EN Official Journal of the European Union C 90/5

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 90/07

Aid No: XA 261/09

Member State: Bulgaria

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Помощ за насърчаване производството и използването на висококачествени семена

Legal basis:

1. Чл. 12, ал. 1, т. 2 и т. 5 и ал. 2, т. 1, буква „а“ от Закона за подпомагане на земеделските производители;

2. Article 14(2)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The maximum total budget of the aid for the duration of its implementation is BGN 5 771 519.

The maximum annual budget for the measure is as follows

for 2010: BGN 1 352 345

for 2011: BGN 1 412 785

for 2012: BGN 1 472 047

for 2013: BGN 1 534 342

Maximum aid intensity: Article 14(2)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 — 100 % of eligible costs for the following services:

field inspection of seed crops,

issuing of labels,

sampling of seed lots intended for certification,

laboratory analysis of seed samples by crop group,

post-control of seed lots.

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: Assistance to SMEs to promote the production and use of high-quality seed for cereal, oil, fodder and industrial crops and potatoes.

Sector(s) concerned: production of plants and seed for cereal, oil, fodder and industrial crops and potatoes

Name and address of the granting authority:

Darzhaven fond „Zemedelie“ bul. Tsar Boris III 136 1618 Sofia BULGARIA

Website: http://www.dfz.bg/bg/darzhavni-pomoshti/shemi_durjavni_pomoshti_reglament_1857_2006/

Other information: The aid takes the form of subsidised services provided by the Izpalnitelna agentsiya po sortoizpitvane, aprobatsiya i semekontrol (IASAS), through which the Minister for Agriculture and Food exercises control over seed pursuant to the Zakon za posevniya i posadachen material, in accordance with Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. It will not involve direct payments of money to agricultural producers.

Pursuant to Article 14(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the aid is accessible to all those meeting the criteria for assistance in the area concerned, based on objectively defined conditions. No aid will be granted retroactively in respect of activities which have already been carried out by the beneficiary.

The aid covers 100 % of the cost of fees for the above services, which are provided in relation to the application of the compulsory control measures laid down in the Zakon za posevniya i posadachen material and related regulations.

Aid No: XA 264/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Castilla y León (Province of Salamanca)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: subvenciones dirigidas a asociaciones y cooperativas de ganaderos para la financiación de sistemas de control lechero, anualidad 2010

Legal basis: Proyecto de bases reguladoras de la convocatoria de subvenciones dirigidas a asociaciones y cooperativas de ganaderos para la financiación de sistemas de control lechero, anualidad 2010

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: the annual expenditure planned under the aid scheme for 2010 is EUR 20 500 (twenty thousand five hundred euros), covering a loan facility totalling EUR 12 000 (twelve thousand euros) for cooperatives and a loan facility totalling EUR 8 500 (eight thousand five hundred euros) for associations.

Maximum aid intensity: the maximum amount of the grant may not exceed 50 % of eligible expenditure or EUR 12 000 in the case of cooperatives or EUR 8 500 in the case of applicant associations.

Date of implementation: from the date of 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 or individual aid award: until 31 December 2010

Objective of aid: The purpose of the aid is to help maintain and improve the genetic quality of the livestock population in Salamanca by monitoring the quality of the milk from and the genetic quality of dairy cows, sheep and goats to be conducted by livestock associations and cooperatives in the province of Salamanca.

The aid scheme falls within the scope of Article 16(1)(b) 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.

Eligible costs are taken to mean, in respect of both livestock associations and cooperatives, current expenditure which has a clear and direct link to the subsidised activity (the provision of technical assistance in order to implement programmes to establish the genetic quality or yield of livestock) and which concerns:

tests performed by third parties to establish the genetic quality or yield of livestock

indirect taxes that can be recovered or compensated are not to be eligible for the subsidy.

Sector(s) concerned: livestock sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Excma. Diputación Provincial de Salamanca C/ Felipe Espino, 1 37002 Salamanca ESPAÑA

Website: http://www.lasalina.es/areas/eh/ProyConvocatorias/2010/ControlLechero.pdf

Other information: This grant will be compatible with any other grant, aid, resource or revenue in respect of the subsidised activity awarded by any public or private national or European Union administration or authority or international organisation, provided that it does not exceed the quantitative limits for aid set out in Article 16(1)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 (up to 70 % of the costs of the tests performed).

Recipients of the grant must comply with all the conditions laid down in Article 16(1)(b) of the Regulation, in other words routine controls of milk quality are excluded.

Aid No: XA 279/09

Member State: France

Region: Département de la Seine-Maritime

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aides à la réalisation de diagnostics énergétiques «Planète» dans les exploitations agricoles (Seine-Maritime)

Legal basis: Article L1511-2 du Code général des collectivités territoriales

Articles L3231-2 et 3232-1 du Code général des collectivités territoriales

Délibération du Conseil général du 31 mars 2009 relatif à la politique agricole départementale, période 2009-2012

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 30 000 per year

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %, within the limit of the ceiling of EUR 200

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2009-2012

Objective of aid: The objective of this scheme is to make farmers aware of the strengths and weaknesses of their farm’s direct and indirect energy consumption system. This preliminary diagnosis will be used to decide whether investments are needed or to whether corrective solutions can be found on the farm.

The aid will be granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Sector(s) concerned: the entire agricultural sector (SMEs)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du département de Seine-Maritime Quai Jean Moulin 76101 Rouen Cedex 1 FRANCE

Website: http://www.seinemaritime.net/guidedesaides/medias/File/aide-a-la-realisation-de-diagnostic-energetique-planete-dans-les-exploitations-agricoles-+-formulaire-t2.pdf

Other information: —