EN Official Journal of the European Union C 52/5

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 52/03)

Aid No: XA 357/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Sobre medidas fitosanitarias para las plantaciones de frutales afectados por el virus de la Sharka y concesión de ayudas para el arranque de árboles enfermos.

Legal basis:

— Proyecto de Orden de la CAPA por la que se modifica la Orden de 5 de junio de 2000, de la CAPA, sobre medidas fitosanitarias para plantaciones de frutales afectadas por el virus de la Sharka (plum pox virus) y concesión de ayudas por arranque de árboles enfermos (DOGV núm. 3776, 21.6.2000), complementada por la Orden de 25 de septiembre de 2000, de la CAPA, (DOCV núm. 3864, 25.10.2000).

— Ley no 43/2002, de 20 de noviembre, de Sanidad Vegetal

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid provided for in the Order will be paid for from heading 12.02.01.542.20 — T1938 of the expenditure budget of the regional government and is put at EUR 500 000 annually.

Total expenditure over the duration of the project is expected to amount to EUR 3 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: The amount of aid will depend on the individual tree's productive capacity, taking into account its development in line with the species and variety and its age. The following scale of premiums applies:

The following upper limits per parcel will be applied:

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registration 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 provide aid to compensate farmers for losses caused by diseased apricot, plum and peach trees affected by the sharka virus.

The aid is granted under Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (published in the Official Journal of 16.12.2006).

Nomenclature of economic activities (NACE): 0124: Growing of pome fruits and stone fruits

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación C/ Amadeo de Saboya, no 2 E-46010 Valencia

Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/ORDEN%20MODIFICACION%202008%20sharka%20V.pdf

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Aid No: XA 379/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Federación del Vino de la Comunidad Valenciana

Legal basis: Ayuda individual nominativa: Presupuestos de la Generalitat 2008, programa 714.60, Línea T1766000-«Garantizar calidad en los productos de calidad reconocida»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 269 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until November 2008

Objective of aid: Participation in and organisation of trade fairs: VINISUD 08, Montpellier; Alimentaria 08, Barcelona; technical seminars and forums for the exchange of knowledge between businesses, particularly with regard to the ‘new wine CMO and its repercussions’ and the monitoring and certification standard (UP-UNE 45011); courses: training on aspects of wine-growing, sensory analysis, the qualities of and differences between wines, wine and health and all subjects that relate to the sector, promote moderate wine consumption and thus enhance knowledge about wine; dissemination of information, always from a generic perspective: quality characteristics of wines, their cultural aspects and health benefits; creating and maintaining a website to provide, in a generic fashion, neutral information that focuses on the nutritional benefits of the product and promotes responsible consumption.

Activities provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Agri-food SMEs in the Autonomous Community of Valencia

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación C/ Amadeo de Saboya, no 2 E-46010. Valencia

Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/FEDEVINS.pdf

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Marta VALSANGIACOMO GIL

La Directora General de Comercialización

Aid No: XA 391/08

Member State: Sweden

Region: —

Title of aid scheme: Stöd för obligatoriska TSE-kontroller vid slakt av nötkreatur

Legal basis: Regeringens beslut av den 20 december 2007 och den 23 oktober 2008 om regleringsbrev för budgetåret 2008 avseende Statens jordbruksverk, anslag 43:1, ap. 2, samt regeringens beslut om regleringsbrev för budgetåren 2009 och 2010 avseende Statens jordbruksverk

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: SEK 34 million for 180 000 tests, including SEK 26 million of national funding = SEK 144 per test, i.e. approximately EUR 16

Maximum aid intensity: EUR 40 per test, inclusive of Community aid (EUR 5 for 2008)

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 the aid scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2010

Purpose of the aid: Article 16(1) applies. The aim is to put Swedish beef producers on a more equal footing with producers in other Member States where public financial support is awarded for TSE tests

Sector concerned: Bovine animals slaughtered for human consumption

Name and address of the granting authority:

