EN Official Journal of the European Union C 152/4

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

2010/C 152/03

Aid No: XA 8/10

Member State: Slovak Republic

Region: All regions of the Slovak Republic, i.e. Bratislavský kraj, Západné Slovensko, Stredné Slovensko and Východné Slovensko

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Schéma štátnej pomoci na založenie a vedenie plemennej knihy a plemenárskej evidencie

Legal basis:

— § 5 nariadenia vlády SR č. 264/2009 Z. z. o podporných opatreniach v pôdohospodárstve v znení neskorších predpisov (ďalej len ‘nariadenie vlády’),

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

— zákon č. 194/1998 Z. z. o šľachtení a plemenitbe hospodárskych zvierat a o zmene a doplnení zákona č. 455/1991 Zb. o živnostenskom podnikaní (živnostenský zákon) v znení neskorších predpisov,

— Article 16(1)(a) and (3) and Article 18 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 (‘the Commission Regulation’),

— Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation) (hereinafter ‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008’).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The amount of funding intended for implementing the scheme will be published by the grantor on its website: http://www.land.gov.sk

The planned annual volume of funding under the scheme from 2010 is EUR 995 817,57.

The planned total volume of funding under the scheme between 2010 and 2013 is EUR 3 983 270,00.

Maximum aid intensity: Aid may be granted up to 100 % of the administrative costs involved in establishing and maintaining the herd books and herd breeding records of a recognised breeders’ organisation or authorised breeding organisation.

Date of implementation:

(a) The scheme will enter into force on the date on which the application for exemption is assigned an identification number and the summary information is published on the websites of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) and of the Ministry — (http://www.mpsr.sk).

(b) Amendments to the scheme may be made in the form of written addenda. Amendments other than those of a formal or administrative nature will be notified to the European Commission in the form of summary information and will take effect following publication of the summary information on the DG AGRI website.

(c) Amendments to the European legislation referred to in point B of the scheme or to related legislation must be reflected in the scheme within six months following their entry into force.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will expire on 31 December 2013.

The deadline for submitting aid applications is 31 May 2013.

The deadline for approving aid applications is 30 June 2013.

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to support the livestock breeding sector.

Sector(s) concerned: Section A — Agriculture, forestry and fishing (in accordance with NACE Rev. 2).

Class

Division 01 — Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities.

Primary production of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.

Name and address of the granting authority: Aid granted by:

Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR

Dobrovičova ul. 12

812 66 Bratislava

SLOVENSKO/SLOVAKIA

Tel. +421 259266111

Website: http://www.land.gov.sk/sk/index.php?navID=161&id=1401

Scheme implemented by:

Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra

Dobrovičova ul. 12

815 26 Bratislava

SLOVENSKO/SLOVAKIA

Tel. +421 259266111

Website: http://www.apa.sk/index.php?navID=27

Website: —

Other information: The objective is to update the legal basis of the existing scheme of State aid for establishing and maintaining herd books and herd records (XA 255/07), because in 2010 State aid will be granted according to the new national legal basis — nariadenia vlády SR č. 264/2009 Z. z. o podporných opatreniach v pôdohospodárstve v znení neskorších predpisov (Government Regulation No 264/2009 on agricultural support measures, as amended).

Under the original scheme registered under No XA 255/07, State aid was granted only until the end of 2009. Under the new scheme, which replaces original scheme No XA 255/07, State aid will be granted after 15 March 2010.

The funds provided for the new scheme will comply with the provisions of Article 16(1)(a) and (3) of 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.

Agreed by: Ing. Alexander ČARNÝ riaditeľ odboru štátnej pomoci a národných podpôr Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR

Aid No: XA 14/10

Member State: Italy

Region: Lombardia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Programma straordinario di interventi per l’attuazione della direttiva «Nitrati» (Agricoltura)

Legal basis:

— Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 10890/2009 «Programma straordinario di interventi per l'attuazione della direttiva “Nitrati”»

— L.R. 31/08

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 7 000 000/year.

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 40 % of the eligible cost, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

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 scheme or individual aid award: 4 years

Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: Investment aid for agricultural holdings in order to safeguard and improve the natural environment

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Lombardia DG Agricoltura Via Pola 12/14 20124 Milano MI ITALIA

Website: http://www.regione.lombardia.it, then click on ‘Settori e politiche’, ‘Agricoltura’, ‘Argomenti’, ‘Aiuti di stato nel settore agricolo: pubblicazione dei regimi di aiuto’

Other information: This aid scheme refers to the types of measures provided for by Regional Executive Decision (Deliberazione della Giunta regionale) No 10890/2009 for activities connected with the primary production of agricultural products. The types of measures provided for by that Decision that do not concern agricultural production have been notified separately pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 800/2008.

