EN Official Journal of the European Union C 280/16

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 280/07

Aid No: XA 197/09

Member State: Ireland

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Training scheme compulsory under the terms of the Animal Welfare, Recording and Breeding Scheme for Suckler Herds

Legal basis: National Development Plan 2007-2013

Ireland Rural Development National Strategy Plan 2007-2013

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: 2009 — EUR 1 500 000

2010 — EUR 100 000

2011 — EUR 100 000

2012 — EUR 100 000

2013 — EUR 50 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration number of the exemption on Agri DG website

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: Technical support (Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006). A compulsory component of the Animal Welfare Recording and Breeding Scheme (AWRBS)(as approved under State aid rules, State aid 140/07) is that every applicant of the scheme undertakes this comprehensive training course dealing with animal health, welfare and breeding and the recording of the required information. While the AWRBS only runs until 2012 the applicant must complete the course within two years of joining the scheme and therefore provision is being made for some training to be undertaken in 2013 after the AWRBS is completed, although this is unlikely to happen.

Sector(s) concerned: Suckler cow herdowners

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Agriculture House Kildare Street Dublin 2 IRELAND

Website: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/farmerschemespayments/sucklerherdswelfarescheme2008-2012/

Other information: As already stated participation in this course is compulsory under the terms and conditions of the AWRBS.

Aid No: XA 208/09

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Freistaat Sachsen

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft für die Gewährung von Hilfen bei Existenz gefährdenden Krisen und Notständen in Unternehmen der Land- und Forstwirtschaft sowie Binnenfischerei und Aquakultur (Förderrichtlinie Krisen und Notstände — RL KuN/2009)

Legal basis: Aid is granted in line with:

der Förderrichtlinie Krisen und Notstände — RL KuN/2009,

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 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,

as amended.

The aid is also granted in line with §23 and §44 of Saxony's Budget Regulations (Sächsische Haushaltsordnung — SäHO, SächsGVBl. 2001, p. 154) and the corresponding administrative provisions, as amended, enacted by the Saxony Ministry of Finance, subject to the variant or special rules set out in Förderrichtlinie Krisen und Notstände — RL KuN/2009.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1 million per annum

Maximum aid intensity:

— 50 % of the value of the decline in the adjusted production of the holding over and above the required minimum loss threshold of 30 % (= portion of loss to be covered by the affected party),

— in the case of animal diseases, the maximum aid intensity may, with reference to the decline in the holding’s adjusted production in excess of the portion to be covered by the affected party, be raised to 75 %.

Date of implementation: After publication of the summary information by the Commission

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: The specific objectives of the aid are the following:

prevention of risks to livelihoods as a result of animal and plant diseases, pest infestations or adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters by granting emergency aid to safeguard the viability and liquidity of enterprises active in primary production in agriculture or forestry,

the emergency aid will be granted only if and insofar as the holding's recovery or continued operation cannot be achieved using own funds, based on the income of the person affected.

The following provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 will be applied for this purpose:

Article 10: Aid in respect of animal and plant diseases and pest infestations,

Article 11: Aid for losses due to adverse climatic events.

The aid is to be granted only to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie (LfULG) Postfach 54 01 37 01311 Dresden DEUTSCHLAND

Website: http://www.smul.sachsen.de/foerderung/download/RL_KuN_2009_21_7_09_PDF_SM.pdf

Other information:

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft Referat 23, Förderstrategie Wilhelm-Buck-Straße 2 01097 Dresden DEUTSCHLAND

Thomas TREPMANN Referatsleiter Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft

Aid No: XA 236/09

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Trent Vale Landscape Partnership Scheme

Legal basis: The National Lottery Act 1993

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total cost of the scheme is GBP 200 000.

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity for capital works will normally be 50 % of eligible costs. Exceptionally, capital grants may be paid up to 100 % of eligible costs where the investment is intended for the conservation of non-productive heritage features provided the investment does not entail any increase in the production capacity of the farm, in line with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

However, the maximum rate of grant will be reduced in line with the rates set out in Article 5 of the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 where the investment may result in an increase in the production capacity of the farm.

Technical support will be 100 % in line with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Date of implementation: The scheme will start on 1 January 2010.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will begin on 1 January 2010 and will close on 31 December 2012. The last payment will be made on 30 September 2012.

Objective of aid: The objective of the scheme is:

to provide support for measures that will conserve and enhance the landscape character and important heritage features of the Trent Vale,

to promote understanding and enjoyment of the landscape, biodiversity and cultural heritage of the Trent Vale.

The aid will be paid in line with Article 5 — Conservation of traditional landscape and buildings and Article 15 — Technical Support.

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to production of agricultural products.

This scheme applies to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) only as set out in Article 2.5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Name and address of the granting authority: The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:

British Waterways

The Kiln

Mather Road

Newark

Nottinghamshire

NG14 1FB

UNITED KINGDOM

The organisation operating the scheme is:

Trent Vale Landscape Partnership Scheme

c/o British Waterways

The Kiln

Mather Road

Newark

Nottinghamshire

NG14 1FB

UNITED KINGDOM

Website: http://www.ontrent.org.uk/youcando/trentvale.php

Other information: Further and more detailed information relating to eligibility and rules for the scheme can be found on the following webpage: http://www.ontrent.org.uk/youcando/trentvale.php