EN Official Journal of the European Union C 276/3

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2008 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of fisheries products

(Text with EEA relevance)

2010/C 276/03

Aid No: XF 6/10

Member State: Finland

Region/authority granting the aid:

1. Varsinais-Suomen elinkeino- liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus

2. Pohjois-Karjalan elinkeino- liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an ad hoc aid:

1. Pyhäjärvi-Instituutti

2. Niemisen ja Sintsin seudun kyläyhdistys ry

Legal basis: Laki valtion talousarviosta (423/1988); the aid is granted by the Parliament to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry based on the budget allocated to the relevant objective in the State budget for 2010.

Tuen myöntämisessä, valvonnassa ja takaisinperinnässä noudatetaan valtionavustuslakia (688/2001).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or amount of ad hoc aid granted:

1. EUR 75 000

2. EUR 75 000, i.e. EUR 150 000 in total.

Maximum aid intensity:

1. The total costs amount to EUR 140 000 and the self-financing amounts to EUR 65 000, i.e. 46 %. The aid intensity is therefore 54 %.

2. The total costs amount to EUR 83 400 and the self-financing amounts to EUR 8 400, i.e. 10 %. The aid intensity is therefore 90 %. Annex II(b) to Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 provides that the aid intensity for Article 37 operations (collective actions) can be up to 100 % if certain criteria are met. In this case, in both projects, the beneficiaries are non-profit-making organisations which are acting in the public interest (to improve the quality of water and the state of fish stocks in the two lakes).

Date of entry into force: Not before 1 March 2010

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award (not later than 30 June 2014), indicate:

— the expected date of the last instalment to be paid: 1. 31 May 2011 2. Not later than 31 May 2013

Objective of aid: Measures to manage fish stocks: selective fishing in the lakes 1) Säkylän Pyhäjärvi and 2) Onkamojärvi in order to improve the conditions of the fishing sector, the quality of water and the state of fish stocks.

Indicate which of Articles 8 to 24 is used: Article 17 — Collective actions

Activity concerned: The intensive fishing of low value fish will mean that fish stocks in the large lakes affected by eutrophication will be reduced. These measures to manage fish stocks will change the structure of the lake fishing, will reduce the quantities of nutrients transmitted by fish and will therefore improve the quality of the water. Consequently, the possibilities for fish with a higher economic value to survive will increase, which will have a positive effect on the return of commercial and recreational fishing. Selective fishing aimed at managing fish stocks is carried out by professional local fishermen.

Name and address of the granting authority:

1. Varsinais-Suomen elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus PL 236 20101 Turku

2. Pohjois-Karjalan elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus PL 8 80101 Joensuu

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: —

Motivation: It was decided at national level that, in Finland's operational programme approved by Commission Decision C(2007) 3537 of 20 November 2007, the financial support of the European Fisheries Fund could not be used for selective fishing projects aimed at managing stocks. Projects of this type can therefore only be financed at national level, provided that the Finnish government allocates them a specific budget.

Aid No: XF 9/10

Member State: Spain

Region/Authority granting the aid: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving an ad hoc aid: XF 9/10 — Ayuda por la que se adjudican a AGROALIMED determinadas tareas en explotaciones de piscicultura

Legal basis: Resolución de 5 de marzo de 2010, de la Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se adjudican a AGROALIMED determinadas tareas en explotaciones de piscicultura

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or amount of ad hoc aid granted: EUR 21 700

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of entry into force: As of publication

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award (not later than 30 June 2014), indicate:

— in the case of a scheme: the date until which aid may be granted,

— in the case of ad hoc aid: the last quarter of the budgeted annual payment.

Objective of aid: Carry out animal health measures in fish farms

Indicate which of Article(s) 8 to 24 is used: Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2008 of 22 July 2008. Aid for animal health measures

Activity concerned: Fish farms

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación C/ Amadeo de Saboya, 2 46410 Valencia ESPAÑA

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.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/agroalimed%20piscicultura%202010.pdf

Motivation: In view of the particularities of fish-farming operations, they are advised to put in place a series of preventive measures in the interests of Animal Health and Public Health.