With regard to guarantees, the method for calculating the aid has been accepted in the following decisions: C(2007) 4663, C(2009) 10347, C(2005) 1741, C(2006) 812.

Aid No: XA 15/10

Member State: Spain

Region: Catalunya

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas para compensar el ganado ovino y caprino muerto en explotaciones ganaderas de Catalunya como consecuencia de factores agroclimáticos adversos que han provocado un incremento en las afecciones sanitarias en el ganado.

Legal basis: Orden de 2009, del Departamento de Agricultura, Alimentación y Acción Rural, por la cual se aprueban las bases reguladoras de las ayudas para compensar los animales ovinos y caprinos muertos en algunas explotaciones ganaderas de Catalunya como consecuencia de factores agroclimáticos adversos que han provocado un incremento en las afecciones sanitarias en el ganado y se convocan las correspondientes al año 2010.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 300 336,74 per year

Maximum aid intensity: The amount of aid may not exceed 96 euros per breeding animal that has died or been slaughtered because of health problems resulting from poor nutrition due to adverse agro-climatic conditions; the number of animals for which aid is paid is reduced by 10 % of the total number of animals that were over six months old in the previous year. Aid is, in any event, within the limits laid down in Articles 11(2) and 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006.

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will be implemented from the date on which the identification number of the exemption request provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 is published on DG AGRI's website. The Order will enter into force following its publication in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya, which is planned for November 2009.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From the publication of the scheme until 31 December 2010.

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to compensate livestock farmers for the loss of breeding sheep and goats and future breeders on extensive livestock holdings because of problems resulting from poor nutrition due to adverse agro-climatic conditions and to facilitate the replacement of animals to bring the number of breeding animals up to the number existing before the period of extreme drought that affected Catalunya.

As provided for in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, this aid is being granted to compensate for losses of animals caused by climatic events that can be considered equivalent to natural disasters. The drought in Catalunya was officially recognised by Decree No 84/2007 of 3 April 2007 adopting special and emergency measures on the use of water resources.

Sector(s) concerned: Breeding sheep and goats, NACE code 01.45 (Raising of sheep and goats)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Departamento de Agricultura, Alimentación y Acción Rural de la Generalitat de Catalunya Gran Vía de les Corts Catalanes, 612-614 08007 Barcelona ESPAÑA

Website: http://www20.gencat.cat/docs/DAR/TR_Tramits/TR01_Ajuts_subvencions/TR01_05_Ajus_pendents_publicacio/Documents/Fitxers_estatics/2009_ordre_ovi_cabrum.pdf

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 27/10

Member State: Latvia

Region: Latvija

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Atbalsta shēma “Arodapmācības, informācijas un veicināšanas pasākumi (Atbalsts kredītgarantīju veidā)”

Legal basis: Ministru kabineta 2009. gada 7. jūlija noteikumi Nr. 746 “Lauksaimniecības un lauku attīstības kredītu garantēšanas kārtība”;

Ministru kabineta noteikumu projekts grozījumi Ministru kabineta 2009. gada 7. jūlija noteikumos Nr. 746 “Lauksaimniecības un lauku attīstības kredītu garantēšanas kārtība”.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall amount under aid scheme in 2010 LVL 500 000

Overall amount under aid scheme in 2011 LVL 500 000

Overall amount under aid scheme in 2012 LVL 500 000

Overall amount under aid scheme in 2013 LVL 500 000

Maximum aid intensity: Maximum aid intensity 100 % in the form of credit guarantees.

Date of implementation: 1 April 2010.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 December 2013.

Objective of aid: Provision of technical support (Article 15(2)(a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).

Sector(s) concerned: NACE code:

A — Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Lauku atbalsta dienests Republikas laukums 2 Rīga, LV-1050 LATVIJA

Website: http://www.mk.gov.lv/lv/mk/tap/?pid=40163605

http://www.zm.gov.lv/index.php?sadala=1245&id=9630

Other information: Amendment to aid scheme N 204/08 ‘Aid in the form of credit guarantees’ provides for a new aid activity — ‘Vocational training, information and promotional measures’. The credit guarantee scheme's budget (LVL 250 000 000) and duration remain unchanged.

