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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 136/16)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: France

Aid No: N 52/2005

Title: Aid for the recultivation of woodlands — Creuse General Council.

Objective: Amendments to the approved scheme for promoting recultivation of woodlands damaged during the storms of December 1999.

Budget: EUR 9 600 per year.

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum of 100 %.

Duration: Four years (2004-07).

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Finland.

No of the aid: N 284/2004.

Title: National LFA aid scheme.

Objective: The aid consists of a nationally financed compensatory allowance (hereinafter: national LFA payment), which can be paid in mainland Finland and in Åland to farmers who have an ongoing five-year commitment concerning a co-financed compensatory allowance (hereinafter: co-financed LFA payment) and who give a separate commitment concerning the co-financed LFA payment. The national LFA payment is paid as a supplement to the co-financed LFA payment.

The basic payment would be 20 EUR/ha in support areas A, B and C1 and 25 EUR/ha in support areas C2-C4, and would be paid for all arable area eligible for the co-financed compensatory allowance pursuant to Commission Decision C(2000) 1640 (mainland Finland) C(2000)2937 (Åland).

In addition to the basic payment, arable area eligible for co-financed compensatory allowance situated in animal husbandry farms would be eligible for an additional payment of 80 EUR/ha.

The average combined LFA payment, consisting of the co-financed LFA payment and the notified national LFA payment, would never exceed EUR 250/ha on the national level.

Legal basis: A government decree (not yet issued).

Budget: 120,4 Mio EUR/year.

Aid intensity or amount: See above under ‘Objective’.

Duration: Unlimited.

Other information: In case there are changes, compared to the system in force in the programming period 2000-2006, in the conditions of the co-financed compensatory allowance, to be applied after 2007 on the basis of the new rural development programme, Finland undertakes to notify to the Commission corresponding changes also for the part of the additional national compensatory allowance.

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 384/2003 budget increase.

Title: Amendments to aid No N 384/2003.

Objective: Increase in the aid budget.

Legal basis: Decreto ministeriale del 22.6.2004, n. 182

Budget: The anticipated budget increase is EUR 50 million.

Aid intensity or amount: As described in the letter to the Member State.

Duration: 10 years.

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

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