EN Official Journal of the European Union C 98/5

Summary information on State aid granted in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004 of 8 September 2004 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, processing and marketing of fisheries products

(2006/C 98/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XF 5/2005

Summary information: By Regional Decrees Nos 3438/03 and 2515/04 the Campania Region approved the ‘Programma Generale di attuazione delle misure nell'ambito del VI Piano Triennale della pesca e dell'acquacoltura’ [General programme of implementation of measures within the framework of the Sixth Three-year Fisheries and Aquaculture Plan] which includes the following activities:

Programme agreements (services and statistical data collection centre)

Promotion campaigns

Explanatory remarks: Programme agreements and promotion activities are among those exempted from the notification requirement under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004 and can be broken down according to the following table:

Member State: Italy

Region: Campania

Title of aid scheme: Sixth Three-year Fisheries and Aquaculture Plan

Legal basis: Legge nazionale 41/82

DM del 25.5.2000

Annual expenditure planned under the aid scheme: EUR 581 136,02 broken down as follows:

Programme agreements: EUR 373 622,28;

Promotion: EUR 207 513,74

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of costs

Date of implementation: Ten working days after the date when the form set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004 is sent to the OJ for publication, in line with Article 16(1) of the Regulation

Duration of scheme: Four years (an extra year following the comprehensive redistribution of financial resources for 2003 approved by Regional Decree No 2515/04)

Objective:

— Implementation of technical assistance and advice to support the growth of enterprises and encourage innovative technology and environmentally sustainable fishing techniques that will minimise environmental impact, in order to help improve the conditions in which structural actions part-financed by the European Union are implemented, and the creation of a regional databank for fishery statistics to support fishery planning activities.

— Training and advice to focus and increase the economic and occupational alternatives that can be created within the maritime sector in Campania.

— Consolidating and promoting fishing and aquaculture together with regional and local fish production.

Relevant articles:

— Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/04 (operations determined in conformity with Article 15(3)(h) and (k) of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999);

— Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/04 (operations determined in conformity with Article 14 and point 3 of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999)

Sector concerned: Sea fishing and aquaculture sector

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione Campania

Area generale di Coordinamento Sviluppo Attività Settore Primario

Web address: www.regione.campania.it/agricoltura

Aid No: XF 6/2005

Member State: Italy

Region: Apulia region

Title of aid scheme: ‘Invito alla presentazione di una proposta di Accordo di Programma nel settore della pesca e dell'acquacoltura’ [Call for programme agreement proposals in the fisheries and aquaculture sector], pursuant to the Regional Measures of the Fourth Three-year Fisheries and Aquaculture Plan — Programme Agreements

Legal basis: Legge 17 febbraio 1982 n. 41, art. 20, comma 3 lettera b), modificata dalla legge 10 febbraio 1992 n. 165;

D.M. 25.5.2000, recante l'attuazione del VI Piano Nazionale della Pesca e Acquicoltura.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual expenditure of EUR 575 978,00 is anticipated for the scheme

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 100 % of the eligible costs

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will enter into force following publication in the Regional Official Gazette and, in any case, 10 working days after this form is sent, as provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Two years

Primary and secondary objectives of aid:

— Support for small and medium-sized enterprises in the fisheries and aquaculture sector through the approval of programme agreements with professional associations (AGCI Pesca, Federcopesca, Federpesca, Lega Pesca, UNCI Pesca) lasting up to 24 months.

— Developing reference methods and models for aid in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, with increased distribution of the expected results amongst all staff in the sector who request them.

Indication of the Article used (Articles 4 to 12) and of the eligible costs covered by the scheme or the individual aid award: The aid scheme in question is covered by Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004.

The following costs are eligible:

General management costs (rent, telephone, electricity, heating and cleaning costs) directly linked to implementing the projects that constitute the programme agreement.

Travel costs (transport, board and lodgings) directly linked to implementing the projects that constitute the programme agreement.

