EN Official Journal of the European Union C 208/5

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 208/04)

XA Number: XA 53/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme: Spese per l'impianto e la tenuta dei libri genealogici e l'espletamento dei controlli morfo-funzionali

Legal basis: L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003«Sostegno dell'economia agricola, disciplina dell'agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di prodotti geneticamente non modificati» articolo 43, lettera a).

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 3132 del 28 dicembre 2007, modificata con deliberazione n. 514 del 29 febbraio 2008, criteri attuativi dell'articolo 43, lettera a) della L.P. 4/2003

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 2 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid amount will represent 100 % of eligible expenditure for activities relating to the establishment and maintaining of herd books and 70 % of that relating to morpho-functional tests. This expenditure reflects the organisational commitment and associated costs involved in carrying out these services for the respective species, as follows:

cattle: EUR 460 per farm and EUR 62 per cow tested,

equines: EUR 62 per farm and EUR 46 per mare tested,

sheep and goats: EUR 265 per farm and EUR 41 per female tested,

rabbits: EUR 113 per farm and EUR 11 per female tested

Date of implementation: As from the 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 scheme: Aid will be granted until 31.12.2013 at the latest

Objective of aid: To ensure that up-to-date records are kept for the herd books relating to the breeds and species of livestock interest that are raised in Trento province, and to ensure that morpho-functional tests are carried out in order to gauge the animals' growth and productivity.

Article 16(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 provides the legal basis for the application of this aid scheme.

The maximum eligible expenditure budgeted for as regards the herd books and morpho-functional tests is based on the numbers of farms and animals concerned in the year in which the applications are presented (these can be deduced from official AIA data).

Generally speaking, eligible costs are those incurred in the keeping of herd books and for morpho-functional controls for the farms and animals concerned in the year in question

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock (cattle, sheep and goats, pigs, poultry and rabbits)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Trento Dipartimento Agricoltura e alimentazione Servizio Vigilanza e promozione delle attività agricole Via G.B. Trener, 3 I-38100 Trento

Website: http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?Item=0&Type=FulView

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/viewAllegatoDeli.asp?Item=0

XA Number: XA 125/08

Member State: Slovak Republic

Region: —

Title of aid scheme: Schéma štátnej pomoci na zabezpečenie účasti chovateľov a pestovateľov na výstavách

Legal basis:

— § 2 nariadenia vlády SR č. 369/2007 Z. z. z 8. augusta 2007 o niektorých podporných opatreniach v pôdohospodárstve,

— zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení neskorších predpisov,

— Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The planned annual volume of funding under the scheme from 2008 is: SKK 10 million.

The total planned budget for the participation of livestock and arable farmers in fairs over the period 2008-2013 is: SKK 60 million

Maximum aid: Aid may be granted for up to 100 % of the eligible costs of participation in a fair, up to the amount of the grant awarded to the legal person per SME

Date of implementation: March 2008

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

Objective of aid: The aid is aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises in the stock and arable farming sector to take part in fairs approved by the Slovak Republic's Ministry of Agriculture for the relevant calendar year

Economic sector(s) concerned: Primary production of the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority: Granting authority:

Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR

Dobrovičova ul. č. 12

SK-812 66 Bratislava

Tel. (421) 2 59 26 61 11

Website: http://www.land.gov.sk/index.php?navID=161&id=592

Scheme administrator:

Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra

Dobrovičova ul. č. 12

SK-815 26 Bratislava

Tel. (421) 2 59 26 61 11

Website: http://www.land.gov.sk/apa/index.php?p=DP_metpok (owing to restructuring of the Paying Agency's website)

Other information: The State aid may be granted only to stock and arable farmers (authorised to engage in the primary production of agricultural products) meeting the definition of small and medium-sized enterprises laid down in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises by a third party in the form of rebates of up to 100 % of the eligible costs of their participation in fairs.

Aid may not be provided in the form of a direct cash payment to the aid beneficiary

Approved:

M. Ľubomír MIČEK, PhD.

Director-General, Rural Development Section, Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic

XA Number: XA 127/08

Member State: Belgium

Region: État fédéral/Federale staat

Title of aid scheme: Calamité agricole: Arrêté royal considérant comme une calamité agricole la sécheresse des mois de juin et juillet 2006 suivie par les pluies abondantes du mois d'août 2006, délimitant l'étendue géographique de cette calamité et déterminant l'indemnisation des dommages.

Landbouwramp: „Koninklijk Besluit waarbij de droogte van de maanden juni en juli 2006, gevolgd door de overvloedige regenval van de maand augustus 2006, als een landbouwramp wordt beschouwd, de geografische omvang van deze ramp wordt afgebakend en waarbij de schadeloosstelling van de schade wordt vastgesteld”

Legal basis: Loi du 12 juillet 1976 relative à la réparation de certains dommages causés à des biens privés par des calamités naturelles

12 juli 1976 — Wet betreffende het herstel van zekere schade veroorzaakt aan private goederen door natuurrampen

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 9 574 000 (1 year)

Maximum aid intensity: 70 %

Reduction of 30 % under the Royal Decree of 8 November 2007 amending the Royal Decree of 7 April 1978 setting varying rates for each portion of the total net value of the damage suffered and determining the excess and reduction for calculating compensation for certain forms of damage caused to private property by agricultural disasters

Date of implementation: The Royal Decree will come into force on the day of its publication in the Moniteur belge (which will take place only after the 10-day period provided for in Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Duration of scheme: One-off grant. Farmers will receive compensation after submission of an application for assistance from the disaster fund accompanied by a statement detailing the crop damage. The aid payments will be made in 2008

