EN Official Journal of the European Union C 274/10

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

(2008/C 274/04)

Aid No: XA 255/08

Member State: Italy

Title of aid scheme: Decreto ministeriale disciplinante la concessione di aiuti a favore delle forme associate delle organizzazioni di produttori (Organizzazioni Comuni) di nuova costituzione e riconosciute, ai sensi del decreto legislativo n. 102 del 27 maggio 2005, per la copertura delle spese sostenute per la costituzione e l'avviamento

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo 27 maggio 2005, n. 102, recante ‘Regolazioni dei mercati agroalimentari, a norma dell'articolo 1, comma 2, lettera e), della legge 7 marzo 2003, n. 38’

Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Article 9(2): Aid for producer groups

Annual expenditure planned: The funds for the 2008 financial year are approximately EUR 400 000.

The following costs are considered eligible:

(a) purchase of office equipment (calculators, photocopiers, typewriters, etc.);

(b) purchase of computers (hardware and software);

(a) notarial and other expenditure to establish the Articles of Association, cost of registration at a court and expenditure for the approval of the books (even for subsequent years);

(a) postal and telecommunications expenditure relating to the common market organisations;

(b) mission expenses. The contribution corresponding to expenditure incurred by technical staff missions will be accepted on a flat-rate basis according to the following parameters: — 6 % up to EUR 120 000 of eligible expenditure, — 3 % above EUR 120 000 of eligible expenditure

Maximum aid intensity: Aid will be granted according to the provisions of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Aid will be granted for a five-year period at maximum levels of 100 %, 80 %, 60 %, 40 % and 20 % of actual establishment and start-up costs, incurred and accepted as eligible in the first year and the four years following legal recognition, until the fifth year.

The total amount of the aid granted to producer groups cannot exceed EUR 400 000 over the five-year period following their recognition

Date of implementation: This Decree shall enter into force the day after its publication in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 5 years

Objective of aid: Aid for the establishment of producer groups or producer associations (Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Article 9(2): Aid for producer groups or producer associations)

Sectors concerned: The entire agricultural sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali Dipartimento delle Politiche di Sviluppo Economico e Rurale Direzione Generale dello sviluppo agroalimentare, qualità e tutela del consumatore Via XX Settembre n. 20 I-00187 Roma

Website: http://www.politicheagricole.it in the section ‘Sviluppo rurale e infrastrutture’ — subsection ‘Aiuti di Stato’ — ‘Disposizioni nazionali’

Dr. Giuseppe BLASI

Il Direttore Generale

Aid No: XA 256/08

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Mokronog–Trebelno

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Sofinanciranje programov na področju kmetijstva občine Mokronog–Trebelno

Legal basis: Pravilnik o sofinanciranju programov na področju kmetijstva v Občini Mokronog-Trebelno za programsko obdobje 2008–2013

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

2008: EUR 23 500

2009: EUR 25 700

2010: EUR 25 700

2011: EUR 30 000

2012: EUR 30 000

2013: EUR 31 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings:

(a) up to 40 % of the eligible investment costs. The aid is granted for investment to renovate and upgrade farm buildings, to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural production, to invest in permanent crops and to improve farmland.

2. Aid for land reparcelling:

(a) up to 100 % of the legal and administrative costs actually incurred.

3. Assistance towards the payment of insurance premiums:

(a) the amount co-financed by the municipality comprises the difference between the co-financing of insurance premiums from the national budget and the subsidy limit (up to 50 %) applying to the eligible costs of insurance premiums for crops, fruit and cases of disease among animals.

4. Provision of technical support:

(a) up to 100 % of the eligible costs for the training and qualification of farmers, consultancy services, the organisation of fora, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, the dissemination of scientific findings, publications, catalogues and web sites. The aid is to take the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: July 2008 (the aid will not be granted until a summary has been published on the European Commission's website)

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

Objective of aid: Support for SMEs

Reference to Articles of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: Chapter II of the draft Pravilnik o sofinanciranju programov na področju kmetijstva v občini Mokronog-Trebelno za programsko obdobje 2008–2013 (Rules on the cofinancing of agricultural development programmes in the municipality of Mokronog-Trebelno over the 2008-2013 programming period) includes measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following Articles of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 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 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Občina Mokronog–Trebelno Pod gradom 2 SLO-8230 Mokronog

Website: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=200862&objava=2673

Other information: The measure relating to payment of insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit covers the following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frosts, hail, lightning, fires caused by lightning, storms and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (procedure prior to the aid grant, cumulation of aid, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Mojca PEKOLJ

Direktorica občinske uprave

Aid No: XA 257/08

Member State: France

Region: Rhône-Alpes

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Assistance technique dans le cadre de la reprise des exploitations

Legal basis: Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Délibérations du Conseil régional no 07.05.918 des 29 et 30 novembre 2007 et no 08.05.371 du 29 mai 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 2 900 000

Maximum aid intensity: Once the self-diagnosis demonstrating that their project is mature has been carried out, project implementers will be able to receive technical support to help them implement and subsequently monitor their take-over projects.

