EN Official Journal of the European Union C 261/19

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

2009/C 261/09

Aid No: XA 277/08

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Provincie Noord-Holland

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Deelverordening omschakeling biologische landbouw Noord-Holland 2008

Legal basis: Artikel 145 Provinciewet

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 3 million over 6 years

Maximum aid intensity: 60 % of the eligible costs up to a maximum of EUR 400 000 per enterprise for the period of 3 tax years

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: Promotion of organic farming; Article 4 of the Regulation

Sector(s) concerned: Primary production of agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Noord-Holland Postbus 3007 2001 DA Haarlem NEDERLAND

Website: http://www.noord-holland.nl/Images/65_128768.pdf

http://provincies.overheidsloket.overheid.nl/noordholland/index.php?page=product&p_id=13000075&from=alfabet

Other information: The province confirms that Article 4(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 has been complied with when classifying subsidy applications on a priority list.

No agricultural sectors will be excluded from the possibility of receiving subsidy on the basis of the deelverordening omschakeling biologische landbouw Noord-Holland 2008. The aim of the subsidy scheme is to encourage farmers to convert to organic farming. It is imperative that there is enough market potential for the product and there must be no question of the subsidising of overcapacity.

Aid No: XA 199/09

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Sachsen-Anhalt

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid:

— Übernahme der Kosten für den Impfstoff im Rahmen einer Notimpfung gegen Blauzungenkrankheit bei Rindern, Schafen und Ziegen

— Bereitstellung von Impfstoff

Legal basis:

— Verordnung zum Schutz gegen die Blauzungenkrankheit (konsolidierte Fassung), geändert durch Artikel 2 der Verordnung vom 22. August 2006 (elektronischer Bundesanzeiger Amtlicher Teil 43 2006 V1), geändert durch Artikel 3 der Verordnung vom 6. Juli 2007 (Bundesgesetzblatt I Seite 1264), geändert durch Artikel 3 der Verordnung vom 21. Dezember 2007 (Bundesgesetzblatt I Seite 3144), geändert durch Artikel 2 der Verordnung vom 3. Dezember 2008 (eBAnz AT142 2008 V1)

— Verordnung über bestimmte Impfstoffe zum Schutz vor der Blauzungenkrankheit vom 2. Mai 2008 (BAnz. 2008 Nr. 67 S. 1599)

— Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 (bluetongue control implementing rules)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 706 500

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

Date of implementation: In accordance with Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2009

Objective of aid: A swift emergency vaccination programme needs to be carried out throughout the whole of Germany and thus also in Saxony-Anhalt to prevent the rapid spread of bluetongue disease and to avoid the threat which it poses to agricultural holdings. There is therefore an overwhelming State interest in the rapid immunisation of the livestock population. At present there are no approved vaccines for vaccinations against serotype 8 in the EU. Livestock farmers thus have no way of obtaining vaccines.

However, existing vaccines can be used on the basis of an Emergency Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. Under an EU-wide tendering procedure carried out by the German federal states, vaccines were selected which will be used on a large-scale basis as from February 2009. The safety and effectiveness of the vaccines have been demonstrated by a vaccine test carried out with the scientific support of the Friedrich-Loeffler Institute.

The beneficiaries are small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The aid will not be given as direct monetary payments but in the form of subsidised services. The Saxony-Anhalt Animal Diseases Fund [Tierseuchenkasse Sachsen-Anhalt], a public law institution, obtains the vaccine and makes it available to the veterinary authorities. They pass it on to established veterinarians for vaccinating cattle, sheep and goats in the Land of Saxony-Anhalt.

The aid does not concern measures whose costs are required by Community law to be borne by agricultural holdings themselves.

Payment of the costs for procuring the vaccine for immunising 350 000 cattle, 150 000 sheep and 10 000 goats.

Legal basis of State aid: Article 10(1) points 3-8 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock farmers (agricultural holdings) rearing cattle, sheep and goats.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Tierseuchenkasse Sachsen-Anhalt Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts Postfach 32 01 20 39104 Magdeburg DEUTSCHLAND

Website: —

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 203/09

Member State: Italy

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aiuti pubblici alle Unioni nazionali, alle Organizzazioni comuni riconosciute, alle forme associate di produttori agricoli nei cui settori non è riconosciuta dal Mipaaf una Unione Nazionale o una Organizzazione comune, per la realizzazione di specifici programmi di attività a beneficio delle piccole e medie imprese associate attive nella produzione di prodotti agricoli, volti alla realizzazione di sistemi per promuovere la produzione di prodotti di qualità.

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo 18 maggio, n. 228

Legge 7 marzo 2003, n. 38

Decreto legislativo 27 maggio 2005, n. 102

Decreto direttoriale n. 813/traV del 22 novembre 2007 e successive modifiche.

Decreto 10013 del 1.7.2009.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1 250 000,00

Maximum aid intensity: 70 %

Date of implementation: The scheme will take effect on 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: The aid will be granted until 31 December 2013.

Objective of aid: The individual measures may be regarded as provision of technical support in the agricultural sector, as provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, and aid for the production of quality products pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali Dipartimento delle politiche di sviluppo economico e rurale Via XX Settembre 20 00187 Roma RM ITALIA

Website: http://www.politicheagricole.it/

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