Objective of aid: This aid scheme is intended to provide farmers with compensation, subject to certain conditions, for crops that are covered by the Royal Decree and suffered extensive damage as a result of the drought of June and July 2006 followed by the exceptionally heavy rains of August 2006. It therefore falls under Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Farms on which the following crops suffered damage: flax, maize, permanent or temporary grassland, either grazed or cut, potatoes grown under contract, peas grown under contract, cauliflowers grown under contract (1st harvest), spinach grown under contract (1st harvest), beans grown under contract (sown before 10 June 2006)

Name and address of the granting authority:

SPF Economie, P.M.E., Classes moyennes et Energie/SPF Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie Direction générale «Potentiel économique»/Directoraat generaal „Economisch Potentieel” City Atrium C Rue du Progrès 50/Vooruitgangstraat 50 B-1210 Bruxelles/B-1210 Brussel No d'entreprise: 0314.595.348/Bedrijfsnummer: 0314.595.348

Website: Version Fr/Versie Fr: http://economie.fgov.be/enterprises/Agriculture/home_fr.htm

Version Nl/Versie Nl: http://economie.fgov.be/enterprises/Agriculture/home_nl.htm

Version De/Versie De: http://economie.fgov.be/enterprises/Agriculture/home_de.htm

Version En/Versie En: http://economie.fgov.be/enterprises/Agriculture/home_en.htm

Other information: The Belgian State undertakes to comply with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Consequently, only farms which suffered losses of at least 30 % per crop will benefit from compensation for the crop in question.

The Royal Meteorological Institute observed that these two meteorological phenomena (drought in June/July and rain in August) were of an exceptional nature (with a return period in Belgium of more than 20 years). Furthermore, the losses suffered were caused by the immediate succession of the two phenomena, with farmers therefore unable to attribute their losses to either one or the other

E. GOFFIN

Director-General

XA Number: XA 131/08

Member State: Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Ilirska Bistrica

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Državna pomoč za pospeševanje razvoja kmetijstva in gozdarstva v občini Ilirska Bistrica, v obdobju 2007-2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in gozdarstva v občini Ilirska Bistrica za programsko obdobje 2007-2013

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

Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Forecast annual expenditure in EUR 124 602 82 602 82 602 82 602 82 602 82 602

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas, or up to 40 % in other areas,

— up to 60 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas, or up to 50 % in other areas, if the investment is made by young farmers within five years of setting up (these investments must be set out in a business plan for the development of farming activities, as provided for by Article 22(c), and the conditions laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 must be met).

The purpose of the aid is investment to restore farm features, to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural production and to invest in permanent crops, improve farmland and manage pastures.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— for non-productive features, up to 100 % of actual costs,

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

— 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,

— up to EUR 10 000 per year for work undertaken by the farmer for investment in non-productive heritage on the agricultural holding.

3. Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest:

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

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

— where the relocation results in an increase in production capacity, the contribution from the farmer 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 is to 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 eligible costs of an insurance premium for insuring crops and fruit and 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 of farmers, consultancy services, the organisation of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publications, catalogues and websites, and the dissemination of scientific knowledge. 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: The aid will not be granted until a summary has been published on the European Commission's website and not before 1 March 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

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 for preserving and developing agriculture and forestry in the municipality of Ilirska Bistrica 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 Ilirska Bistrica, Bazoviška cesta 14, SLO-6250 Ilirska Bistrica

Website: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200812&dhid=94338

Other information: The measure for 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)

Anton ŠENKINC

Mayor of Ilirska Bistrica

XA Number: XA 132/08

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje Občine Destrnik

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Pomoč za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v Občini Destrnik, za programsko obdobje 2007-2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih in drugih pomoči ter ukrepih za programe razvoja podeželja v Občini Destrnik

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

Year EUR 2008 16 500 2009 22 000 2010 17 500 2011 18 000 2012 18 500 2013 19 000

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 for the management of agricultural land in less-favoured areas, or up to 50 % in other areas, if the investment is made by young farmers within five years of setting up and is contained in the business plan.

The purpose of the aid is investment to restore farm features and to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural production, to invest in permanent crops, to improve farmland and to manage pastures.

2. 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 eligible costs of an insurance premium for insuring crops and fruit and insuring livestock against disease.

3. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 50 % of actual legal and administrative costs incurred.

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

— co-financing of up to 100 % of eligible costs. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services and does not involve direct payments of money to producers.

5. Provision of technical support:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs concerning education and training, consultancy services, the organisation of forums, the dissemination of scientific knowledge, publications 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.

6. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— up to 60 % of eligible costs, or up to 75 % in less-favoured areas, for investments intended to conserve heritage features of productive assets (farm buildings),

— 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),

— up to 100 % of additional aid to cover the extra costs incurred by using traditional materials necessary to conserve the heritage features of buildings

Date of implementation: The aid will not be granted until a summary has been published on the European Commission's website and not before 1 March 2008

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

Objective of the aid: To support agriculture

Reference to articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: Articles 13 to 24 of the draft Rules on granting State and other aid and measures for rural development programmes in the municipality of Destrnik for the programming period 2007-2013 include 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 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

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority: Občina Destrnik, Vintarovci 50, SLO-2253 Destrnik

Website: http://wss.destrnik.si/InformacijeJZ/Lokalni%20predpisi/Pravilnik%20o%20dodeljevanju%20dravnih%20in%20drugih%20pomoči%20ter%20ukrepih%20za%20programe%20razvoja%20podeelja%20v%20Občini%20Destrnik.pdf

Other information: The measure for 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)

Franc PUKŠIČ

Mayor of Destrnik