Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2007-04-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

C 89/30

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Official Journal of the European Union

24.4.2007

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2007/C 89/09)

Date of adoption of the decision

22.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 379/05 and N 211/06

Member State

Spain

Region

All (N 379/05) and Andalucía (N 211/06)

Title (and/or name of
ciary)

the benefi-

Urgent measures to compensate damage caused to the farm sector by drought and
other adverse weather conditions

Legal basis

‘Real Decreto Ley 10/2005, de 20 de junio, por el que se adoptan medidas
urgentes para paliar los daños producidos en el sector agrario por la sequía y otras
adversidades climáticas’, y ‘Orden de 9 de septiembre de 2005, de la Consejería de
Agricultura y Pesca por la que se establecen normas para la aplicación de las
medidas para paliar los daños producidos en el sector agrario por la sequía, en el
desarrollo de las normas que citan’

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

To compensate for production losses due to the drought in 2005

Tax relief and reductions of social security contributions, preferential credit lines,
exemption from water charge for 2005

Aid N 379/05: EUR 750 million (EUR 68,8 million grant-equivalent).
Aid N 211/06: EUR 15 million

Maximum 100 % of losses incurred

Duration (period)

Linked to the loan periods

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
Paseo Infanta Isabel 1
E-28014 Madrid

Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca
Junta de Andalucía
C/ Tabladilla, s/n
E-41071 Sevilla

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

22.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 71/06

Member State

Italy

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/31

Region

Emilia-Romagna

Title (and/or name of
ciary)

the benefi-

Piano operativo regionale per l'attuazione di interventi finalizzati alla prevenzione
ed al sostegno del settore ovino colpito da encefalopatie spongiformi trasmissibili
— TSE (scrapie ovina).

Legal basis

Legge 27 dicembre 2002, n. 289 (Disposizioni per la formazione del bilancio
annuale e pluriannuale dello Stato — Legge finanziaria 2003), art. 68, comma 4.
Deliberazione n. 1786 della Giunta regionale del 7 novembre 2005

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Investments in agricultural holdings; animal diseases

Grants

EUR 580 036,87

Variable amounts or a rate from 40 % to 60 %

Until the end of 2011

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Regione Emilia-Romagna
Direzione generale Agricoltura
Servizio Produzioni animali

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

5.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 161/06

Member State

Region

Title (and/or name of
ciary)

Legal basis

Latvia

—

the benefi-

‘Atbalsts kartupeļu gaišās gredzenpuves ierobežošanai un apakarošanai’

— Ministru kabineta 2006. gada 3.

janvāra noteikumi Nr. 21 ‘Noteikumi par
valsts atbalstu lauksaimniecībai 2006. gadā un tā piešķiršanas kārtība’(Publi-
cēts: Latvijas Vēstnesis Nr. 14; 24.01.2005.)

— Lauksaimniecības un lauku attīstības likums (24.04.2004.) (Publicēts: Latvijas

Vēstnesis Nr. 64; 23.04.2004.)

— Ministru kabineta 2005. gada 26. jūlija noteikumi Nr. 569 ‘Kartupeļu gaišās

gredzenpuves apakarošanas un izplatības ierobežošanas kārtība’

— Ministru kabineta 2003. gada 12. augusta noteikumi Nr. 446 ‘Kartupeļu

sēklaudzēšanas un sēklas kartupeļu tirdzniecības noteikumi’

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

To combat and to eradicate the potato ring rot

Aid for combating plant diseases

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Official Journal of the European Union

24.4.2007

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Overall budget: LVL 2 529 000

50 %-100 %

till the end of 2008

Economic sectors

Agricultural sector

Name and address of the granting
authority

Lauku atbalsta dienests
Republikas laukums 2
LV-1981, Rīga

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

14.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 164/06

Member State

Region

Title (and/or name of
ciary)

Legal basis

Spain

—

the benefi-

Ayudas a las organizaciones interprofesionales del sector alimentario

Real Decreto 1225/2005, de 13 de octubre, por el que se establecen las bases
reguladoras par la concesión de las subvenciones a las organizaciones interprofe-
sionales agroalimentarias.
Proyecto de Orden de 2007 por la que hace pública, para el ejercicio 2007, la
convocatoria de ayudas destinadas a las organizaciones interprofesionales agroali-
mentarias.

