EN Official Journal of the European Union C 230/7

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

(2008/C 230/07)

Aid No: XA 264/07

Member State: Estonia

Region: Estonia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving individual aid: Newcastle` haiguse likvideerimise kulude katmine Abja Muna OÜ-le

Legal basis: Loomatauditõrje seadus (RT I 1999, 57, 598; 97, 861; 2000, 82, 526; 2001, 3, 4; 88, 531; 93, 566; 2002 13, 80; 61, 375; 63, 387; 96, 566; 2004, 19, 135; 34, 236; 2005, 37, 286; 61, 477; 2006, 21, 162; 2007, 1,1; 12, 66; 11, 114)

Vabariigi Valitsuse 1. augusti 2000. a määrus nr 260

Eriti ohtlike loomataudide ennetamise ja tõrjega seotud kulude hüvitamise tingimused ja kord (RT I 2000, 64, 420; 2006, 31, 241)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total amount: EEK 550 000.

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: The aid is granted under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

In accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the Ministry of Agriculture grants aid to the farmer via the Veterinary and Food Board. In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the Ministry of Agriculture grants aid to the Veterinary and Food Board, which in turn compensates the farmer for the costs incurred

Sector(s) concerned: NACE code A00124 (poultry)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Põllumajandusministeerium Lai 39/41 EE-Tallinn 15056

Veterinaar- ja Toiduamet Väike-Paala 3 EE-Tallinn 11415

Website: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=1046235

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 349/07

Member State: Italy

Region: Sardegna

Title of aid scheme: Legge regionale 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23 (aiuti per i danni alla produzione agricola). Sostegno a favore degli allevatori per fronteggiare la scrapie degli ovicaprini — Indennizzi per la perdita di reddito — anni 2004-2007

Legal basis: L.R. 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23.

Deliberazione della giunta regionale n. 25/34 del 3 luglio 2007 recante «Legge regionale 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23 (aiuti per i danni alla produzione agricola) — Sostegno a favore degli allevatori per fronteggiare la scrapie degli ovicaprini — Indennizzi per la perdita di reddito — anni 2004-2007 — Direttive di attuazione».

Deliberazione della giunta regionale n. 42/16 del 24 ottobre 2007: Modifica della deliberazione della giunta regionale n. 25/34 del 3 luglio 2007 recante «Legge regionale 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23 (aiuti per i danni alla produzione agricola) — Sostegno a favore degli allevatori per fronteggiare la scrapie degli ovicaprini — Indennizzi per la perdita di reddito — Anni 2004-2007 — Direttive di attuazione»

Planned annual expenditure under the scheme: The total financial allocation for the aid, covering losses occurred in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, amounts to EUR 2 million

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is fixed at 70 % of the loss, which is calculated taking into account the value of lost production, net of intermediate costs not incurred by the farmer (purchase of forage and veterinary costs), with a distinction being made between non-purebred animals and those registered in herd books. Please find below the details of the calculation.

The value of the loss of milk production for each animal was determined on the basis of the average price of goat milk as monitored by ISMA in 2006, i.e. EUR 0,57/l, together with the yearly productivity of Sardinian goats, that is an average of 180 litres for non-purebred goats and 220 litres for those registered in herd books.

The estimated average value of each lamb/kid is EUR 43, based on an average weight of 9-10 kg/animal at an average price of EUR 4,5/kg as established on the basis of slaughter/farm gate prices for lambs as listed in ISMEA's database for November and December 2006.

The marketable production of the animal is represented by the value of milk production plus the value of the lamb/kid

Date of implementation: Aid shall apply for all adult sheep and goats culled, starting from 4 July 2004, on the basis of an order by health authorities

Duration of scheme: December 2007

Objective of the aid: Aid shall be implemented pursuant to Article 10 of the Regulation and is aimed at compensating farmers for the loss of production from adult sheep and goats, which, having shown symptoms of scrapie, a degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats have been culled on the basis of an order by health authorities

Sector concerned: Animal production: sheep and goats

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione autonoma della Sardegna Assessorato dell'agricoltura e riforma agro-pastorale Via Pessagno, 4 I-09125 Cagliari

Website: For the ‘Deliberazione n. 25/34 del 3 luglio 2007’:

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_72_20070703165033.pdf

For the corresponding Annex:

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_72_20070703165715.pdf

For the ‘Deliberazione n. 42/16 del 24 ottobre 2007 che modifica la deliberazione n. 25/34 del 3 luglio 2007’:

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_72_20071024111304.pdf

For the corresponding Annex:

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_72_20071024111334.pdf

Other information: As scrapie cannot be diagnosed while the animal is still alive (there is no test to identify it), the disease can only be suspected on the basis of clinical symptoms, whereas confirming tests are mostly performed on the brain and, to a lesser extent, on the lymphatic organs removed from the animal's carcass.

Consequently, control of the disease, when it is identified in a herd, involves the selective culling of animals that are genetically sensitive to scrapie, alongside other restrictive provisions, as provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1492/2004 of 23 August 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eradication measures for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals.

