EN Official Journal of the European Union C 262/11

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 Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

2010/C 262/07

Aid No: XA 146/10

Member State: France

Region: Bourgogne

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aide régionale jeune agriculteur HCF (hors cadre familial)

Legal basis: Code général des collectivités territoriales, notamment son article L 1511-2

Circulaire DGFAR/SDEA/C2008-5002 (16.1.2008)

Délibération du Conseil régional de Bourgogne.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 700 000

Maximum aid intensity: Aid of EUR 3 375 to EUR 13 500 per farmer

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the identification number of the exemption request on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 2013

Objective of aid: This aid scheme falls under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006.

The objective of the aid is to encourage and support farmers setting up outside the family framework; in order to be eligible for aid, farmers must:

be less than 40 years of age and be setting up for the first time on an agricultural holding as head of the holding,

possess adequate occupational skills and competence in accordance with European rules,

submit a business plan for the development of their farming activities,

provide proof of registration with the mutualité sociale agricole (MSA).

The aid is paid directly to the farmer.

The aid differs from that which could be granted under scheme XA 25/07 (programme pour l’installation et le développement des initiatives locales PIDIL).

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil régional de Bourgogne Direction de l’agriculture et du développement rural 17 boulevard de la Trémouille BP 23502 21035 Dijon Cedex FRANCE

Website: http://www.cr-bourgogne.fr/doc/gda/2010-06/RT_9301_CPER_1_aide_regionale_jeune_agriculteur.doc

Other information: The proposed scheme will make it possible to continue scheme XA 28/09 with an annual budget which is more adapted to the needs of young farmers in the Bourgogne region.

Aid No: XA 147/10

Member State: France

Region: Bourgogne

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Conseils aux agriculteurs

Legal basis: Code général des collectivités territoriales, notamment son article L 1511-2

Délibération du Conseil régional de Bourgogne.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 80 % of eligible expenditure (costs for engineering, documentation, communication) relating to consultancy services concerning:

energy, agricultural waste, integrated production, optimisation of production within the framework of a regional project,

agricultural equipment,

diversification of activities,

collective action to improve production methods (health and hygiene, genetics, reduction of inputs).

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the identification number of the exemption request on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 2013

Objective of aid: This aid scheme falls under Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006.

The consultancy services are temporary and do not relate to the normal functioning of the farm.

This aid scheme will make it possible to finance the specific costs of these various measures undertaken by collective agricultural structures. In accordance with Article 15(3) and (4) of the agricultural exemption Regulation, no aid will be paid to farmers and anyone eligible will be able to have access to the measures undertaken by the collective structures without having to be a member of those structures.

Sector(s) concerned: The agricultural production sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil régional de Bourgogne Direction de l’agriculture et du développement rural 17 boulevard de la Trémouille BP 23502 21035 Dijon Cedex FRANCE

Website:

http://www.cr-bourgogne.fr/doc/gda/2010-06/RT_7101_AA_2_conseils_aux_agriculteurs.doc

http://www.cr-bourgogne.fr/doc/gda/2010-06/RT_9301_AA_3_conseils_aux_agriculteurs_en_agroequipement.doc

http://www.cr-bourgogne.fr/doc/gda/2010-06/RT_9301_AA_4_conseils_aux_agriculteurs_en_diversification.doc

http://www.cr-bourgogne.fr/doc/gda/2010-06/RT_9302_CPER_4_conseils_aux_agriculteurs_modes_production.doc

Other information: The proposed scheme will make it possible to continue scheme XA 32/09 with an annual budget which is more adapted to the needs of farmers in the Bourgogne region.