EN Official Journal of the European Union C 67/6

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

2010/C 67/05

Aid No: XA 254/09

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Regeling LNV-subsidies: onderdeel investeringssteun voor primaire landbouwondernemingen in technieken die leiden tot vermindering van de emissie van fijn stof

Legal basis: Regeling LNV-subsidies: artikel 1:2, artikel 1:3, artikel 2:37, eerste lid, onderdeel d, bijlage 2 (hoofdstuk 5)

Openstellingsbesluit LNV-subsidies

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: 2009: EUR 5 000 000

2010: EUR 20 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: Aid granted pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006:

60 % of the necessary additional eligible investment costs related to environmental protection and improvements with a view to complying with recently introduced minimum air quality standards,

maximum amount of aid: EUR 400 000, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 4(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Date of implementation: Aid under this scheme will be granted only after the summary information on the scheme has been published on the Commission’s website

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2010

Objective of aid: The scheme is aimed at enabling small and medium-sized agricultural holdings which exceed, or could exceed, the limit values set by the European Union for particulate matter (PM10) to comply with those values by 11 June 2011. The scheme thus forms part of the National Air Quality Cooperation Programme (NSL). The NSL includes the measures that are required to ensure timely compliance with the air quality limit values laid down in Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. This takes into account the postponement and exemption provided for in the European Commission Decision of 7 April 2009 (C(2009) 2560). This decision granted the Netherlands a derogation until 11 June 2011 as regards attainment of the limit values for particulate matter (PM10). Under the derogation, the deadline for attaining the values is postponed and they will become binding on the Netherlands only on 11 June 2011. The period up to 11 June 2011 may therefore be regarded as a transitional period.

Aid is to be granted pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, and the eligible costs of the aid scheme are specified in Chapter 5(C) of Annex 2 to the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Subsidies Scheme (Regeling LNV-subsidies) and Article 2(2) thereof.

Sector(s) concerned: All small and medium-sized primary agricultural holdings that produce products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority:

De minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit Postbus 20401 2500 EK Den Haag NEDERLAND

Website: http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0024549/geldigheidsdatum_12-11-2009

http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0021281/geldigheidsdatum_12-11-2009

Other information: 97 % of particulate emissions from agriculture come from primary agricultural holdings that keep livestock (source: http://www.emissieregistratie.nl). The reduction of particulate emissions from agriculture is therefore currently focused on efficient emission-reduction techniques which can be applied on such holdings.

The aid fully satisfies the conditions laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The aid scheme is such that aid cannot be cumulated (Article 1(16) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Subsidies Scheme).

Aid No: XA 256/09

Member State: Republic of Lithuania

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Pagalba kompensuojant dalį draudimo įmokų

Legal basis: Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro 2009 m. balandžio 10 d. įsakymo Nr. 3D-236 „Dėl draudimo įmokų dalinio kompensavimo taisyklių patvirtinimo pakeitimo projektas“

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: LTL 30 000 000 in accordance with the official EUR exchange rate (EUR 8 688 600)

Maximum aid intensity: Aid beneficiaries who have insured crops against losses caused by adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters, and/or against losses caused by adverse climatic events (frost, hail, ice, rain, drought, etc.) to be reimbursed up to 50 % of insurance premiums

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will enter into force after the Commission has sent a notice of receipt, assigned an identification number to the scheme and published the summary information on the Internet.

Preliminary implementation date — 1 December 2009.

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

Objective of aid: Support for SMEs

Insurance premiums (Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: Production of primary agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija Gedimino pr. 19 (Lelevelio g. 6) LT-01103 Vilnius LIETUVA/LITHUANIA

Website: http://www.lrs.lt/pls/proj/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=8138&p_query=&p_tr2=&p_org=13&p_fix= (Draft regulations implementing the State aid scheme)

http://www.zum.lt/lt/teisine-informacija/,all.1 (Full text of the regulations implementing the State aid scheme can be found at this address)

Other information: Once it enters into force, this State aid scheme will replace the previous scheme XA 119/09 ‘Aid for the reimbursement of insurance premiums’.

Aid No: XA 258/09

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England (East Anglia)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Managing a Masterpiece: The Stour Valley Landscape Partnership

Legal basis: National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949

Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total expenditure on this scheme is GBP 58 950. A break down of anticipated expenditure over its three-year lifespan is given in the table below:

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity for capital works will be up to 100 % where a grant is awarded for the conservation of non-productive heritage features. However, the rate of grant will be reduced in line with the rates set out in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 where aid is for restoration of productive heritage features.

The aid intensity for technical support measure will be up to 100 % in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Date of implementation: The scheme will start on 1 April 2010

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will begin on 1 April 2010. It will close on 31 March 2013. The final payment will be made by 30th September 2013.

Objective of aid: The aim of the scheme is to ensure that the landscape and heritage of the Stour Valley is understood, conserved and celebrated by all those, whatever their background, that live, work and visit the area.