Consumables directly necessary for implementing the projects that constitute the programme agreement.

Office equipment directly linked to implementing the projects that constitute the programme agreement.

Costs of employing staff who work directly on implementing the projects that constitute the programme agreement.

Costs of laying on seminars for information-sharing purposes.

Costs relating to the formation of a Regional Fisheries and Aquaculture Observatory.

General planning, coordination and reporting costs (maximum 5 %).

Other costs, outlined in suitable detail, directly linked to implementing one or more of the points indicated in Article 4, in connection with implementing the projects that constitute the programme agreement.

Eligible costs within the aid scheme refer to Regulations (EC) Nos 2792/1999 and 1685/2000, as amended

Sector(s) concerned: The sectors concerned with the aid scheme in question are those indicated in Article 15(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999, i.e. sea fishing, aquaculture, processing and marketing

Name and address of the granting authority: The administration responsible for managing the programme agreement is the Regione Puglia — Assessorato all'Agricoltura, Acquacoltura, Alimentazione, Riforma Fondiaria, Foreste, Caccia e Pesca. — Settore Caccia e Pesca [Apulia Region — Regional Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture, Food, Land Reform, Forests, Hunting and Fisheries — Hunting and Fisheries Sector].

Responsibility for managing the implementation phases relating to financial planning and receiving requests for aid will be taken on by the Hunting and Fisheries Sector, under the temporary manager, Dr Giuseppe Leo, and the responsible official, Dr Giovanni Ninivaggi.

Applicants will be able to have sight of procedural documents at

Regione Puglia

Settore Caccia e Pesca

Via Caduti di tutte le Guerre 13

I-70126 Bari

Manager: Dr Giuseppe Leo

e-mail: cacciapesca@regione.puglia.it

Responsible official: Dr Giovanni Ninivaggi

e-mail: g.ninivaggi.pesca@regione.puglia.it

The call for programme agreement proposals in the fisheries and aquaculture sector will be published in the Apulia Region Official Gazette and may be accessed on the Apulia Region website — www.regione.puglia.it.

Aid No: XF 7/2005

Summary information: The measure covered by this summary supplements Regional Law No 23 of 20 May 1996 as amended.

Under the measure aid may be granted to regional associations in the sea fishing sector for implementing technical assistance programmes; the Region is identified as a promoter and implementer of promotion initiatives for the fisheries and aquaculture sector.

Explanatory remarks: The text of the Regional Law as approved by the Regional Council on 16 February 2005 is attached

Member State: Italy

Region: Liguria

Title of aid scheme: Amendments and supplements to Regional Law No 23 of 20 May 1996 (regional measures for encouraging and consolidating sea fishing and aquaculture activities), amended and supplemented by Regional Law No 30 of 7 August 1997

Legal basis: Normativa nazionale: Legge regionale 20 maggio 1996 n. 23 e s.m. «Interventi regionali per l'incentivazione ed il consolidamento delle attività della pesca e dell'acquacoltura marittima» — Aiuto di Stato N 414/96-Italia (Liguria)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Estimated amount, dependent on annual budgetary provisions:

Technical assistance = approximately EUR 200 000 annually;

Promotion = approximately EUR 100 000 annually.

Maximum aid intensity: Technical assistance: rate of public aid in conformance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 — Annex IV, Table 3:

100 % (group 1 — operations by members of the trade with no financial participation by private beneficiaries), when the operations are in the collective interest;

Up to 40 % (group 3 — operations by members of the trade with financial participation by private beneficiaries), when the operations are in the interest of individuals.

Promotion: rate of public aid in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999, Annex IV, Table 3:

100 % (group 1 — measures to find and promote new market outlets with no financial participation by private beneficiaries, Article 14), when the measures are in the collective interest;

Up to 40 % (group 3 — measures to find and promote new market outlets with financial participation by private beneficiaries), when the measures are in the interest of individuals.

