EN Official Journal of the European Union C 370/8

Summary information communicated by Member States on State aid granted in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2008 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

2012/C 370/06

Aid No: SA.35055 (12/XF)

Member State: Italy

Region/Authority granting the aid: Regione Toscana

Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving an ad hoc aid: interventi nel settore della pesca professionale e dell'acquacolture — periodo di programmazione 2012-2015.

Legal basis: Legge n. 66/2005 «Disciplina della attività di pesca marittima e degli interventi a sostegno della pesca professionale e dell'acquacoltura».

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or amount of individual aid granted: EUR 1 400 000, broken down as follows:

Maximum aid intensity:

(a) modernisation of aquaculture facilities — up to 40 % of eligible expenditure/up to 100 % for projects with a public dimension;

(b) modernisation of fishing ports — up to 60 % of eligible expenditure/up to 100 % for projects with a public dimension;

(c) product traceability — up to 60 % of eligible expenditure/up to 100 % for projects carried out by public bodies as regards their own structures;

(d) diversification of fishing activities through the development of sport and/or recreational fishing — up to 40 % of eligible expenditure;

(e) product promotion — up to 40 % of eligible expenditure/up to 100 % for projects with a public dimension;

(f) fishing in internal waterways — up to 40 % of eligible expenditure;

(g) implementation of actions provided for under the regional management plans — up to 100 % of eligible expenditure;

(h) actions carried out with the sector’s professional organisations — up to 100 % of eligible expenditure;

(i) technical assistance — up to 100 % of eligible expenditure.

Date of entry into force:

Duration of aid scheme:

Objective of aid: The new fisheries and aquaculture programme introduces the option of implementing new types of targeted actions, based either on developments in the sector over the last programming period, or on new factors arising from recently adopted Community legislation. The actions planned for the 2012-2015 period, which are basically structural and aimed at improving the competitiveness of the sector through modernisation, innovation and sectoral and infrastructure policies, should be coupled with actions aimed at managing the territory with particular care for the marine environment and fisheries resources, upon which the survival and development of the professional fisheries sector depends:

Indicate which of Articles 8 to 24 is used: Articles 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 23 of Regulation (EC) No 736/2008

Activity concerned: Fisheries and aquaculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Toscana — Direzione Competitività del sistema regionale e Sviluppo delle Competenze — Settore programmazione Agricola Via di Novoli 26 50127 Firenze FI ITALIA

With the following offices in the provinces:

Arezzo — Ufficio Pesca — Piazza Libertà 3 — 52100 Arezzo AR

Firenze — Ufficio Pesca — Via Ginori 10 — 50129 Firenze FI

Grosseto — Ufficio Pesca — Via Pietro Micca 39 — 58100 Grosseto GR

Livorno — Ufficio Pesca — Via Galilei 62 — 57100 Livorno LI

Lucca — Ufficio Pesca — Piazza Napoleone — 55100 Lucca LU

Massa Carrara — Ufficio Pesca — Palazzo Ducale — Piazza Aranci — 54100 Massa Carrara MS

Pisa — Ufficio Pesca — Via P. Nenni 24 — 56100 Pisa PI

Pistoia — Ufficio Pesca — Via Teodulo Mabellini 9 — 51100 Pistoia PT

Prato — Ufficio Pesca — Via Ricasoli 25 — 59100 Prato PO

Siena — Ufficio Pesca — Via delle Sperandie 47 — 53100 Siena SI

Web address where the full text of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under which ad hoc aid is granted outside of an aid scheme can be found: http://www.regione.toscana.it/regione/export/RT/sito-RT/Contenuti/sezioni/agricoltura/sviluppo_rurale/rubriche/piani_progetti/visualizza_asset.html_233125563.html

Justification: indicate why a State aid scheme has been established instead of assistance under the European Fisheries Fund: Regional Law No 66/2005 provides for a local fisheries management system that works closely with the provincial system: it is not possible to manage provincial resources directly through a European Fisheries Fund (EFF) programme.