EN Official Journal of the European Union C 132/22

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 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 of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

(2008/C 132/06)

Aid No: XA 334/07

Member State: Denmark

Region: —

Title of the scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Konsulentrådgivning fra Landscentret, Fjerkræ.

Støttemodtager er Dansk Landbrugsrådgivning, Landscentret

Legal basis: Lov om administration af Det Europæiske Fællesskabs forordninger om markedsordninger for landbrugsvarer m.v. (Bemyndigelsesloven), jf. lovbekendtgørelse nr. 297 af 28. april 2004

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: DKK 2 862 000 in 2007-2008

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: Until 30.9.2008

Objectives of aid: The aim of the project is to provide impartial and highly qualified general technical advice. It is also designed to maintain a high level of skill in the production of eggs for human consumption, hatching eggs and broilers and knowledge about poultry buildings, equipment and environmental matters.

The final beneficiaries are poultry farmers. The project concerns only small and medium-sized enterprises.

The scheme comes under Article 15(2)(c). It concerns expenditure on consultancy services

Economic sectors concerned: Poultry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Fjerkræafgiftsfonden Axeltorv 3 DK-1609 København V

Internet address: www.fa-fonden.dk

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 341/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Občina Radlje ob Dravi

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Dodeljevanje državnih pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Radlje ob Dravi

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Radlje ob Dravi za programsko obdobje 2007–2013

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company:

2007: EUR 31 309,79

2008: EUR 31 967,30

2009: EUR 32 638,61

2010: EUR 33 324,02

2011: EUR 34 023,82

2012: EUR 34 738,32

2013: EUR 35 467,82

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas,

— up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas,

— up to 60 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas and up to 50 % of eligible costs in other areas, where the investment is made by young farmers within five years of setting up.

The purpose of the aid is to invest in the restoration of farm features, to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural production, to invest in permanent crops and in farmland improvement and pasture management.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— up to 100 % of actual costs as regards investment in non-productive features,

— up to 75 % of actual costs as regards investment in productive assets on farms in less-favoured areas, or 60 % in other areas,

— additional aid may be granted at a rate of up to 100 % to cover the extra costs incurred by using traditional materials necessary to maintain the heritage features of buildings.

3. Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest:

— up to 100 % of the actual costs, where relocation simply consists of the dismantling, removal and re-erection of existing facilities,

— where the relocation results in the farmer benefiting from more modern facilities, the farmer must contribute at least 60 %, or 50 % in less-favoured areas, of the increase in the value of the facilities concerned after relocation. If the beneficiary is a young farmer, this contribution shall be at least 55 % or 45 % respectively,

— where the relocation results in an increase in production capacity, the contribution from the beneficiary must be at least 60 %, or 50 % in less-favoured areas, of the expenses relating to this increase. If the beneficiary is a young farmer, this contribution shall be at least 55 % or 45 % respectively.

4. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— the amount of municipal co-financing is the difference between the amount of co-financing of insurance premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of the eligible costs of an insurance premium for insuring crops and fruit and for insuring livestock against disease.

5. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of actual legal and administrative costs incurred.

6. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

— up to 100 % of actual costs incurred; this is to be provided in the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers.

7. Provision of technical support:

— up to 100 % of costs concerning education and training, consultancy services provided by third parties, the organisation of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publications and websites and replacement services. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: November 2007 (No aid will be allocated until the summary is published on the European Commission's website)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31.12.2013

Objective of the aid: Principal objective: to support agricultural and rural development:

To support SMEs

Reference to Articles of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting aid for preserving and developing agriculture and rural areas in the municipality of Radlje ob Dravi for the programming period 2007-2013 includes measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following Articles of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings,

Article 6: Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest,

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products,

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Občina Radlje ob Dravi Mariborska cesta 7 SLO-2360 Radlje ob Dravi

Web address: http://www.medobcinski.si/index.php?action=showIzdaja&year=2007&izdajaID=422

No 472, page 905

Other information: The measure concerning the payment of insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit includes the following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by lightning, storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 relating to the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Aid No: XA 343/07

Member State: France

Region: Département des Bouches-du-Rhône

Title of aid scheme: Aide à l'assainissement des exploitations agricoles touchées par le feu bactérien grâce à la mise à disposition de main d'œuvre par l'intermédiaire du groupement d'employeurs REAGIR

Legal basis:

— Article 10 du règlement (CE) no 1857/2006 du 15 décembre 2006

— Délibérations du Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône en date des 28 septembre et 24 octobre 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Overall budget of EUR 500 000 maximum with a payment in two instalments to the group of employers: 50 % on the signature of the agreement, with the remainder being paid on production of the balance sheet of the operation

Maximum aid intensity: The General Council's aid will take the form of partially defraying the costs for the provision of labour to clean up the infected orchards.

The provision of labour will be calculated in relation the surface area to be treated, on the basis of at most two rounds of cutting the infected branches and, depending on the season, burning them.

A limit of 3 000 hours, corresponding to a maximum aid amount of EUR 44 700 per agricultural holding, will be imposed.

The Department will pay a maximum of 65 % of the financing needed to cover the costs of labour, i.e. a maximum of EUR 29 055 per agricultural holding, with the remaining 35 %, i.e. EUR 15 645 to be paid by the owners of the holding

Date of implementation: On receipt of an acknowledgement of receipt from the Commission

Duration of the aid scheme: Autumn-winter 2007-2008

Objective and type of aid: To enable the small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises of the Bouches-du-Rhône which reported fire blight to the State, to clean up their pome fruit orchards.

