EN Official Journal of the European Union C 176/2

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 176/02

Aid No: XA 241/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Región de Murcia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas a las cooperativas agrarias de 2° grado para la realización de actividades orientadas al desarrollo rural

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden de la Consejería de Agricultura y Agua, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de las ayudas a las cooperativas agrarias de 2° grado para la realización de actividades orientadas al desarrollo rural.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1 million

Maximum aid intensity: 40 %

Date of implementation:

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

Objective of aid: Investment in agricultural holdings (Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: NACE code

A1 — Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ginés Vivancos Mateo Director General de Industrias y Asociacionismo Agrario Consejería de Agricultura y Agua Dirección General de Industrias y Asociacionismo Agrario Plaza Juan XXIII, s/n 30008 Murcia ESPAÑA

Website: http://www.carm.es/neweb2/servlet/integra.servlets.ControlPublico?IDCONTENIDO=12951&IDTIPO=100&RASTRO=c428$m

Other information: This aid focusing on agricultural cooperatives will boost rural development by increasing their competitiveness with a view to improving the quality of life in rural areas and promoting the diversification of economic activity.

Aid No: XA 58/10

Member State: Italy

Region: Toscana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Attività di divulgazione in merito alla assicurabilità delle produzioni agricole e zootecniche da eventi atmosferici e da epizoozie

Legal basis: L.R. 24 gennaio 2006, n. 1 «Disciplina degli interventi regionali in materia di agricoltura e di sviluppo rurale»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 0,100 million for 2010

Maximum aid intensity: 80 %

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: Technical support (Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006), and in particular:

Sector(s) concerned: NACE Code

A10601 — Support activities for crop production

A10602 — Support activities for animal production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Toscana Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati Piazza del Duomo 10 50122 Firenze FI ITALIA

Website: http://www.regione.toscana.it/regione/export/RT/sito-RT/Contenuti/sezioni/agricoltura/aziende_agricole/rubriche/opportunita_scadenze/visualizza_asset.html_1147291691.html

Other information: With reference to Regional Law 1/06, in compliance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 the Region of Tuscany runs an aid scheme providing technical support in the agricultural sector concerning the education and training of farmers and farm workers (costs of organising the training programme, Article 15(2)(a)(i)); consultancy services provided by third parties (which do not constitute a continuous activity, Article 15(2)(c)); and the organisation of and participation in forums (costs of publications and the rent of exhibition premises, Article 15(2)(d)(iii) and (iv)). The aid scheme will be implemented by means of a specific call for tenders based on the specifications attached to this information document.

Aid No: XA 60/10

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Sveti Tomaž, podravska statistična regija

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Finančne intervencije v kmetijstvo v občini Sveti Tomaž

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja za programsko obdobje 2010–2013.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: 2010: EUR 8 000

2011: EUR 10 000

2012: EUR 10 000

2013: EUR 10 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production: — 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas; — 40 % of eligible costs in other areas.

2. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums: — the aid does not exceed 50 % of the eligible costs for insuring crops and fruit and for insuring livestock against disease.

3. Provision of technical support: — up to 100 % of eligible costs concerning education and training, consultancy services provided by third parties, the organisation of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publications, catalogues and websites. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers of agricultural products.

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registration number of the exemption for the aid scheme is published on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Reference to articles of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: The draft Rules on granting aid for preserving and developing agriculture and rural areas for the programming period 2010-2013 include measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following articles of 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) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation) (OJ L 214, 9.8.2008, p. 3).

Article 4: investment in agricultural holdings;

Article 12: aid towards the payment of insurance premiums;

Article 15: provision of technical support in the agricultural sector.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Občina Sveti Tomaž Sveti Tomaž 37 SI-2258 Sveti Tomaž SLOVENIJA

Website: http://www.sv-tomaz.si/files/uradno%20glasilo%201-2010.pdf

Other information: —

Župan Občine Sveti Tomaž Mirko CVETKO

Aid No: XA 62/10

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Provincie Utrecht (Utrecht)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Investeringen in landbouwbedrijven ten behoeve van het milieu in het reconstructiegebied

Legal basis: Subsidieverordening inrichting landelijk gebied 2006

Besluit subsidiekader ILG-AVP, artikel 3.2.3 Investeringen in landbouwbedrijven ten behoeve van het milieu in het reconstructiegebied

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 500 000

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of eligible costs in the case of aid for investment on agricultural holdings to promote environmental protection in the restructuring area, subject to a ceiling of EUR 200 000

40 % of eligible costs in the case of aid towards investment costs in respect of combined air-washing systems, subject to a ceiling of EUR 100 000

Date of implementation: The scheme is to enter into force only after the summary information has been published on the European Commission's website.

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

Objective of aid: Investment in agricultural holdings (Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Aid may be granted for activities on agricultural holdings that are aimed at reducing the environmental impact of farming in the restructuring area and fall within one or more of the following categories:

reduction of ammonia emissions and deposits,

reduction of plant protection product use and emissions,

reduction of odour nuisance,

reduction of particulate emissions.

The beneficiaries are small and medium-sized agricultural holdings active in the primary production of agricultural products.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Utrecht Postbus 80300 3508 TH Utrecht NEDERLAND

Website: http://utrecht.regelingenbank.eu/regeling/wijzigingsbesluit/?id=667

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 63/10

Member State: Finland

Region: Regions affected by adverse weather conditions in 2009

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Tuki epäsuotuisten sääolojen aiheuttamien menetysten korvaamiseksi maatalousyrityksille vuonna 2009

Legal basis: Laki satovahinkojen korvaamisesta 1214/2000

Valtioneuvoston asetus satovahinkojen korvaamisesta (297/2008)

Valtioneuvoston asetus vuoden 2009 viljelmäkohtaisista korvausosuuksista (annetaan kun tämän tiivistelmän toimittamisesta on kulunut vähintään 10 työpäivää)

Maa- ja metsätalousministeriön asetus satovahinkojen korvaamisesta (331/2008)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The estimated cost of crop failure compensation for individual crops in 2009 is EUR 0,35 million.

Maximum aid intensity: Compensation is paid pursuant to Article 2(8) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Compensation is limited to 90 % of the losses exceeding the farmer's own contribution, i.e. 30 % of the volume of the standard harvest. Also for each individual crop eligible for aid, the farmer's own contribution is at least 30 % of total losses. In order to compare the size of the crop in the year in which the loss occurred, the arithmetical mean of the harvests in the region in question in the five years preceding that year is used, not counting the largest and smallest harvests. If five-year harvest data is unavailable, the standard harvest is calculated as the arithmetical mean of the harvests in the preceding three years. The average selling prices in the year in which the loss occurred are used as the basis for calculating the value of the harvest for which compensation is to be paid. The value of the loss is then calculated individually for each farmer on the basis of this data. The method of calculation therefore complies with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The maximum amount of loss eligible for aid must be reduced by any amount received under insurance schemes and any other costs and losses than those resulting from the adverse weather conditions.

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will not enter into force before 15 April 2010.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid is paid for damage occurring in 2009.

Objective of aid: Aid to agricultural and horticultural enterprises affected by adverse weather conditions (Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: The total area covered by the aid scheme is about 3 600 ha. A total of 21 different crops have been damaged.

Name and address of the granting authority: Criteria for the granting of subsidies:

Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö

PL 30

FI-00023 Valtioneuvosto

SUOMI/FINLAND

Body responsible for implementing the aid:

Maaseutuvirasto (Agency for Rural Affairs)

PL 256

FI-00101 Helsinki

SUOMI/FINLAND

Website: http://www.mavi.fi

http://www.finlex.fi

Other information: —