EN Official Journal of the European Union C 213/9

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 213/06

Aid No: XA 302/08

Member State: France

Region: Département de la Drôme

Title of aid scheme: Aides à la reconstitution du patrimoine nucicole, complément au dispositif d’indemnisation du Fonds national de garantie contre les calamités agricoles (FNGCA) pour les dommages causés aux exploitations agricoles nucicoles en 2007 et 2008 par les calamités.

Legal basis: Article 11 du règlement (CE) no 1857/2006 du 15 décembre 2006

Articles L.361-1 et suivants du Code rural,

Articles D.361-1 et suivants du Code rural,

Arrêtés du ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche des 21 novembre 2007 et 25 janvier 2008, de reconnaissance au titre des calamités agricoles des dommages subis en 2007 dans la Drôme,

Règlement 9E1 «Aide à la reconstitution du patrimoine nucicole» adopté par l’assemblée départementale le 16 juin 2008.

Prise en compte ultérieure des dégâts des 28 et 29 mai 2008 dès parution de l’arrêté correspondant (demande de reconnaissance en cours d'examen).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Exceptional amount of EUR 50 000 for 2008

Maximum aid intensity: The rate applicable to uprooted trees varies between 25 % and 35 % (depending on the insurance policy taken out by the farmer). A rate of 90 % is applied to straightening and/or cutting-back.

The total compensation involving all cumulated aid must not exceed the maximum rate of public aid, which is 90 % of the amount of the losses in the case of mountain areas

Date of implementation: From 1 September 2008 onwards, subject to publication of the registration number of the exemption request on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Compensation for the losses incurred on 28 and 29 May 2008 will not be taken into account until after the corresponding decree has been published (the application for recognition is under consideration)

Duration of scheme: Until the end of 2008

Objective of the aid: Within the limits of the appropriations available, the Department wishes to provide aid to growers of walnut trees damaged by the following exceptional climatic events: the violent storms of 8 July and 2 August 2007, the mini-tornado of 17 and 18 September 2007, and the gale-force winds of the night of 3 to 4 February 2008, which had a significant adverse effect on production in the municipalities of La Charce, Hostun, Eymeux and Jaillans (situated in mountain areas), declared by official decrees to be agricultural disasters (or natural disasters).

Lastly, the storms of 28 and 29 May 2008 aggravated the situation of certain growers, which became critical, in areas from Bourdeaux to St Nazaire en Royans and a sector in the Anneyron region. The General Council can therefore extend the aid to cover the latter episode, subject to recognition of this disaster by ministerial decree and by the FNGCA. A further deliberation and additional appropriations will therefore be needed.

The rules for calculating the allowances will be more extensive than those adopted for aid from the FNGCA (scheme XA 209/08) by the departmental committee set up to assess the lost income from walnut trees, but will comply with the requirement that the damage to crops is at least 30 %, and that the rate of public aid must not exceed 90 % of the amount of admissible losses in the case of mountain areas, in accordance with the Community Regulation. On the other hand, the national limits to aid from the Fund, such as the lower limit of the amount that can be subsidised and the upper limits to aid from it will not apply.

The proposed aid scheme will supplement the flat-rate allowances already received from the FNGCA by certain growers, within the limits allowed by Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006

Sector(s) concerned: All farms engaged in walnut production in the ‘less-favoured’ areas where the event was recognised as a disaster in 2007 and 2008

Name and address of the granting authority:

Le Département de la Drôme Hôtel du Département Service Agriculture 26 Avenue du Président Herriot 26026 Valence Cedex 9 FRANCE

Website: http://www.ladrome.fr/fr/les-services/agriculture-et-environnement/agriculture/reglements-et-subventions/index.html

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 176/09

Member State: Hungary

Region: Entire country

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: A Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt. kedvezményes díjú készfizető kezességvállalása az 1857/2006/EK bizottsági rendelettel összhangban nyújtott hitelekhez

Legal basis:

— a kezességvállaló intézmény által csoportmentességi rendelet alapján vállalt kedvezményes díjú készfizető kezesség szabályairól szóló …/2009. (…) FVM rendelet

— 1857/2006/EK bizottsági rendelet.

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

Segment % share Annual guarantees under agri. block exemption, HUF million 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009-2013 2.b. 20 800 1 600 2 600 3 400 4 000 12 400 3.b. 30 1 200 2 400 3 900 5 100 6 000 18 600 4.b. 50 2 000 4 000 6 500 8 500 10 000 31 000 Total 100 4 000 8 000 13 000 17 000 20 000 62 000 Guarantee EUR million 16 32 52 68 80 248 HUF/EUR exch. rate 250 250 250 250 250 250





Segment Av. credit HUF million annual No of guarantees under agri. block exemption, units 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009-2013 2.b. 50 16 32 52 68 80 248 3.b. 100 12 24 39 51 60 186 4.b. 500 4 8 13 17 20 62 Total 32 64 104 136 160 496





Segment Av. aid equiv. EUR Annual aid equivalent of guarantees under agri. block exemption, EUR 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009-2013 2.b. 456 7 296 14 592 23 712 31 008 36 480 113 088 3.b. 10 000 120 000 240 000 390 000 510 000 600 000 1 860 000 4.b. 96 000 384 000 768 000 1 248 000 1 632 000 1 920 000 5 952 000 Total 511 296 1 022 592 1 661 712 2 173 008 2 556 480 7 925 088

Maximum aid intensity: Pursuant to Articles 4 and 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Guarantee may be granted to credits that comply with the objectives of the provisions in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. In the current programme commercial banks give guaranteed credits, without state resources, under market interest terms, without State aid (e.g. interest rate subsidy), so there is no aid included in the loan. Therefore the aid equivalent in the given measure is found only in the reduced fee guarantee of Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt.

Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt. examines and checks in every case whether the aid objective to which the credit has been granted complies with the requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt. verifies the maximum aid intensity depending on the item and the maximum amount of aid

Date of implementation: The aid programme shall be implemented after the summary information on the programme has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The guarantee agreement under the programme may be concluded up to 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt. provides a guarantee according to Articles 4 and 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 in the framework of the guarantee programme for credits granted on the basis of the following items:

investment in agricultural holdings,

aid to young farmers for starting activities.

Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt. analyses the budget of the investment (financial-technical content) and provides a guarantee for the loan in the framework of an agricultural block exemption provided the eligible costs of the investment are in line with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture (animal breeding, plant production)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium Budapest Kossuth Lajos tér 11. 1055 MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY

Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt. Budapest Szép u. 2. 1053 MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY

Website: http://www.fvm.gov.hu/main.php?folderID=2376&articleID=14159&ctag=articlelist&iid=1

Other information: —

Dr. András MÁHR szakállamtitkár

Aid No: XA 184/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Aid scheme: Asociación de Ovino-Caprino Lechero Valenciano, ASOCVAL

Legal basis: Resolución de la Consellera de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, que concede la subvención basada en una línea nominativa descrita en la ley 17/2008 de presupuestos de la Generalitat.

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 10 000 in 2009

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % and 70 % for carrying out tests

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2009

Objective of aid: To provide farmers with technical advice in order to improve ewe's milk and goat milk production in the Comunitat Valenciana (Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).

The eligible costs are those relating to services provided by third parties (maintaining IT applications, analysis of samples and technical advice to farmers), provided that the expenditure relates to implementation of the milk production improvement programme

Sector(s) concerned: Sheep and goat dairy farmers

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/asocval2009.pdf

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 186/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Aid scheme: Asociación de caballos de pura raza española (APREA).

Legal basis: Resolución de la Consellera de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, que concede la subvención basada en una línea nominativa descrita en la ley 17/2008 de presupuestos de la Generalitat.

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 25 000 in 2009

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the eligible expenditure

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2009

Objective of aid: To implement the Plan to promote thoroughbred horses bred in the Comunitat Valenciana (Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).

The eligible costs are those relating to the materials needed for maintaining the stud-book, services provided by third parties (compilation of genealogical charts and technical advice to farmers) (Article 16). They also include the costs of implementing the programme to encourage the use of thoroughbred horses and organising equestrian events for this purpose (Article 15)

Sector(s) concerned: Breeders and owners of Spanish thoroughbred horses

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/aprea09.pdf

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 187/09

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Thüringen (DEG0)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung)

Legal basis:

— Artikel 7 Abs. 2 und Artikel 20 Thüringer Ausführungsgesetz zum Tierseuchengesetz (Thüringer Tierseuchengesetz — ThürTierSG —; GVBl. 2001, S. 43, letzte Fassung GVBl. 2005, S. 109)

— Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total aid of approximately EUR 2,62 million

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

Date of implementation: As of 1 July 2009, but not before the European Commission has issued an ID number

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid:

— compensation for costs incurred by farmers for health checks, tests and other screening measures, for the purchase and use of vaccines and medicinal products in connection with the prevention and eradication of animal diseases within the meaning of Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,

— Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,

— compensation for losses incurred by farmers due to animal diseases within the meaning of Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,

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

Eligible costs: See Annex 1 to the Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung)

Sector(s) concerned: Cattle farming, pig farming, sheep farming, goat farming, horse rearing, beekeeping

Name and address of the granting authority:

Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts Victor-Goerttler-Straße 4 07745 Jena DEUTSCHLAND E-mail: direkt@thueringertierseuchenkasse.de

Website: Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung):

http://www.thueringertierseuchenkasse.de/download/beihilfesatzung%202009.pdf

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 189/09

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Erlass betreffend Verleihung von Ehrenpreisen des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (Bundesministerium) für hervorragende Leistungen

Legal basis: Erlass betreffend Verleihung von Ehrenpreisen des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (Bundesministerium) für hervorragende Leistungen

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 9 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: In accordance with Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: Article 15(2)(d)(v) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sectors concerned: Animal breeding

Name and address of the granting authority:

Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz Wilhelmstraße 54 10117 Berlin DEUTSCHLAND

Website: Until 16 June 2009:

http://www.bmelv.de/SharedDocs/downloads/14-WirUeberUns/Ehrenpreiserlass.pdf

As of 17 June 2009:

http://www.bmelv.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/Ministerium/Ehrenpreiserlass.pdf

Other information: The above-mentioned statutory instrument forms the legal basis for awarding symbolic prizes. The prizes themselves are bronze, silver and gold medals (e.g. awarded to breeding organisations at competitions) and may be accompanied by a monetary award.