Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2008-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, horticulture, natural disaster, tax relief

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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

(2008/C 169/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

4.12.2007

Reference number of the aid

NN 89/05

Member State

Spain

Region

Title

Legal basis

Provincia de Guadalajara

Ayudas destinadas a compensar a las explotaciones agrarias y ganaderas las
pérdidas causadas por los graves incendios forestales (Provincia de Guadalajara)

Real Decreto-Ley no 11/2005, de 22 de julio

Real Decreto no 949/2005, de 29 de julio

Orden APA/2860/2005, de 15 de septiembre

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Compensation for agricultural production losses due to fires

Form of aid

Direct grant, interest subsidy, tax advantages

Budget

EUR 1 million

Budget of EUR 20 million for interest subsidies

Intensity

Duration

Up to 100 % of the cost of the damage

Until the final payment is made

Economic sectors

Agriculture (livestock and beekeeping sector)

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Entidad Estatal de Seguros Agrarios
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
C/ Miguel Ángel 25, 5a Planta
E-28010 Madrid

Other information

The tax advantages do not constitute State aid under the terms of the Commis-
sion notice on the application of the State aid rules to measures relating to
direct business taxation (OJ C 384, 10.12.1998, p. 3)

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

4.12.2007

Reference number of the aid

NN 32/07

Member State

Region

Hungary

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Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

EM-Bioetanol Kft-nek nyújtott támogatás a fejlesztési adókedvezmény program
keretében

Legal basis

— Magyar Köztársaság 2006. évi költségvetéséről szóló 2005. évi CLIII.

Törvény

— 1996. évi LXXXI. törvény a társasági adóról és az osztalékadóról (22/B.§;

23.§)

— 275/2003. (XII.24.) Kormány rendelet a fejlesztési adókedvezményről

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Investment aid for the construction of a bioethanol production facility in Kaba

Tax allowance

HUF 4 844 164 000

27,3 % of eligible costs

From 20.12.2006 to 1.3.2008

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Pénzügyminisztérium
József nádor tér 2-4
H-1051 Budapest

Other information

(In particular, commitments by the Member State and/or obligation to provide
the Commission with a report on implementation)

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/

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Date of adoption of the decision

5.12.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 396/07

Member State

Region

Netherlands

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Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Groene energiebelasting, verlaging voor de glastuinbouwsector

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Artikel 36i van de Wet belasting op Milieu grondslag, Besluit Glastuinbouw

Tax reduction with countermeasure, environmental protection

The objective of the green tax on energy has been the reduction of the use of
energy and the promotion of energy efficiency (including the reduction of
CO2 emissions). The reduction of this tax for the glasshouse horticulture sector
is linked to a countermeasure which obliges this sector to reduce the use of
energy (through investments and research). This countermeasure has proven to
be effective to realize a reduction of the energy use by horticulturists. The
measure therefore does not interfere with the goal of the tax measure and does
not go beneath the level set in the Energy Taxation Directive (2003/96/EC)

Tax reduction

Estimated maximum revenue losses due to the tax the exemption:

2008: EUR 161 million

2009: EUR 164 million

2010: EUR 166 million

Sliding scale dependent on energy use, trenches: 91 %, 84 %, 50 % and 0 %

2008-2010

Economic sectors

Glasshouse horticulture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerie van LNV
Postbus 20401
2500 EK Den Haag
Nederland

Other information

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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/