The overall objectives of the scheme are:

understand the historic evolution of the landscape and the traditional land management that shaped it,

conserve or restore the built and natural features that creates the historic character of the landscape.

celebrate the cultural associations and activities of the landscape area,

encourage more people to access, learn about and become involved landscape heritage management.

improve the understanding of local craft and other skills by providing training opportunities.

These objectives will be achieved by delivering mainly community based professionally run projects to increase understanding, conserve features and celebrate the landscape heritage of the area.

This will be achieved by providing aid in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 which relates to technical support. In addition to this, grants will be awarded for capital works relating to non-productive assets such as conserving traditional features in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme will benefit all those involved in primary agricultural production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Managing a Masterpiece: The Stour Valley Landscape Partnership Scheme c/o Suffolk County Council Endeavour House 8 Russell Road Ipswich IP1 2BX UNITED KINGDOM

The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:

Suffolk County Council Endeavour House 8 Russell Road Ipswich IP1 2BX UNITED KINGDOM

The organisation operating the scheme is:

Managing a Masterpiece: The Stour Valley Landscape Partnership Scheme c/o Dedham Vale AONB and Stour Valley Project Suffolk County Council Endeavour House 8 Russell Road Ipswich IP1 2BX UNITED KINGDOM

Website: http://www.dedhamvalestourvalley.org/uploads/MaM%20SVLP%20SA%20Full%20text%20(5)%20Sept%2009.pdf

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 260/09

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Wales

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Support for Young Entrants into Farming Scheme (Wales)

Legal basis: Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972

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

Minimum number of scheme entrants Target number of payments made each year Maximum grant payment Sum Total participants 2010-2011 100 50 16 000 800 000 100 2011-2012 100 125 16 000 2 000 000 200 2012-2013 100 100 16 000 1 600 000 300 2013-2014 100 100 16 000 1 600 000 400 2014-2015 100 125 16 000 2 000 000 500 Total 500 500 16 000 8 000 000 1 500

Maximum aid intensity: The scheme allows for maximum aid intensity of 100 % per beneficiary under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The maximum payments per beneficiary will not exceed GBP 16 000

Date of implementation: The scheme will start on 5 April 2010

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will open for applications on 5 April 2010 and close on 4 April 2014, or when the available budget has been spent. Final payments will be made no later than 4 April 2015, as the scheme applicants will have a maximum of one year to drawn down payments for mentoring

Objective of aid: Sectoral development. In line with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the eligible costs will be a capital grant payment to support setting up costs for new entrant farmers under 40 years of age at the time of application who are setting up as the head of holding for the first time.

This will promote additional farm investment, which will generate new activities and/or add value to farming in Wales

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to young farmers who will predominately be involved in production, although processing and marketing could make up part of the farm business. The scheme applies to all types of production.

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

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

Department of Rural Affairs and Heritage

Cathays Park

Cardiff

CF10 3NQ

UNITED KINGDOM

The organisation operating the scheme is:

Department of Rural Affairs and Heritage

Cathays Park

Cardiff

CF10 3NQ

UNITED KINGDOM

Website: http://www.wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/farmingandcountryside/farming/youngentrantsupportscheme/?lang=en

Other information: Further and more detailed information relating to eligibility and rules for the scheme can be found in the web link above.

Signed and dated on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK Competent Authority)

Mr Duncan Kerr

UK Agricultural State Aid Adviser

DEFRA

Area 5D, 9 Millbank

C/o Nobel House

17 Smith Square

Westminster

London

SW1P 3JR

UNITED KINGDOM

Aid No: XA 263/09

Member State: Finland

Region: Manner-Suomi

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

Legal basis: Valtionavustuslaki (688/2001)

Valtioneuvoston asetus maatilan energiasuunnitelmatuesta (xx/2009, not yet issued)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The planned expenditure is EUR 500 000 in 2009 and EUR 1 600 000 a year in 2010-2011, provided the state budget includes an appropriation for paying the aid. If the appropriation is not used up in a given year, it can be carried over to the following two years

Maximum aid intensity: The aid is being granted pursuant to Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The aid may cover 85 % of total eligible costs. The maximum total eligible costs per plan are EUR 1 100

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will not enter into force before 15 December 2009

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid under the scheme may be paid over the period 2009-2013

Objective of aid: To subsidise the costs incurred by farms in producing their energy efficiency action plans

Sectors(s) concerned: Farms and horticultural holdings located in mainland Finland

Name and address of the granting authority: Granting authority:

Alueen toimivaltainen työ- ja elinkeinokeskus (up until 31 December 2009)

Alueen toimivaltainen elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus (from 1 January 2010)

Agency responsible for steering implementation of the aid:

Maaseutuvirasto

PL 256

FI-00101 Helsinki

SUOMI/FINLAND

Website: http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/2001/20010688

http://www.mmm.fi/maatilojenenergiaohjelma

Other information: —