EN Official Journal of the European Union C 262/20

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 262/10

Aid No: XA 192/09

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Schleswig-Holstein

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Entschädigung für Legehennen in Beständen mit Salmonellen-Befund

Legal basis:

1. Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of 17 November 2003 (OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1)

2. Verordnung zum Schutz gegen bestimmte Salmonelleninfektionen beim Haushuhn (Hühner-Salmonellen-Verordnung) vom 6. April 2009 (BGBl. I S. 752)

3. Leitlinien zum Schutz schleswig-holsteinischer Legehennenbestände vor dem Eintrag und der Verbreitung von Salmonellen der Typen S. enteritidis und S. typhimurium

4. Richtlinien für die Gewährung von Beihilfen zur Bekämpfung von Salmonellen in Legehennenbeständen (Legehennen-Salmonellen-Beihilfe-Richtlinien)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 130 000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Date of implementation: The aid will be granted from the time of publication on the Internet of the summary information on the aid scheme

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2009

Objective of aid: Salmonellosis is listed in the Annex to Council Decision 2009/470/EC.

The exemption is based on Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and is therefore compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty.

The purpose of the measure is to compensate for half of the market value of animals which have been killed owing to officially identified salmonella infections pursuant to the guidelines

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

The owners of laying hens eligible for aid are small and medium-sized agricultural holdings within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume Schleswig-Holstein Mercatorstrasse 3 24106 Kiel DEUTSCHLAND

Website: http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/UmweltLandwirtschaft/DE/LandFischRaum/11_ZPLR/PDF/Beihilfe_Salmonellen,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf

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Birgitt FAIK

Aid No: XA 204/09

Member State: Italy

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Premio sotto forma di contributo all’imprenditoria giovanile per la partecipazione a forum per lo scambio di conoscenze tra imprese, a concorsi, mostre e fiere

Legal basis: Legge 15 dicembre 1998 n. 441 recante «Norme per la diffusione e la valorizzazione dell’imprenditoria giovanile in agricoltura».

Legge 27 dicembre 2006, n. 296 (legge finanziaria 2007), articolo 1, comma 1068 e comma 1074.

D.M. n. 15141 del 30 giugno 2009

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 400 000

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum amount of aid per eligible item will be EUR 40 000

Date of implementation: The scheme will take effect on the date of publication of the registration number of the request for exemption on the website of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid will be granted until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: The individual measures may be regarded as provision of technical support in the agricultural sector, as provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali Dipartimento delle politiche di sviluppo economico e rurale Via XX Settembre 20 00187 Roma RM ITALIA

Website: http://www.politicheagricole.it/

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