EN Official Journal of the European Union C 109/4

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 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

(2008/C 109/04)

Aid No: XA 259/07

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Freistaat Bayern

Title of aid scheme or name of enterprise receiving an individual aid: Richtlinie zur Durchführung des Beihilfeprogramms für die durch die klassische Geflügelpest — Aviäre Influenza — betroffenen landwirtschaftlichen Betriebe

Legal basis: Richtlinie zur Durchführung des Beihilfeprogramms für die durch die klassische Geflügelpest — Aviäre Influenza — betroffenen landwirtschaftlichen Betriebe.

Den Richtlinien liegen die Verwaltungsvorschriften zu Art. 23 und 44 der Haushaltsordnung des Freistaats Bayern (BayHO) zugrunde. Die Zuwendungen werden ohne Rechtspflicht im Rahmen der verfügbaren Haushaltsmittel bewilligt

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the enterprise: EUR 3,2 million for the years 2007 to 2009

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 50 %; maximum EUR 50 000 per holding and per calendar year

Date of implementation: Awarded when needed

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2009

Objective of aid: The purpose of the aid is to make up for losses sustained by poultry holdings located in restricted areas and at observation sites and holdings which are subject to monitoring. The aid does not constitute compensation; it is granted for non-insurable damage (e.g. loss of production, output restrictions, damage to assets caused by contamination) arising directly as a result of instructions given by the authorities.

Legal basis for aid: Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sectors concerned: Agricultural and forestry enterprises

Name and address of the granting authority: Alle dem Bayerischen Staatsministerium für Landwirtschaft und Forsten unterstellten Ämter für Landwirtschaft und Forsten in Bayern:

Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Landwirtschaft und Forsten

D-80539 München

Questions should be sent to:

Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Landwirtschaft und Forsten Referat B 1 Ludwigstr. 2 D-80539 München Tel. (49-89) 21 82 22 22

Internet address: http://www.stmlf.bayern.de/agrarpolitik/programme/26373/riligefl.pdf

Other information: None

Aid No: XA 301/07

Member State: Ireland

Region: Entire Member State

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Scheme of Payment to Private Veterinary Practitioners (PVP's) for testing of animals

Legal basis: The Central Fund (Permanent Provision) Act, 1965

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall amounts of aid payable under this scheme is dependent on the level of disease which, in turn, determines the numbers of reactors disclosed and holdings restricted with Bovine TB and Brucellosis. In view of this, it is not really possible to predict the level of expenditure over the period 2007-2013. Accordingly, the figures given below for planned expenditure are based on current disease levels and expected expenditure in 2007:

Maximum aid intensity: Circa 20 % of the costs of testing are covered by this measure

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The Scheme of Payment to Private Veterinary Practitioners (PVP's) for testing of animals is implemented on an on going basis as it is directly linked to the level of TB and Brucellosis disease in Ireland. This scheme will remain in place until these two diseases have been eradicated

Objective of aid: To ensure that a comprehensive testing programme is in place providing for the testing of all animals at least once every year in order to achieve total eradication of TB and BR.

This aid is provided in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 — Aid in respect of animal and plant disease and pest infestations

Sector(s): Bovine animals

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department of Agriculture and Food Maynooth Business Park Maynooth Co. Kildare Ireland

Internet address: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/animal_health/ERAD/ERAD_comp_scheme07.doc

Aid No: XA 302/07

Member State: Ireland

Region: Entire Member State

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Income Supplement Scheme (Bovine TB and Brucellosis)

Legal basis: Diseases of Animals Act 1966

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall amounts of aid payable under this scheme is dependent on the level of disease which, in turn, determines the numbers of reactors disclosed and holdings restricted with Bovine TB and Brucellosis. In view of this, it is not possible to predict the level of expenditure over the period 2007-2013. Accordingly, the figures given below for planned expenditure are based on current disease levels and expected expenditure in 2007:

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The Income Supplement scheme is implemented on an on going basis as it is directly linked to the level of TB and Brucellosis disease in Ireland. This scheme will remain in place until these two diseases have been eradicated

Objective of aid: To compensate farmers for losses arising from the disclosure and removal of animals deemed to be Tuberculosis or Brucellosis reactors.

To discourage the non-disclosure of disease.

This aid is provided in accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 — Aid in respect of animal and plant disease and pest infestations

Sector(s) concerned: Bovine animals

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department of Agriculture and Food Maynooth Business Park Maynooth Co. Kildare Ireland

Internet address: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/animal_health/ERAD/ERAD_comp_scheme07.doc

Aid No: XA 305/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Región de Murcia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas a entidades representativas del asociacionismo agrario de producción y comercialización de los productos agrarios

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden de la Consejería de Agricultura y Agua por la que se convocan y se aprueban las bases reguladoras de las ayudas a entidades representativas del asociacionismo agrario de producción y comercialización de los productos agrarios

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 650 000, which amounts to the sum of EUR 3 900 000 for the six-year period (2008-2013)

Maximum aid intensity: 70 %, with a maximum of EUR 220 000 per year and per beneficiary

Date of implementation: January 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until December 2013

Objective of aid: The measures constitute technical support to primary producers and hence are included in Article 15 of the Regulation. The aim of the measures is to make it easier for producers to gain access to information concerning new technologies used in agricultural production, and they will be carried out by federations, unions of agricultural co-operatives and associations of agricultural producer organisations which comply with Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.