Date of implementation: 15 days after the publication of the Regional Law in the Liguria Region Official Gazette

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid:

— Creating support structures for regional planning, conducive to developing and supporting SMEs through measures primarily in the collective interest consisting of:

— access to technical, economic and commercial training for fishermen;

— promotion of technical measures for the conservation of resources;

— promotion of measures designed to improve working conditions;

— creation of added value through improvement and control of quality, traceability, health conditions and experimenting with innovative techniques.

Further objectives: Promoting consumption of species in surplus

Indicate which article is used and the eligible costs covered by the scheme: Technical assistance: Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004;

Promotion: Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004.

Sectors concerned: Sea fishing and aquaculture enterprises

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Liguria Dipartimento Agricoltura e Turismo Ufficio Allevamento, Caccia, Pesca Via D'Annunzio, 113 I-16121 Genova

Web address: www.regione.liguria.it

Aid No: XF 9/2005

Member State: Italy

Region: Apulia region

Title of aid scheme: Call for aid applications relating to promotion of fisheries activities and exploitation of fish products pursuant to the regional measures of the Fourth Three-year Fisheries and Aquaculture Plan — Promotion

Legal basis: Legge 17 febbraio 1982 n. 41, modificata dalla Legge 10 febbraio 1992 n. 165

Decreto legislativo n. 154/2004

D.M. 25.5.2000 recante l'attuazione del VI Piano Nazionale della Pesca e acquicoltura

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual expenditure of EUR 218 355,32 is anticipated for the scheme

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 100 % of eligible expenditure.

The maximum eligible amount for each project is EUR 145 000

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will enter into force following publication in the Regional Official Gazette and, in any case, 10 working days after this form is sent, pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Two years

Primary and secondary objectives of aid: To increase consumer awareness of fish products and to create a new, more shared culture of fishing and the areas of work linked to it

Indication of the Article used (Articles 4 to 12) and of the eligible costs covered by the scheme or the individual aid award: The aid scheme in question is covered by Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004.

Eligible measures are those entailing promotion of fisheries activities and the exploitation of fish products through collective initiatives to find and promote new market outlets for fisheries and aquaculture products, and in particular:

The following costs are eligible:

General management costs (rent, telephone, electricity, heating and cleaning costs) directly linked to implementing the projects (maximum 8 %).

Travel costs (transport, board and lodgings) directly linked to implementing the projects.

Consumables directly necessary for implementing the projects.

Costs of employing staff who work directly on implementing the projects.

Costs of laying on seminars for information-sharing purposes.

General planning, coordination and reporting costs (maximum 4 %).

Other costs, outlined in suitable detail, directly linked to implementing the projects.

Eligible costs within the aid scheme refer to Regulations (EC) Nos 2792/1999 and 1685/2000, as amended

Sector(s) concerned: The sectors concerned with the aid scheme in question are those indicated in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 ‘Measures to find and promote new market outlets’

Name and address of the granting authority: The administration responsible for managing the call for aid applications relating to promotion of fisheries activities and exploitation of fish products is the Regione Puglia — Assessorato all'Agricoltura, Acquacoltura, Alimentazione, Riforma Fondiaria, Foreste, Caccia e Pesca. — Settore Caccia e Pesca [Apulia Region — Regional Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture, Food, Land Reform, Forests, Hunting and Fisheries — Hunting and Fisheries Sector].

Responsibility for managing the implementation phases of financial planning and receiving aid applications will be taken on by the Hunting and Fisheries Sector, under the acting manager, Dr Giuseppe Leo, and the responsible official, Dr Giovanni Ninivaggi.

Applicants will be able to have sight of procedural documents at:

Regione Puglia

Settore Caccia e Pesca

Via Caduti di tutte le Guerre, n. 13

I-70126 Bari

Manager: Dr Giuseppe Leo

e-mail: cacciapesca@regione.puglia.it

Responsible official: Dr. Giovanni Ninivaggi

e-mail: g.ninivaggi.pesca@regione.puglia.it

The call for aid applications relating to promotion of fisheries activities and exploitation of fish products will be published in the Apulia Region Official Gazette and may be accessed on the Apulia region website — www.regione.puglia.it.