Aid is granted for agricultural and rural development measures designed to support the production of primary agricultural products in the form of credit guarantees. Where a beneficiary seeking to obtain a loan from a credit institution is found to have insufficient security, the State Rural Development Fund (LAF) will provide the credit institutions with guarantees in accordance with the contract concluded, and the credit institutions will then issue loans to farmers or processors of agricultural products with insufficient loan collateral for agricultural and rural development measures. In order to obtain a credit guarantee, a one-off premium must be paid when the credit institution is provided with the guarantee for the credit.

Guarantees will be granted for loans relating to the education and training of farmers and farm workers (eligible costs arising from the organisation of training programmes, travel and subsistence costs for participants), for consultancy services provided by third parties, fees for services which do not constitute a continuous or periodic activity or relate to the enterprise's normal operating expenditure, such as routine tax consultancy services, regular legal services or advertising, the organisation of, and participation in, business forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs (eligible costs covering enrolment fees, travel expenses, publication fees, hiring of exhibition facilities), provided that individual enterprises or trademarks are not mentioned, aid for factual information on quality systems that may include products from other countries, on generic products, their nutritional benefits and suggested uses (aid may be granted to cover such expenditure if the origin of products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 and Articles 54 to 58 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999) is designated, provided that designations of origin comply precisely with designations registered in the Community), and for publications, e.g. catalogues or websites providing factual information on producers from specific regions or producers of specific products, on condition that the information and the manner in which it is presented is neutral and all eligible producers have equal chances of being included in such publications.

Maximum volume of guarantee is 70 % or LVL 70 000.

Maximum aid intensity is 100 %.

The loan could be issued by any credit institution operating on the market (including foreign credit institutions). The credit institution must conclude a cooperation agreement with the Fund. The planned maturity for guarantees is 10 years, though under certain circumstances this may be extended if such an extension does not increase the Fund's operational risk. The credit institution can claim compensation for no more than 70 % of the outstanding debt in respect of the portion of the credit falling under the guarantee.

Aid beneficiaries are small and medium-sized enterprises active in primary agricultural production. Aid will be granted in kind by means of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers. It will be accessible to all those eligible in the area concerned, based on objectively defined conditions. No aid remains in the intermediary enterprise, all aid being passed on to the final beneficiaries. Aid will not be granted retroactively in respect of activities which have already been carried out by the beneficiary.

Aid No: XA 30/10

Member State: Latvia

Region: Latvija

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Atbalsta shēma “Atbalsts transmisīvās sūkļveida encefalopātijas (TSE) testu izmaksu segšanai”

Legal basis: Lauksaimniecības un lauku attīstības likums 5. pants (24.4.2004.) (Publicēts: Latvijas Vēstnesis Nr. 64: 23.4.2004.).

Ministru kabineta noteikumu projekts “Noteikumi par ikgadējo valsts atbalstu lauksaimniecībai un tā piešķiršanas kārtību” 1. pielikuma XII sadaļas 109-113. punkts.

Type of aid: Aid scheme.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall amount under aid scheme in 2010 LVL 500 000

Overall amount under aid scheme in 2011 LVL 500 000

Overall amount under aid scheme in 2012 LVL 500 000

Overall amount under aid scheme in 2013 LVL 500 000

Maximum aid intensity: Aid of 100 % for the costs of removal and destruction of fallen stock where there is an obligation to perform TSE tests on the fallen stock concerned, and aid at a rate of up to 100 % towards the costs of TSE test.

Date of implementation: 1 April 2010.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 December 2013.

Objective of aid: Livestock sector (Article 16(f) and (g) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).

Sector(s) concerned: NACE code:

A — Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Lauku atbalsta dienests Republikas laukums 2 Rīga, LV-1050 LATVIJA

Website: http://www.zm.gov.lv/index.php?sadala=1546&id=9992

Other information: Aid beneficiaries are small and medium-sized enterprises active in primary agricultural production. Aid will be granted in kind by means of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers. It will be accessible to all those eligible in the area concerned, based on objectively defined conditions. No aid remains in the intermediary enterprise, all aid being passed on to the final beneficiaries. Aid will not be granted retroactively in respect of activities which have already been carried out by the beneficiary. Aid is for the ‘Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) surveillance programme’ (link: http://www.pvd.gov.lv/eng/left_menu/veterinary_surveillance/skatīt ‘Transmissible spongiform encephalopaties (TSE) surveillance programme for 2010’).