The planned aid granted may not exceed EUR 220 000/year per beneficiary, as stated in Article 4 of the attached proposed Order and may consist of:

Aid for carrying out sectoral and statistical studies, setting up databases, printing, copying and binding costs, concerning topics relating to aspects of the Murcian agricultural sector (in accordance with Article 15(2)(c) of the Regulation).

Expenditure on collecting information, sorting and drawing up data for the study of the agricultural sector, together with software acquisition costs for setting up databases, and printing, copying and binding costs, shall be eligible for aid. A subsidy of up to 70 % of the proven expenditure may be granted, with a maximum of EUR 60 000/year.

Consultancy services which do not constitute a continuous or periodic activity, nor relate to the association's usual operating expenditure, such as routine tax consultancy services, regular legal services or advertising, provided to associate bodies and farmers in the Region of Murcia requesting it (in accordance with Article 15(2)(c) of the Regulation).

The aid will consist of a subsidy of up to 70 % of the proven expenditure, with a maximum of EUR 30 000/year.

Participation in trade fairs, attendance and technical visits, for which a prerequiste is that a programme containing details of the intended objectives be submitted with the application. For participation in trade fairs, the costs of travel, board and lodging of the staff running the stand, floor costs, costs of assembling and hiring the stand, publishing costs and the costs of hiring hostesses etc. will be taken into consideration; for attendance at trade fairs and technical visits, the costs of travel, board and lodging of the staff employed, and fellow producers of the bodies and farmers of the region who so request, will be taken into consideration (in accordance with Article 15(2)(d) of the Regulation).

Up to 20 people per beneficiary body may attend the trade fairs, with a maximum of two per associate body and three per organisation. The aid will consist of a subsidy of up to 70 % of the proven expenditure, with a maximum of EUR 130 000/year

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural production, both arable and livestock

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consejería de Agricultura y Agua Dirección General de Industrias y Asociacionismo Agrario Plaza Juan XXIII, s/n E-30071 Murcia

Internet address: http://www.carm.es/neweb2/servlet/integra.servlets.ControlPublico?IDCONTENIDO=5089&IDTIPO=100&RASTRO=c428$m

Other information: Although the aid is intended to be granted to professional agricultural organisations and other representative bodies of the agricultural sector (as it is believed that this will ensure the widest and best possible delivery of training activities and activities to disseminate technological knowledge throughout the agricultural production sector), it should be borne in mind that the final recipients of the aid will be all of the farmers and livestock owners in the Region of Murcia

Aid No: XA 315/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Ig

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Ig za programsko obdobje 2007–2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Ig za programsko obdobje 2007–2013

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

2007: EUR 36 304,46

2008: EUR 37 500

2009: EUR 39 000

2010: EUR 40 000

2011: EUR 42 000

2012: EUR 43 000

2013: EUR 43 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 50 % in less-favoured areas and 40 % in other areas.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— up to 100 % for investment in non-production facilities, up to 75 % for investment in production facilities in less-favoured areas and up to 60 % in other areas.

3. Payment of insurance premiums:

— the difference between the amount of co-financing of insurance premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of eligible costs of insurance premiums for insuring crops and fruit and to insure livestock against disease.

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs.

5. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs.

6. Provision of technical support:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs.

7. Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest:

— up to 100 % of the real costs where the relocation simply consists of the dismantling, removal and re-erection of existing facilities. Where the relocation results in the farmer benefiting from more modern facilities, the farmer must contribute at least 50 % of the increase in the value of the facilities concerned after relocation in less-favoured areas, and at least 60 % in other areas. Where the beneficiary is a young farmer, this contribution shall be at least 55 %, or 45 %, respectively. Where, as a result of the relocation, production capacity is increased, the farmer must contribute at least 60 % of costs, or 50 % in less favoured areas, in connection with the increase in capacity. Where the beneficiary is a young farmer, this contribution shall be at least 55 %, or 45 %, respectively

Date of implementation: October 2007 (the aid will not be granted until the summary is published on the Commission's website)

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

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

The Rules include 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 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings,

Article 6: Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest,

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products,

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Občina Ig Govekarjeva cesta 6 SLO-1292 Ig

Website: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200789&dhid=91694

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

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

Janez CIMPERMAN

Mayor