EN Official Journal of the European Union C 156/9

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

2009/C 156/07

Aid No: XA 82/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Intercitrus

Legal basis: Propuesta de Resolución del expediente acogido a la linea «Promoción Agroalimentaria de los cítricos»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 250 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registration number of the exemption request is published on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December 2009

Objective of the aid: Participation in fairs; organisation of forums to share knowledge between businesses; information campaigns to promote oranges and clementines, so as to increase their consumption by promoting their nutritional qualities and the associated health benefits, without making any reference to enterprises, trademarks or origin; promotion campaigns in schools, targeting school children; review and analysis of scientific information with a view to submitting proposals for inclusion in the lists that are being compiled pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods; improvement in knowledge of market developments. The eligible activities correspond to those provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: SMEs in the agri-food sector in the Comunitat Valenciana

Name and address of granting authority:

Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación C/Amadeo de Saboya, 2 46010 Valencia ESPAÑA

Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/INTERCITRUS%202009.pdf

Other information: —

Director-General for Marketing Marta VALSANGIACOMO GIL

Aid No: XA 96/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Consejo Regulador IGP Cítricos Valencianos

Legal basis: Ayuda individual nominativa: Presupuestos de la Generalitat 2009

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 604 750,00

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registration number of the exemption request is published on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until December 2009

Objective of aid: Participating in and organising shows, competitions, fairs and knowledge-sharing forums between enterprises. (Eligible expenditure includes: rental of the space, stand or area for the presentations; participation fees; related travel and publication costs). Publications such as catalogues or websites presenting factual information about producers from a given region or producers of a given product, provided the information and presentation is neutral and that all producers concerned have equal opportunities to be represented in the publication. Factual information on the generic product, its nutritional benefits and recommendations for use, which can include the product’s origin, provided that the references to the origin correspond exactly to those references which have been registered by the European Community (Article 15(2)(e) last indent).

Activities laid down in Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006

Sector(s) concerned: Agri-food SMEs in the Autonomous Community of Valencia

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación C/Amadeo de Saboya, 2 46010 Valencia ESPAÑA

Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/Consejo_Regulador_IGP_CITRICOS_VALENCIANOS.pdf

Other information: —

Director-General for Marketing Marta VALSANGIACOMO GIL

Aid No: XA 99/09

Member State: France

Region: département de la Haute-Garonne

Title of aid scheme: Indemnisation des pertes entraînées par la fièvre catarrhale ovine (FCO) en Haute-Garonne: réduction des surcoûts de mise en «quarantaine» des jeunes bovins en surplus sur les exploitations

Legal basis: Articles L 1511-2 et L 1511-5 du Code général des collectivités territoriales

Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006.

Arrêté du 15 décembre 2008 modifiant l'arrêté du 1er avril 2008 définissant les zones réglementées relatives à la fièvre catarrhale du mouton,

Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field.

Délibération du Conseil général de la Haute-Garonne du 28 janvier 2009

Annual expenditure planned under the aid scheme: EUR 1 million

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

This aid would be granted for animals which:

were born on the farm between 1 January 2008 and 1 June 2008 and registered in Haute-Garonne,

were present on the farm after 22 August 2008,

have been vaccinated against bluetongue disease serotypes 1 and 8,

were placed on the market before 1 March 2009.

The aid is intended to cover additional costs arising from holding young cattle in quarantine, subject to a limit of 100 % of the additional costs arising and of EUR 105 per animal.

The minimum costs arising from quarantine are estimated at EUR 161,44 for a holding period of 62 days (leaving with negative virology) and EUR 201,72 for a holding period of 81 days:

— feed: EUR 1,70/day,

— litter and veterinary care: EUR 0,42/day,

— cash deferral: EUR 30/animal.

Cost for 62 days:

= (1,7 + 0,42) × 62 + 30 = EUR 161,44

Cost for 81 days:

= (1,7 + 0,42) × 81 + 30 = EUR 201,72

In the former case, at least EUR 56,44 will be met by the farmer.

In the latter case, at least EUR 96,72 will be met by the farmer.

Date of implementation: as from 27 March 2009, the date of publication of the identification number of the request for exemption on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of the aid scheme: until the end of 2009

Objective of the aid: As the Department of Haute-Garonne became:

a restricted zone for bluetongue serotype 8 on 20 June 2008,

and then for bluetongue serotypes 1 and 8 on 22 August 2008,

farmers in the Department had to keep young cattle on the farm for the time it took the animals to build up immunity to the disease, whereas cattle-rearing practice in Haute-Garonne is to sell lean animals (aged five months on average) for export.

The aid from the Conseil général de la Haute-Garonne is intended to offset part of the additional costs entailed by quarantining the animals.

In line with the national bluetongue control programme, and to supplement the various measures adopted to monitor this disease, the aid will make it possible, as an exceptional measure, for farmers to bear the additional costs entailed by quarantining their young male and female cattle; quarantining involved the holding of animals from 20 June 2008 and then from 22 August 2008 and was justified by the time necessary to carry out vaccinations and for the animals to build up immunity so that they could be exported.

All the eligibility criteria for young cattle and their cumulative nature ensure that the aid is targeted exclusively at the animals actually concerned by the quarantining requirement.

Sector concerned: beef and veal

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil général de la Haute-Garonne 1 boulevard de la Marquette 31090 Toulouse Cedex FRANCE

Website address: http://www.cg31.fr/upload/pdf_dadre_fco/aide_au_maintien_quarantaine_bovins.pdf