EN Official Journal of the European Union C 190/6

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2007/C 190/04)

XA number: XA 7023/07

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Regeling LNV-subsidies (omschrijving steun: Verhoging toegevoegde waarde landbouwproducten, onderdeel verwerking en afzet).

Legal basis:

— Regeling LNV-subsidies: artikel 1:2, artikel 1:3, artikel 1:20, artikel 2:1, artikel 2:2, artikel 2:47, eerste lid, aanhef en onderdeel b,

— Openstellingsbesluit LNV-subsidies.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid scheme is funded from the top-up (EUR 2,83 million) for sheet 123 of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme.

Maximum aid intensity: For each project, 35 % of the costs referred to in Article 4(7) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001. When the scheme is launched, the maximum aid intensity will be determined on the basis of the Decision inviting applications for subsidies from the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.

Date of implementation: The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Subsidies Scheme comes into force on 1 April 2007, but has not been made available for this section.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Ends 30 June 2008 (in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001), taking into account the adjustment period, which runs until 31 December 2008 (in accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001).

Objective of aid: The aim is to promote projects which improve the overall performance of the farm and relate to investment in the processing and/or marketing of agricultural products as set out in Annex I to the EC Treaty.

The aid scheme complies with Article 4(7)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.

Sector(s) concerned: Processing and marketing of agricultural products.

Comments:

This aid scheme applies to agricultural holdings.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerie van Landbouw Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit Postbus 20401 2500 EK Den Haag Nederland

Other information: This aid scheme is intended to provide additional financing for measure 123 of the Rural Development Programme (2007-2013) in accordance with Article 89 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

The following activities fall within the scope of measure 123 of the programme: 1. investment in processing and marketing the products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty, and 2. investment aimed at developing new products, procedures and technologies relating to the products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty.

This notification relates only to investment of the type described above in point 1. Investment of the type described in point 2 is covered by notification XS 137/07.

Both this notification and notification XS 137/07 therefore relate to aid intended to provide additional financing for measure 123 of the Rural Development Programme (2007-2013).

XA number: XA 7024/07

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Regeling LNV-subsidies (omschrijving steun: Samenwerking bij innovatie (industrieel onderzoek)).

Legal basis:

— Regeling LNV-subsidies: artikel 1:2, artikel 1:3, artikel 2:1, artikel 2:2, artikel 2:32,

— Openstellingsbesluit LNV-subsidies.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid scheme is funded from the top-up (EUR 11,75 million) for sheet 124 of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme.

Maximum aid intensity: For each (cooperation) project, 35 % of the costs referred to in Article 5a(5) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, up to a maximum of EUR 500 000.

Date of implementation: The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Subsidies Scheme comes into force on 1 April 2007. No payments will be made before the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme has been approved.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Ends 30 June 2008 (in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001), taking into account the adjustment period, which runs until 31 December 2008 (in accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001).

Objective of aid: The aim is to promote cooperation between farmers or between farmers and other businesses by granting aid to cover the costs of cooperating on a project focusing on planned research or critical investigation with the aim of discovering new knowledge in order to use this knowledge to develop new products, processes or services or to bring about a significant improvement in existing products, processes or services.

The aid scheme complies with the introductory paragraph and section (b) of Article 5a(3) and Article 5a(5) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.

Sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Comments:

This aid scheme applies to all agricultural holdings that produce products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty, SMEs active in the agricultural sector (the full range of companies involved in processing agricultural products, as well as those involved in marketing, trading, provision of services, logistics and delivery with regard to processed or unprocessed agricultural products) and forestry companies.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerie van Landbouw Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit Postbus 20401 2500 EK Den Haag Nederland

Other information: This aid scheme is intended to provide additional financing for measure 124 of the Rural Development Programme (2007-2013) in accordance with Article 89 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

The following activities fall within the scope of measure 124 of the programme: 1. cooperation on innovation — ‘pre-competitive development’ section, and 2. cooperation on innovation — ‘industrial development’ section.

This notification relates only to investment of the type described above in point 2. Investment of the type described in point 1 is covered by notification XS 138/07.

Both this notification and notification XS 138/07 therefore relate to aid intended to provide additional financing for measure 124 of the Rural Development Programme (2007-2013).