EN Official Journal of the European Union C 187/10

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 187/05)

Aid No: XA 115/06

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Provincie Noord-Brabant

Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving an individual aid: Dhr. N. van Deursen, Keizersven 42 te Elzendorp

Legal basis: Volgens AWB (art. 4:23 lid 3 sub d) en provinciale ASV (art. 33) aangemerkt als incidentele subsidie

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 20 000 in 2006

Maximum aid intensity: 15,1 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December 2006

Objective of aid: Implementation and demonstration of non-statutory environmental measures for the improvement of air quality

Articles used (from Articles 4 to 12) and eligible costs under the scheme or individual aid: Article 4(2)(b), (3)(d) and (4)(a)

Economic sector(s): Animal husbandry, in particular primary pig farming

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Noord-Brabant Brabantlaan 1, Postbus 90151 5200 MC 's-Hertogenbosch Nederland

Website: http://wettenbank.sdu.nl/wettenbank.sdu.nl/demo/awb_main.html

http://www.brabant.nl/Beleid/Regels %20en %20kaders/Algemene %20subsidieverordening.aspx?docindexid={6E5EE4A7-1D3F-480A-900D-975DD48879C6}

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 54/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Galicia

Title of aid scheme: Ayudas a Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria (ADSG)

Legal basis: Orden de … de … de …, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de las ayudas a las entidades reconocidas como Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria (ADSG) de Galicia y se convocan para el año 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 3 591 332

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the total cost of the ADSG programme

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme: Until 31.12.2008

Objective of aid: The aid is aimed at improving the health status of Galician livestock holdings through the implementation of common programmes for the prevention and control of animal diseases.

The subsidies relate both to the cost of contracting veterinary technicians and to expenditure on equipment.

The scheme is in keeping with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, which states that aid to compensate farmers for the costs of prevention of animal diseases are compatible with the common market

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock production

Name and address of the granting authority: Xunta de Galicia. Consellería de Medio Rural

Dirección General de Producción, Industrias y Calidad Agroalimentaria

Website: http://mediorural.xunta.es/externos/borrador_orde_axudas_adsg_2008.pdf

Other information: E-mail address:

dxpica.mediorural@xunta.es

Maria.soledad.castro.diaz@xunta.es

Aid number: XA 98/08

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Not applicable

Title of aid scheme: Stimuleringsprogramma Agro-Biodiversiteit en Duurzaam Bodembeheer „SPADE”

Legal basis: Wet tot vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (XIV) voor het jaar 2008. Wet tot vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer (XI) voor het jaar 2007

Aid type: Aid scheme

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

Overall amount of ad hoc aid: EUR 0 paid over 0 years

Annual overall amount under the scheme: EUR 1 200 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: 1.3.2008, 00.00

Duration: 31.12.2011, 00.00

Objective of aid: Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned: A — Agriculture, hunting and forestry

Name of the granting authority:

1. Ministerie van LNV

2. Ministerie VROM

Address of the granting authority:

1. Postbus 20401 2500 EK Den Haag Nederland

2. Postbus 20951 2500 EZ Den Haag Nederland

Website: http://www.overheid.nl/op/

Other information: On the http://www.overheid.nl/op/ website, please tick the box next to ‘Kamerstukken Eerste en Tweede Kamer’ under ‘1 selecteer publicatiesoort(en)’ and, under ‘2 specifieke publicatie’, enter the ‘publicatienummer’ as 31200 and the ‘volgnummer kamerstuk’ as 2. Then click on ‘Kamerstuk 2007-2008, 31200 XIV, nr. 2, Tweede Kamer’. The information relating to this aid scheme can be found on page 50 of that document. The aid complies with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The aim of the SPADE programme is to pool knowledge in the field of sustainable soil management and functional agro-biodiversity and to make it available, free of charge, to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the primary production of agricultural products. Agro-biodiversity covers all the elements of biodiversity that are relevant for agricultural production as well as all those that together make up the agro-ecosystem. Sustainable soil management focuses on more responsible use of the soil, which involves regarding the soil as a dynamic ecosystem. Knowledge about functional agro-biodiversity and sustainable soil management will be made available with the aim of encouraging farmers to put this knowledge into practice in their daily work. This knowledge will be placed on the www.spade.nl website and will also be available from specially appointed advisers (knowledge brokers). SPADE is an initiative run by LTO-Nederland (the Dutch organisation for agriculture and horticulture) and carried out on LTO's behalf by the Zuidelijke Land- en Tuinbouworganisatie (ZLTO, Southern Agriculture and Horticulture Organisation). LTO-Nederland is making EUR 600 000 available for SPADE. The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment are to grant aid amounting to a maximum of EUR 1 200 000 in total (up to EUR 600 000 per year) to ZLTO for the SPADE initiative. Contracts for setting up and managing the website and for provision of knowledge brokers will be awarded by ZLTO in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2004/18/EC

