EN Official Journal of the European Union C 283/5

Information communicated by Member States on State aid granted in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2008 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, processing and marketing of fisheries products

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 283/04

Aid No: SA.32720 (11/XF)

Member State: Spain

Region/Authority granting the aid: La Rioja/Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an ad hoc aid: Programa estratégico de comercio exterior

Legal basis: Orden no 2/2011, de 11 de febrero, de la Consejería de Industria, Innovación y Empleo, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras de la concesión de subvenciones por la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja destinadas al programa estratégico de comercio exterior, en régimen de concurrencia competitiva (Boletín Oficial de La Rioja número 22, de 16 de febrero de 2011).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or amount of ad hoc aid granted: EUR 120 000

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 50 %

Date of entry into force:

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award (not later than 30 June 2014); indicate: if it is a scheme: the date until which aid may be granted: 30 June 2014

Objective of aid: To improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in order to facilitate their access to external markets

Indicate which of Articles 8 to 24 is used: Article 20

Activity concerned: Development of new markets and campaigns to promote fisheries and aquaculture products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja (ADER) Muro de la Mata, 13-14 26071 Logroño, La Rioja ESPAÑA

Web address where the full text of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under which ad hoc aid is granted outside of an aid scheme can be found: http://www.larioja.org/npRioja/default/defaultpage.jsp?idtab^449883

Motivation: Companies involved in the processing and marketing of fisheries products are included as beneficiaries within the strategic external trade programme. Specific aid measures have not been established for these companies, although they have been included in an existing aid plan (until now registered under number XF 4/09).

Aid No: SA.32722 (11/XF)

Member State: Spain

Region/Authority granting the aid: La Rioja

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an ad hoc aid: Régimen de ayudas para el fomento de la acuicultura y de la transformación y comercialización de los productos de la pesca y la acuicultura.

This aid scheme replaces the aid scheme registered under No XF 7/09.

Legal basis: Orden no 1/2011, de 11 de febrero, de la Consejería de Industria, Innovación y Empleo, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras de concesión de subvenciones por la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja destinadas al fomento de la acuicultura y de la transformación y comercialización de los productos de la pesca y la acuicultura (Boletín Oficial de La Rioja número 22, de 16 de febrero de 2011).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or amount of ad hoc aid granted: EUR 0,65 million

Maximum aid intensity: 40 %

Date of entry into force:

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award (not later than 30 June 2014); indicate: if it is a scheme: the date until which aid may be granted: 30 June 2014

Objective of aid: Promoting aquaculture and processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products

Indicate which of Articles 8 to 24 is used: Articles 11 and 16

Activity concerned: Aquaculture and processing and wholesale marketing of fishery and aquaculture products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja (ADER) Muro de la Mata, 13-14 26071 Logroño, La Rioja ESPAÑA

Web address where the full text of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under which ad hoc aid is granted outside of an aid scheme can be found: http://www2.larioja.org/pls/dad_user/G04.texto_integro?p_cdi_accn=26-314122

Motivation: The subsidies provided for by Order No 1/2011 of 11 February 2011 from part of the operational programme for the Spanish fisheries sector for the period 2007-2013, cofinanced by the European Fisheries Fund.

Nonetheless, it is expected that the financial contributions of the Economic Development Agency of La Rioja (Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja) will exceed those provided for in the operational programme. We therefore consider that Article 7(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund applies, and consequently, Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty also apply.