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Document 52008XC0315(03)
State aid — Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007-2013 — Acceptance by Member States of the proposal for appropriate measures made by the Commission in accordance with Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty (Pursuant to Article 26(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty )
State aid — Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007-2013 — Acceptance by Member States of the proposal for appropriate measures made by the Commission in accordance with Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty (Pursuant to Article 26(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty )
State aid — Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007-2013 — Acceptance by Member States of the proposal for appropriate measures made by the Commission in accordance with Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty (Pursuant to Article 26(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty )
OJ C 70, 15.3.2008, p. 11–12
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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15.3.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 70/11 |
State aid — Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007-2013 — Acceptance by Member States of the proposal for appropriate measures made by the Commission in accordance with Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty
(Pursuant to Article 26(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty (1) )
(2008/C 70/06)
In accordance with point 196 of the Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007 to 2013 (2), Member States must amend their amend their existing aid schemes to conform with the guidelines by 31 December 2007 at the latest, except for existing aid schemes for investments in connection with processing and marketing of agricultural products, that have to be eliminated by 31 December 2008 at the latest, and for investments concerning land purchase in agricultural holdings, that have to be amended to conform with the guidelines by 31 December 2009.
Point 197 of the guidelines states that Member States are invited to confirm that they accept the proposals for appropriate measures in writing by 28 February 2007 at the latest.
Member States were reminded of the need to accept the above-mentioned appropriate measures in a letter from the Commission of 29 January 2007.
The following Member States have given their explicit and unconditional agreement to the proposed appropriate measures in writing:
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Member State |
Date of Agreement |
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Belgium |
29 January 2007 |
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Czech Republic |
27 February 2007 |
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Denmark |
27 February 2007 |
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Germany |
25 April 2007 |
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Estonia |
28 February 2007 |
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Ireland |
21 February 2007 |
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Greece |
27 February 2007 |
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Spain |
27 February 2007 |
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France |
13 February 2007 |
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Italy |
13 March 2007 |
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Cyprus |
18 April 2007 |
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Latvia |
20 February 2007 |
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Lithuania |
22 March 2007 |
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Luxembourg |
23 April 2007 |
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Hungary |
7 February 2007 |
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Malta |
16 February 2007 |
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Netherlands |
27 February 2007 |
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Austria |
1 March 2007 |
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Poland |
26 February 2007 |
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Portugal |
22 March 2007 |
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Slovenia |
26 February 2007 |
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Slovakia |
26 February 2007 |
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Finland |
21 February 2007 |
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Sweden |
13 February 2007 |
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United Kingdom |
16 February 2007 |
Pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999, the Commission hereby takes note of the unconditional and explicit agreement of the above-mentioned Member States to the appropriate measures which it has proposed.
(2) OJ C 319, 27.12.2006, p. 1.