EN Official Journal of the European Union C 66/30

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 66/11)

Aid No: XA 425/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of the aid scheme: Ayudas a los programas de mejora de calidad de la leche cruda de vaca, oveja y cabra

Legal basis: Orden de 23 de septiembre de 2008 de la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación por la que se modifican determinados aspectos de la Orden de 28 de diciembre de 2005, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras para la financiación de programas de mejora de calidad de la leche cruda de vaca, oveja y cabra y de la Orden de 24 de mayo de 2006, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de ayudas al programa de genotipado, se convocan las ayudas para la mejora de la calidad de la leche, en la Comunidad Valenciana y se fijan los importes globales de la ayuda al programa de genotipado en la Comunidad Valenciana (DOCV no 5875 de 21.10.2008).

Orden de 28 de diciembre de 2005, de la CAPA, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras para la financiación de programas de mejora de calidad de la leche cruda de vaca, oveja y cabra (DOGV no 5175)

Annual budget: EUR 90 000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of expenditure

Date of application: As of the publication of the identification number of the request for exemption on the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of the aid scheme: 2008-2013

Objective of aid: Technical support to the milk-producing sector by means of programmes to control and improve the quality of raw cow's, sheep's and goat's milk with a view to promoting milk quality on holdings by adjusting raw milk production, storage and transportation conditions in such a way as to ensure progress in all or some of the following:

The scheme complies with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Owners of ruminant dairy farms of the Comunitat Valenciana

Name and address of the granting authority:

Amadeo de Saboya, 2 46010 Valencia ESPAÑA

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Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/Ordenes%20modif%20leche%20genotipado_14agosto_2008.pdf

Aid No: XA 426/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Ayudas para los consejos reguladores u órganos de gestión de las figuras de calidad de la Comunitat Valenciana y entidades asociativas gestoras de la autorización del uso de la marca ‘CV’

Legal basis: Orden de la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación por la que se establecen las ayudas para los Consejos Reguladores u Órganos de Gestión de las figuras de calidad de la Comunitat Valenciana y entidades asociativas gestoras de la autorización del uso de la marca ‘CV’

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 4 193 400

Maximum aid intensity:

I. For activities developed by regulatory councils or management bodies:

— aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products — up to 80 %,

— start-up aid for the constitution of associations and similar entities — up to 100 %.

Under no circumstances may aid granted to an individual regulatory council or management body concerned with geographic indications and denominations of origin or to the Organic Farming Committee exceed EUR 550 000 yearly.

II. For activities developed by associations managing authorisations for the use of the ‘CV’ trademark:

— aid up to 70 %.

Under no circumstances may aid granted to an individual association exceed EUR 50 000 yearly.

III. For activities developed by regulatory council associations, federations or confederations thereof or inter-branch organisations related to quality marks:

— aid up to 50 %.

Under no circumstances may aid granted to an invidual association exceed EUR 70 000 yearly

Date of implementation: As from the publication of the registration number of the request for exemption on the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 2009 to 2013 inclusive

Objective of aid: The general objective is to establish bases for the development of activities in the 2009-2013 period related to for agri-food products carrying a Comunitat Valenciana quality mark.

This aid is related to the exemption provided for in Articles 9(3), 14(2) and 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Agri-food sector of the Comunitat Valenciana

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/AYUDAS%20A%20LOS%20CONSEJO%20REGULADORES,%20ASOCIACIONES%20GESTORAS%20MARCAS%20CV%20Y%20FEDERACIONES%20DE%20LA%20COMUNITAT%20VALENCIANA.pdf

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La Directora General de Comercialización

Marta VALSANGIACOMO GIL

Aid No: XA 427/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of the aid scheme: Ayudas al programa de genotipado

Legal basis: Orden de 23 de septiembre de 2008 de la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación por la que se modifican determinados aspectos de la Orden de 28 de diciembre de 2005, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras para la financiación de programas de mejora de calidad de la leche cruda de vaca, oveja y cabra y de la Orden de 24 de mayo de 2006, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de ayudas al programa de genotipado, se convocan las ayudas para la mejora de la calidad de la leche, en la Comunidad Valenciana y se fijan los importes globales de la ayuda al programa de genotipado en la Comunidad Valenciana (DOCV no5 875 de 21.10.2008).

