EN Official Journal of the European Union C 226/13

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 226/04)

Aid No: XA 106/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León

Title of aid scheme: Ayudas destinadas a compensar a los agricultores por las pérdidas causadas por la plaga de topillo campesino (Microtus arvalis) en las producciones agrícolas del territorio de la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León

Legal basis: Orden AYG/…/2008 por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras para la concesión de las ayudas destinadas a paliar las pérdidas de producción ocasionadas por la plaga de topillo campesino en el territorio de la comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León.

Orden AYG/…/2008 por la que se convocan las ayudas destinadas a paliar las pérdidas de producción ocasionadas por la plaga de topillo campesino en el territorio de la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León declaradas indemnizables en virtud de la orden AYG/1191/2007 de 29 de junio.

Orden AYG/556/2007, de 19 de febrero (B.O.C.y.L No 61, de 27 de marzo), por la que se declara oficialmente la existencia de la plaga de topillo campesino (Microtus arvalis) en el territorio de la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León.

Orden AYG/1191/2007, de 29 de junio (B.O.C.y.L No 129, de 4 de julio) para valoración de pérdidas en los cultivos herbáceos, oleaginosas, proteaginosas, superficies forrajeras en cultivos de invierno.

Orden AYG/1401/2007, de 3 de septiembre (B.O.C.y.L No 171, de 3 de septiembre) para la valoración de pérdidas y daños por destrucción de plantas en cultivos de verano (maíz, remolacha, patatas, hortícolas, viñedo …)

Annual expenditure planned under the aid scheme: The total expenditure planned is EUR 5,5 million

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity per farmer will be calculated on the basis of the actual losses sustained on each plot of land belonging to the farm, where the plague is confirmed as having affected more than X % of normal production (the value of X will vary as between crops, viz. 30 % in the case of winter crops and 15 % in the case of summer crops).

Once the affected plots have been determined, the market value of the losses will be determined by multiplying the difference between the expected and actual real production by the average market price for the product concerned, the latter being calculated as the average of the prices for 2005, 2006 and 2007 (up to and including September), and applying in each case an exemption of X % as referred to in the preceding paragraph.

At all events the aid intensity may not exceed 100 % of the losses

Date of implementation: Aid will be granted from 7 March 2008 which is the deadline for applications

Duration of scheme: The aid scheme covers 2008 only

Objective of the aid: The objective of the aid is stated under Article 10(2): ‘Aid for animal or plant diseases or pest infestations’

Sector(s) concerned: The sectors concerned are arable winter crops: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops and fodder crops

Name and address of the granting authority: The aid will be granted by the Government of Castile-Leon and managed by the Dirección General de Producción Agropecuaria de la Consejería de Agricultura y Ganadería, whose address is C/ Rigoberto Cortejoso, 14, E-47014 Valladolid

Website: The full text of the aid scheme will be published in the Official Gazette of Castile-Leon and is available at:

http://www.jcyl.es/AyudaEstado20072013

Direct links:

http://www.jcyl.es/jcyl/ayudasestado/Nomas_reguladoras_ayuda_perdidas_plaga_topillo.doc

http://www.jcyl.es/jcyl/ayudasestado/Convocatoria_ayuda_perdidas_plaga_topillos.doc

Other information: Contact e-mail address: corlarpi@jcyl.es

Aid No: XA 160/08

Member State: Estonia

Region: Estonia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Turuarendustoetus

Legal basis:

1) Maaelu ja põllumajandusturu korraldamise seadus § 30 lõige 3, § 32 lõige 1 ja § 58 lõige 1

2) Põllumajandusministri määrus „Turuarendustoetuse taotlemise ja taotluse menetlemise kord, nende kulude loetelu, mille hüvitamiseks turuarendustoetust antakse ning toetuse määr”

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall amount of up to EUR 6 000 000 (EEK 93,9 million), per year approximately EUR 2 000 000 (EEK 31 million)

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31.12.2010

Objective of aid: To increase market outlets for farm products or apply the results of research and development to farm products.

To promote the production of quality farm products, aid is granted in accordance with Article 14. The eligible expenditure is in accordance with Article 14(2)(b), (c) and (d) (expenditure incurred for the introduction of quality assurance schemes such as the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 series, systems based on hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), traceability systems, systems to ensure compliance with authenticity and marketing norms or environmental audit systems; expenditure for the compilation and publication of guides to good production practice; fees charged by recognised certification bodies in connection with the initial certification of quality management or similar systems).

Technical assistance is provided to farmers in accordance with Article 15. The eligible expenditure is in accordance with Article 15(2)(a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) (aid for market research, aid for the promotion of farm products; aid for participation in and the organisation of fairs, competitions and exhibitions; aid for training).

The aid is granted in the form of subsidised services and does not involve direct payments to producers

Sector(s) concerned: Farmers

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Põllumajandusministeerium, Lai 39/41 Tallinn, Eesti

Website: http://www.agri.ee/?id=10600

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 210/08

Member State: Cyprus

Region: The aid is granted by the central government

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Land consolidation plan

Legal basis: Ο περί Ενοποιήσεως και Αναδιανομής Αγροτικών Κτημάτων Νόμος του 1969

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The approved budget for implementation of the land consolidation plan for 2008 is EUR 3 545 348

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: From the date of publication in the Official Journal of the summary information on the scheme

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The final date on which a company can become entitled to State aid on the basis of the Measure is 30 June 2014

Objective of aid: The objectives of the Measure are to implement the land consolidation plans in rural areas in order to create economically viable holdings and improve the inadequate agricultural land tenure structure.

The Measure is based on Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: All sectors of primary production of agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Τμήμα Αναδασμού Υπουργείο Γεωργίας Φυσικών Πόρων και Περιβάλλοντος CY-1419 Λευκωσία

Website:

— Τhe full text of the aid scheme or the criteria for awarding individual grants outside the aid scheme can be found at the following web address: http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/Agriculture.nsf/All/6B4093441DAA1D26C22574250061ECFA/$file/%CE%A3%CF%87%CE%AD%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%20%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%8D%20-%20%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82%20%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%BDo%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%82%20%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%20%CE%9C%CE%AD%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85.pdf?OpenElement

— The legislation relating to the Land Consolidation Department can be found at the following web address: — The consolidation and redistribution of agricultural holdings act and amendment: http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/Agriculture.nsf/All/FC5678B24F911B34C2257452004A64BF/$file/%CE%9F%20%CE%A0%CE%95%CE%A1%CE%99%20%CE%95%CE%9D%CE%9F%CE%A0%CE%9F%CE%99%CE%97%CE%A3%CE%97%CE%A3%20%CE%9A%CE%91%CE%99%20%CE%91%CE%9D%CE%91%CE%94%CE%99%CE%91%CE%9D%CE%9F%CE%9C%CE%97%CE%A3%20%CE%91%CE%93%CE%A1%CE%9F%CE%A4%CE%99%CE%9A%CE%A9%CE%9D%20%CE%9A%CE%A4%CE%97%CE%9C%CE%91%CE%A4%CE%A9%CE%9D%20%CE%9D%CE%9F%CE%9C%CE%9F%CE%A3%20%CE%9A%CE%91%CE%99%20%CE%A4%CE%A1%CE%9F%CE%A0%CE%9F%CE%A0%CE%9F%CE%99%CE%97%CE%A3%CE%97.pdf?OpenElement — Regulations on the consolidation and redistribution of agricultural holdings and amendment: http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/Agriculture.nsf/All/81A1AD03CA26A59EC2257452004AA3B7/$file/%CE%9A%CE%91%CE%9D%CE%9F%CE%9D%CE%99%CE%A3%CE%9C%CE%9F%CE%99%20%CE%93%CE%99%CE%91%20%CE%A4%CE%97%CE%9D%20%CE%95%CE%9D%CE%9F%CE%A0%CE%9F%CE%99%CE%97%CE%A3%CE%97%20%CE%9A%CE%91%CE%99%20%CE%91%CE%9D%CE%91%CE%94%CE%99%CE%91%CE%9D%CE%9F%CE%9C%CE%97%20%CE%91%CE%93%CE%A1%CE%9F%CE%A4%CE%99%CE%9A%CE%A9%CE%9D%20%CE%9A%CE%A4%CE%97%CE%9C%CE%91%CE%A4%CE%A9%CE%9D%20%CE%9A%CE%91%CE%99%20%CE%A4%CE%A1%CE%9F%CE%A0%CE%9F%CE%A0%CE%9F%CE%99%CE%97%CE%A3%CE%97.pdf?OpenElement

