EN Official Journal of the European Union C 108/13

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 108/09)

Aid No: XA 332/07

Member State: France

Region: Department of Sarthe

Title of aid scheme: Aide en faveur du paiement des primes d'assurance contre la grêle dans le secteur de l'arboriculture

Legal basis:

— Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

— Loi 64.706 du 10 juillet 1964

— Article L 361-8 du livre III (nouveau) du code rural

— Article L 122.7 du code des assurances

— Décret no 2007-134 du 30 janvier 2007 fixant les modalités d'application de l'article L.361-8 du livre II (nouveau) du code rural en vue de favoriser le développement de l'assurance contre certains risques agricoles et notamment son article 7

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 60 000

Maximum aid intensity: 5,1 %

Date of implementation: From confirmation of receipt of this form by the Commission

Duration of scheme: 2007-2013

Objective of aid: To support holdings with orchards which do not have the financial means to insure themselves against a number of climate risks, thereby entitling them to have their insurance premiums partly covered by the State, to at least cover themselves against the risk of hail

Sector(s) concerned: Arboriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil général de la Sarthe 40, rue de Joinville F-72072 Le Mans cedex 9

Internet address: www.cg72.fr

Under the heading: services pratiques/guide des aides & subventions

Aid No: XA 340/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Občina Veržej

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Podpora programom razvoja kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Veržej 2007–2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči na področju razvoja kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Veržej (II. Poglavje)

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

2007: EUR 7 000

2008: EUR 7 000

2009: EUR 7 000

2010: EUR 7 000

2011: EUR 7 000

2012: EUR 7 000

2013: EUR 7 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— municipal support, in line with the national regulation on the co-financing of insurance premiums for agricultural production for the current year, brings the amount of aid up to a maximum of 50 % of eligible costs for insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit and to insure livestock against disease.

2. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 50 % of costs in the form of subsidised services for education and training of farmers and farm workers and for organizing and participating in forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs. The aid is granted in the form of subsidised services and does not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: November 2007 (the aid will not be granted until a summary has been published on the European Commission's website)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

Reference to articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting State aid for agricultural and rural development in the municipality of Veržej includes measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following articles of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 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 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Veržej Ulica bratstva in enotnosti 8 SLO-9241 Veržej

Internet address: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200795&dhid=92113

Other information: The measure for the payment of insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit includes the following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by lightning, storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 relating to the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Aid No: XA 347/07

Member State: France

Regions: All these measures can be financed throughout French territory, including overseas departments

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Aides en faveur des éleveurs pour l'enlèvement et l'élimination des animaux trouvés morts

Legal basis:

— Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

— Code rural, articles L. 226-1 à L. 226-9 et articles R. 226-7 à R. 226-13

— Arrêté du 23 octobre 2007 modifiant l'arrêté du 13 juillet 2006 pris pour l'application de l'article L.226-9 du code rural (JORF du 31 octobre 2007)

— Arrêté du 23 octobre 2007 modifiant l'arrêté du 17 juillet 2006 fixant les taux de la taxe d'abattage affectée au financement de l'élimination des déchets et sous-produits animaux

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 151 million

Maximum intensity of the aid: In compliance with the limits set in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, i.e. 100 % of costs of removal of fallen stock, 75 % of the costs of destruction of such carcasses, as provided for in (1)(d), and aid of 100 % for the costs of removal and destruction of fallen stock where there is an obligation to perform TSE tests on the fallen stock concerned, as provided for in (1)(f).

Date of implementation: From when the Commission registers the exemption sheet

Duration of scheme or individual aid: 2007-2013

Objective of aid: The aid is based on Article 16(1)(d) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. It pursues the objectives set out in the operative provisions approved by the Commission in the decision of 30 March 2004, namely to finance public-sector rendering plants (Aid 515/03, OJ C 115 of 30.4.2004)

Sector(s) concerned: All livestock sectors (cattle, sheep, goat, pig, equine and poultry breeding sectors)

Name and address of the granting authority:

— Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche, DGPEI, 3, rue Barbet de Jouy F-75349 Paris 07 SP

— Office national interprofessionnel de l'élevage et de ses productions 12, rue Henri Rol-Tanguy F-93555 Montreuil-sous-Bois cedex

Internet address: http://www.office-elevage.fr/aides-nat/aides-nat.html

Aid No: XA 380/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Občina Oplotnica

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Podpore programom razvoja podeželja v občini Oplotnica 2007–2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči, pomoči de minimis in izvajanju drugih ukrepov za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva ter podeželja v občini Oplotnica

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

2007: EUR 33 383,41

2008: EUR 35 000

2009: EUR 38 000

2010: EUR 39 000

2011: EUR 40 000

2012: EUR 43 000

2013: EUR 45 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas,

— up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas,

— up to 60 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas, and up to 50 % of eligible costs in other areas, in the case of investments made by young farmers within five years of setting up.

The purpose of the aid is investment to restore farm features and to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural production, to invest in permanent crops, to improve farmland and to manage pastures.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— for investment in non-productive features, up to 100 % of actual costs,

— for investment in productive assets on farms, up to 60 % of eligible costs, or 75 % in less-favoured areas, provided that the investment does not entail any increase in the production capacity of the farm,

— additional aid may be granted at a rate of up to 100 % to cover the extra costs incurred by using traditional materials.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— the amount of municipal co-financing is the difference between the amount of co-financing of insurance premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of eligible costs of insurance premiums for insuring crops and fruit and insuring livestock against disease.

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of eligible legal and administrative costs.

5. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

— up to 100 % of costs incurred in the form of subsidised services; this must not involve direct payments of money to producers.

6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 100 % of costs concerning education and training of farmers, consultancy services and the organization of forums, competitions, exhibitions, fairs, publications, catalogues and websites, and the cost of replacement services. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: November 2007 (the aid will not be granted until a summary has been published on the European Commission's website)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

Reference to articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: The Rules on granting State aid and de minimis aid and implementing other measures for preserving and developing agriculture and rural areas in the municipality of Oplotnica include measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following articles of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 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 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings;

Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings;

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products,

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Oplotnica Grajska cesta 1 SLO-2317 Oplotnica

Internet address: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200797&dhid=92166

Other information:: The measure for the payment of insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit includes the following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by lightning, storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 relating to the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Matjaž ORTER

Mayor

Aid No: XA 381/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Križevci

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Križevci za programsko obdobje 2007–2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči na področju razvoja kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Križevci (II. Poglavje)

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

2007: EUR 14 600

2008: EUR 14 600

2009: EUR 15 000

2010: EUR 15 000

2011: EUR 15 000

2012: EUR 15 000

2013: EUR 15 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums: Municipal support, in line with the national regulation on the co-financing of insurance premiums for agricultural production for the current year, brings the amount of aid up to a maximum of 50 % of eligible costs for insurance premiums, including tax on insurance transactions.

Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector: Up to 50 % of costs concerning education and training of farmers and farm workers and the organization of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs and participation in them; this is to take the form of subsidised services and must not include any direct payments of money to producers.

Date of implementation: November 2007 (the aid will not be granted until a summary has been published on the European Commission's website)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

Reference to articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting State aid for agricultural and rural development in the municipality of Križevci includes measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following articles of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 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 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Križevci Križevci pri Ljutomeru 11 SLO-9242 Križevci pri Ljutomeru

Internet address: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=2007102&dhid=92449

Other information: The measure for the payment of insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit includes the following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by lightning, storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 relating to the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Signature of person responsible

Ozvald TUČIČ

Mayor of the Municipality of Križevci