EN Official Journal of the European Union C 306/20

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

(2008/C 306/05)

Aid No: XA 298/08

Member State: France

Regions: Département de l'Isère

Title of aid scheme: Aide au remplacement des nouveaux exploitants agricoles

Legal basis:

— Article 15(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,

— Articles L 1511-1 et suivants et articles L 3231-1 et suivants du code général des collectivités territoriales

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 40 000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the daily cost of replacing a farmer, subject to a limit of EUR 134 per day and 14 days per year

Date of implementation: From 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 aid scheme or individual aid: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: Replacement is a solution that allows farmers whose activity requires on-farm presence every day of the year to have a work and life pattern comparable to other economic sectors.

Nevertheless, except for cases where this option is funded (by private insurance covering maternity, accidents or illness), the cost of this service is a disincentive.

This scheme will therefore aim to encourage recently established farmers to take advantage of the replacement service should they be absent from their farm on account of illness or holidays, in accordance with Article 15(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

A reduction in the cost of providing a replacement should encourage them to take advantage of this technical assistance.

The aid will not be paid to the farmers, but to the providers of the replacement service

Sector(s) concerned: All sectors of agricultural production

The scheme will cover the whole department and all new farmers whose principal activity requires on-farm presence every day of the year, throughout the first three years after they take up farming

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil général de l'Isère Direction de l'aménagement des territoires Service agriculture et forêt 7, rue Fantin Latour — BP 1096 F-38022 Grenoble Cedex 1

Website: http://www.cg38.fr/uploads/Document/01/WEB_CHEMIN_35598_1217342776.pdf

Aid No: XA 299/08

Member State: France

Region: Département de l'Isère

Title of aid scheme: Aides au pastoralisme en Isère, volet investissements

Legal basis:

— Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,

— Articles L 1511-1 et suivants et articles L 3231-1 et suivants du code général des collectivités territoriales

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 130 000

Maximum aid intensity:

— 50 % of investment or capital works to promote pastoralism in mountain areas,

— 10 % premium for young farmers,

— ceiling: EUR 20 000 per beneficiary

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

Duration of scheme: Ends 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: To promote natural pastoral heritage, funding is targeted to cover in particular the construction of pens to contain animals, automatic gates and cattle grids, and to install fences, drinking troughs and sorting pens (equipment specially designed for mountains).

This complement to extensive pastoral activity will promote biodiversity and the multi-purpose use of natural areas

Sector(s) concerned: Pasture groups, mountain grazing syndicates, mountain pasture land associations (pasture areas of the Northern Alps region in Isère)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil général de l'Isère Direction de l'aménagement des territoires Service agriculture et forêt 7, rue Fantin Latour — BP 1096 F-38022 Grenoble Cedex 1

Website: http://www.cg38.fr/uploads/Document/59/WEB_CHEMIN_35591_1217340871.pdf

Aid No: XA 300/08

Member State: France

Region: Département de l'Isère

Title of aid scheme: Aides au pastoralisme en Isère, volet aménagement des espaces pastoraux

Legal basis:

— Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,

— Articles L 1511-1 et suivants et articles L 3231-1 et suivants du code général des collectivités territoriales

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 110 000

Maximum aid intensity:

— 75 % of investment and work to conserve heritage features associated with pastoralism in mountainous areas,

— State aid with a ceiling of EUR 20 000 per beneficiary

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

Duration of scheme: Ends 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: The objective is to promote the department's natural heritage and mountainous landscapes through aid to improve and restore pasture areas (mountain pastures and rangelands) and conserve the fodder production potential of traditional facilities associated with animal husbandry.

The construction of huts, chalets and traditional shelters are eligible for funding.

This complement to extensive pastoral activity will promote biodiversity and the multi-purpose use of natural areas without increasing the farm's production capacity

Sector(s) concerned: Pasture groups, mountain grazing syndicates, mountain pasture land associations (pasture areas of the Northern Alps region in Isère)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil général de l'Isère Direction de l'aménagement des territoires Service agriculture et forêt 7, rue Fantin Latour — BP 1096 F-38022 Grenoble Cedex 1

Website: http://www.cg38.fr/uploads/Document/72/WEB_CHEMIN_35595_1217341519.pdf

Aid No: XA 301/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Lombardy

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Misure regionali di Sostegno delle Aziende frutticole e vivaistiche colpite da ‘Vaiolatura delle drupacee’ causata dall'agente patogeno ‘Plum pox virus’ (Sharka), o da ‘Colpo di fuoco batterico’, causato dall'agente patogeno ‘Erwinia Amylovora’

Legal basis:

— Deliberazione Giunta regionale n. 6840 del 19 marzo 2008, «Misure regionali di Sostegno delle Aziende frutticole e vivaistiche colpite da “Vaiolatura delle drupacee” causata dall'agente patogeno “Plum pox virus” (Sharka), o da “Colpo di fuoco batterico”, causato dall'agente patogeno “Erwinia Amylovora”» (articolo 17, c. 1, lettera B), L.R. n. 7/2000),

— Legge regionale n. 7 del 7 febbraio 2000, «Norme per interventi regionali in agricoltura», Articolo 17 «Interventi sugli abbandoni produttivi ed abbattimenti»,

— Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (Article 16(1)),

— Legge n. 206 del 1 luglio 1997«Norme in favore delle produzioni agricole danneggiate da organismi nocivi»,

— Legge n. 307 del 17 agosto 1999«Disposizioni in materia d'interventi del fondo di solidarietà nazionale in favore delle aziende agricole danneggiate da fitopatie di eccezionale gravità»,

— Decreto del Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali del 29 novembre 1996«Lotta obbligatoria contro il virus della “Vaiolatura delle dupacee” (Sharka)»,

— Decreto n. 356 del Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali del 10 settembre 1999, «Regolamento recante misure per la lotta obbligatoria contro il colpo di fuoco batterico (Erwinia Amylovora), nel territorio della Repubblica»

Annual expenditure under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 2,5 million

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: In accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the aid is intended to compensate for the damage caused by Plum pox (Sharka) and Fireblight (Erwinia) to fruit growers and nurseries where the presence of infected plants has been officially confirmed. In Decision SG (2001) D/289300 of 20 June 2001, the European Commission expressed the opinion that the aid could be used for the clearance and replanting of stone fruit trees and rose trees affected by these diseases.

The Region of Lombardy has adopted mandatory control measures provided for by Community and national legislation, in order to combat the spread of Sharka and Erwinia, in implementation of the provisions of the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies (Decree of 29 November 1996 and Decree No 356 of 10 September 1999). In spite of this, outbreaks of these diseases have continued, making it necessary to launch the present programme of regional measures.

The agricultural enterprises which are eligible for aid for production improvement are those which:

have implemented the mandatory control measures provided for by the Order issued by the competent Regional structure and the clearance or destruction of apricot, sour cherry, sweet cherry, quince, apple, pear and plum trees and their grafting stocks,

have not already received subsidies for the same purposes and lots, including from other public authorities, under other subsidised insurance schemes,

and undertake to replant the lots of land to be cleared, within 12 months, with fruit trees (in numbers or over a surface area equal to that of the plants cleared; and respecting the plant health provisions) of one or more of the following species (even if different from those cleared): actinidia (actinidia spp.), apricot (prunus armeniaca), sour cherry (prunus cerasus), sweet cherry (prunus avium), quince (cydonia oblonga), persimmon (diospyros kaki), apple (malus domestica), pear (pyrus communis), peach (prunus persica), plum (prunus domestica and prunus salicina); if, due to plant health provisions, it is not possible to replant the area with species susceptible to the disease found and, for reasons linked to the production specialisation of the holding, it is not possible to use one of the alternative species listed above, the subsidy is reduced to 80 %.

The amount of the subsidy is calculated on the basis of the criteria set out in Law No 206 of 1 July 1997 and Law No 307 of 17 August 1999, which differentiate between nurseries and fruit growers and, in the case of the latter, take account of the age of the plantation. In calculating the amount of aid, any amounts received under insurance schemes and those incurred for reasons other than plant health reasons will be deducted

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural holdings: fruit growers and nurseries

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Region of Lombardy Direzione Generale Agricoltura Via Pola, 12/14 I-20124 Milano

Website: www.agricoltura.regione.lombardia.it,

click on ‘Per saperne di più’, then on ‘Aiuti di Stato’

Other information: —

Enrica GENNARI

Il Dirigente della Struttura

Raccordo con le Politiche Nazionali e Comunitari

Aid No: XA 303/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Marche

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Servizi di assistenza tecnica specialistica finalizzati alla riconversione delle aree bieticole

Legal basis:

— Legge regionale n. 37 del 23 dicembre 1999«Disciplina dei servizi per lo sviluppo del sistema agroalimentare regionale»;

— Proposta di atto amministrativo n. 93/2008 «Regolamento (CE) n. 320/2006 — Programma nazionale di ristrutturazione del settore bieticole — saccarifero — Piano di azione regionale.»

Annual expenditure under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The annual expenditure planned for services under this aid scheme will not exceed EUR 1 000 000, and the overall amount will not exceed EUR 4 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid to the final beneficiaries, the producers, will be supplied solely in the form of services provided by the persons referred to in Article 3(2) of Regional Law No 37 of 23 December 1999 and may cover up to 80 % of eligible costs, with a maximum contribution of EUR 50 000 per project

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will be launched in full compliance with the time requirements and procedures stipulated in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to 31.12.2013

Objective of aid: The main aim of the aid is to support small and medium-sized enterprises active in sugar-beet areas, by facilitating their conversion to other agricultural products referred to in Annex 1 of the Treaty.

The technical assistance services provided are not continuous or regular and are not linked to the normal operating costs of the undertaking.

Reference is made to Articles 15 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Regionale di Marche Servizio Agricoltura Forestazione e Pesca PF Competitività e Sviluppo dell'Impresa Agricola Via Tiziano, 44 I-60125 Ancona

Website: www.agri.marche.it/Aree%20tematiche/aiuti%20di%20stato/riconversione%20aree%20bieticole.pdf, click on ‘Per saperne di più’, then on ‘Aiuti di Stato’

Other information: ‘Final beneficiaries’, or recipients, of the development services under the above scheme are small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises active in sugar-beet areas.

The provisions of Article 15(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 will be respected

Vincenzo CIMINO

Il Dirigente della PF Competitivita e Sviluppo dell'Impresa Agricola