Other information: —

Πάνος Ιωαννίδης (Panos Ioannidis)

Director of the Department of Land Consolidation

Aid No: XA 212/08

Member State: France

Region: Centre

Title of aid scheme: Aides aux investissements matériels dans le domaine agricole

Legal basis:

— Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

— Code général des collectivités territoriales (partie législative), articles L 1511-1 et L 1511-2

— Communication du Président du Conseil régional du Centre sur la stratégie de développement de l'agriculture et de la forêt de la région Centre, présentée en séance plénière de juin 2006

— Délibération de la commission permanente régionale no 07.08.55 du 12 octobre 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 4 000 000 per year

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum intensity of assistance by the region will be limited to 40 % of all or some of the eligible costs set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

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

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013, the date of expiry of exemption Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Objective of aid: As part of its policy on agreements on support for sectoral projects and regional development, the Centre region of France could potentially be asked to support investment in all farms across the region.

As a result, the region would like a framework regulation for aid for capital investment on farms, with the exception of investment in product processing and marketing, as described below.

Only the measures stipulated in the agreements on support for sectoral projects, the regulation on new regional development agreements, the policy for supporting setting-up and employment, the agreement with agricultural vocational training partners and within the framework of supporting product promotion will be eligible. Some 400 farms in the Centre region could therefore benefit from the proposed aid, which represents approximately EUR 13 million in aided investment per year.

In accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the investment should meet at least one of the following objectives: the reduction of production costs, improvement and re-deployment of production, improvement in quality and the preservation and improvement of the natural environment.

Investments meeting all the conditions referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 will be eligible.

Aid granted in respect of the following will be excluded:

the purchase of production rights, animals and annual plants,

the planting of annual plants,

drainage works or irrigation equipment and irrigation works, unless such investment leads to a reduction of previous water use of at least 25 %,

simple replacement investments,

the purchase of second-hand material,

farms in difficulty.

For each sector, a list of eligible items per production sector and/or by area will be drawn up as and when the implementing rules are adopted.

Within the framework of supporting investment in sectors benefiting from particular support under the common market organisations, only investment not selected under operational programmes by each producer organisation will be eligible

Economic sector(s) concerned: All farms in the Centre region (SMEs)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil régional du Centre 9, rue St Pierre Lentin F-45041 Orléans Cedex 1 Tél. (33) 02 38 70 30 30 Fax (33) 02 38 70 31 18

Website: http://www.regioncentre.fr/jahia/webdav/site/portail/shared/agriculture/docs/Region-Centre-Agriculture-Reglement-cadre-investissement-materiel.pdf

Aid No: XA 214/08

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Schleswig-Holstein

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Richtlinien zur Förderung von Investitionen zur Verbesserung betriebshygienischer Strukturen im Rahmen des Agrarinvestitionsförderungsprogramms als Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes“

Legal basis: Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes“

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Approximately EUR 1,3 million out of funds under the Joint Scheme ‘Improving agricultural structures and coastal protection’ and Land funds

Maximum aid intensity: 25 %, up to a maximum of EUR 25 000

Date of implementation: 1 August 2008 (depends on the date of transmission of the notification)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December 2009

Objective of aid: To support competitive agriculture by means of grants for investments made by agricultural holdings in Schleswig-Holstein to improve their hygiene status as regards infection by zoonotic agents, in particular salmonella, thus helping to prepare for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

The grants are to be awarded with the financial participation of the Federal government under the Joint Scheme ‘Improving agricultural structures and coastal protection’ 2008-2011, funding rules Part A, agricultural investment funding programme (AFP), in accordance with these guidelines and the administrative rules on Section 44 of the LHO (Land Budget Regulation).

The scheme is based on Article 4 (Investment in agricultural holdings) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture/livestock farming

Name and address of the granting authority: The aid is to be paid by:

Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume des Landes Schleswig-Holstein

Mercatorstraße 3

D-24105 Kiel

Website: http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/MLUR/DE/LandwirtschaftFischereiLaendlicherRaum/03__Foerderprogramme/01__ZPLR/PDF/Hygienebeihilfe4,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf