Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2007-03-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, State aid, control of State aid

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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 67/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

14.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 702/06

Member State

Region

Italy

Puglia

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Interventi nelle zone
dell'11 maggio 2006 — provincia di Bari)

agricole

colpite da

calamità naturali

(grandinate

Legal basis

Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

To compensate for damage to agricultural production as a result of bad weather

Direct grant

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

Up to 80 % of the cost of the damage to agricultural production

Until the final payment is made

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali
Via XX Settembre, 20
I-00187 Roma

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)

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

28.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 711/06

Member State

Region

Italy

Campania

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Interventi nelle zone
del 21 aprile 2006 — provincia di Napoli)

agricole

colpite da

calamità naturali

(grandinate

Legal basis

Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

To compensate for damage to agricultural production as a result of bad weather

Direct grant

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

Up to 80 % of the cost of the damage to agricultural production

Until the final payment is made

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali
Via XX Settembre, 20
I-00187 Roma

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)

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision

13.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 716/06

Member State

Region

Italy

Campania

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Interventi nelle zone agricole danneggiate (tromba d'aria del 27 novembre 2005
nella provincia di Napoli)

Legal basis

Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

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

Until the final payment is made

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Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali
Via XX settembre, 20
I-00187 Roma

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)

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

29.1.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 717/06

Member State

Region

Italy

Emilia-Romagna

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Interventi nelle zone agricole colpite da calamità naturali
del 3 agosto 2006 nella regione d'Emilia Romagna, provincia di Ferrara)

(tromba d'aria

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Individual aid

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

Direct grant

EUR 8 871 265

Up to 100 % of the cost of the damage

Measure implementing an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali
Via XX Settembre, 20
I-00187 Roma

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)

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

19.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 718/06

Member State

Region

Italy

Toscana

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Interventi nelle zone agricole colpite da calamità naturali (eccessi di neve del
28-29 dicembre 2005 — provincia di Pisa)

Legal basis

Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

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Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

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

Direct grant

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

Up to 10 % of the cost of the damage to farm structures

Until the final payment is made

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali
Via XX Settembre, 20
I-00187 Roma

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)

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision

29.1.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 723/06

Member State

Region

Greece

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Κρατικές ενισχύσεις για την αντιστάθμιση των ζημιών από τις πυρκαγιές

Legal basis

Σχέδιο διϋπουργικής απόφασης

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

To compensate for losses resulting from fires

Subsidies

EUR 30 000 000

Up to 100 %

A maximum of four years from the date of adoption of the draft joint minis-
terial decision

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων μέσω ΕΛΓΑ/Ypourgeio Agrotikis
Anaptyxis kai Trofimon messo ELGA
Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων: Αχαρνών 2 — Αθήνα/Ypourgeio
Agrotikis Anaptyxis kai Trofimon: 2, Acharnon — Athens
ΕΛΓΑ: Μεσογείων 45 — Αθήνα/ ELGA: 45, Mesogion — Athens

Other information

—

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23.3.2007

Date of adoption of the decision

22.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 724/06

Member State

Region

Estonia

Lääne-Eesti

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) AS Saaremaa Liha- ja Piimatööstuse juustuvadaku reostuse ennetamine

Legal basis

Keskonnatasude seadus, Riigi Teataja I 2005, 67, 512
Keskonnaministri 17. veebruari 2006. a määrus nr 13 ‘Keskonnakaitse valdkon-
dade rahastamiseks esitatud projektitaotluste hindamise tingimused ja kord,
taotluste hindamise kriteeriumid, otuse tegemise kord,
lepingu täitmise üle
kontrolli teostamise kord ning aruandluse kord.’ RTL 2006, 61, 1100
SA Keskonnainvesteeringute Keskus ‘Keskonnaprojektide finantseerimise kord’

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Reduction of pollution from cheese whey

Investment aid

Overall budget: EEK 4 792 000

47,98 %

Single payment

Economic sectors

Agricultural sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

SA Keskonnainvesteeringute Keskus
Rävala pst. 8
EE-10143 Tallinn

Other information

—

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

29.1.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 725/06

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Italy

Piemonte

Contratto di programma a favore del ‘Consorzio per la tutela dell'Asti’ per inves-
timenti in pubblicità

Legge 23.12.1996, n. 662, articolo 2, commi 203 e seguenti
Decreto 12.11.2003 del ministro delle Attività produttive
Delibera del CIPE n. 164/2005 del 2.12.2005
Art. 8 D.L. n. 262 del 3.10.2006

Ad hoc aid

Advertising

Grants

EUR 39 700 000

33 % (possibility of an increase to 40 %)

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Duration

Until the end of 2009

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

Other information

Ministero dello Sviluppo economico
Via Molise, 2
I-00187 Roma

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

13.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 739/06

Member State

Region

Slovakia

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Pomoc na odstránenie
výnimočnými javmi

škody spôsobenej prírodnými katastrofami alebo

Legal basis

§ zákona č. 473/2003 Z. z. o Pôdohospodárskej platobnej agentúre, o podpore
podnikania v pôdohospodárstve a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov
— Výnos MP SR č. 806/2004-100 o podrobnostiach o poskytovaní podpory
lesného hospodárstva,

v oblasti poľnohospodárstva, potravinárstva
§ 10 Podpora na úhradu škôd

a

— Výnos MP SR č. 2545/2006-100 ktorým sa dopĺňa výnos MP SR
č. 806/2004-100 o podrobnostiach o poskytovaní podpory v oblasti
poľnohospodárstva, potravinárstva a lesného hospodárstva, v znení výnosu
Ministerstva pôdohospodárstva Slovenskej republiky č. 1467/2006-100

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Compensation for damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occur-
rences

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Intensity

Duration

SKK 200 000 000

—

31.12.2006

Economic sectors

—

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Sociálna poisťovňa so sídlom v Bratislave, pobočka Dunajská Streda

Other information

—

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Official Journal of the European Union

23.3.2007

Date of adoption of the decision

2.2.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 754/06

Member State

Region

Federal Republic of Germany

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Bund e.V.

Legal basis

Zuwendungsbescheid für die Durchführung eines Modell- und Demonstrations-
vorhabens im Bereich der biologischen Vielfalt: „Einsatz verschiedener, gefährd-
eter Rinderrassen in extensiven Beweidungssystemen des Feuchtgrünlandes unter
den Rahmenbedingungen der Agrarreform und einer innovativen, nachhaltigen
Wirtschaftsweise im Biosphärenreservat Flusslandschaft Elbe“

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

To improve and convert production
To increase quality
To conserve and improve the natural environment
To reintroduce old cattle breeds

Subsidy

EUR 174 573

Variable

4 years

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

BLE, Projektträger Agrarforschung
D-53168 Bonn

Other information

—

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found at:

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