Publication - FOI/EIR release

Scottish Goose Management Scheme, state aid application information: EIR release

Published: 26 September 2017
Directorate: Economic Development Directorate
Topic: Economy, Public sector

Information request and response under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

FOI reference: FOI/17/01898
Date received: 18 August 2017
Date responded: 14 September 2017

Information requested

You asked for a copy of the Full State Aid application submitted to Brussels by the Glasgow State Aid Unit plus all the advice and information provided by the State Aid Unit and Scottish Natural Heritage for the recent State Aid application for the Scottish Goose Management Scheme for internationally protected geese.

Response

As the information you have requested is 'environmental information' for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.

I enclose the information you requested.

Title	Attachment	File Type	Size
Cost Calculations	Annex A	Excel	216KB
Payment Rates	Annex B	Excel	16KB
Financial Guidelines	Annex C	PDF	134KB
Grant Information	Annex D	PDF	71KB
EU Guidelines for State Aid	Annex E	PDF	420KB
Agri-environmental Climate Commitment	Annex F	PDF	278KB
Scheme Requirement	Annex G	PDF	216KB
Response to Commission Queries	Annex H	PDF	302KB
Scheme Outlines	Annex I	PDF	420KB
Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967	Annex J	PDF	1.1MB

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