EN Official Journal of the European Union C 260/31

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 260/06

Aid No: XA 180/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Castilla y León

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Bases reguladoras de la concesión de las ayudas para las Asociaciones de Producción Integrada en Agricultura (APRIAS).

Legal basis: Orden AYG/541/2009, de la Consejería de Agricultura y Ganadería por la que se establecen las Bases Reguladoras para la concesión de las ayudas para las Asociaciones de Producción Integrada en Agricultura (APRIAS).

Orden AYG/1043/2009, de 28 de abril, por la que se modifica la Orden AYG/541/2009, de 3 de marzo, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de la concesión de las ayudas para las Asociaciones de Producción Integrada en Agricultura (APRIAS).

This aid scheme is covered by the exemption laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 and complies with Articles 14 and 15 of that Regulation

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 400 000

Maximum aid intensity: 70 % of costs

Date of implementation: From the date on which the identification number of the exemption request 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 encourage the production of quality agricultural products (Article 14 of the Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006) and to promote technical assistance in the agricultural sector (Article 15 of the Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture and the agri-food sector

Name and address of the granting authority: Dirección General de Producción Agropecuaria

Website: The full text of the aid scheme will be published on the website of the Junta de Castilla y León

Direct link: http://www.jcyl.es/scsiau/Satellite/up/es/EconomiaEmpleo/Page/PlantillaN3/1175259771003/_/_/_?asm=jcyl&paginaNavegacion=&seccion=

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Aid No: XA 188/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas a las organizaciones profesionales agrarias para actividades de asistencia técnica a titulares y trabajadores de las explotaciones agrarias, para la formación en el uso de las nuevas tecnologías en el ámbito de la gestión empresarial y comunicación electrónica (TIC’s).

Legal basis: Orden Foral de la Consejera de Desarrollo Rural y Medio Ambiente, por la que se establecen las normas reguladoras que regirán la concesión de ayudas a las organizaciones profesionales agrarias para actividades de asistencia técnica a titulares y trabajadores de las explotaciones agrarias, para la formación en el uso de las nuevas tecnologías en el ámbito de la gestión empresarial y comunicación electrónica (TIC’s).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 136 000

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 75 % of eligible costs

Date of implementation: The aid arrangements will apply from the date on which the identification number of the exemption request provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 is published on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 2009 to 31 December 2013

Objective of aid:

1. The main objective is to promote the adaptation and conversion of agricultural holdings as regards communication and access to information networks and to familiarise agricultural undertakings with electronic communication and management systems.

2. The secondary objectives are: — to encourage the use of efficient data transmission communication systems and promote access to information networks for agricultural enterprises, — to ensure access to coordinated and monitored computerised systems which together form a communal management network, — to introduce advanced technology systems in the agricultural sector as a foundation for the introduction of the NITCs.

Article 15(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: Eligible costs: the costs relating to the organisation of training programmes

Sector(s) concerned: Primary producers in the agriculture and livestock sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gobierno de Navarra Departamento de Desarrollo Rural y Medio Ambiente C/ Tudela, 20 31003 Pamplona ESPAÑA

Website: http://www.cfnavarra.es/agricultura/COYUNTURA/AyudasEstado/pdfs/STNO09036%20OF.pdf

Other information:

Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural C/ Tudela, 20 31003 Pamplona ESPAÑA Tel. +34 848422933 E-mail: izabalv@cfnavarra.es

Aid No: XA 214/09

Member State: France

Region: Département de la Seine-Maritime

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Avances remboursables pour l’installation d’exploitants ne bénéficiant pas d’une DJA (dotation jeune agriculteur), Seine-Maritime

Legal basis: articles L 1511-2, L 3231-2 et 3232-1 du Code général des collectivités territoriales; délibération du Conseil général du 31 mars 2009 relative à la politique agricole départementale de la période 2009-2012.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 100 000 per year

Maximum aid intensity: It is proposed that zero-rated loans could cover 40 % of the investment. The equivalent subsidy is calculated on the basis of the financial costs generated by a loan equivalent to 5,5 %.

