Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2008-04-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2008/C 94/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

15.10.2007

Reference number of the aid

NN 117/02 ex N 268/01

Member State

Region

The Netherlands

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Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Tijdelijke compensatie voor de kosten als gevolg van de verplichte BSE-test voor
runderen

Legal basis

Artikel 73 van de Veewet en artikel 26a van de Vleeskeuringswet en de Regeling
tarieven voor de inspectie van vlees en vleesproducten 1993

Type of measure

Temporary compensation for the costs of testing on TSE

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Prevention of TSE, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2777/2000, Decision
2000/773/EC, Decision 2000/674/EC and Decision 2001/8/EC. Temporary
digressive contribution to the costs of the testing on TSE in 2001 (100 % to
30 %) And compensation for the sampling of carcasses of fallen stock in and
after 2001. In 2002 the costs for the testing of bovines on BSE was no longer
compensated

Compensation off the testing costs

2001: approximately EUR 31 million

2002 and onwards: maximum EUR 3,2 million per year

1 January 2001-31 March 2001: 100 %, 1 April 2001-31 December 2001:
approximately 30 %

2002 and onwards: 100 % for the sampling of carcases and transport of the
samples

Duration

BSE testing: 1 January 2001-31 December 2001

Sampling of carcases and transport of the samples: 2002 and onwards

Economic sectors

Agriculture — Bovine sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerie van LNV
Postbus 20401
2500 EK Den Haag
Nederland

Other information

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found at:

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

Date of adoption of the decision

16.11.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 18/07

Member State

Region

The Netherlands

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Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Wijziging van steunmaatregel N 429/03, aanpassing van de heffing van het
productschap pluimvee en eieren ten behoeve van het veeziektenfonds, pluimvee
sector

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Wet op de bedrijfsorganisaties (artikel 126),
Instellingsbesluit Productschap
Pluimvee en Eieren (artikelen 6 en 8), Verordening bestemmingsheffingen
veeziektenfonds (PPE) 2006, Verordening tot wijziging van de verordening
bestemmingsheffingen veeziektenfonds (PPE) 2006 (2006-I)

Aid scheme, adjustment of a parafiscal levy approved under N 429/03, N 528/02
and N 700/2000 for the prevention and eradication of animal diseases

This aid measure changes the approved measures for the prevention and eradica-
tion of poultry diseases in accordance with a request from the poultry sector to
change the basis of the levy for the research and development and the animal
health care fund to obtain a more equal division of the levy throughout the
poultry sector

Parafiscal levy, aid for the prevention and eradication of animal diseases

EUR 18 million. The maximum budget depends on the true made costs for
prevention and eradication of animal diseases in the poultry sector. The
parafiscal levy entails a maximum to be able to finance the necessary measures;
the true expenditure and thus the levy that is enforced can be lower

Maximum 100 %

The adjustment is applicable for the period 2007-2010. The duration of the aid
schemes notified under N 429/03, N 528/02 and N 700/2000 remains the
same

Economic sectors

Agriculture, poultry and egg sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Productschap voor Pluimvee en Eieren
Postbus 4600
2700 AL Zoetermeer
Nederland

Other information

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

15.10.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 162/07

Member State

Region

Ireland

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Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Forest Management Scheme

Legal basis

National Development Plan 2007-2013

Ireland's National Rural Development Strategy 2007-2013

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Aid to the forest sector

Direct grants

Total budget of EUR 44,68 million

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Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

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31.12.2013

Forestry

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

10.10.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 338/07

Member State

Region

United Kingdom

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Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board — Quality Products

Legal basis

Sections 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 96 and 97 of the Natural Environment &
Rural Communities Act 2006

(Proposal) The [Levy Board UK] Order 2007

Part I, section 5 (2)(a) of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

Chapter 35, Part I, section 4 of
Act 1990

the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland)

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Encouraging the development of quality products

Provision of services on preferential terms

GBP 132 million (EUR 195,4 million)

Up to 100 %

1 April 2008 until 31 March 2014

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Levy Board UK
c/o Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Area 5C
Millbank
c/o Nobel House
London SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

19.12.2007

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

N 428/07

Lithuania

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Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Valstybės pagalba gamintojų kooperacijai plėtoti

Legal basis

— Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ir kaimo plėtros įstatymas, 2002 m.

birželio 25 d. Nr. IX – 987 (Žin., 2002, Nr. 72-3009)

— Lietuvos Respublikos kooperatinių bendrovių (kooperatyvų)

įstatymas,
1993 m. birželio 1 d. Nr. I-164 (Žin., 1993, Nr. 20-488; 2002, Nr. 57-
2296; 2004, Nr. 78-2709; 2007, Nr 64-2458)

Type of measure

Start-up aid for producer groups

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Sectoral development

Direct grant

Total budget: LTL 22 000 000

60 % of eligible costs

From the date of Commission approval until 30 June 2013

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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