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Development of technical assistance activities and promotion by interbranch orga-
nisations.

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of the granting
authority

EUR 2 500 000 in 2007

Variable

2007-2013

Agriculture

Secretario General de Agricultura y Alimentación
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
Paseo Infanta Isabel, 1
E-28071 Madrid

Other information

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/33

Date of adoption of the decision

22.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 260/06

Member State

Region

Spain

Cantabria

(and/or name of

Title
receiving aid)

company

Compensatory aid for damaged caused by drought in the farming sector in
Cantabria in 2005

Legal basis

Proyecto de Orden de la Consejería de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca por la que se
establecen las base reguladoras y la convocatoria para 2006, de las ayudas por
pérdidas en la agricultura ocasionadas por la sequía en Cantabria en 2005

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Aid to compensate farmers for losses caused by adverse weather conditions

Direct grant

EUR 9 507 872

Variable

1 year

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Consejería de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca del Gobierno de Cantabria
C/ Gutiérrez Solana, s/n.
E-39011 Santander (Cantabria)

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

5.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 313/06

Member State

Czech Republic

Region

Královéhradecký Region

Title (and/or name of
ciary)

the benefi-

Závazná pravidla Královéhradeckého kraje pro poskytování finančních příspěvků
na hospodaření v lesích a způsobu kontroly jejich využití

Legal basis

Zákon č. 289/1995 Sb., o lesích a o změně a doplnění některých zákonů § 46,
odst. 1–5 a § 47 odst. 5
Závazná pravidla Královehradeckého kraje pro poskytování finančních příspěvků
na hospodaření v lesích a způsobu kontroly jejich využití

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Aid in the forestry sector

Direct grant

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24.4.2007

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Total: CZK 155 000 000 (approximately EUR 5 721 390)

Up to 100 %

1.1.2007-31.12.2013

Economic sectors

Agriculture (Forestry)

Name and address of the granting
authority

Královéhradecký kraj
Česká republika

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

14.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 436/06

Member State

Region

Title (and/or name of
ciary)

Legal basis

Lithuania

—

the benefi-

Pagalba biodyzelino gamybos plėtojimui

Lietuvos Respublikos biokuro ir bioalyvų įstatymas (Žin., 2000, Nr. 64-1940;
2004, Nr. 28-870)
Biokuro gamybos ir naudojimo skatinimo 2004-2010 metais programa, patvir-
tinta Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės 2004 m. rugpjūčio 26 d. nutarimu Nr.
1056 (Žin., 2004 Nr. 133-4786)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

To promote the use of environmentally friendly fuels

Direct grant

Overall budget: LTL 118 290 000

up to 100 %

six years after Commission approval

Economic sectors

Agricultural sector

Name and address of the granting
authority

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

Other information

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24.4.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/35

Date of adoption of the decision

22.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 36/07

Member State

Region

Title (and/or name of
ciary)

Spain

—

the benefi-

Ayudas para la renovación del parque nacional de tractores

Legal basis

Proyecto de Real Decreto

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Improve technical farming resources

Direct grant

EUR 8 000 000 per year

Variable

Until the end of 2009

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
Paseo Infanta Isabel, 1
E-28071 Madrid

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

14.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 53/07

Member State

Italy

Region

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Title (and/or name of
ciary)

the benefi-

Interventi nelle zone agricole colpite da calamità naturali (venti impetuosi del 29
giugno 2006 nella provincia di Pordenone)

Legal basis

Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Adverse weather conditions

Grants

See Aid No NN 54/A/04

Up to 100 %

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Official Journal of the European Union

24.4.2007

Duration

Until the final payment is made.

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Other information

—

—

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Date of adoption of the decision

14.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 54/07

Member State

Region

Italy

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Title (and/or name of
ciary)

the benefi-

Interventi nelle zone agricole danneggiate (siccità dal 7 giugno 2006 al 3 agosto
2006)

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

Direct grant

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

Up to 80 %

Until the final payment is made

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting
authority

Ministero delle Politiche agricole, alimentari 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)

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