Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2007-03-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Italy, Lithuania, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

13.3.2007

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INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2007/C 58/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

4.1.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 15/06

Member State

Region

Spain

La Rioja

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Ayudas para el

fomento de la industria agroalimentaria en la Comunidad

Autónoma de La Rioja

Legal basis

Propuesta de Bases reguladoras para el Fomento de la las Grandes Empresas
Agroalimentarias, de la concesión de subvenciones, en régimen de concurrencia
competitiva, y en forma de bonificación de intereses de préstamos destinados a
financiar inversiones en activos fijos

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Aid for the development of the agri-food industry

Investment aid

EUR 1 000 000 per year

40% of eligible expenditure

Unspecified

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja
Muro de la Mata, 13/14
E-26071 Logroño

Other information

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Official Journal of the European Union

13.3.2007

Date of adoption of the decision

14.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 90/06

Member State

Region

Spain

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Inspección de productos agroalimentarios de calidad

Legal basis

Orden de la Consejería de Agricultura y Agua en la que se establecen las bases
reguladoras de la concesión de subvenciones para la financiación del proceso de
acreditación de entidades de inspección de productos agroalimentarios para los
alcances de la marca de garantía calidad agroalimentaria-control de la región de
Murcia y de la indicación geográfica «Vino de la tierra» de la Comunidad de la
Región de Murcia y se convoca subvención para el año 2005

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

To encourage producer organisations to carry out quality control tasks in the
region of Murcia

Aid to producer groups and aid to promote the production and marketing of
high-quality agricultural products

EUR 420 000 (EUR 60 000 per year)

EUR 5 000 per product

7 years

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Dirección General de Industrias y Asociacionismo Agrario
Región de Murcia

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

13.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 114/05

Member State

Region

Lithuania

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Parama kreditų palūkanoms kompensuoti

Legal basis

— Lietuvos Respublikos kaimo plėtros įstatymas (Žin., 2002, Nr. 72-3009)
— Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio paskirties žemės
įstatymas (Žin., 2003, No 15-600; 2004, No 124-4490)

įsigijimo laikinasis

— Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės nutarimo „Dėl paskolos privačiai žemės
ūkio paskirties žemei įsigyti palūkanų kompensavimo taisyklių patvirtinimo“
projektas

Type of measure

Aid scheme

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Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

creation of conditions for the formation of rationally managed agricultural hold-
ings

Investment aid

2006: LTL 692 540; 2007: LTL 807 600; 2008: LTL 1 002 580; 2009: LTL
1 235 250; 2010: LTL 1 465 420; 2011: LTL 1 805 430

maximum 40%

unlimited

Economic sectors

Agricultural sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija
Gedimino pr. 19
LT-01103 Vilnius

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

19.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 158/06

Member State

Region

Italy

Sicilia

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Aid to livestock farmers — extension of aid N 593/01 to tuberculosis in bovine
animals and buffalo (Article 134 of regional law No 32 of 23 December 2000)

Legal basis

Legge regionale siciliana n. 32 del 23 dicembre 2000, articolo 134

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Aid to combat epizootic diseases

Direct grant

EUR 10 million

Up to 100% of eligible costs

Until 31.12.2006

Economic sectors

A — Agriculture (livestock farming)

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Sicilia
Assessorato Agricoltura e Foreste
Viale Regione Siciliana
I-90100 Palermo

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Official Journal of the European Union

13.3.2007

Date of adoption of the decision

13.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 165/06

Member State

Region

Spain

Madrid

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Exceptional aid to compensate holdings hit by drought in 2005 for loss of
income

Legal basis

Orden de la Consejería de Economía e Innovación Tecnológica por el que se
establecen ayudas extraordinarias para compensar las perdidas de renta en las
explotaciones agrarias por la sequía en la Comunidad de Madrid y se realiza la
correspondiente convocatoria

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

To compensate for production losses due to the drought in 2005

Flat-rate payments

EUR 2 000 000

Maximum EUR 60 per hectare and EUR 4 500 per holding

2006

Agriculture

Dirección General de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
Consejería de Economía e Innovación Tecnológica
Comunidad de Madrid
Calle Ronda de Atocha 17, 6a planta
E-28012 Madrid

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

22.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 182/06

Member State

Region

Spain

Murcia

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Régimen de ayuda para la realización de programas de colaboración para

mejora y fomento de las producciones ganaderas y de la sanidad animal

Legal basis

Orden de la Consejería de Agricultura y Agua, por la que se establecen las bases
reguladoras y la convocatoria para el año 2006 de las líneas de ayudas para la
realización de programas de colaboración para la mejora y fomento de las
producciones ganaderas y de la sanidad

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Integration of technological progress and implementation of health requirements
in the animal production sector

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Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Aid to combat epizootic diseases, aid for technical assistance and aid for the
livestock sector

EUR 1 200 000 — EUR 200 000 per year

Variable, on average between 70% and 100% of eligible costs

2006-11

Agriculture

Dirección General de Ganadería y Pesca
Consejería de Agricultura y Agua
Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia
Plaza Juan XXIII, s/n
E-30008 Murcia

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Date of adoption of the decision

6.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 203/06

Member State

Region

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Extension to the Farm Nutrient Management Scheme (Northern Ireland)

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Article 16 of the Agriculture and Fisheries (Financial Assistance) (NI) Order
1987 — S.I. 1987/166 (NI 1).
Action Programme
(Northern Ireland) (should come into operation in late 2006)

to Control Agricultural Nitrogen and Phosphorous

Scheme

Investment

Grant

GBP 150 million (EUR 224 million)

60 %

Until 31.12.2008

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Dondonald House
Belfast BT4 3 SB

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Official Journal of the European Union

13.3.2007

Date of adoption of the decision

21.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 224/06

Member State

Region

Italy

Sicilia

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Interventi per la qualificazione del settore vitivinicolo (articolo 4, paragrafo 1,
lettera a) della legge regionale n. 19 del 22 dicembre 2005)

Legal basis

Legge 22 dicembre 2005, n. 19: Misure finanziarie urgenti e variazioni al
bilancio della Regione per l'esercizio finanziario 2005

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Agri-environmental measures

Premiums

EUR 50 000 000

EUR 420 per hectare per year

Until resources have been used up (expected after five years)

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Sicilia
Via Regione Siciliana
I-2675 Palermo

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

2.2.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 247/05

Member State

Region

Austria

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Aid for forestry measures

Legal basis

Sonderrichtlinie für die Förderung forstlicher Maßnahmen aus Bundesmitteln

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Development of the forest sector

Subsidy and interest subsidy

Estimated annual budget ca EUR 3 Mio

Variable

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Duration

Unlimited

Economic sectors

Forestry (ÖNACE code AA 02.01-01)

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft
Marxergasse 2
A-1030 Wien
www.lebensministerium.at

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Date of adoption of the decision

13.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 327/06

Member State

Region

Italy

Umbria

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Piano per la prevenzione delle EST negli ovini

Legal basis

Decreto Ministero della Salute 17 dicembre 2004
Legge 27 dicembre 2002, n. 289
Deliberazione n. 602 della Giunta regionale, del 12 aprile 2006.

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

TSE tests — animal diseases

Grants

EUR 112 096,43

From 40 to 100 %

Until the end of payments

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Umbria
Direzione regionale Agricoltura e foreste, aree protette, valorizzazione dei
sistemi naturalistici e paesaggistici, beni e attività culturali, sport e spettacolo

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