The aid should be set at a level that ensure a fair standard of living for silkworm rearers.

The maximum level of aid shall be converted using the exchange rate which gave rise to that amount.

The maximum level of aid allowed, taking all forms of aid into account, is fixed at 26 % net grant equivalent of the investment fn or ECU 10 000 per job created fn.

Reduce levels of direct and indirect state aid and ensure that restructuring conforms to the competition and State aid acquis so as to create efficient and competitive firms.

whereas it is desirable to safeguard a certain level of production in those regions by the grant of special aid;

The concept of production costs must be understood as being net of any aid but inclusive of a normal level of profit.

The ceiling on aid should apply to all applications at the level fixed by Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.

This level is similar to that which SMEs situated in Article 92 (3) (c) regions may obtain in the form of regional aid.

To that end, it is necessary in any event to limit the aid available to existing firms to the levels applied to new firms.

The main purpose of this Directive is to guarantee an adequate level of legal aid in cross-border disputes by laying down certain minimum common standards relating to legal aid in such disputes.

This policy has been maintained despite a degree of 'decoupling' between the level of grants and agricultural production or the level of use of the means of agricultural production (only the breakdown of the various types of support (aid in the form of export subsidies, intervention aid and direct aid) has been changed),

In view of the current situation on the butter market and the level of sales under that Regulation, the aid amount must be reduced.

The aid for 2004/2005 must therefore be adjusted accordingly in relation to the level set in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

new capacity may enter the fleet, with or without public aid, within the limits of the specific reference levels indicated in Article 1,

5 % of all farmers submitting livestock aid applications under the bovine aid schemes, except where the computerised database does not offer the level of assurance and implementation necessary for the proper management of the aid schemes involved, in which case the percentage shall be increased to 10%.

It should be stipulated that, in order to prevent the systematic recovery of advances, such payments should not exceed the minimum level of aid.

Whereas the said Article 12(5) provides that account is to be taken, when calculating aid, of income at the level of the recognized producer groups;

Aid may though be useful where it serves as an incentive to achieve levels of protection which are higher than those required by Community standards.

In the case of an orchard where different types of nuts are grown and when the aid is differentiated in function of the products, the eligibility conditions and/or the level of the aid specific to the nut type which is predominant shall apply.

amending Regulation (EEC) No 790/89 fixing the level of additional flat-rate aid for the formation of producers' organizations and the maximum amount applied to aid for quality and marketing improvement in the nut-and locust bean-growing sector

The aid for short flax fibre and hemp fibre should be fixed at a level that will give new products and their potential outlets the time to reach equilibrium.

The maximum level of the aid shall be converted into national currency using the average exchange rate for the year in which the appreciable revaluation occurred.

Council Regulation (EEC) No 790/89 of 20 March 1989 fixing the level of additional flat-rate aid for the formation of producers' organizations and the maximum amount applied to aid for quality and marketing improvement in the nut-and locust bean-growing sector

Where significant irregularities are found, the level of the on-the-spot checks should be increased during the current and the following year in order to attain an acceptable level of assurance that the aid applications concerned are correct.

To ensure uniform application of the aid scheme concerned, the method for establishing the potential alcoholic strength of musts should be harmonised at Community level.

(4) Since the aid for tomatoes is published in the January preceding the marketing year concerned, transitional measures should also be laid down for examining compliance with the threshold for the purposes of fixing the level of aid for the 2007/08 marketing year.

Whereas specific rules adapted to the type of aid are required to offset the effects of major currency revaluations on the level of certain direct aids in national currency;

The determination of significant irregularities should require an increase in the level of the on-the-spot checks during the current and the following year to reach an acceptable level of assurance of the correctness of the aid applications concerned.

Whereas, in order to permit effective verification of the right to aid, in view of the different levels of aid provided for artificially dried fodder and sun-dried fodder, it is essential that processing undertakings manufacture and stock the different products in separate premises;

The timing and the minimum content of on-the-spot checks of farmers applying for livestock aid should be specified in order to ensure a harmonised control level in all Member States.

Whereas, in view of the lower level of aid henceforth applicable, the amount of the penalty to be imposed if the deadline for incorporation in final products is exceeded should be reduced;

Council Regulation (EEC) No 832/92 of 30 March 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 790/89 fixing the level of additional flat-rate aid for the formation of producers' organizations and the maximum amount applied to aid for quality and marketing improvement in the nut- and locust bean-growing sector

The Tampere European Council on 15 and 16 October 1999 called on the Council to establish minimum standards ensuring an adequate level of legal aid in cross-border cases throughout the Union.

1. Support shall be granted annually in the form of a flat rate aid and on a degressive basis, in equal instalments. Member States shall modulate the level of payment per standard with regard to the level of obligations resulting from the application of the standard. Payment shall be fixed at a level which prevents overcompensation. Costs related to investments shall not be taken into account when determining the level of annual support.

Setting up a simplified aid scheme for farmers receiving small amounts can contribute to reducing the administrative burden at the level of farmers, national administrations and the Commission.

whereas, however, in order to contribute to stabilising the market prices around the basic price which represents the desired market support level aid for private storage should be provided for;

The list of products, the level of the aid referred to in paragraph 1 and the detailed rules for applying this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 23(2).

Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 790/89 of 20 March 1989 fixing the level of additional flat-rate aid for the formation of producers' organizations and the maximum amount applied to aid for quality and marketing improvement in the nut-and locust bean-growing sector (4) provides for the maximum amount of aid per hectare and per year to be higher for grubbing operations followed by replanting and/or varietal conversion than for other work and for the maximum amounts of the aid for grubbing operations to be increased;

That security shall be reduced to the level provided for under the said first or second indent as soon as entitlement to aid is established and shall be totally released on the payment of the balance.

The Member States may in particular introduce procedures by which data contained in the computerised database may be used for the purpose of the aid application provided that the computerised database offers the level of assurance and implementation necessary for the proper management of the aid schemes involved.

Where persons enjoying temporary protection are engaged in employed or self-employed activities, account shall be taken, when fixing the proposed level of aid, of their ability to meet their own needs.

If the aid is to be granted towards an improvement on standards, what are the standards applicable, and in what way does the measure allow an appreciably higher level of environmental protection to be achieved?

The list of products, the level of the aid referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the detailed rules for applying this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21(2).

Whereas experience has shown that when Member States communicate to the Commission the definitive data on the quantity of dried fodder qualifying for aid, one or more Member States may communicate erroneous figures and wish to correct them subsequently, whereas this may have an impact on the level of aid calculated by Commission staff;

(5) It is necessary to establish rules to assess whether Member States who grant renewal aid after 1 January 2003 comply with the obligation to reduce their reference level of 1 January 2003 by 3 % on 1 January 2005.

Some forms of aid certainly do satisfy these tests, particularly where they make it possible to achieve a high level of environmental protection while avoiding any conflict with the principle of the internalisation of costs.

- to separate the management of the railway infrastructure from the provision of railway transport services, at least at the accounting level; aid paid to one of these two areas of activity may not be transferred to the other.

(a) where a Member State applies for Community aid under Article 83(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the level of the area payment per products and/or the modified national guaranteed area (hereinafter referred to as "NGA");

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 790/89 of 20 March 1989 fixing the level of additional flat-rate aid for the formation of producers' organizations and the maximum amount applied to aid for quality and marketing improvement in the nut-and locust bean-growing sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 832/92 (4), and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Where no standards exist, eligible costs consist of the investment costs necessary to achieve a higher level of environmental protection than that which the firm or firms in question would achieve in the absence of any environmental aid.