EN Official Journal of the European Union C 297/4

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 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 297/03)

Aid No: XA 34/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Régimen de ayudas a la inversión en explotaciones ganaderas

Legal basis: Orden, de la Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se establecen ayudas a la inversión en explotaciones ganaderas

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total estimated budget appropriation for the financial years indicated is as follows:

2007: EUR 1 200 000

2008: EUR 2 695 000

2009: EUR 2 310 000

2010: EUR 1 925 000

Maximum aid intensity: 30 % for investment of a general nature, and 40 % in less-favoured areas. These percentages may be increased by 10 and 15 percentage points respectively in the case of investment intended to meet recently introduced minimum requirements

Date of implementation: From 1.3.2007

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: Until 31.12.2010

Objective of aid: The aim is to promote investment in livestock holdings in order to reduce environmental impact and improve hygiene and health conditions and animal welfare.

Article 4. Investment in agricultural holdings

Sector(s) concerned: Production sector. Livestock subsectors generally

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación C/ Amadeo de Saboya, no 2 E-46010 Valencia

Website: https://www.docv.gva.es/

Other information: —

Eduardo PRIMO MILLO

Director-General for Agricultural Research, Development and Innovation

Aid No: XA 417/07

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Provincie Noord-Brabant

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Zuidelijke Land en Tuinbouw Organisatie (ZLTO), Spoorlaan 350, Tilburg

Legal basis: Volgens AWB (art. 4:23 lid 3 sub d, zie ook 'overige inlichtingen' hieronder) en provinciale Algemene Subsidieverordening (ASV, art. 33) aangemerkt als incidentele subsidie

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 169 793 in 2008 and EUR 97 818 in 2009

Maximum aid intensity: EUR 267 611 (39 %)

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: January 2008 to December 2009

Objective of aid: To develop knowledge of innovative architectural designs for farm buildings in order to improve the quality of the rural landscape. Workshops, a sketchbook and the creation of 30 realistic designs will be used to develop farmers' knowledge of the options open to them for innovative and more aesthetic farm designs. Aid is granted for consultancy services under Article 15(2)(c)

Sector(s) concerned: The aid relates to a project for developing knowledge in all agricultural sectors, focusing on intensive livestock farming, particularly pig and poultry farming

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Noord-Brabant Brabantlaan 1 Postbus 90151 5200 MC 's-Hertogenbosch Nederland

Website: http://www.brabant.nl/layouts/SISHtmlDocument.aspx?docid=26199&doctype=pdf

(see Decree No 11)

http://brabant.regelingenbank.eu/regeling/5-algemene-subsidieverordening-provincie-noord-brabant/

Other information: Article 4:23 of the Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht (General Administrative Law Act)

(a) for a period of up to one year pending the introduction of a statutory provision or until such time as a bill brought before Parliament during that year has been rejected or has been adopted and has entered into force;

(b) if the subsidy is based directly on a programme adopted by the Council of the European Union, by the European Parliament acting jointly with the Council or by the Commission of the European Communities;

(c) if the budget specifies the beneficiary and the maximum amount of the grant, or