Statens jordbruksverk S-551 82 Jönköping

Website: http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c6/08/81/69/060a7e70.pdf

http://www.esv.se/StatsliggarenApp/OpenFile?regleringsbrevId=11077&visningTyp=1&mediaTyp=0&period=2008

Aid No: XA 396/08

Member State: Italy

Region: The entire territory of Italy

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Aiuti per il pagamento di premi assicurativi

Legal basis: Art. 2 comma da 1 a 5 ter del D.Lgs. 29 marzo 2004, n. 102, come modificato dall'art. 2 del Decreto Legislativo 18 aprile 2008 n. 82, Decreto linee applicative 13 ottobre 2008, n. 12939

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The expenditure planned under this scheme will be determined on the basis of State budget availability. For 2008, the programme's allocation amounts to EUR 220 million

Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the gross aid intensity will not exceed:

(i) losses referred to in point (a) and against other losses caused by climatic events; and/or

(ii) losses caused by animal or plant diseases or pest infestations.

The aid will not be limited to insurance provided by a single insurance company or group of companies, or be made subject to the condition that the insurance contract be taken out with a company established in Italy

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: Under the scheme, aid may be granted until 31 December 2013 and for six months thereafter

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to grant subsidies for the payment of insurance premiums for policies against natural disasters, events assimilated to natural disasters, other disasters and losses caused by animal or plant diseases.

The subsidies will be granted in accordance with Articles 12 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture — Primary production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali Dipartimento delle Politiche di Sviluppo — Direzione Generale dello Sviluppo Rurale Via XX Settembre n. 20 I-00187 Rome

Website: The Decree may be found at:

http://www.politicheagricole.it/SviluppoRurale/FondoSolidarietaNazionale/interventi assicurativi

Aid No: XA 397/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid award: Corsi di aggiornamento per il corretto impiego di prodotti fitosanitari

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale del Veneto del 8.8.2008, n. 2218. DPR 23 aprile 2001, n. 290, art. 27 — DGR n. 3306 del 22.10.2004. Corsi di aggiornamento per il corretto impiego dei prodotti fitosanitari. Bando per la presentazione di domande di finanziamento. Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale del Veneto del 14.10.2008, n. 2902. Esecutività DGR 2218 dell'8.8.2008«DPR 23 aprile 2001, n. 290, art. 27 — DGR n. 3306 del 22.10.2004. Corsi di aggiornamento per il corretto impiego dei prodotti fitosanitari. Bando per la presentazione di domande di finanziamento».

Legge regionale 30 gennaio 1990, n. 10 Ordinamento del sistema della formazione professionale e organizzazione delle politiche regionale del lavoro. D.P.R. 23 aprile 2001, n. 290, artt. 25-26-27, Regolamento di semplificazione dei procedimento di autorizzazione alla produzione, alla immissione in commercio e alla vendita di prodotti fitosanitari e relativi coadiuvanti

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The budget is established on the basis of the Regional Law approving the budget estimates for the financial year and subsequent amendments to these estimates. For 2008, the total amount budgeted for is EUR 150 100

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % of eligible expenditure, on the basis of the current cost of training (EUR 130/hour). Applicants (accredited training organisations as provided for in Regional Law No 19 of 9 August 2002) may submit a maximum of 1 project covering all the (basic and/or refresher) training courses, the maximum total number of hours being 390. The total eligible cost per training course is EUR 1 950 for basic training (minimum duration of 15 hours per course) and EUR 780 for refresher training (minimum duration of 6 hours per course)

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:

Objective of aid: General education and training of farmers and farm workers.

Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 — Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector.

Eligible costs: expenditure on organising and running training courses

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme covers vocational training (in the correct use of plant-health products) for farmers engaged in the production of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Regione del Veneto Giunta regionale Direzione Regionale Agroambiente e Servizi per l'Agricoltura via Torino, 110 I-30172 Mestre (VE)

Website: http://www.regione.veneto.it/Economia/Agricoltura+e+Foreste/Agricoltura/Servizi+per+Agricoltura/Formazione+e+aggiornamento

http://www.regione.veneto.it/Bandi+Avvisi+Concorsi/Bandi/?materia=Agricoltura

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