EN Official Journal of the European Union C 173/4

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 EC 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 173/04)

Aid No: XA 102/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas a las asociaciones de criadores de ganado de Navarra durante el año 2007

Legal basis: Orden Foral del Consejero de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación por la que se aprueban las ayudas a las asociaciones de criadores de ganado de Navarra para el año 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 600 000 for the 2007 financial year

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of administrative expenditure on creating and maintaining herd books.

70 % of the costs of tests performed by, or on behalf of, third parties to determine the genetic quality or performance of livestock

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1.6.2007 to 31.12.2013

Objective of aid: To offset the operating expenses of livestock breeders' associations in Navarre. Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: Support for the livestock sector. Eligible costs: administrative and technical costs linked to the association's operation in order to improve its members' technical and economic performance

Sector(s) concerned: Animal production sector and specifically, improvement in the production of select livestock in Navarre

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gobierno de Navarra. Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación C/Tudela, 20 E-21003 Pamplona

Website: www.navarra.es

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Pamplona, 24 April 2007

Aid No: XA 149/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas a las inversiones en explotaciones agrarias para la compra de maquinaria realizada por entidades en régimen asociativo durante el periodo 2007-2010

Legal basis: Orden Foral del Consejero de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación por la que se aprueban las normas que regulan la concesión de ayudas a las inversiones en explotaciones agrarias para la compra de maquinaria realizada por entidades en régimen asociativo durante el periodo 2007-2010 y se aprueba la convocatoria de ayudas para el año 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 350 000

Maximum aid intensity: 35 % of the value of the investment for the acquisition of new machinery.

30 % of the value of the investment for the acquisition of used goods

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1.8.2007 to 31.12.2010

Objective of aid:

1. to increase the efficiency of farming operations by encouraging the pooling of high-capacity agricultural machinery;

2. to enhance the use of machinery which, as appropriate, has engines of new design and greater fuel efficiency;

3. to ensure that reliable, high-technology machinery is introduced into agriculture which is suitable for meeting modern agriculture's requirements;

4. to support the formation of cooperatives in the agri-food sector. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: investment in agricultural holdings. Eligible costs: those relating to the purchase of agricultural machinery

Sector(s) concerned: Crop production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gobierno de Navarra. Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación. C/Tudela, 20 E-21003 Pamplona (Navarra)

Website: http://www.cfnavarra.es/agricultura/COYUNTURA/AyudasEstado/pdfs/STNO07041 OF.pdf

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