EN Official Journal of the European Union C 76/8

Summary 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, processing and marketing of agricultural products

(2007/C 76/05)

XA Number: XA 6/07

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: South West of England

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: South Hams Food and Drink Producer Group

Legal basis: Appendix 5 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

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

2006-2007 GBP17 640 2007-2008 GBP 70560 Total GBP 88200

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity will be 100 % of eligible costs.

Date of implementation: The scheme will start on 9th February 2007.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will start on 9th February 2007 and close on 31 March 2008. The last payment will be made on 30 April 2008.

Objective of aid: Sectoral development. The aid will enable the South Hams Food & Drink Association to set itself up as a producer group and market its products according to a common set of rules.

The aid will be paid in line with Article 9, aid for producer groups, of Regulation 1857/2006 and will cover start-up costs. More specifically, the eligible costs will be:

Administrative staff costs

The rental of suitable premises

Overheads

Legal and administrative fees.

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme will be open to all sub-sectors

Name and address of the granting authority.: The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:

South West Regional Development Agency

Stirling House

Dix's Field

Exeter EX1 1QA

United Kingdom

The organisation operating the scheme is:

Devon Renaissance

7C Cranmere Road

Exeter Road Industrial Estate

Okehampton

Devon EX20 1UE

United Kingdom

Web-Address: http://www.ruraldevon.org/updocs/South_Hams_Food_&_Drink_Assoc_Producer_Group_Full_Text.doc

Alternatively, you can go to the UK's central website for exempted agricultural state aids at:

www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm

Click on the link ‘South Hams Food and Drink Producer Group’.

Other information.: —

Signed and dated on behalf of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK competent authority)

Neil Marr

Agricultural State Aid

Defra

8B 9 Millbank

c/o 17 Smith Square

London SW1P 3JR

United Kingdom

XA Number: XA 7/07

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Province of Overijssel

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Uitvoeringsbesluit Subsidies Overijssel 2007 (UBS 2007), paragrafen

Legal basis: Wet inrichting Landelijk gebied,

Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht,

Algemene Subsidieverordening Overijssel 2005 en PS-besluit van 11 oktober 2006, kenmerk PS/2006/760 (PS hebben op grond van artikel 11, lid 4 van de Wet inrichting landelijk gebied de bevoegdheid tot het vaststellen van steunmaatregelen ten laste van het investeringsbudget overgedragen aan GS)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall planned expenditure is EUR 33 million for the 2007-13 period. This expenditure comes to an estimated EUR 4,8 million per year.

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment measures (Article 4): — 40 %, with a maximum of EUR 100 000 per investment (Articles 8(11)(b) and 8.13(2) of Paragraph 8(3) and Article 8(34)(2) of Paragraph 8(8) of UBS 2007); — 40 % of the eligible investment costs (Article 8(17)(2) of Paragraph 8(4) of UBS 2007); — 40 %, with a maximum of EUR 100 000 per investment for agricultural holdings and EUR 250 000 for cooperative holdings (Article 8(29)(3) of Paragraph 8(7) of UBS 2007).

2. Aid for land reparcelling (Article 13): voluntary and non-systematic exchange of plots of land: 100 % of the legal costs (Article 8(20)(3) of Paragraph 8(5) of UBS 2007).

3. Technical support (Article 15): — 70 %, with a maximum of EUR 100 000 per beneficiary for each three-year period (Article 8(29)(1) of Paragraph 8(7) and Article 8(38) of Paragraph 8(9) of UBS 2007); — consultancy services: 50 % for restructuring of intensive livestock holdings (Article 8(13)(1) of Paragraph 8(3) of UBS 2007) and 70 % for promoting forward-looking entrepreneurship (Article 8(34)(1) of Paragraph 8(8) of UBS 2007) — in both cases with a maximum of EUR 5 000 per beneficiary per year; — involvement of consultancy services and/or research institutes in an innovative project: 50 %, with a maximum of EUR 30 000 per applicant (Article 8(29)(2) of Paragraph 8(7) of UBS 2007); — development and dissemination of knowledge: 70 %, with a maximum of EUR 5 000 per beneficiary per year, for promoting forward-looking entrepreneurship (Article 8(34)(1) of Paragraph 8(8)).

In accordance with Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 aid for technical support is provided in kind by means of subsidised services.

Date of implementation: Implementation will start after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, as set out in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From the day after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, as set out in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, until 31 December 2013 inclusive.

Objective of aid: The objectives of the aid are to:

To achieve these objectives, the following Articles of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are being applied:

Article 4: investment in agricultural holdings;

Article 13: aid for land reparcelling;

Article 15: provision of technical support in the agricultural sector.

For the eligible costs, please refer to the ‘Maximum aid intensity ’section.

Economic sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to small and medium-sized enterprises in all sectors involved in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gedeputeerde Staten van Overijssel Luttenbergstraat 2 Postbus 10078 8000 GB Zwolle Nederland

Internet address: www.overijssel.nl