Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, drinking water, environmental protection, investment aid, silviculture

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Official Journal of the European Union

9.11.2006

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 272/02)

Date of adoption of the decision 18.9.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 67/06

Member State

Germany

Region

Title

Niedersachsen

Trinkwasserschutz

Legal basis

§47 h Abs. 3 Wassergesetz Niedersachsen

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

To protect drinking water

9 000 000 EUR

100 %

Unlimited

Economic sectors

Environment

Name
granting authority

and

address

of

the

Niedersäschsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz

Sportplatz 23
D-26506 Norden

Other information

Annual summary reports to be sent to the Commission — individual progress
reports to be published on the Internet

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision 18.9.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 89/06

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Spain

Navarra

Ayudas para paliar los daños producidos en el sector agrario por la sequía durante el
año 2005

Orden foral 209/2005, de 15 de noviembre de 2005, por que se establece un
régimen de ayudas para paliar los daños ocasionados por la sequía en el sector
agrario en el año 2005

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Compensation for farmers following adverse weather conditions

Direct payments

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Budget

Intensity

Duration

EUR 1 800 000 for 2006

Varies according to the farming activities affected

2006

Economic sectors

Sector A: Agriculture

Name
granting authority

and

address

of

the

Gobierno de Navarra
Departamento de agricultura, ganadería y alimentación

C/ Tudela 20
E-31003 Pamplona

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision 18.9.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 101/06

Member State

Italy

Region

Title

Legal basis

Emilia Romagna

Aiuti destinati agli allevatori di bovini da carne colpiti dalla BES

Delibera della Giunta regionale sulle misure d'applicazione della Legge regionale n.
20 del 3 luglio 2001 ‘Provvedimenti straordinari ed urgenti a sostegno delle aziende
colpite dalla BSE’

Type of measure

(Aid scheme)

Objective

Compensation for loss of income to beef cattle farmers who have a farm in the
region of Emilia-Romagna and who,
from the veterinary
authority, have had to slaughter animals on account of BSE

following an order

Form of aid

Outright grants

Budget

Intensity

EUR 79 709 for the scheme

Varies according to the loss suffered

Duration (period)

31 December 2010

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name
granting authority

and

address

of

the

Regione Emilia-Romagna
Direzione generale Agricoltura Servizio produzioni animali

V.le Silvani, 6
I-40122 Bologna

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found at:

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Official Journal of the European Union

9.11.2006

Date of adoption of the decision 2.10.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 185/06

Member State

Sweden

Region

Title

Legal basis

Counties of Skåne, Blekinge, Kronberg, Kalmar, Jönköping, Halland, Västa Götaland
and Östergötland

Measures in connection with the storm in Southern Sweden on 8-9 January 2005
(aid for storage costs and transport fees)

Järnvägslagen
Förordningen (2005:229) om tillfälligt stöd för lagring av virke,
(2004:519), Järnvägsförordningen (2004:526), Lagen (1975:88) med bemyndigande
att meddela föreskrifter om trafik, transporter och kommunikationer, Förordningen
(1997:1121) om farledsavgift

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

The aid may be paid for the storage and transport costs of storm-felled timber from
forests felled by the storm on 8-9 January 2005. The aid aims to reduce the amount
of storm-felled timber in the forest in order to prevent insect damage to living trees

Form of aid

Subsidy

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

Economic sectors

Name
granting authority

and

address

Maximum SEK 475 million (ca EUR 51,1 million)

Variable

One-off

Forestry

of

the

Näringsdepartementet

S-103 33 Stockholm

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision 2.10.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 199/06

Member State

Czech Republic

Region

Title

The Ústí Region

Forest Management in the Ústí Region

Legal basis

— Paragraf 36 zákona č. 129/2000 Sb., ze dne 12. dubna 2000

— Program poskytování podpor na hospodaření v lesích v Ústeckém kraji v roce

2006

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Aid in the forestry sector

Direct grant

Total: CZK 19 000 000 (approximately EUR 633 000)

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Intensity

Up to 70 %

Duration (period)

2006

Economic sectors

Agriculture (Forestry)

Name
granting authority

and

address

of

the

Regional Office of the Ústí Region (office régional de la région d'Ústí)

Velká Hradební 48
CZ-400 02 Ústí nad Labem

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision 18.9.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 263/06

Member State

Slovakia

Title (and/or name of the benefi-
ciary)

Legal basis

Podpora nákupu a inštalácie technológie spaľovní živočíšnych vedľajších produktov

— Zákon č. 473/2003 Z.z. o Pôdohospodárskej platobnej agentúre, o podpore

podnikania v pôdohospodárstve a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov.

— Zákon č. 231/1999 Z.z. o statnej pomoci v znení neskorších predpisov.

— Výnos MP SR č. 806/2004-100 o podrobnostiach o poskytovaní podpory

v oblasti poľnohospodárstva, potravinárstva a lesného hospodárstva.

— Výnos MP SR č. 1467/2006-100, ktorým sa mení a doplna výnos MP SR
č. 806/2004-100 o podrobnostiach o poskytovaní podpory v oblasti poľnohospo-
dárstva, potravinárstva a lesného hospodárstva

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Aid scheme

Investment aid

Direct grant

Annual budget SKK 80 million; total budget SKK 240 million

40 %

Duration (period)

2006 - 2008

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision 18.9.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 449/06

Member State

Region

Title

Italy

Toscana

Assistance to farming areas affected by natural disaster (floods of 5-15 November
2005 in the province of Grosseto, Tuscany)

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Legal basis

Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Budget

Intensity

To compensate for damage to farm structures as a result of bad weather

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

Up to 100 % of the cost of the damage to farm structures

Duration (period)

Until the final payment is made

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name
granting authority

and

address

of

the

Ministero delle Politiche Agricole

Via XX settembre, 20
I-00187 Roma

Other information

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)

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision 18.9.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 490/06

Member State

Germany

Region

Title

Nordrhein-Westfalen

Swine fever

Legal basis

Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen an Mastschweinehalter

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Compensation

Grant

EUR 220 000

Maximum 60 %

2006

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name
granting authority

and

address

of

the

Landwirtschaftskammer NRW

Nevinghoff 40
D-48147 Münster

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found at:

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 272/7

Date of adoption of the decision 18.9.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 503/06

Member State

Italy

Title

Legal basis

Accordo interprofessionale campagna 2006 per le patate destinate alla trasforma-
zione industriale e aiuto all'ammasso privato di patate da consumo

Accordo interprofessionale 2006 per
industriale e aiuto all'ammasso privato di patate alimentari

le patate destinate alla trasformazione

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Purpose/Objectives

Aid for producer groups and associations and private storage aid for ware potatoes.

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name
granting authority

and

address

Direct grant

EUR 7 600 000

Varies according to the measure

1 year (2006)

Agriculture

of

the

Ministero delle Politiche Agricole

Via XX Settembre, 20
I-00187 Roma

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

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Date of adoption of the decision 18.9.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 505/06

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

Title

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

Economic sectors

Name
granting authority

and

address

Scotland

Crofters Cattle Quality Improvement Scheme

Section 4(1) of The Congested Districts (Scotland) Act 1897

scheme

quality

grant

GBP 0,6 million (EUR 0,84 million)

variable

2006-2008

agriculture

of

the

Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Dpt

Edinburgh
United Kingdom

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Official Journal of the European Union

9.11.2006

Date of adoption of the decision 2.10.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 511/05

Member State

Spain

Title

Legal basis

Aid for slaughtering in slaughterhouses of laying hens affected by salmonella of
importance for public health

Proyecto de Real Decreto …./2005, por el que se establece la normativa básica de las
ayudas estatales al sacrificio en matadero de gallinas ponedoras afectadas o sospe-
chosas de salomonelosis de importancia para la salud pública

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

Animal diseases

Grant

EUR 8,24 million

89,8 %

5 years

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name
granting authority

and

address

of

the

Autoridades competentes de la 17 Comunidades Autónomas del Reino de España

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision 18.9.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 532/06

Member State

United Kingdom

Title

Legal basis

Bio-Energy Infrastructure Scheme

Section 153(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990

Type of measure

scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

environment protection

grant

GBP 10 million (EUR 14,83 million)

variable

Duration (period)

Five years and three months (1.9.2006-31.12.2011)

Economic sectors

agriculture

Name
granting authority

and

address

of

the

Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Dpt (SEERAD)

Edinburgh
United Kingdom

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found at:

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 272/9

Date of adoption of the decision 18.9.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 534/06

Member State

Cyprus

Title

Legal basis

Aid for the promotion and advertising of agricultural products (draft ministerial
decree) — amendment of aid scheme N 522/04.

Πρόταση προς το Υπουργικό Συµβούλιο — Κρατικές Ενισχύσεις για Ενέργειες Προώθησης
ή/και ∆ιαφήµισης των Γεωργικών Προϊόντων

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Promotion of quality products; advertising

Grants

See file N 522/04 (EUR 14 400 000)

70-100 % for promotion, with a ceiling of EUR 100 000 per beneficiary and per
three-year period; 40 % for publicity

Duration (period)

Until 31 December 2010

Economic sectors

Agriculture

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found at:

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