Particularly favourable climate conditions have meant that since spring 2007 there has been an exceptional spread of fire blight, which is an incurable disease that causes the brutal withering of all or part of the vegetation affected. Depending on the intensity of the outbreak, from 1 to 10 rounds of cutting and waste-elimination a year may be needed during the period for combating the disease.

Of the 120 farmers who reported the disease to the State, via the Regional Plant Protection Service (Service Régional de Protection des Végétaux), 25 have requested aid for cleaning up their orchards, representing a total surface area of 418 ha to be cleaned up. The clean up should be done before the trees shed their leaves. This ad hoc aid will be provided as soon as the clean-up operations have been carried out.

As the capped aid is awarded in the form of subsidised services, not paid directly to the producers, the application of the measure is based on Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 concerning ‘aid in respect of animal and plant diseases and pest infestations’

Sectors concerned: The agricultural holdings of the Bouches-du-Rhône department with pome fruit orchards (pear trees and apple trees)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil général Direction de l'Agriculture et du Tourisme Hôtel du Département 52, avenue de Saint-Just F-13256 — Marseille Cedex 20

Internet address: http://www.cg13.fr

Aid No: XA 345/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Daños producidos en las producciones e infraestructura del sector agrario por las inundaciones acaecidas en la isla de El Hierro los días 26, 27 y 28 de enero de 2007

Legal basis: Orden de la Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación, de 29 de octubre de 2007, por la que se convocan las ayudas por los daños producidos en las producciones e infraestructura del sector agrario, previstas en el Decreto territorial no 34/2007, de 13 de febrero, de ayudas, subvenciones y medidas de carácter excepcional para reparar los daños producidos por las inundaciones acaecidas en la isla de El Hierro los días 26, 27 y 28 de enero de 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1 801 077,84

Maximum aid intensity: Generally, up to 90 % of the damage caused by the floods. However, in the case of marketing aid intended to remedy flood damage to facilities for processing or marketing agricultural products, the amount of aid must comply with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 of 15 December 2006 on de minimis support

Date of implementation: Following publication of the aforementioned Order of 29.10.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31.12.2008

Objective of aid: Aid for losses due to adverse climatic events. Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The following costs are eligible under the aid scheme:

damage to agricultural production,

damage to livestock production,

compensation for damage to structures and means of production on agricultural holdings, livestock holdings and apiaries that is not covered by insurance,

animal deaths not covered by insurance.

Aid for agricultural and livestock production is conditional on the beneficiaries having suffered losses exceeding 30 % of their production, and on such holdings having valid policies which are covered by the combined agricultural insurance plan for 2007. Production the relevant insurance contract period for which had not begun on the date of the incident will also be admitted, provided that the aforementioned insurance had been taken out in the previous marketing year. So too will production not included in the combined agricultural insurance plan, unless guaranteed by another form of insurance.

As regards damage to facilities, the aid will determined on the basis of the cost approved by the Directorate-General for Agriculture, based on the maximum-cost modules established to that end.

As regards aid intended to remedy the flood damage to infrastructure for agricultural processing and marketing, the beneficiaries must also meet the requirements in Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006, including the requirement that the total de minimis aid received by any undertaking should not exceed EUR 200 000 over any period of three fiscal years

Sector(s) concerned: All those eligible for aid under the Regulation

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación Gobierno de Canarias C/ José Manuel Guimerá no 10 — 3a planta E-38071 Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Internet address: http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agricultura/otros/ayudas/inundacionHierro.htm

Other information: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2 November 2007.

Ildefonso Socorro QUEVEDO

Director-General for EU-Related Economic Affairs

Aid No: XA 376/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Pesnica

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Dodelitev državnih pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Pesnica

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči, pomoči de minimis in izvajanju drugih ukrepov razvoja podeželja v občini Pesnica

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company:

2007: EUR 70 000

2008: EUR 70 000

2009: EUR 70 000

2010: EUR 75 000

2011: EUR 75 000

2012: EUR 75 000

2013: EUR 80 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in farms for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas and up to 40 % of eligible costs for investment in other areas.

The purpose of the aid is to invest in the restoration of farm features, to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural production, to invest in permanent crops and in farmland improvement and pasture management.

2. For conserving traditional buildings:

— for investment in productive assets on farms up to 75 % of the eligible costs in less-favoured areas or 60 % in other areas, provided it does not entail an increase in the production capacity of the farm,

— up to 100 % of eligible costs for investment for the purposes of conserving non-productive heritage located on farms (sites of archaeological or historical interest),

— additional aid at a rate of up to 100 % to cover the extra costs incurred by using traditional materials necessary to maintain the heritage features of buildings.

3. Payment of insurance premiums:

— the amount of municipal support is the difference between the amount of co-financing of insurance premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of eligible costs of insurance premiums for insuring crops and fruit and insuring livestock against disease.

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of actual legal and administrative costs incurred.

5. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

— up to 100 % of costs incurred in the form of subsidised services; this must not involve direct payments of money.

6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 100 % of the costs concerning the education and training of farmers, consultancy services, the organisation of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publications, catalogues and websites. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: December 2007 (The aid will not be granted until a summary has been published on the European Commission's website)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31.12.2013

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting State aid and de minimis aid and on implementing other rural development measures in the municipality of Pesnica for the programming period 2007-2013 includes measures constituting State aid under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3-22):

Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings,

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products,

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Pesnica Pesnica pri Mariboru 39a SLO-2211 Pesnica pri Mariboru

Internet address: http://www.izit.si/muv/index.php?action=showIzdaja&year=2007&izdajaID=427

No 582, page 1147

Other information: The measure concerning the payment of insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit includes the following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by lightning, storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 concerning the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Venčeslav SENEKOVIČ

Mayor of the municipality of Pesnica