EN Official Journal of the European Union C 181/4

Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 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, processing and marketing of agricultural products

(2006/C 181/03)

Aid No: XA 72/04

Member State: Spain

Region: Castile-Leon

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Support for SMEs to gain tax incentives regarding activities relating to research and development (R&D) and to technological innovation (TI)

Legal basis: Acuerdo del Consejo Rector de la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de Castilla y León por el que se aprueban las bases de la convocatoria de determinadas ayudas o incentivos de la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de Castilla y León cofinanciados con fondos estructurales

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 600 000 annually

Maximum aid intensity: Maximum gross aid intensity of 50 % of eligible expenditure approved, capped at EUR 3 500, for each of the following eligible items:

Date of implementation:

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to facilitate access by small and medium-sized enterprises in Castile-Leon to the tax deductions provided for in current legislation for activities relating to research and development (hereinafter R&D) and to technological innovation (hereinafter TI). This is done by granting aid towards the following expenditure on external consultants, in accordance with Article 14:

Also considered eligible is external expenditure linked to subcontracting the technical report on the qualification of the activities and identification of R&D and TI-related expenditure and investment to a body duly accredited by the National Accreditation Body (ENAC)

Sector(s) concerned: SMEs active in the production, processing or marketing of agricultural products, except for the processing of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty into products not listed therein

Name and address of the granting authority:

ADE — Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de Castilla y León C/ Duque de la Victoria 23 E-47001 Valladolid

Web address: www.jcyl.es/ade

Aid No: XA 24/06

Member State: Spain

Region: La Rioja

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Rules governing the aid scheme relating to the programme ‘New developments in information and communications technology for SMEs’

Legal basis: Resolución del Presidente de la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja de 17 de marzo de 2006 por la que se aprueban las Bases Reguladoras del régimen de ayudas del programa Nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones para Pymes

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

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of eligible investment

Date of implementation: From 23 March 2006

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: 2006

Objective of aid: The main objective is to grant aid to SMEs. The secondary objective is to support the implementation of plans to introduce information and communications technology geared towards integrating enterprises' business processes.

Article 7 has been used: ‘Investment in processing and marketing’.

Considered eligible is investment in implementing plans to introduce information and communications technology (ICTs) aimed at integrating areas of the enterprise and relating to the following activities:

E-commerce: introducing systems for selling products and providing customer services electronically.

E-business: introducing integrated management systems.

E-marketing: introducing systems which optimise relations with clients.

E-marketplaces: introducing systems which enable the enterprise to participate in platforms facilitating electronic transactions between buyers and sellers.

E-procurement: introducing systems for the enterprise to manage the purchase of products and services electronically.

The enterprise's web site, provided that, in addition to providing information on the enterprise, it offers the possibility of conducting business transactions.

Enterprise intranet and/or extranet which optimise communication between employees and between the enterprise and its clients/suppliers.

Internet security systems

Sector(s) concerned: SMEs (processing and marketing) with a head office in the Autonomous Community of Rioja, or at least having a centre of activity there

Name and address of the granting authority:

Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja Muro de la Mata 13-14 E-26071 Logroño (La Rioja)

Web address: www.ader.es

Aid Number: XA 37/06

Member State: France

Region: Lower Normandy

Title of aid scheme: Aid for animal welfare and on-farmenvironment

Legal basis:

— Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003,

— Articles L 1511 et suivants du Code général des collectivités territoriales permettant aux collectivités territoriales d'intervenir dans le cadre de la création ou de l'extension d'activités économiques en accordant des aides directes et indirectes aux entreprises;

— Délibération de l'assemblée régionale en date du 11 février 2005

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 385 000

Maximum aid intensity:

— 40 % of eligible investments for equipment to improve working conditions with animals (containment), building landscaping or to reduce odours in spreading

— 30 % for aid to reduce feeding costs (targeted investments for bi-phase or multi-phase feeding) or to manage covered spaces used for livestock (better indoor conditions to improve animal health and welfare)

Date of implementation: On receipt of an acknowledgement of receipt from the European Commission

Duration of scheme: Two years, renewable

Objective of aid: The scheme aims to improve on-farm production conditions and to maintain and improve the environment and animal health and welfare. It is limited to cases where an umbrella programme cannot be put together in the near future (two years) to form part of the modernisation scheme for livestock buildings (‘PMBE’) and cases that do not qualify for the building scheme due to multiple applications.

No proportion of investments to increase production capacity may be included in the application. In no cases may it involve work merely to meet the standards set under EU legislation governing health and safety, environment or animal welfare.Only new equipment and first-use buildings are eligible. Replacements and second-hand equipment are not eligible for aid.

Examples of eligible investments: round-up area, fixed or adjustable containment corridors, reinforcing buildings, landscaping by planting flower beds or hedges, improving access, bi- or multi-phase feeding equipment, spreading and burying equipment.

Sector(s) concerned: All livestock farms in Lower Normandy

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie Abbaye aux Dames BP 523 F-14035 Caen CEDEX

Web address: www.region-basse-normandie.fr

Aid No: XA 40/06

Member State: Italy

Region: Liguria

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Aid for the modernisation of agricultural holdings run by cooperatives, and aid for the processing and marketing of agricultural products and service activities

Legal basis: Articoli 4, 5 e 6 della legge regionale 19 aprile 2006, n. 9 ‘Interventi strutturali a favore delle cooperative agricole’

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total budget allocation for 2006 is EUR 400 000. For the following years, a similar amount is expected to be available for the abovementioned Regional Law

Maximum aid intensity:

— for the aid referred to in Article 4 — Aid for the modernisation of agricultural holdings run by cooperatives -, a financial contribution will be granted amounting to 50 % of eligible costs (excluding VAT) for investments in less-favoured areas as defined in the Regional Rural Development Plan, adopted by Commission Decision No C(2000) 2727 of 26 September 2000, and 40 % of eligible costs (excluding VAT) for investments in other areas;

— for the aid referred to in Article 5 — Aid for the processing and marketing of agricultural products — a financial contribution of 40 % of eligible costs (excluding VAT) will be granted;

— aid referred to in Article 6 — Aid for activities relating to the collective purchase of production means and the purchase of machinery and equipment for collective use for agricultural production — will be granted under the 'de minimis' rule, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 69/2001

Date of implementation: Starting from 2006, but not earlier than ten working days after the submission of this form, as required by Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Duration of scheme: Indefinite

Objective of aid: To promote the development of agricultural cooperatives by providing aid for the following activities:

Reference Articles of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004: Article 4 ‘Investments in agricultural holdings’ and Article 7 ‘Investments in processing and marketing’

Sector(s) concerned: The aid scheme applies to all agricultural and agri-food products listed in Annex I to the Treaty, excluding fishery and aquaculture products

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Regione Liguria — Dipartimento Agricoltura e Protezione civile Via G. D'Annunzio 113 I-16121 Genova

Website: http://www.agriligurianet.it/cgi-bin/liguria/agrinet3/ep/linkPagina.do?canale=/Portale Agrinet 3/Home/AttivitaRegionali/<! - - 0030 - - >sostegno economico/<! - - 0050 - - >contributi alle coop agricole