EN Official Journal of the European Union C 189/15

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 189/07

Aid No: XA 150/09

Member State: France

Region: Région Rhône Alpes

Title of aid scheme: Aides aux investissements pour l’aménagement de pâturages, prairies et parcours (clôtures et abreuvoirs) en Rhône-Alpes

Legal basis: Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006

Articles 1511-1 et s. du Code général des collectivités territoriales

Délibération du Conseil Régional Rhône Alpes 29 janvier 2009

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 150 000

Maximum aid intensity: 30 % of the eligible investment, for maximum expenditure of EUR 5 000

Date of implementation: As soon as the exemption form has been registered on the site of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the purpose of the aid is to promote the grazing of livestock and improved pasture management in connection with the objective of ensuring the self-sufficiency of agricultural holdings as regards feedingstuffs. Improving the use of pasture and exploiting and maintaining runs will promote self-sufficiency. Increasing pasture resources will lead to a reduction in purchases of concentrates and, consequently, production costs.

The support will cover part of the cost of equipment for installing fences and drinking troughs in order to promote the grazing of livestock and improved pasture management.

The aid will be paid subject to an individual analysis of the holding being carried out and to the project proposed by the farmer being compatible with the recommendations made on the basis of that analysis.

In order to receive the aid, applicants must submit with their application a summary of the individual analysis of the holding setting out multiannual recommendations. The aid requested must be appropriate in the light of those recommendations.

Aid will be paid once only and will cover 30 % of the investment, for maximum expenditure of EUR 5 000.

In accordance with Article 4(5) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, aid may be granted only to agricultural holdings that are not enterprises in difficulty

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural holdings in the Rhône Alpes Region aiming to achieve self-sufficiency in feedingstuffs

Name and address of the authority responsible:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil régional Rhône Alpes Direction de l’agriculture et du développement rural Service Agriculture 78 route de Paris 69751 Charbonnières les Bains Cedex FRANCE

Website: http://www.rhonealpes.fr/TPL_CODE/TPL_AIDE/PAR_TPL_IDENTIFIANT/309/18-les-aides-de-la-region.htm

Aid No: XA 151/09

Member State: France

Region: Région Rhône Alpes

Title of aid scheme: Diagnostics d'exploitation individuels dans les exploitations de Rhône-Alpes en vue d'accroître leur autonomie alimentaire

Legal basis: Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006

Articles 1511-1 et s. du code général des collectivités territoriales

Délibération du Conseil régional Rhône Alpes 29 janvier 2009

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 120 000

Maximum aid intensity: 80 % with a limit of EUR 800 (aid amount) per farm

Date of implementation: As soon as the exemption form has been registered on the site of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the Commission

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: In accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 the objective of the aid is to provide farmers with technical assistance to assist them in their plans to move towards greater food self-sufficiency.

The diagnosis work will have several objectives:

to assess farms in terms of their food self-sufficiency,

to identify the strengths and weaknesses of farms in terms of food self-sufficiency,

to specify general actions for development in order to improve food self-sufficiency whilst guaranteeing the viability of farms, in a regional context.

On the basis of these specifications farmers will be able to improve the food self-sufficiency of their farms, for example, by favouring including grass in the fodder system, by modifying their grazing resource management practices or by integrating protein crops into their rotation cropping.

The Région Rhône Alpes wants to support farmers expressing a wish to change their fodder and food system in order to improve food self-sufficiency with a view to reducing the cost of the protein supplement and adapting production methods to climate changes.

Therefore those candidates wishing to change their farm to ensure greater food self-sufficiency should be assisted and awarded, in order to carry out on each farm an assessment of its food self-sufficiency and to draw up a programme of specifications over three years, up to 80 % of the eligible costs with a ceiling for expenses of EUR 1 000 per farm.

Payments will be made by a farming structure, in accordance with the regional specifications, to whom the State aid will be paid. The farm benefiting from the service will therefore receive aid in kind

Sector(s) concerned: All farms in the Rhône Alpes Region committed to achieving greater food self-sufficiency

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil Régional Rhône-Alpes Direction de l’agriculture et du développement rural Service Agriculture 78 route de Paris 69751 Charbonnières les Bains Cedex FRANCE

Website: http://www.rhonealpes.fr/TPL_CODE/TPL_AIDE/PAR_TPL_IDENTIFIANT/307/18-les-aides-de-la-region.htm

Aid No: XA 153/09

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Richtlinie für die Gewährung von Beihilfen für Maßnahmen zur Impfung gegen den Serotyp 8 des Virus der Blauzungenkrankheit (BTV 8-Beihilferichtlinie)

http://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/1371778/data/beihilfe-blauzungenkrankheit.pdf

Legal basis: Artikel 7 Absatz 1 Nummer 3 des Hamburgischen Ausführungsgesetzes zum Tierseuchengesetz vom 6. Februar 2007 (HmbGVBl. S. 68)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The estimated annual budget for granting aid under the BTV-8 aid scheme is EUR 6 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the costs of the vaccine

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the aid scheme by the European Commission

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

Objective of aid: Combating bluetongue (serotype 8) in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Farmers (only small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General block exemption Regulation) (OJ L 214, 9.8.2008, p. 3)) who own animals susceptible to bluetongue serotype 8

Name and address of the granting authority:

Behörde für Soziales, Familie Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz Fachabteilung Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen Billstraße 80 20539 Hamburg DEUTSCHLAND

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 155/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Asociación empresarial de productores de porcino de la Comunidad Valenciana

Legal basis: Resolución de la Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se concede una subvención nominativa a la Asociación empresarial de productores de porcino de la Comunitat Valenciana (PROGAPORC C.V)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 12 000 during 2009

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the eligible expenditure

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: From 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: Training, promotion and dissemination of livestock farming in the light of market requirements as regards food safety, traceability and environmental impact in the pig meat sector in the Community of Valencia (Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: Pig farmers

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/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/progaporc09.pdf