EN Official Journal of the European Union C 53/8

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

(2009/C 53/04)

Aid No: XA 221/08

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Provincie Limburg

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Wijnen Paprika's BV (Advieskosten Geothermisch onderzoek)

Legal basis: Artikel 4:21 lid 3 onder c Algemene wet bestuursrecht

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 33 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration number of the application until its release on the website of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 1 March 2009

Objective of aid: Aid will be granted by application of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Primary agricultural production (peppers)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Limburg Limburglaan 10 6229 GA Maastricht Nederland

Website: http://www.limburg.nl/nl/html/algemeen/beleid/Europa/KennisgevingenStaatssteun/KennisgevingenStaatssteun.asp#aU4J64XT47201JA40Q11W

Other information: Aid will be granted for a study to be carried out into the possibility of heating Wijnen Paprika's greenhouses using geothermal energy. The costs to be subsidised are those of obtaining technical advice.

The scheme does not involve direct payments to recipient farmers; aid will be granted in the form of subsidised advisory services. It is not intended for services of a continuous or periodic nature, nor the enterprise's usual operating expenditure. Aid will be granted on the basis of the Subsidieverordening Inrichting Landelijk Gebied van de provincie Limburg (Subsidy Ordinance for Rural Development in the Province of Limburg) and is therefore available for all enterprises meeting the criteria set out therein

Aid No: XA 374/08

Member State: France

Region: Bourgogne

Title of aid scheme: Aides au traitement des animaux malades de la FCO dans élevages bovins, ovins et caprins

Legal basis:

— Code général des collectivités territoriales, articles L 1511-2-3-5,

— arrêtés du ministre de l'agriculture et de la pêche des 19, 24 septembre et 9 octobre 2008 modifiant l'arrêté du 1er avril 2008 définissant les zones réglementées relatives à la fièvre catarrhale ovine,

— Council Decision 90/424/EC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field,

— délibération du Conseil régional de Bourgogne

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 90 000

Maximum aid intensity: The amount of aid to be granted by the Burgundy Region (Région Bourgogne) is EUR 45 per bovine and EUR 7,5 per ovine/caprine animal treated.

The maximum aid intensity is 100 %. Amounts received under insurance schemes will be taken into account when compliance with the aid intensity is checked.

The aid will be paid to the health protection groups of the Departments on presentation of a summary list of farmers meeting all the following conditions:

the outbreaks were declared in 2007 or 2008,

the farmers contribute to the CSSA (Caisse nationale de solidarité sanitaire animale — National Animal Health Support Fund), which is open to all stockbreeders

Date of implementation: From the publication (in the Official Journal of the European Union) of the registration number of the exemption application and the vote on the decision of the Burgundy Regional Council)

Duration of scheme: 2008-2009

Objective of aid: This exceptional aid is intended to cover a portion of the costs associated with a health insurance scheme open to all stockbreeders by way of a supplement to the CSSA, which was set up by the GDS (groupements départementaux de défense sanitaire — health protection groups of the Departments).

It will thus make it possible to cover a portion of the costs incurred by cattle, sheep and goat farmers in caring for animals suffering from bluetongue, in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Cattle, sheep and goats

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil régional de Bourgogne Direction de l'agriculture et du développement rural 17, boulevard de la Trémouille BP 1602 F-21035 Dijon cedex

Website: http://www.cr-bourgogne.fr/doc/gda/2008-10/Rapport_modif_FCO_ind_ovins_SP_20_10_08.doc

Aid No: XA 375/08

Member State: France

Region: Bourgogne

Title of aid scheme: Aides aux pertes entraînées de la FCO dans élevages ovins et caprins

Legal basis:

— Code général des collectivités territoriales, articles L 1511-2-3-5,

— arrêtés du ministre de l'agriculture et de la pêche des 19, 24 septembre et 9 octobre 2008 modifiant l'arrêté du 1er avril 2008 définissant les zones réglementées relatives à la fièvre catarrhale ovine,

— Council Decision 90/424/EC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field,

— délibération du Conseil régional de Bourgogne

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 450 000

Maximum aid intensity: The amount of aid to granted by the Burgundy Region (Région Bourgogne) is EUR 50 for animals in the following categories:

male or female breeding small ruminants having died at over 6 months old,

breeding males or billy goats over 6 months old which have lost their reproductive capacity.