Aid No: XA 118/08

Member State: Italy

Title of aid scheme: Decreto del direttore generale dello sviluppo rurale del ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali prot. 2064 del 13 febbraio 2008 recante «Concessione di un premio e di un contributo per la partecipazione del giovane imprenditore agricolo (o di un proprio collaboratore) a forum per lo scambio di conoscenze tra imprese, a concorsi, mostre e fiere»

Legal basis: Legge 15 dicembre 1998, n. 441, recante «Norme per la diffusione e la valorizzazione dell'imprenditoria in agricoltura»

Legge 27 dicembre 2006, n. 296 (legge finanziaria 2007), art. 1, comma 1068 e comma 1074

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 400 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid will be comply with the maximum intensity provided for in Article 15(3) 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)

Date of implementation: The scheme will enter into force from the date of publication of the registration number of the exemption request on the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Five years

Objective of aid: To encourage farmers and farm workers to take part in forums to share knowledge between businesses, and in competitions, exhibitions and fairs, pursuant to Article 15(2)(d) 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)

Sector concerned: Young farmers

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali Dipartimento delle politiche di sviluppo — Direzione generale dello sviluppo rurale Via XX Settembre, 20 I-00187 Roma

Website: http://www.politicheagricole.it/SviluppoRurale/AiutiStato/DisposizioniNazionali/06-20080213_BandoC_2064_SR_OIGA.htm

Il Direttore generale

Salvatore PETROLI

Aid No: XA 126/08

Member State: Slovak Republic

Region: —

Title of aid scheme: Schéma štátnej pomoci na úhradu škôd spôsobených usmrtením zvierat v dôsledku nariadeného opatrenia

Legal basis: The legal bases for granting aid are:

Article 10(2) to (8) of 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,

§ 45 zákona č. 39/2007 Z. z. z 12. decembra 2006 o veterinárnej starostlivosti,

zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení neskorších predpisov

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The planned annual volume of funding under the scheme from 2008 is: SKK 50 million.

The total planned budget for making good losses caused by the compulsory slaughter of animals over the period 2008-2013 is: SKK 300 million

Maximum aid: Grants are made to stock farmers to make good in full (up to 100 %) eligible damage minus insurance payouts connected with the presence of an animal disease

Date of implementation: March 2008

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: To 31.12.2013

Objective: The aid is aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises in the livestock farming sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: primary production of the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority: Granting authority and scheme administrator:

Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR

Dobrovičova ul. č. 12

SK-Bratislava 812 66

Tél.: (421-2) 59 26 61 11

Website: www.land.gov.sk

Other information: State aid in the form of compensation is granted to livestock farmers to make good damage resulting from the compulsory slaughter of animals which meets all the conditions laid down in the State aid scheme to make good losses caused by the compulsory slaughter of animals.

The scheme is published at:

http://www.land.gov.sk/index.php?navID=153&id=528

Applications for grants must be lodged with the Ministry within ten days of receipt of the notice of the termination of compulsory slaughter issued by the veterinary administration, otherwise the claim to compensation for eligible costs expires.

The owner of the animals is entitled to compensation for the full market value of the slaughtered animals minus any insurance payouts.

The scheme does not involve aid in the form of subsidised services under Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Ľubomír MIČEK

PhD. generálny riaditeľ sekcie rozvoja vidieka

Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR