# C_2013084EN.01005501.xml

| 22.3.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 84/55 |
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22.3.2013

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 84/55

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Summary information communicated by Member States on State aid granted in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2008 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of fisheries products

2013/C 84/06

Aid No: SA.34931 (12/XF)

Member State: Spain

Region/authority granting the aid: Rioja

Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving ad hoc aid: Fomento de la acuicultura y de la transformación y comercialización de los productos de la pesca y la acuicultura.

This aid scheme replaces the aid scheme registered under Aid No SA.32722 (2011/XF).

Legal basis: Orden no 5/2012, de 20 de marzo, de la Consejería de Industria, Innovación y Empleo, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras de concesión de subvenciones por la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja destinadas al fomento de la acuicultura y de la transformación y comercialización de los productos de la pesca y la acuicultura, en régimen de concesión directa (Boletín Oficial de La Rioja número 35, de 21 de marzo de 2012).

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or amount of ad hoc aid granted: EUR 0.55 million

Maximum aid intensity: 40%

Date of entry into force:

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award (not later than 30 June 2014); indicate:

| | X if it is a scheme: the date until which aid may be granted: 30.6.2014 |
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X if it is a scheme: the date until which aid may be granted: 30.6.2014

| | in the case of ad hoc aid: the expected date of the last instalment to be paid. |
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in the case of ad hoc aid: the expected date of the last instalment to be paid.

Objective of aid: Promoting aquaculture and the processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products.

Indicate which of Article(s) 8 to 24 is used: Articles 11 and 16.

Activity concerned: Aquaculture and the processing and wholesale marketing of fishery and aquaculture products.

Name and address of the granting authority:

| Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja (ADER) |
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| Muro de la Mata, 13-14 |
| 26071 Logroño (La Rioja, Spain) |

Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja (ADER)

Muro de la Mata, 13-14

26071 Logroño (La Rioja, Spain)

Website where the full text of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under which ad hoc aid is granted outside of an aid scheme can be found: http://www2.larioja.org/pls/dad_user/G04.texto_integro?p_cdi_accn=18-353374

Motivation: Indicate why a State aid scheme has been established instead of assistance under the European Fisheries Fund: The subsidies provided for by Order No 5 of 20 March 2012 form part of the operational programme for the Spanish fisheries sector for the period 2007-2013, co-financed by the European Fisheries Fund.

However, the financial contributions made by the Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja are expected to exceed those in the operational programme. We therefore take the view that Article 7(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund applies and, consequently, Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty also apply.

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