The maximum aid intensity is 100 %. Amounts received under insurance schemes will be taken into account when compliance with the aid intensity is checked.

This aid will be paid to farmers who meet all the following conditions:

the outbreaks were declared in 2007 and 2008,

the farmers receive the ewe and goat premium,

they have obtained health compensation from the French Government for the dead animals or have positive results from a virological analysis performed on breeding males,

they undertake to replace their livestock.

Amounts received under insurance schemes will be taken into account when compliance with the aid intensity is checked

Date of implementation: From the publication (in the Official Journal of the European Union) of the registration number of the exemption application and the vote on the decision of the Burgundy Regional Council

Duration of scheme: 2008-2009

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to compensate sheep and goat farmers for the loss of future breeding animals, facilitating the purchase or replacement of animals with the aim of restoring the number of breeding animals before the outbreak of the disease, in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Sheep and goats

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil régional de Bourgogne Direction de l'agriculture et du développement rural 17, boulevard de la Trémouille BP 1602 F-21035 Dijon cedex

Website: http://www.cr-bourgogne.fr/doc/gda/2008-10/Rapport_modif_FCO_ind_ovins_SP_20_10_08.doc

Aid No: XA 377/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas por arranque y destrucción de palmaceas afectadas por el Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliver 1790)

Legal basis:

— Proyecto de Orden de la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación por la que se modifica la Orden de 24 de febrero de 2004, de la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la cual se declara la existencia oficial de la Plaga Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliver 1790) en la comunidad Valenciana, se califica de utilidad pública la lucha contra el género Rhynchophorus spp y se establecen las medidas obligatorias para su erradicación y control,

— ley no 43/2002, de 20 de noviembre, de Sanidad Vegetal

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid provided for in the Order will be paid for from headings 12.02.01.542.20 — T6130 and T2349 of the expenditure budget of the regional government, and is put at EUR 300 000 annually.

The estimated expenditure for the entire period is EUR 1 800 000

Maximum aid intensity: The amount of compensation will depend on the variety concerned and the height of the trunk.

BUTIA CAPITATA, BUTIA YATAI

For each tree: EUR 50 per metre of trunk.

TRITHRINAX CAMPESTRIS

For each tree: EUR 50 per metre of trunk.

In the case of the species Trithrinax campestris, the tree has several branches.

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 or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: To compensate farmers and private individuals for losses caused by the Rhynchophorus ferrugineus insect (Olivier, 1790).

The aid is granted under Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (published in the OJ of 16.12.2006)

Statistical Classification of Economic Activities within the European Communities (NACE):

0129 Growing of other perennial crops

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consellería 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%20MODIFICACION%202008%20%20RHYNCHOPHORUS%20V.pdf

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Valencia, 22 October 2008.

El Director General de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria

Manuel LAINEZ ANDRÉS

Aid No: XA 385/08

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England-Cornwall

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: The Heath Project

Legal basis: The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total annual expenditure under the scheme is to be GBP 110 000 in 2008/2009

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity will be up to 100 % in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Date of implementation: The scheme will start on 17 November 2008 or once the summary form has been in possession of the European Union Commission for 10 working days whichever is later

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will start on 17 November 2008. The last payment date will be the 31 December 2008 and the closure date of the scheme is 31 December 2008

Objective of aid: The aim of the scheme is to restore and repair traditional, non-productive landscape features such as hedges and water supplies to heath land. These features will support the development of a model of sustainable heath land management which will enhance the exceptional landscape quality and biodiversity in Cornwall. In accordance with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the scheme will fund a number of capital works to conserve non-productive agricultural features

Sector(s) concerned: This project applies to SME's active in agricultural production

Name and address of the granting authority:

The Heath Project Natural England Pydar House, Pydar Street Truro Cornwall TR1 1XU United Kingdom

Website: http://www.theheathproject.org.uk/news.html

Other information: —