Aid No: XF 10/2005

Member State: Italy

Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of the aid scheme or name of the company in receipt of an individual aid: Regulation laying down criteria and arrangements for implementing assistance to reduce the environmental impact of intensive freshwater fish-farming within the meaning of Article 6(15) of Regional Law No 14 of 20 August 2003

Legal basis: Legge 21 maggio 1998, n. 164 concernente misure in materia di pesca e di acquacoltura

Legge regionale 20 agosto 2003, n. 14 «Assestamento del bilancio 2003 e del bilancio pluriennale per gli anni 2003-2005 ai sensi dell'articolo 18 della Legge regionale 16 aprile 1999, n. 7»

Annual expenditure under the scheme or total annual amount of the individual aid granted to the company: The financial allocation is EUR 222 503,27

Maximum intensity: The maximum contribution which may be granted is 40 % of eligible expenditure

Date of application:

Duration of scheme or individual aid:

Purpose of the aid: Support for small firms specialising in freshwater fish-farming through aid for investments to reduce the environmental impact of intensive fish-farming establishments

The aid refers to Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004

Typical eligible operations:

Plant and/or equipment for oxygenating water

Plant and/or equipment (including electronic instruments and specific software) for monitoring the physical and chemical parameters of the water

Plant and/or equipment to reduce suspended solids and other organic pollutants

Plant and/or equipment to distribute feed intended to improve the food-conversion index

Plant and/or equipment for recirculating water

Plant and/or equipment to protect breeding basins

Other plant and/or equipment to reduce the environmental impact.

Sector or sectors concerned: Aquaculture

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Direzione centrale risorse agricole, naturali, forestali e montagna Servizio pesca e acquacoltura Via Caccia, 17 I-33100 Udine

Website: www.regione.fvg.it/istituzionale/bur/bur.htm

Other information: Pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004, this aid scheme may be considered compatible with the common market under Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty and exempt from the obligation to notify provided all the conditions laid down in Article 3 of that Regulation, apart from those in paragraphs 1 and 2(b) and (c) of that Article are met.

Aid No: XF 11/2005

Member State: Spain. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aid for technological development in fisheries and aquaculture

Legal basis: ORDEN APA/2747/2004, de 29 de julio, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras y la convocatoria de ayudas al desarrollo tecnológico pesquero y acuícola.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The maximum amount of aid is EUR 120 000 per year. The breakdown is as follows:

Maximum aid intensity: The amount of each grant awarded may not exceed 40 000 EUR per year over 3 years and may in no case exceed 100 % of the investment. Organisations' ongoing operating costs are not eligible

Date of implementation: January 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The project for which grant is paid shall run for no longer than three years

Objetive of aid: To finance projects geared towards the following aims:

Indicate which one of Articles 4 to 12 is used and the eligible costs covered by the scheme or individual aid: Article 6. All project costs except for organisations' ongoing operating costs, up to a maximum of EUR 40 000/year over 3 years.

Sector(s) concerned: Fish producers' organisations, fishermen's associations, business associations representative of the fisheries and aquaculture sector, and non-governmental organisations

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación Secretaria General de Pesca Marítima Dirección General de Estructuras y Mercados Pesqueros C/ José Ortega y Gasset, 57 E-28006 Madrid

Web address: http://www.mapya.es/JACUMAR

Aid No: XF 12/2005

Explanatory remarks: The Distinctly Cumbrian (Fisheries and Aquaculture) Scheme has been set up in accordance with Commission Regulation 1595/2004 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, processing and marketing of fisheries products

Member State: United Kingdom

Administrative Bodies with Responsibility for the Scheme

Pauline Herbert

Distinctly Cumbrian

Rural Enterprise Centre

Redhills

Penrith CA11 0DT

Cumbria

Tel.: (44-768) 89 15 55

Fax: (44-768) 89 26 66

E-mail: Pauline@crea.co.uk

Jacinta Vaz

Fisheries Structures Division

Defra

Area 6D, 3 — 8 Whitehall Place West

London SW1A 2HH

United Kingdom

Tel.: (44-207) 270 80 42

Fax: (44-207) 270 80 19

E-mail: Jacinta.vaz@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Region: Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: The Distinctly Cumbrian (Fisheries and Aquaculture) Scheme

Legal basis: Regional Development Agencies Act 1998, Section 5

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The scheme has a maximum budget of GBP 2,9 million. This includes administrative and employment costs for officers employed by the scheme to undertake its activities. The expected annual spend profile is:

Maximum aid intensity: Aid is paid by way of cash grants and is paid against receipted invoice. No other form of aid is payable.

The maximum aid intensity will be 40 % on any single approved project (and 40 % on any single eligible item within that project) to a financial maximum of approximately GBP 67 000 in total (EUR 100 000 calculated at the date of the letter of offer)

Date of implementation: The scheme will be available from 25 May 2005.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will be available until 31 December 2006 (closing date for applications will be 30 September 2006)

Distinctly Cumbrian will wish to extend the scheme beyond 31 December 2006 to 30 June 2009 but applications will be made under the regulations pertaining at that time

Objective of aid: The aim of the scheme is to regenerate and strengthen the rural economy of Cumbria by supporting the processing and marketing of Cumbrian added value products.

The scheme is available to small and medium sized enterprises and targets businesses that have the potential to expand and generate new employment. These are ‘producers of local products’ where association with Cumbria as a distinctive brand could facilitate growth. The project aims to remove some of the main barriers to growth experienced by these producers

Indication of the Article used (Articles 4 to 12) and of the eligible costs covered by the scheme or the individual aid award: Aid will be made available under Articles 8 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004.

Eligible expenditure under the scheme is:

Sector(s) concerned: The Scheme will only be available to those enterprises involved in the processing and marketing of fisheries and aquaculture products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency Distinctly Cumbrian Rural Enterprise Centre Redhills Penrith CA11 0DT

Agency Officer responsible: Pauline Herbert

Central contact for UK fisheries state aids: Jacinta Vaz

Web address: www:crea.co.uk

Aid No: XF 14/2005

Member State: Finland

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Pro Kala ry

Legal basis: Laki valtion tulo- ja menoarviosta (423/1988); tuki myönnetään eduskunnan maa- ja metsätalousministeriölle valtion vuosittaisessa tulo- ja menoarviossa antaman yleisen valtuutuksen perusteella kalatalouden edellytysten edistämiseen tarkoitetusta alamomentista.

Tuen myöntämisessä, valvonnassa ja takaisinperinnässä noudatetaan valtionavustuslakia (688/2001).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Not more than EUR 7 500 will be granted as one-off aid

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the eligible costs

Date of implementation: 4 July 2005 at the earliest.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: November 2005

Objective of aid: Support for the internationalisation of SME workers and others working in the sector (fact-finding trip to Saint Petersburg)

Indication of the Article used (Articles 4 to 12) and of the eligible costs covered by the scheme or the individual aid award: Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004 (Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 and Annex III.3 thereto)

Eligible expenditure includes the general costs incurred in organising the trip: hire of the bus, interpreter, rental of meeting rooms, lecture fees, chamber of commerce services, travel costs of the trip leader.

The individual travel costs for those taking part in the trip will not be covered by the aid. The aid does not cover the beneficiary's operating costs.

Sector(s) concerned: The aid is a collective fishing industry project.

