EN Official Journal of the European Union C 124/8

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 124/03

Aid No: XA 62/09

Member State: Hungary

Region: The whole territory of Hungary

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Állami program keretében egyes állatbetegségek megelőzéséhez, illetve leküzdéséhez kapcsolódóan igénybe vehető nemzeti támogatások

Legal basis:

— A földművelésügyi és vidékfejlesztési miniszter 148/2007. (XII. 8.) FVM rendelete az egyes állatbetegségek megelőzésével, illetve leküzdésével kapcsolatos támogatások igénylésének és kifizetésének rendjéről (XA 348/2007.)

— Az egyes állatbetegségek megelőzésével, illetve leküzdésével kapcsolatos támogatások igénylésének és kifizetésének rendjéről szóló 148/2007. (XII. 8.) FVM rendelet módosításáról szóló …/2009. (… …) FVM rendelet

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

Annual amount of aid

Maximum aid intensity: The amount of the aid may not exceed the maximum eligible costs, excluding VAT, stated in the invoice. Decree No 148/2007 lays down maximum eligible costs for each animal disease

Date of implementation: 23 February 2009, or after the Commission has adopted its position

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to observe and eliminate the animal diseases listed in the Annex of the Decree, and to prevent the listed zoonoses.

Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 is applied to aid for monitoring animal diseases and preventing and eliminating infections, while the TSE tests are covered by Article 16(1) g).

Aid may be claimed for the costs of animal health services, supported by invoices, incurred through examinations, controls, implementation of monitoring programmes, medical treatments or immunisations in connection with animal diseases

Sector(s) concerned: The decree specifies, for each animal disease, the range of species eligible for aid.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium 11 Kossuth tér Budapest MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY

Website: www.fvm.hu/main.php?folderID=1846&articleID=13710&ctag=articlelist&iid=1

Other information: State aid programme XA 348/2007 is an existing state aid item. Its basic conditions have not changed, but simply been extended with cattle as an eligible species for aid pursuant to the Decree in the Annex attached to this communication

Secretary of State Dr András MÁHR

Aid No: XA 393/08

Member State: Netherlands

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Tegemoetkoming sneeuwdrukschade 2005

Legal basis: Artikel 2 en 4 van de Kaderwet LNV-subsidies

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 3 500 000

Maximum aid intensity: 70 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: Adverse weather conditions (Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: Tree nursery sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerie van LNV Postbus 20401 2500 EK Den Haag NEDERLAND

Website: http://www.minlnv.nl/portal/page?_pageid=116,1640321&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_file_id=31942

Other information: This scheme provides for compensation for damage caused by adverse weather conditions (heavy snowfall) in the tree nursery sector on 25 November 2005. It is based on Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products.

The requirements laid down in Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are met. The maximum aid intensity is 70 % and the damage is calculated according to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. In addition, any costs resulting from factors other than the adverse weather conditions are deducted from the maximum amount of the losses to be taken into consideration. At the time when the damage occurred, there was no insurance scheme for such damage. The damage is calculated at holding level and the aid is paid direct to the farmer. The aid scheme comes into effect on 25 November 2008. It will be open from 1 to 31 July 2009. It will therefore be introduced no later than three years after the occurrence of the damage. The aid will be paid within four years of the occurrence of the damage.

In view of the foregoing, the requirements laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are met. In accordance with Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the scheme enters into force no earlier than 10 working days after the summary notification

Aid No: XA 438/08

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Saxony

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft für die Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Sicherung der natürlichen biologischen Vielfalt und des natürlichen ländlichen Erbes im Freistaat Sachsen (Förderrichtlinie Natürliches Erbe):

Anwendung des Maßnahmebereiche A 1 davon Trocken- und Weinbergsmauern

Legal basis: Die Förderung wird darüber hinaus nach Maßgabe der §§ 23 und 44 der Haushaltsordnung für den Freistaat Sachsen (Sächsische Haushaltsordnung – SäHO, SächsGVBl. 2001, S. 154) sowie der hierzu ergangenen Verwaltungsvorschriften des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums der Finanzen gewährt

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1,4 million per year

Maximum aid intensity: A 1 up to 80 %

The maximum aid intensity is made up of the subsidy of 60 % plus the additional costs arising out of the use of traditional materials, at 100 %

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will come into force in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, but on 1 January 2009 at the earliest

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

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to maintain man-made environments and buildings. The following measures are therefore to be exempted in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006:

A.1 BIOTOPE FORMATION

relating to:

dry stone walls and vineyard walls and special measures to protect neighbouring areas

Sectors concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie Außenstelle Mockrehna Schildauer Strasse 18 04862 Mockrehna DEUTSCHLAND

Außenstelle Kamenz Garnisonsplatz 7 01917 Kamenz DEUTSCHLAND

Außenstelle Zwickau Werdauer Strasse 70 08060 Zwickau DEUTSCHLAND

Web address: http://www.smul.sachsen.de/foerderung/download/RL_NE_Aenderung1857_2006.pdf

Other information:

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft Referat 23 „Förderstrategie“ Postal address: 01076 Dresden DEUTSCHLAND Tel. +49 351564-6847

Aid No: XA 445/08

Member State: Italia

Region: Provincia Autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme: Intervento per lo smaltimento di materiale a rischio nel caso di capi sottoposti obbligatoriamente a test TSE

Legal basis: L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003«Sostegno dell’economia agricola, disciplina dell’agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di prodotti geneticamente non modificati» art. 43 bis.

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 3213 del 12 dicembre 2008 criteri attuativi dell’art. 43 bis della L.P. 4/2003

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The annual budget appropriation concerned totals EUR 300 000,00

Maximum aid intensity: The aid will cover 100 % of the cost of collecting, destroying and disposing of carcases, subject to the limits of the following individual criteria:

Type of expenditure: ‘Collection of carcases and disposal by incineration (large animals)’.

Maximum amount: EUR 190,00 each

Date of implementation: As from the publication of the identification number of the request for exemption on the website of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme: The aid must be granted not later than 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: To provide livestock farmers with compensation in respect of the cost of collecting and disposing of animal carcases (bovines, equidae, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry and rabbits) which undergo compulsory TSE tests.

The reference article for the application of the aid scheme is Article 16(1)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 (Exemption Regulation).

The eligible expenditure consists of the cost of removing (collection and transport) and destroying (storage, processing and permanent disposal) dead animals

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock (bovines, equidae, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry and rabbits)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia Autonoma di Trento Dipartimento Agricoltura e Alimentazione Servizio Vigilanza e promozione delle attività agricole Via G.B. Trener, 3 38100 Trento ITALIA

Website: http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?Item=61&Type=FulView

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/viewAllegatoDeli.asp?Item=61

Other information: Please note that this aid scheme supplements the earlier Aid No XA 083/08