EN Official Journal of the European Union C 81/7

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

2011/C 81/05

Aid No: SA.32180-11XF

Member State: France

Authority granting the aid: Ministère de l’agriculture, de l’alimentation, de la pêche, de la ruralité et de l’aménagement du territoire et Agences de l’eau concernées.

Name of company receiving ad hoc aid: Aid paid to project organisers selected on the basis of a call for projects with the aim of setting up eel restocking operations (juvenile stages) in the various Eel Management Units and scientific monitoring of the progress and results of these operations.

Legal basis:

— Décret no 99-1060 du 16 décembre 1999 relatif aux subventions de l’État pour des projets d’investissement.

— Décret no 2000-675 du 17 juillet 2000 pris pour l’application de l’article 10 du décret no 99-1060 du 16 décembre 1999 relatif aux subventions de l’État pour des projets d’investissement.

— Plan français de gestion de l’anguille (PGA) approuvé par la Commission européenne le 15 février 2010 en application du règlement (CE) no 1100/2007.

— Appel à projets pour la mise en place du programme «repeuplement de l’anguille en France».

Amount of ad hoc aid granted:

— EUR 2,5 million in 2011 (maximum overall amount)

— EUR 2,5 million in 2012 (maximum overall amount)

— EUR 2,5 million in 2013 (maximum overall amount)

Maximum aid intensity: 98 %

Date of entry into force: 2011

Duration of individual aid award (planned date of final payment): The final date for the submission of an application for payment of the balance of the aid is 31 December 2016.

Objective of aid: Setting up of an eel restocking programme in France in accordance with the Eel Management Plan of the Republic of France approved by the European Commission on 15 February 2010 pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007.

Relevant articles:

— Article 18 — Aid for measures intended to protect and develop aquatic fauna and flora

— Article 21 — Aid for pilot projects

Activity concerned: Fishing activities inland and in maritime waters for restocking purposes

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministère de l’agriculture, de l’alimentation, de la pêche, de la ruralité et de l’aménagement du territoire Direction des pêches maritimes et de l’aquaculture Bureau de la pisciculture et de la pêche continentale 3 place de Fontenoy 75007 Paris FRANCE

And the relevant water agencies depending on the area in which the eels (juvenile stages) are released.

Website where the conditions under which ad hoc aid is granted outside of an aid scheme can be found: http://agriculture.gouv.fr/europe-et-international

Motivation: The planned aid would make it possible to finance the proposed action without using the EFF.

Indeed, recourse to EFF measure 3.2 (see Article 38 of the EFF Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006) could be problematical given the level of consumption of the corresponding budgetary allocation and the constraints associated with the mobilisation of Community financial resources.