Name and address of the granting authority.:

Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö (Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) Kala- ja riistaosasto (Fisheries and Game Department) PL 30 FIN-00023 Valtioneuvosto

Web address: http://www.mmm.fi/kalastus_riista_porot/elinkeinokalatalous/tuki/#Kansalliset%20%20tuet

(the webpages are currently being updated)

Aid No: XF 15/2005

Explanatory remarks: The main purpose of these financial interventions in the fisheries sector is to aid fish farmers and fishermen and train them in high quality, adequate and appropriate fisheries production techniques with a view to the preservation and development of fishing as a traditional activity in the municipality of Piran. The aid is granted to co-finance (subsidise) measures in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004 and is intended for natural and legal persons (SMEs which produce, process and market fisheries products) who engage in fishing as their sole or principal activity or hold a registration for aquaculture activities and meet all the legal requirements for conducting that activity

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region (indicate the name of the region if the aid is granted by a subcentral authority): Municipality of Piran (NUTS 5)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Interventions in the fisheries sector in the municipality of Piran

Legal basis:

— Pravilnik o finančni pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj ribištva ter pridobivanje hrane iz morja v občini Piran (Uradne objave Primorskih novic, št. 22/2003)

— Predlog Pravilnika o spremembah in dopolnitvah Pravilnika o finančni pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj ribištva ter pridobivanje hrane iz morja v občini Piran

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

2005 SIT 3 000 000 (EUR 12 516) (1) 2006 SIT 3 000 000 (EUR 12 516) (1) Total SIT 6 000 000 (EUR 25 032) (1)

Maximum aid intensity:

Measure I: Co-financing of investments for innovative measures and technical assistance Level of co-financing: up to 100 % of the eligible costs under Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 Measure II: Aid for investments in aquaculture Level of co-financing: up to 60 % of the recognised value of the investments or of the eligible costs under Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 Measure III: Co-financing investments in fishing port facilities Level of co-financing: up to 60 % of the recognised value of the investments or of the eligible costs under Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 Measure IV: Aid for producer groups or associations or members of the trade Level of co-financing: up to 60 % of the eligible costs in the first year of operation under Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999

Date of implementation: August 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: To train fish farmers and fishermen in high quality, adequate and appropriate fisheries production techniques with a view to the preservation and development of fishing as a traditional activity

Indication of the Article used (Articles 4 to 12) and of the eligible costs covered by the scheme or the individual aid award: The aid will be granted on the basis of Articles 4, 6, 9 and 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004

Aid for investments for innovative measures and technical assistance (Article 6)

co-financing of occupational training measures,

co-financing the costs of preparing investment programmes and business plans in accordance with the single methodology rules,

co-financing of fisheries pilot projects in connection with the introduction of more selective fishing techniques and with a view to the conservation of fisheries resources.

Aid for investments in aquaculture (Article 11)

co-financing of capital investments in production and management — construction, extension, equipment and modernisation of facilities, including on-board facilities;

co-financing of capital investments to improve hygiene, health conditions and product quality or to reduce environmental pollution;

co-financing of capital investments designed to increase production.

Aid for investments in fishing port facilities (Article 9)

co-financing of capital investments in infrastructure/buildings in fishing ports

Aid for producer groups or associations or members of the trade (Article 4)

to cover administrative costs in the first year following the establishment of an appropriate fisheries body as laid down by Article 51 of Zakon o morskem ribištvu (Uradni list RS, št. 58/02) (Marine Fisheries Act, Official Gazette No 58/02)

Sector(s) concerned: Fisheries and aquaculture sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Občina Piran Tartinijev TRG 2 SLO-6330 Piran

Web address: http://www.piran.si

Aid No: XF 16/2005

Member State: Spain

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aid for technological development in fisheries and aquaculture

Legal basis:

— Artículo 149.1.15a de la Constitución Española.

— Artículo 3 de la Ley 3/2001, de 26 de marzo, de Pesca Marítima.

