Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2009-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, farming sector, natural disaster, pesticide, pharmaceutical industry, plant health product








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22.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 198/1





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
2009/C 198/01






Date of adoption of the decision


10.12.2008




Reference number of State Aid


N 74/08




Member State


The Netherlands




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Fonds kleine toepassingen gewasbeschermingsmiddelen




Legal basis


Artikelen 2 en 4 van de Kaderwet LNV-subsidies van het Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit, artikel U.21, instrument nummer 12.21 van de Begrotingswet, document nummer 31 200 XIV, Rechtvaardiging van het budget (XIV) voor het jaar 2008, Reglement Fonds voor kleine toepassingen versie 3.3, Heffingsverordening HPA Fonds Teeltaangelegenheden 2008, Verordening PT vakheffing bloembollen oogstjaar 2007, verordening PT vakheffing boomkwekerij producten 2008, Verordening PT heffing teelt groenten en fruit




Type of measure


Technical aid




Objective


The support is given to compensate the costs for the research and registration of plant protection products or the exemption of the use of a biological herbicides (further: PPP's) for the use of PPP's in small cultivations for which the PPP's would otherwise not be registered and thus would not be available on the market




Form of aid


—




Budget


EUR 600 000 per year




Intensity


100 % of the eligible costs




Duration (period)


2008-2013




Economic sectors


Agriculture




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality




Postbus 20401




2500 EK Den Haag




NETHERLAND (and the different product boards)








Other information


—




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/index.htm






Date of adoption of the decision


28.2.2008




Reference number of State Aid


N 738/07




Member State


Austria




Region


Niederösterreich




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Finanzhilfe wegen Katastrophenschäden




Legal basis


Richtlinien für die Gewährung von Beihilfen zur Behebung von Katastrophenschäden des Landes Niederösterreich




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Compensation for damage due to natural disasters in 2007




Form of aid


Subsidy




Budget


Estimated annual budget ca EUR 70 000, as communicated in case N 564a/04




Intensity


20 %, in particularly severe cases 50 %, of the eligible damage




Duration (period)


One-off




Economic sectors


Annex I




Name and address of the granting authority







Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung




Gruppe Land- und Forstwirtschaft—Abteilung Landwirtschaftsförderung




Landhausplatz 1




3109 St. Pölten




ÖSTERREICH








Other information


—




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/