Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

C 255/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.10.2007

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2007/C 255/04)

Date of adoption of the decision

30.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 21/07

Member State

Region

Spain

Murcia

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Ayudas para paliar los daños producidos en los cultivos de olivar y viñedos en

los municipios de Jumilla y Yecla por las heladas de enero de 2006

Legal basis

Orden de 11 de octubre de 2006 de la Consejería de Agricultura

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

To compensate losses due to adverse weather conditions

Direct grant

EUR 1 800 000

100 % maximum

Ad hoc

Agriculture

the granting

Consejería de Agricultura y Agua

Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia

Other information

—

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

20.8.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 62/07

Member State

Region

Spain

Galicia

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Ayudas para la reparación de daños causados en el sector agrario por las inunda-

ciones acaecidas en octubre y noviembre de 2006

Legal basis

Ordenes de noviembre de 2006 y diciembre de 2006, por las que se dictan
disposiciones para
los Decretos
no 180/2006 y 227/2006, de medidas urgentes de ayuda para la reparación de
los daños causados por las inundaciones en los meses de octubre y noviembre

el desarrollo en el

sector agrario de

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

To compensate losses resulting from an exceptional occurrence

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Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

Direct grant

EUR 900 000

100 % maximum

Ad hoc

Agriculture

the granting

Consejería del Medio Rural

Xunta de Galicia

Other information

—

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

25.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 83/07

Member State

Region

Spain

Murcia

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Programas de colaboración para la formación y transferencia tecnológica del
sector agroalimentario y del medio rural

Legal basis

Orden de 19 de diciembre de 2006, de la Consejería de Agricultura y Agua, por
la que se establecen las bases reguladoras y la convocatoria para el año 2007 de
las líneas de ayuda para programas de colaboración para la formación y transfer-
encia tecnológica del sector agroalimentario y del medio rural

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

—

Direct grant

EUR 961 695

100 %-75 %

2007

Agriculture

the granting

Consejería de Agricultura y de Agua

Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia

Other information

—

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27.10.2007

Date of adoption of the decision

19.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 143/07

Member State

Region

Italy

Marche

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Interventi di soccorso nelle zone agricole danneggiate da calamità naturali
(piogge alluvionali dal 16 al 26 settembre 2006 nella provincia di Ancona)

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 100 %

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

19.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 164/07

Member State

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Ireland

—

Scheme of
2007-2013

Investment Aid for

the Development of

the Potato Sector

Legal basis

National Development Plan 2007-2013

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Support for investments in equipment and facilities for the production, storage
and marketing of potatoes other than starch potatoes

Form of aid

Direct grant

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Budget

Intensity

Duration

EUR 8 million

40 %

50 % for young farmers

Date of Commission letter until 31.12.2013

Economic sectors

NACE code

A001 — Agriculture, hunting and related service activities

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Department of Agriculture and Food
Agriculture House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland

Other information

—

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

19.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 193/07

Member State

Region

Spain

Galicia

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Ayudas al sector forestal — Fomento de las frondosas caducifolias

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

Orden de la Conselleria do Medio Rural de la Xunta de Galicia por la que se
establecen las bases y se convocan para el año 2007 las ayudas para el fomento
de las frondosas caducifolias

Aid scheme

—

Direct grant

EUR 9 000 000

70 % maximum

2007-2012

Agriculture

the granting

Consejería del Medio Rural

Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia

Other information

—

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found at:

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C 255/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.10.2007

Date of adoption of the decision

27.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 204/07

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

England

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

The English Woodland Grants Scheme 2005 — Woodland Regeneration Grant

Legal basis

The Forestry Act 1979

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Promoting the ecological, protective and recreational functions of forests

Grant

GBP 10 million (EUR 14,8 million)

Up to 45 %

Date of Commission approval until 31 December 2012

Economic sectors

Forestry and logging

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Forestry Commission England
Great Eastern House
Tenison Road
Cambridge CB1 2DU
United Kingdom

Other information

—

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

8.8.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 219/07

Member State

Region

Ireland

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Conservation of Plant and Animal Genetic Resources Scheme

Legal basis

Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/94 on the conservation, characterization,
collection and utilization of genetic resources in agriculture. Funding is provided
for annually in the National Budgetary Estimates process

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Conservation of genetic resources

Direct grant

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Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Total budget of EUR 1,05 million

—

2007-2013

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Department of Agriculture and Food
Maynooth Business Campus
Maynooth
Co. Kildare
Ireland

Other information

—

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

20.8.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 271/07

Member State

Region

France

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Aides en faveur de la recherche et du développement dans les filières grandes

cultures

Legal basis

L 611.1 et L 621.1 et suivants du Code Rural

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Aid for basic research

Direct grant

Annual expenditure: EUR 6 million

Overall amount: EUR 42 million

80 % on average, and 100 % in exceptional cases

2007-2013

Economic sectors

Agriculture — arable crops (cereals-rice, oilseeds-fats of vegetable origin, protein
plants — dried vegetables, dried fodder, textile plants and silkworms, sugar)

Name and address of
authority

the granting

ONIGC
12, rue Rol-Tanguy
F-93555 Montreuil sous Bois Cedex

Other information

Undertaking by France to communicate to the Commission information on aid
allocated in the annual reports on State aid

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C 255/30

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Official Journal of the European Union

27.10.2007

Date of adoption of the decision

20.8.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 273/07

Member State

Region

Spain

Andalucía

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Ayudas para la lucha contra la mosca mediterránea de la fruta y contra los

insectos vectores de los virus de los cultivos hortícolas

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

Orden por la que se modifica la Orden de 13 de marzo de 2006, por la que se
declara la existencia oficial de las plagas que se citan, se establecen las medidas
de control y las ayudas para su ejecución

Aid scheme

—

Allocation

EUR 31 884 750

75 %-50 %

2007-2011

Agriculture

the granting

Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca

Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía

Other information

—

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found at:

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