The aid of ITL 10 billion (EUR 5164569) that the region of Sicily plans to grant in the citrus fruit sector under Article 5 of Regional Law No 22/1999 is compatible with the common market.
Implementation of the aid scheme is accordingly authorised.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Brussels, 15 October 2003.
For the Commission
Franz Fischler
Member of the Commission
(1) Letter SG(2001) D/260216.
(2) OJ C 315, 9.11.2001, p. 12.
(3) The national citrus cultivation plan authorised by the Commission in aid cases N 560/99 (letter SG(2000) D/103679 of 16 May 2000) and N 313/2001 (Decision C(2003) 369 final of 5 February 2003, notified to the Italian authorities by letter SG(2003) D/228423 of 7 February 2003).
(4) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1.
(5) OJ C 28, 1.2.2000, p. 2. Corrected version in OJ C 232, 12.8.2000, p. 17.
(6) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(7) OJ L 74, 15.3.2002, p. 1.