— Proyecto de Orden APA/…/2005, de …, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de ayudas al desarrollo tecnológico pesquero y acuícola.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The maximum amount of aid is EUR 130 000 per year (one hundred and thirty thousand EUR per year). The breakdown is as follows:

Maximum aid intensity: The amount of each grant awarded may not exceed, annually over 3 years, EUR 50 000 in the case of a) or EUR 40 000 in the cases of b) and c) and may in no case exceed 100 % of the investment. Organisations' ongoing operating costs are not eligible

Date of implementation: 6 months from the date of publication of the scheme in the Official State Gazette

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The project for which grant is paid shall run for no longer than three years

Objective of aid: To finance projects geared towards the following aims:

Indication of the Article used (Articles 4 to 12) and of the eligible costs covered by the scheme or the individual aid award: Article 6 Aid for investments for innovative measures and technical assistance

All project costs except for organisations' ongoing operating costs, up to a maximum of EUR 50 000/EUR 40 000 /year over 3 years

Sector(s) concerned: Fish producers' organisations, fishermen's associations, business associations representative of the fisheries and aquaculture sector, and non-governmental organisations

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación Secretaria General de Pesca Marítima Dirección General de Estructuras y Mercados Pesqueros C/ José Ortega y Gasset, 57 E-28006 Madrid

Web address: (http://www.mapya.es/JACUMAR)

Aid No: XF 18/2005

Explanatory remarks: Under Decree No 98/2005 of the Estonian Minister for Agriculture, compensation may be granted to fishery undertakings engaged in fishing inland waters for part of the excise duties on diesel fuel paid or payable in 2005. The national budget provides the sum of EEK 1 445 000 EEK (EUR 92 352) for this compensation, allocated to all beneficiaries on a proportional basis, based on the power of the main engine in the fishing vessels they own.

This compensation is available to small and medium-sized fishery undertakings engaged in fishing inland waters that have a professional fishing licence for 2005 and a fishing vessel.

Member State: Republic of Estonia

Title of aid scheme: Compensation granted to fishery undertakings in 2005 to offset the increase in specific excise duties on diesel.

Legal basis: EV Põllumajandusministri määrus nr 98, “2005. aastal kalandustoodete tootjale eriotstarbelise diislikütuse aktsiisimäära tõusu kompenseerimise taotlemise ja taotluse menetlemise kord.”

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The scheme provides for aid of EEK 1 445 000 (EUR 92 352) for fishermen engaged in fishing inland waters

Maximum aid intensity: Undertakings fishing inland waters annually pay EEK 1 445 000 in excise duties on fuel; the same amount will be granted in 2005 and distributed proportionally on the basis of engine power

Date of implementation: The applications round ends on 9 November 2005 and the competent authority (Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Ameti — the Estonian Agricultural Registers and Information Board) will have 40 days from that date to process applications, after which the compensation will be paid

Duration: Until 31 December 2005

Objective of aid: The aim of the measure is to help small and medium-sized undertakings by compensating them for the excise duties paid on fuel in 2005

The aid scheme is based on Article 13 of Commision Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004; excise duties on fuel are eligible expenditure

Sector(s) concerned: Inland fisheries sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet Narva mnt. 3 EE-Tartu 51009

Web address: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=944632

Aid No: XF 19/2005

Explanatory remarks: the aid scheme provides for grants for modernising aquaculture undertakings

Member State: Italy

Region: Tuscany

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: approval and publication in the BURT (Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Toscana — Official Journal of the Region of Tuscany) of a call for applications for grants for aquaculture measures

Legal basis: Decreto dirigenziale n. 4589 del 24 agosto 2005

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 311 267,92. This amount is for 2005 and it is not planned to fund the scheme in subsequent years

Maximum aid intensity: the scheme provides for the grant of a maximum of 40 % of a total investment cost not exceeding EUR 250 000

Date of implementation: grant applications may be submitted within 30 days of the publication of the call for applications in the BURT

Objective: to promote the modernisation of aquaculture undertakings.

