EN Official Journal of the European Union C 1/7

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 Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

(2009/C 1/06)

Aid No: XA 295/08

Member State: France

Region: Département de la Manche

Title of aid scheme: Aides aux coopératives d'utilisation en commun de matériel agricole (CUMA) pour les hangars

Legal basis:

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Articles L 1511 et suivants du code général des collectivités territoriales

Articles L 3231-2 et L 3232-17 du code général des collectivités territoriales

Délibérations du Conseil général de la Manche des 6 et 8 février 2008

Convention entre l'État et le département relative à la nouvelle ruralité du 8 décembre 2004 et avenant du 7 novembre 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 54 000 in aid (maximum)

Maximum aid intensity: 30 % of the investment, subject to an aid ceiling of EUR 45 000 per investment

Date of implementation: From the publication of the registration number of the request for exemption on the site of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: To promote group investment and to lower production costs by facilitating the construction, purchase, modernisation, renovation and extension of sheds designed to house agricultural equipment purchased by cooperatives for the pooled use of agricultural equipment

Sector(s) concerned: All the CUMA (cooperatives) in the Department, regardless of which primary agricultural production sector they belong to

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le président du Conseil Général de la Manche Direction des affaires économiques et du développement rural, Service du développement rural Maison du département Rond-point de la liberté 50008 Saint-Lo Cedex FRANCE

Website: http://www.cg50.fr/economie/economie/agriculture.asp

Aid No: XA 296/08

Member State: France

Region: Département de la Manche

Title of aid scheme: Aides à l'achat de matériels à vocation environnementale par des Coopératives d'Utilisation de Matériels en Commun (CUMA)

Legal basis:

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Articles L 1511 et suivants du code général des collectivités territoriales

Articles L 3231-2 et L 3232-17 du code général des collectivités territoriales

Délibérations du Conseil général de la Manche des 6 et 8 février 2008

Convention entre l'État et le département relative à la nouvelle ruralité du 8 décembre 2004 et avenant du 7 novembre 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 400 000 in aid (maximum)

Maximum aid intensity: From 5 % to 40 % of the total eligible cost, depending on whether or not another public financing body is involved.

The general council will ensure that the rate of 40 % is never exceeded where there is a cumulation of aid

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration number of the request for exemption on the site of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: This scheme falls within the scope of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The aim of this scheme will be to facilitate the purchase of equipment to promote a collective rural development dynamic, in particular in relation to renewable energy sources and the improvement of environmental cultivation conditions on farms. In the context of such projects, the following equipment could be eligible: post hole diggers, post drivers, picket splitters, picket filers, roadsweepers, barbed-wire winding machines, hoes, cattle dips, flail hedge-trimmers, timber shredders and mobile livestock manure treatment units

Sector(s) concerned: All the CUMA (cooperatives) in the Department, regardless of which primary agricultural production sector they belong to

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le président du Conseil général de la Manche Direction des affaires économiques et du développement rural Service du développement rural Maison du département Rond-point de la liberté 50008 Saint-Lo cedex FRANCE

Website: http://www.cg50.fr/economie/economie/agriculture.asp

http://www.cg50.fr/economie/economie/iso_album/080415_cuma_cg_1.pdf

Aid No: XA 330/08

Member State: Poland

Region: Whole country

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Program pomocy dla rodzin rolniczych, w których gospodarstwach rolnych powstały szkody spowodowane przez suszę lub huragan w 2008 r.

Legal basis: Uchwała Rady Ministrów z dnia 26 sierpnia 2008 r. w sprawie ustanowienia Programu pomocy, dla rodzin rolniczych, w których gospodarstwach rolnych powstały szkody spowodowane przez suszę lub huragan w 2008 r.

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Article 11 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)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The planned volume of national budget resources for all forms of farm aid under the scheme in 2008 may total PLN 245 million

Maximum aid intensity: The total amount of aid per holding may not exceed, in the case of damage by:

(a) 80 % of the loss of income calculated by the regional governor in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006; or

(b) 90 % of the loss of income calculated by the regional governor in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 for holdings located in mountain regions and other less favoured areas (LFA) as defined in the rules on support for rural development cofinanced by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development or in Natura 2000 areas and areas involved in implementation of the Water Framework Directive;

(a) 80 % of the gross aid intensity referred to in Article 11(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, calculated according to the costs actually incurred;

(b) 90 % of the gross aid intensity referred to in Article 11(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, calculated according to the costs actually incurred, in less favoured areas (LFAs) as defined in the rules on rural development support cofinanced by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development or in Natura 2000 areas and areas involved in implementation of the Water Framework Directive

Date of implementation: From 6 October 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 August 2009

Objective of aid: To help farming families to overcome temporary financial difficulties caused by crop damage resulting from drought or hurricane damage to livestock buildings, storage buildings, glasshouses and other agricultural buildings and structures and agricultural tractors, machinery and equipment, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Form of aid Bodies Address 1. Agricultural tax credits Local authorities According to location of holding 2. Aid for interest payments on disaster loans Agencja Restrukturyzacji i Modernizacji Rolnictwa 00-175 Warszawa al. Jana Pawła II 70 3. Reductions and exemptions in respect of the payment of social security contributions and the settlement of related arrears in the form of the deferment of deadlines for the payment of contributions or the division of payments into easy instalments Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego 00-608 Warszawa al. Niepodległości 190 4. Deferment of payments under sale and rental contracts without application of charges and interest for the duration of the deferment and reductions and exemptions in respect of charges for rental leases Agencji Nieruchomości Rolnych 00-215 Warszawa ul. Dolańskiego 2 5. Welfare assistance in the form of a one-off payment Ośrodki pomocy społecznej According to the farmer's place of residence 6. Aid for certified seed Agencja Rynku Rolnego 00-400 Warszawa ul. Nowy Świat 6/12

Website: www.minrol.gov.pl under ‘Pomoc dla rodzin rolniczych, w których gospodarstwach rolnych powstały szkody spowodowane przez suszę lub huragan w 2008 r.’

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Aid No: XA 342/08

Member State: Denmark

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Projekt Opdræt

Legal basis: Lov om administration af Det Europæiske Fællesskabs forordninger om markedsordninger for landbrugsvarer m.v. (Bemyndigelsesloven), jf. lovbekendtgørelse nr. 297 af 28. april 2004.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: DKK 1 750 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of the scheme or the individual aid: Until 30 September 2009

Objectives of aid: The aim of the scheme is, by gathering, generating and disseminating information so as to ensure more uniform quality among hens to increase productivity in the laying period.

The final beneficiaries are poultry breeders and farmers producing eggs for breeding and human consumption. The scheme concerns only small and medium-sized enterprises.

The scheme comes under Article 15(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. It concerns expenditure on consultancy services

Sector(s) concerned: Poultry sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Fjerkræafgiftsfonden Axeltorv 3 1609 København V DANMARK

Website: http://www.poultry.dk/ddf/fa.nsf/B2009T.pdf?openfileresource

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