EN Official Journal of the European Union C 203/6

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

(2008/C 203/05)

Aid No: XA 41/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme: Agevolazioni per la qualità dei prodotti — comma 3: contributo sui costi di avviamento alle associazioni produttori riconosciute che operano nel settore biologico

Legal basis: L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003«Sostegno dell'economia agricola, disciplina dell'agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di prodotti geneticamente non modificati» art. 47, comma 3.

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 3126 del 28 dicembre 2007 modificata con deliberazioni n. 1059 del 24 aprile 2008 e n. 1193 del 9 maggio 2008 criteri attuativi dell'art. 47 della L.P. 4/2003

Annual expenditure planned: The planned annual expenditure amounts to EUR 50 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % the first year of setting up, 80 % the second year, 60 % the third year, 40 % the fourth year and 20 % the fifth year

Date of implementation: As from the 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: Aid will be granted until 31 December 2013 at the latest

Objective of aid: To facilitate the establishment of associations in the organic farming sector promoting, at consumer level, knowledge and use of organic products and marketing members' products produced in accordance with specific regulations and/or rules laid down by the association itself.

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) 1857/2006 provides the legal basis for the application of this aid scheme

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural and food processing sectors, only for organic products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Trento Dipartimento Agricoltura e alimentazione Servizio Vigilanza e promozione delle attività agricole Via G.B. Trener, 3 I-38100 Trento

Website: http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?Item=7&Type=FulView

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/viewAllegatoDeli.asp?Item=7

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?Item=5&Type=FulView

Aid No: XA 42/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme: Agevolazioni per la qualità dei prodotti — comma 4 — contributi sulle spese per il controllo e la certificazione del processo produttivo del metodo di produzione biologico

Legal basis: L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003«Sostegno dell'economia agricola, disciplina dell'agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di prodotti geneticamente non modificati» art. 47, comma 4.

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 3126 del 28 dicembre 2007 modificata con deliberazioni n. 1059 del 24 aprile 2008 e n. 1193 del 9 maggio 2008 criteri attuativi dell'art. 47 della L.P. 4/2003

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The planned annual expenditure amounts to EUR 250 000

Maximum aid intensity: 90 % of the expenditure incurred

Date of implementation: As from the 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: Aid will be granted until 31 December 2013 at the latest

Objective of aid: To facilitate the performance of monitoring and certification activities relating to organic production by reducing the overall costs for producers.

Article 14 of Regulation (EC) 1857/2006 provides the legal basis for the implementation of the aid scheme

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural and food processing sectors, only for organic products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Trento Dipartimento Agricoltura e alimentazione Servizio Vigilanza e promozione delle attività agricole Via G.B. Trener, 3 I-38100 Trento

Website: http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?Item=7&Type=FulView

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/viewAllegatoDeli.asp?Item=7

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?Item=5&Type=FulView

Aid No: XA 43/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme: Agevolazioni per la qualità dei prodotti — comma 1, lettera a): spese per i programmi di controllo nel processo produttivo a garanzia delle denominazioni di origine e delle attestazioni di specificità

Legal basis: L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003«Sostegno dell'economia agricola, disciplina dell'agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di prodotti geneticamente non modificati» art. 48, comma 1 lett. a).

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 3126 del 28 dicembre 2007 modificata con deliberazioni n. 1059 del 24 aprile 2008 e n. 1193 del 9 maggio 2008 criteri attuativi dell'art. 48 della L.P. 4/2003

Planned annual expenditure under the scheme: The planned annual expenditure amounts to EUR 50 000

Maximum aid intensity: Aid to monitoring costs will cover 100 % of the actual monitoring costs in the first year, reduced to 85 % in the second year, 70 % in the third year, 55 % in the fourth year, 40 % in the fifth year and 25 % in the sixth year. No aid will be granted after the sixth year

Date of implementation: As from the 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: Aid will be granted until 31 December 2013 at the latest

Objective of aid: Provide incentives for the improvement of the quality of agricultural products, increase the value of agricultural production and facilitate sectoral adjustments to the demand of consumers, who always favour quality, in particular the local origin of food production.

Article 14(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 provides the legal basis for the implementation of this aid scheme

Sector(s) concerned: Farming sector, only in relation to geographical indication products covered by Regulation (EC) No 1898/2006 (PDOs/PGIs) or Regulation (EC) No 1216/2007 (TSGs)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Trento Dipartimento Agricoltura e alimentazione Servizio Vigilanza e promozione delle attività agricole Via G.B. Trener, 3 I-38100 Trento

Website: http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?Item=7&Type=FulView

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/viewAllegatoDeli.asp?Item=7

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?Item=5&Type=FulView

Aid No: XA 135/08

Member State: Finland

Area: Areas affected in 2007 by adverse weather conditions

Title of aid scheme: Tuki epäsuotuisten sääolojen aiheuttamien menetysten korvaamiseksi maatalousyrityksille vuonna 2007

Legal basis: Laki satovahinkojen korvaamisesta (1214/2000)

Valtioneuvoston asetus satovahinkojen korvaamisesta (270/2003)

Maa- ja metsätalousministeriön asetus satovahinkojen korvaamisesta (364/2003)

Planned annual expenditure under the scheme: Estimated annual expenditure in 2008 is EUR 1,6 million

Maximum aid intensity: 70 %

Duration of aid scheme: 9 April 2008-31 December 2008

Purpose of the aid: —

Sector(s) concerned: NACE code A0011 — Growing of field crops, market gardening, horticulture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö PL 30 FI-00023 Valtioneuvosto

Body responsible for implementing the aid:

Maaseutuvirasto PL 256 FI-00101 Helsinki

Website: http://www.mavi.fi/fi/index/viljelijatuet/satojatulvavahingot/satovahingot.html

http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2000/20001214

http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2003/20030270

http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/2003/20030364

Other information: The aid is being paid in respect of damage in 2007. The estimated cost of crop failure compensation for each crop in 2007 is EUR 1,6 million.

Under Article 2(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, compensation is paid only if a farmer loses more than 30 % of each crop eligible for compensation. Compensation is equal to 90 % of the amount of damage over and above the farmer's personal liability (i.e. 30 % of a standard harvest). The farmer's own liability also amounts to at least 30 % of the total loss for each individual plant species eligible for compensation. For comparing the size of the crop in the year in which the loss occurred, the arithmetical average of the harvests in the five years preceding that year is used, not counting the largest and smallest harvests. If five-year harvest data is unavailable, the standard harvest is calculated as the arithmetical average of the harvests in the preceding three years. The average selling prices in the year in which the loss occurred are used as the basis for calculating the value of the harvest for which compensation is to be paid. Using this background information, the loss is calculated separately for each individual farmer. The aid scheme accordingly satisfies Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Any insurance compensation received for harvest losses and losses and costs occasioned by anything other than adverse weather conditions are deducted from the gross eligible losses.

The total area covered by the aid is about 8 000 ha. The crop failures affected 29 different plant species, for each of which the farmer himself is liable for at least 30 % of the extent and value of the harvest losses.

This supplementary notification replaces the one sent to the Commission on the same subject on 17 March 2008