, Teilbereich:
Beihilfen für Investitionen zur Verbesserung der Verarbeitung und Vermarktung
landwirtschaftlicher Erzeugnisse

Individual aid

To grant a one-off subsidy towards building a bioethanol production facility in
Pischelsdorf, Lower Austria

Subsidy

EUR 8 million

7,2 % of the eligible costs

One-off

Annex I

Bundesministerium für Land- und Forswirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft
Stubenring 1
A-1012 Wien

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 251/9

Date of adoption of the decision

4.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 375/06

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Budget

Intensity

Italy

Tuscany

Programme of Protection of Local Endangered Breeds (2006)
Prolongation of State aid N 174/03

Legge regionale n. 50/97 «Tutela delle risorse genetiche autoctone»

Aid scheme

Protection of local endangered breeds

EUR 75 000

— 40 % aid for the purchase of high-quality male breeding animals registered in
the relevant herd books and 25 % for the purchase of high quality female
breeding animals.

— 40 % aid for animal breeding projects based on specific mating programs

according to the individual breeds

Duration

2006

Economic sectors

Agriculture, livestock farming

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Date of adoption of the decision

31.7.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 388 A/03

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Italy

Calabria

Aid for bergamot cultivation

Articolo 14 della Legge regionale n. 41/2002 e Deliberazioni della Giunta regio-
nale n. 588 e 589 del 4 agosto 2003

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of the granting
authority

Agri-environmental aid

Direct grant

Up to EUR 3 000 000 per year

Aid for organic bergamot cultivation: up to EUR 900/ha per year
Aid under agri-environmental commitments: up to EUR 450/ha per year

Unlimited

Agriculture

Regione Calabria
Dipartimento agricoltura, Caccia e Pesca
Via S. Nicola
I-88100 Catanzaro

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.10.2006

Date of adoption of the decision

4.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 405/06

Member State

Republic of Lithuania

Title

Legal basis

Support for procurement of breeding animals

— Žemės ūkio ir kaimo plėtros įstatymas (Valstybės žinios, 2002, Nr. 73–3009);
— Gyvulių veislininkystės įstatymas (Valstybės žinios, 1994, Nr. 14–226; 1998,

Nr. 110-3023);

— Žemės ūkio ministro įsakymas dėl veislininkystės rėmimo taisyklių ir paramos
teikimo taisyklių patvirtinimo

veisliniams

įsigyti

2005 m.
(Valstybės žinios, 2005, Nr. 50–1656)

gyvūnams

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Investment aid for purchase of animals of higher genetic quality

Direct grant

Total: LTL 18 000 000 (approximately EUR 5 200 000)

50 %

Unlimited

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania
Gedimino 19
LT-01103 Vilnius

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Date of adoption of the decision

26.7.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 425/06

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

Title

Legal basis

England

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty Technical Support Scheme (England)

Parts II and VI of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and
Part IV of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

To provide consultancy and training on heritage conservation entirely free of
charge to farmers and producer groups

Form of aid

Provision of services on preferential terms

Budget

Intensity

GBP 4,25 million (EUR 6,13 million)

Up to 100 %

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Duration

1 August 2006 until 31 March 2012

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Department for Environment
Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Landscape Conservation, 1/03, Temple Quat House
2 The Square
Temple Quay
Bristol BS1 6EB
United Kingdom

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Date of adoption of the decision

11.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 438/06

Member State

Title

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

Economic sectors

Ireland

Investment aid for marketing and processing of agricultural products
Modifying Aid No N 361/2000

Non-statutory; implemented by administrative provision

Aid scheme

Investment aid for processing and marketing

Grants

New total budget of EUR 250 million

— 50 % in Objective 1 regions
— 40 % in other regions

Until 31 December 2012

Agriculture

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Date of adoption of the decision

11.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 446/06

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland

Food Programme

Appropriation Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 as superseded by the Budget (No 2)
(Northern Ireland) Order 2005 and in relation to Food from Britain, Chapter 3 of
the Agricultural Marketing Act 1983

scheme

quality

subsidies

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Official Journal of the European Union

17.10.2006

Budget

Intensity

Duration

GBP 1,2 million (EUR 1,76 million)

100 %

3 years

Economic sectors

agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Area 8E
9 Millbank
c/o 17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom

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Date of adoption of the decision

14.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 470/06

Member State

Spain

Region

Title

Legal basis

Basque Country

Aid for growing, storing and marketing potatoes for human consumption

«Decreto por el que se regula la concesíon de ayudas al cultivo, almacenamiento
y comercialización de las patatas de la Comunidad autónoma del País Vasco»

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Agricultural product without a common market organisation

Direct grant

EUR 1 133 216 per year

Varies according to the measure

Until 31 December 2009

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Comunidad autónoma del País Vasco
Dirección de Agricultura y Ganadería

Other information

Potatoes for human consumption are a product in Annex I of the Treaty not
subject to a common market organisation. In the absence of a common market
organisation, Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 26 of 4 April 1962 applying
certain rules of competition to production of and trade in agricultural products is
still applicable to state aid relating specifically to the product in question. Article
4 lays down that only the first sentence of Article 88(1) of the Treaty shall apply
to such aid. Therefore, the Member States are required to inform the Commis-
sion, in sufficient time to enable it to submit its comments, of any plans to grant
or alter aid. As to the Commission, it cannot object to the granting of this type
of aid; it requests Spain not to grant the aid

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 251/13

Date of adoption of the decision

2.8.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 558/03

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Italy

Calabria

Aid to promote the entry of young people into farming

Articolo 6 della legge regionale 8.7.2002, n. 24

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Aid to promote the entry of young people into farming

Direct grant

Up to EUR 1 million a year

Aid for the setting up of young farmers: EUR 25 000
Start-up aid for the formation of companies representing farmers: up to 100 % of
eligible expenditure

Duration

Economic sectors

5 years

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Regione Calabria
Dipartimento agricoltura, Caccia e Pesca
Via S. Nicola
I-88100 Catanzaro

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