Orden de 24 de mayo de 2006, de la CAPA, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de ayudas al programa de genotipado.

Annual budget: EUR 21 000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of expenditure

Date of application: As of the publication of the identification number of the request for exemption on the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of the aid scheme: 2008-2013

Objective of aid: Development of the national programme for genetic selection for scrapie resistance (goat and sheep TSE). This complies with Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Owners of goat and sheep farms in the region with purebred stock

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación Amadeo de Saboya, 2 46010 Valencia ESPAÑA

Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/Ordenes%20modif%20leche%20genotipado_14agosto_2008.pdf

Aid No: XA 428/08

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Provincie Limburg

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Wijnen Paprika's BV (Advieskosten Geothermisch onderzoek fase 2)

Legal basis: Algemene Subsidieverordening 2004 Provincie Limburg en Subsidieverordening Inrichting Landelijk Gebied

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 31 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 1 March 2009

Objective of aid: The aid is being granted pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The conditions stipulated in Article 15(2), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 will be complied with

Sector(s) concerned: Primary agriculture (peppers)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Limburg Limburglaan 10 6229 GA Maastricht NEDERLAND

Website: http://www.limburg.nl/nl/html/algemeen/beleid/Europa/KennisgevingenStaatssteun/KennisgevingenStaatssteun.asp#a1RSN3VF5X0O0EBAKCMO1

Other information: Wijnen Paprika's is in the process of expanding its area under greenhouses. The expansion is taking place in three phases. The greenhouses being completed in the first two phases will be heated by means of gas-based combined heat and power (CHP). The intention is to heat the third-phase greenhouses by means of geothermal energy. So that this can ultimately be achieved, a number of investigations need to be carried out.

The first phase concerns a study for a depth and temperature model of the soil. Based on that investigation, two potential reservoirs have been selected. The depth of both reservoirs guarantees that the formation water is hot enough to heat the greenhouses. However, it is not clear whether sufficient water can be drawn from the reservoirs. The volume of water present in the reservoirs therefore needs to be ascertained, along with the porosity and permeability of the rock. This concerns the second phase, to which the granting of aid relates. The aid amounts to EUR 31 000, this being the costs of the investigation.

The aid is being granted on the basis of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. There will be no direct payments to farmers; the aid is granted in the form of subsidised consultancy services. The aid is not for services which constitute a continuous or periodic activity and the costs do not relate to the enterprise's usual operating expenditure. The aid is being granted on the basis of the Subsidieverordening Inrichting Landelijk Gebied van de provincie Limburg and is generally available to all enterprises which fulfil the conditions stipulated therein

Aid No: XA 431/08

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Thüringen (DEG0)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung)

Legal basis:

— § 7 Abs. 2 und § 20 Thüringer Ausführungsgesetz zum Tierseuchengesetz (Thüringer Tierseuchengesetz -ThürTierSG-)

— Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total aid of approximately EUR 2,47 million

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

Date of implementation: From the time of publication of the aid measure by the Commission

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to 31 December 2013

Objective of aid:

— compensation for costs incurred by farmers for health checks, tests and other screening measures, for the purchase and use of vaccines and medicinal products in connection with the prevention and eradication of animal diseases within the meaning of Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. — Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,

— compensation for losses incurred by farmers due to animal diseases within the meaning of Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. — Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Eligible costs: See Annex 1 to the Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung)

Sector(s) concerned: Cattle farming, pig farming, sheep farming, goat farming, horse rearing, beekeeping

Name and address of the granting authority:

Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts Victor Goerttler Straße 4 07745 Jena DEUTSCHLAND E-mail: direkt@thueringertierseuchenkasse.de

Website: Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung):

http://www.thueringertierseuchenkasse.de

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