Indicate which Article of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004 is being used: Article 11

Indicate the eligible costs: in accordance with Regulations (EC) No 2792/1999 and (EC) No 448/2004, expenditure on the following is considered to be eligible:

— the purchase of equipment to modernise plant (feeders, oxygenators, various types of machinery, purification filters, etc.),

— the construction of breeding, fattening and decanting tanks,

— the construction of working premises at the undertaking (fry tanks, product processing and marketing, sheds for equipment and machinery, etc.).

Sector concerned: Aquaculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Toscana Settore Produzioni Agricole Zootecniche Via di Novoli n. 26 I-50127 Firenze

Web address: www.rete.toscana.it/sett/agric/Pesca-acquacoltura/Pesca.htm

Aid No: XF 20/2005

Explanatory remarks: Nephrops are identified as a stock of key strategic importance to Scottish Sea Fisheries. Seafood Scotland will assist the Scottish Executive to implement its ‘Sustainable framework for Scottish Sea Fisheries’ by jointly developing a strategic framework for improving the profitability of the Scottish Nephrops Fishery, in accordance with Commission Regulation 1595/2004 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, processing and marketing of fisheries products

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Scotland

Administrative Bodies with Responsibility for the Scheme

Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department

Pentland House

47 Robb's Loan

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Website: www.scotland.gov.uk

Tel: (44–131) 244 64 14

Fax: (44–131) 244 62 88

Libby Woodhatch

Seafood Scotland

Tel: (44–131) 557 93 44

Fax: (44–131) 557 93 44

Website: www.seafoodscotland.org

Jacinta Vaz Marine Fisheries Agency Grants Team Area 6D, 3 — 8 Whitehall Place West London SW1A 2HH United Kingdom Tel: (44–207) 270 80 42 Fax: (44–207) 270 80 19 E-mail: Jacinta.vaz@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aid to Seafood Scotland

Legal basis: Column 1 of the item of Schedule 1 to the Budget (Scotland) Act 2005

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The scheme is a one-off payment of GBP 150 000 to be made to Seafood Scotland. Total GBP 150 000

Maximum aid intensity: One off payment of GBP 150 000 to Seafood Scotland. Aid is paid by way of cash grants and is paid against receipted invoice. No other form of aid is payable.

The amount of aid intensity will be not exceed, in subsidy equivalent, the total rate of national and Community subsidies fixed by Annex IV, of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 on any single approved project

Date of implementation: The aid will be made available from 14 December 2005, immediately following publication in the Official Journal after 10 working days from submission of this form, as provided for in article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until funds are exhausted and in any event not beyond the validity of the exempting Regulation (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004) i.e. 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The aim of the scheme is to develop a strategy to improve the profitability of the Nephrops fishery. The strategy will require market analysis and dissemination, training, and the development of systems to improve transparency within the Nephrops supply chain

Indication of the Article used (Articles 4 to 12) and of the eligible costs covered by the scheme or the individual aid award: Aid will be made available under Articles 4 and 7 of Regulation EC 1595/2004. Under Article 4 and Art 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004, i.e. aid for producer groups or associations or members of the trade and Aid for investments for promotion and advertising of fisheries products. Eligible costs will include the following:

promotion of measures improving the working conditions and the sanitary conditions concerning the products, on board and landed;

organisation of electronic trade and other information technologies to disseminate technical and commercial information

access to training, particularly in quality, and organisation and transmission of know-how on board vessels and on land

design and application of systems to improve and control quality, traceability, health conditions, statistical instruments and environmental impact

creation of added value in products

improvement of knowledge and transparency in production and in the market

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to Sea fisheries, processing and marketing.

Please see Annex II for further details of the scheme

Name and address of the granting authority.:

Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department Pentland House 47 Robb's Loan Edinburgh EH14 1TY United Kingdom

Officer responsible: Gillian Barclay, Head of Seafish Trade, Markets and Communities Branch.

Web address: www.scotland.gov.uk/topics/fisheries/sea-fisheries

(1) Spring 2005 report of the national macroeconomic analysis and economic development office (EUR/SIT = 239,7)