The ceiling of eligible expenditure is set at EUR 50 000 and that of the loan at 40 % of the costs, or EUR 20 000. For a loan of EUR 20 000, the aid will represent a total of EUR 2 823 in equivalent subsidy

Date of implementation: From when the Commission confirms receipt

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2009-2012 period

Objective of aid: Since generational renewal is causing a reduction in the number of farms in the Seine-Maritime, the aim of this arrangement is to help set up agricultural premises away from the family farm or to help candidates coming from other socio-professional sectors. This approach should encourage the agricultural profession to open up to other approaches to the job by introducing into the agricultural sector farmers who have come from other socio-professional sectors.

This aid will facilitate access to the traditional banking system thanks to the leverage effect it will cause.

This aid will be granted in compliance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: The entire agricultural sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Département de Seine-Maritime Quai Jean Moulin 76101 Rouen Cedex 1 FRANCE

Website: http://www.seinemaritime.net/guidedesaides/medias/File/avance-remboursable-pour-l-installation-non-aidee-t2.pdf

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Aid No: XA 217/09

Member State: France

Region: Département de la Seine-Maritime

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aides aux investissements pour la lutte contre l’érosion (Seine-Maritime)

Legal basis: articles L1511-2, L3231-2 et 3232-1 du Code général des collectivités territoriales; délibération du Conseil général du 31 mars 2009 relative à la politique agricole départementale de la période 2009-2012.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 60 000 per year

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % maximum

Date of implementation: From when the Commission confirms receipt

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2009-2012 period

Objective of aid: Because of the nature of the soil in the department of Seine-Maritime, mud flows are a regular occurrence following heavy rainfall, particularly in late autumn and in the spring. Moreover, because of the karstic subsoil and the underground nature of the water resources, water abstraction points are regularly confronted with problems of turbidity making the water unfit for consumption.

Many solutions involve adapting cultivation methods, and in particular soil preparation.

The scheme implemented by the department of Seine-Maritime will help farmers to invest in equipment, which will limit the risks of soil sealing, runoff, mud flows and turbidity.

The following equipment is eligible:

localised soil working tools. These allow the soil to be worked solely along the drilling line so that 75 % of the land is not worked, thus improving resistance to erosion,

equipment for sowing a ground cover plant among a crop in the field. This highly specialised equipment allows ground cover to be sown, particularly in a crop of maize. The ground cover plants develop rapidly as soon as the crop has been harvested, thus avoiding bare ground during the winter,

hoeing equipment. This equipment allows soil permeability to be re-established in the spring in root crops (beet and maize),

coarse mulch disc tillers. These allow macroporosity to be created after a harvest, thereby facilitating water infiltration,

seeders for intermediate crops providing ground cover in winter. This equipment is specific to winter cover crops (intermediate crops),

wheel track eradicators. This equipment is fitted to tractors to loosen up the wheel tracks which often cause serious runoff, leading to the creation of gulleys.

This scheme has already been the subject of an exemption procedure for the period 2006-2008 under reference No XA 108/06.

Aid shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: The entire agricultural sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Département de Seine-Maritime Quai Jean Moulin 76101 Rouen Cedex 1 FRANCE

Website: http://www.seinemaritime.net/guidedesaides/medias/File/aide-aux-investissements-pour-la-lutte-contre-l-erosion-t2.pdf

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Aid No: XA 218/09

Member State: France

Region: Département de la Seine-Maritime

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aides aux investissements pour la récupération des eaux pluviales en vue d’un usage agricole (Seine-Maritime)

Legal basis: articles L 1511-2, L 3231-2 et 3232-1 du Code général des collectivités territoriales; délibération du Conseil général du 31 mars 2009 relative à la politique agricole départementale de la période 2009-2012.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 70 000 per year

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % maximum

Date of implementation: From when the Commission confirms receipt

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2009-2012 period

Objective of aid: The objective of the scheme is to help farmers to reduce the impact of their activities on the environment. It involves farms being autonomous in their use of resources. The rainfall in Normandy, which is high and occurs throughout the year, allows water to be recycled for the watering of flocks or filling the sprayer tanks.

Planned aid will be equal to 40 % of the eligible investments, which must amount to between EUR 2 000 and EUR 8 000.

Eligible equipment includes tanks, recycling systems and processing equipment (filters, UV treatment, chlorination).

Aid will be granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: The entire agricultural sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Département de Seine-Maritime Quai Jean Moulin 76101 Rouen Cedex 1 FRANCE

Website: http://www.seinemaritime.net/guidedesaides/medias/File/aide-aux-investissements-pour-la-recuperation-des-eaux-pluviales-t2.pdf

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