The support will include:

These services will be provided by agricultural organisations, to which the public aid will be paid. The project implementers will receive the aid in kind

Date of implementation: From 1 July 2008 onwards, subject to publication of the registration number of the exemption request on the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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

Objective of aid: The aid in the form of technical support will be granted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and will enable the take-over of holdings in the region to be assisted and encouraged by giving those interested the right support and advice for their project. With this regional aid, those wishing to take over holdings will have access to quality advice and a range of support measures to help them to develop, structure and calculate the figures for their project, followed by ongoing monitoring to provide the best chance of success for themselves and the local community

Sector(s) concerned: All SME agricultural holdings in the Rhône-Alpes region

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil Régional Rhône-Alpes Direction de l'agriculture et du développement rural Service Agriculture 78, route de Paris F-69751 Charbonnières les Bains Cedex

Website: http://www.rhonealpes.fr/TPL_CODE/TPL_AIDE/PAR_TPL_IDENTIFIANT/270/PAG_TITLE/Accompagnement+au+Parcours+Installation+en+Agriculture/ID_AIDESDOMAINEMDL/3/ID_AIDESPROFILMDL//RETURN/1/18-les-aides-de-la-region.htm

Aid No: XA 259/08

Member State: Spain

Region: —

Title of aid scheme: Ayudas para la mejora de la capacidad técnica de gestión de subproductos de origen animal no destinados al consumo humano

Legal basis: Real Decreto por el que se establecen las bases reguladoras de las ayudas destinadas a las explotaciones ganaderas, las industrias agroalimentarias y establecimientos de gestión de subproductos para la mejora de la capacidad técnica de gestión de subproductos de origen animal

Annual expenditure planned under the aid scheme: EUR 6 million per year, as provided for in the General State Budget

Maximum aid intensity: The aid per beneficiary shall not exceed EUR 6 000 and in no case 75 % of the eligible investments in less-favoured areas or the areas referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, or 60 % in other areas

Where the total amount of aid entails a level of aid intensity above the maximum limits laid down in the Royal Decree or in the State or Community applicable, it shall be reduced to the aforementioned limit. Specifically, the aid scheme will be adjusted to comply with the provisions of Article 19 Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Date of implementation: As from the 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: Until 2009. This can be extended on an annual basis, subject to the provisions of the General State Budget, but in no case beyond 31 December 2013

Objective of the aid: To improve by-product management capacity and promote proper classification at source of the different by-products produced on livestock farms, the aim being to improve by-product management conditions and, while obtaining the best return from these products, protect animal health and the environment.

The aid is granted on the basis of Article 4(4)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The following will be eligible:

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock farming (inasmuch as it covers by-products of animal origin, the scheme concerns all sectors of livestock farming)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino Dirección General de Recursos Agrícolas y Ganaderos Subdirección General de Mercados Exteriores y Producciones Porcina, Avícola y Otras. C/ Alfonso XII, 62 — 5a planta E E-28071 Madrid

Website: http://www.sandach.com.es/Documentos/PROYECTO %20RD %20AYUDAS %20SANDACH %20FINAL.doc

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 261/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas a la suscripción de seguros agrarios del Plan Anual de Seguros Agrarios Combinados

Legal basis: The implementing legislation on technical matters is the following:

Directrices Comunitarias sobre ayudas estatales al sector agrario y forestal (2007/2013) 2006/C 319/2001;

La Ley 87/1978 de 28 de diciembre de Seguros Agrarios Combinados y el Real Decreto 2329/1979 de 14 de septiembre por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de desarrollo; La Ley 5/1983, de 30 de diciembre, del Consell; el Decreto Legislativo de 26 de junio de 1991 por el que se aprueba el Texto Refundido de la Ley de Hacienda Pública de la Generalitat; la Ley 38/2003 de 17 de noviembre, General de Subvenciones y el Real Decreto 887/2006 de 21 de julio por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley de Subvenciones

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: For the 2008 call for proposals, EUR 32 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: The percentages stipulated in the Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture sector 2007 to 2013, and in Articles 12 and 16 of 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

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registration number of the exemption request is published on the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The period set down in the Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007 to 2013

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to facilitate the effecting of the farm insurance included in the National Combined Farm Insurance Plan within the territorial limits of the Comunitat Valenciana.

Aid for effecting farm insurance complies with the provisions of Articles 12 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Eligible costs are the payment of a portion of the premium of insurance to provide protection against damage caused by adverse weather conditions which can be classed as natural disasters, other losses caused by adverse weather conditions, losses caused by parasitic infestations and diseases, and for the removal and destruction of fallen stock

Sector(s) concerned: Natural or legal persons and communities of property deemed to be small and medium-sized enterprises in accordance with the definition contained in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/Orden %20seguros %20agrarios.pdf

Other information: —

Valencia, 30 June 2008.

Director-General for Agricultural Production