EN Official Journal of the European Union C 8/4

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

2011/C 8/06

Aid No: XA 95/10

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Asociación de Usuarios de Casetas de Castellón

Legal basis: Resolución de 2010, de la Consellera de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se concede una subvención nominativa a la Asociación de Usuarios de Casetas de Castellón.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 165 000 over the year 2010

Maximum aid intensity:

— 100 %, (Article 16 1(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006),

— 50 % in less-favoured areas or 40 % in other regions (Article 2(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).

Date of implementation: From the date on which the identification number of the exemption request is published on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Throughout the year 2010

Objective of aid: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty on 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),

Article 16(1)(d)

Article 4(4)(a)

Sector(s) concerned: Owners of livestock holdings in the province of Castellón

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación C/ Amadeo de Saboya, 2 46010 Valencia ESPAÑA

Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/web/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=d8311d4b-a36c-433f-b64e-1512cf00309f&groupId=16

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Aid No: XA 178/10

Member State: Italy

Region: Marche

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: aiuti per il pagamento dei premi assicurativi

Legal basis:

— Art. 2 comma 1 lettera a) della legge regionale 2 settembre 1997, n. 56 «Procedure relative agli aiuti compatibili con le disposizioni del Trattato di Roma con riguardo agli interventi straordinari nel settore agricolo»

— DGR 2049 del 30 novembre 2009 ad oggetto: «Aiuti di Stato destinati ad ovviare e prevenire i danni arrecati dalle calamità naturali oppure da altri eventi»

— DGR 1272 del 2 settembre 2010 ad oggetto «Modifica della DGR 2049 del 30 novembre 2009 Aiuti di stato destinati ad ovviare e prevenire i danni arrecati dalle calamità naturali oppure da altri eventi eccezionali [lr n. 56/97 art. 2 comma 1 lett. a)] — Indirizzi e criteri di erogazione».

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The expenditure planned under this scheme will be determined annually on the basis of regional budget availability. Under the 2010 regional budget, EUR 308 065,93 is available. This amount constitutes the basis for expenditure over the coming years, subject to any decreases in the annual regional budget. Should it be necessary to exceed this basic amount of expenditure, a new aid request will submitted.

Beneficiaries:

Defence consortia and agricultural cooperatives and consortia authorised by the Marche Region within the meaning of Legislative Decree No 102/2004

Maximum aid intensity: Aid will be granted on the basis of the difference between the expenditure incurred by the Defence Organisations to pay for policies, as stipulated by Legislative Decree No 102/2004 as amended, and the maximum expenditure eligible for aid under the Annual Agricultural Insurance Plan, as stipulated in the opinion issued by the Region as specified in Article 13 of this Decree.

In accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, gross aid intensity will not exceed:

— losses referred to in point (a) and against other losses caused by climatic events, and/or

— losses caused by animal or plant diseases or pest infestations.

The aid will not be limited to insurance provided by a single insurance company or group of companies, or be made subject to the condition that the insurance contract be taken out with a company established in Italy.

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the identification number of the request for exemption on the website of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Under the scheme, aid may be granted until 31 December 2013 and for six months thereafter

Objective of aid: To encourage farmers to take out insurance against the risks of productions losses due to natural disasters, events assimilated to natural disasters, other disasters and losses caused by animal or plant diseases

Aid is granted on the basis of the provisions of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture — primary production

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione Marche — Giunta Regionale — Servizio Agricoltura, Forestazione e Pesca — PF Foreste e Irrigazione.

Website: http://www.agri.marche.it/Aree%20tematiche/Aiuti%20di%20stato/calamità2010.pdf

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Il dirigente della pf foreste e irrigazione Gabriella MASSACCESI

Aid No: XA 182/10

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Niedersachsen

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Förderung nicht investiver Projekte im Bereich von landwirtschaftlichen Qualitätserzeugnissen aus ökologischem Landbau (VO (EG) Nr. 834/2007). Durchführung durch das Kompetenzzentrum Ökolandbau Niedersachsen (KÖN)

Legal basis: Landeshaushaltsordnung Niedersachsen

Erlass des Niedersächsischen Ministeriums für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Verbraucherschutz und Landesentwicklung (ML) vom 1. Juli 2010

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The overall annual cost of the projects is expected to be approximately EUR 600 000.

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % of the eligible costs

Date of implementation: Implementation from 2010 — support commencing 1 January 2011

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: End of scheme and last payment December 2013

Objective of aid: Non-investment support for quality products in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (organic farming). Implementation is by the KÖN. Recipients of the aid are small and medium-sized enterprises which are engaged in the primary production of agricultural products from organic farming or small and medium-sized enterprises which are engaged in the primary production of agricultural products and which intend to convert their production to organic farming.

The projects cover:

General observation of market developments in organic farming (Article 14(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Introduction of quality assurance schemes (Article 14(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Education and training of farmers as well as consultancy services which relate to organic farming or to conversion to organic farming and which do not constitute a continuous or periodic activity (Article 15(2)(a) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Forums to share knowledge between businesses, exhibitions and fairs (Article 15(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Vulgarisation of scientific knowledge and provision of factual information on quality systems (Article 15(2)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Publications (Article 15(2)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).

Sector(s) concerned: The projects are intended to be multi-sectoral and to take into account as far as possible all economic operators involved in primary agricultural production.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Verbraucherschutz und Landesentwicklung Calenberger Straße 2 30169 Hannover Referat 107.2 DEUTSCHLAND

Website: http://www.ml.niedersachsen.de/live/live.php?navigation_id=26911&article_id=90411&_psmand=7

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