In particular, Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1492/2004, regulates the introduction of animals in farms where genetically sensitive animals have been culled and completely destroyed, given that animals without the required genetic characteristics cannot be introduced in breeding farms.

In this respect, regional authorities recently launched specific programmes aimed, on the one hand, at genetically improving Sardinian herds and, on the other, at overcoming difficulties in connections with restocking herds with genetically resistant animals after culling.

Among the programmes that have been launched, of particular importance are the ‘2006 regional genetic selection plan for increasing resistance to spongiform encephalopathies in ovine animals’, aimed at increasing the frequency of the prion protein allele (ARR) conferring genetic resistance to the onset of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), and the ‘programme for the establishment and maintenance of a core herd for the production of homozygotic rams resistant to the PrP locus, to be used primarily in outbreak herds’, specially aimed at producing homozygotic rams used to meet the needs of outbreak herds.

In spite of these programmes being launched, the time needed to restore herds and their production potential, remains long, since the impact of the programmes, even when both are implemented at the same time, may be seen only as from the year following the culling when the new animals resulting from internal replacement, planned according to the appropriate genetic selection schemes, become productive. Furthermore, it is objectively still difficult to locate on the market animals that are genetically suitable for restocking and have the required genetic characteristics.

Therefore, as these difficulties prevent the replacement of animals in the months after culling, the loss in production is calculated on the basis of the values indicated under ‘Maximum aid intensity’ taken over a one-year period, given also that the Sardinian sheep is mostly bred for producing milk and that the productivity of milk sheep in Sardinia is seasonal (usually between January and July)

Stefania MANCA

Director of the Production Division

Aid No: XA 356/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje Občine Selnica ob Dravi

Title of aid scheme: Državne pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Selnica ob Dravi 2007-2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči, pomoči de minimis in izvajanju drugih ukrepov razvoja podeželja v občini Selnica ob Dravi

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

2007: EUR 14 187

2008: EUR 15 000

2009: EUR 15 500

2010: EUR 17 000

2011: EUR 20 000

2012: EUR 22 000

2013: EUR 25 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas,

— up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas,

— up to 60 % of eligible costs in LFAs, and up to 50 % of eligible costs in other areas, in the case of investments made by young farmers within five years of setting up.

Support is to be granted for investment in the restoration of farm features and the purchase of equipment to be used in agricultural production, and in respect of investment in permanent crops, farmland improvement and pasture management.

2. Conservation of traditional buildings:

— up to 100 % of the real costs in the case of non-productive features,

— up to 60 %, or up to 75 % in LFAs, of the real costs in the case of productive assets on farms, provided that the investment does not entail any increase in the production capacity of the farm,

— additional aid may be granted at a rate of up to 100 % to cover the extra costs incurred by using traditional materials necessary to maintain the heritage features of buildings.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— taking into account the financing from the national budget, municipal support brings the amount of aid up to 50 % of eligible costs for insurance policies for insuring crops and fruit and livestock against disease.

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of eligible legal and administrative costs, including inspection costs.

5. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs; this is to be provided in the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers.

6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 100 % of costs concerning education and training of farmers, consultancy services and the organisation of forums, competitions, exhibitions, fairs, publications, catalogues and websites. Aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: November 2007 (the aid will not be allocated before the summary is published on the European Commission's website)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: Articles 8-13 of the draft Rules on granting State aid and de minimis aid and implementing other rural development measures in the municipality of Selnica ob Dravi include measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following Articles 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):

Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings,

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products,

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Občina Selnica ob Dravi Slovenski trg 4 SLO-2352 Selnica ob Dravi

Website: http://www.izit.si/muv/index.php?action=showIzdaja&year=2007&izdajaID=421

(stran 859, št. predpisa 447)

Other information: The measure for the payment of insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit includes the following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by lightning, storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 relating to the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Mayor of the municipality of Selnica ob Dravi

Jurij LEP

Aid No: XA 363/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Sv. Andraž v Slov. goricah

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Finančne intervencije v kmetijstvo v Občini Sv. Andraž v Slov. goricah

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Sv. Andraž v Slov. goricah

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the beneficiaries:

2007: EUR 4 173

2008: EUR 4 173

2009: EUR 4 173

2010: EUR 4 173

2011: EUR 4 173

2012: EUR 4 173

2013: EUR 4 173

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas,

— up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas,

— up to 60 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas in the case of investments made by young farmers within five years of setting up. Young farmers must meet the requirements of Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

The aid is provided in the form of grants and the co-financing of interest on loans.

Support is granted for investment in the modernisation of agricultural holdings (investment in plant processing and animal production) and the management of pastures and farmland.

2. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— the amount of municipal support is the difference between the amount of co-financing of insurance premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of eligible costs of insurance premiums for insuring crops and fruit and for insuring livestock against disease.

3. Provision of technical support:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs concerning farmers' education and training, consultancy services, the organisation of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publications, catalogues and websites, and the dissemination of scientific knowledge,

— the aid is granted in the form of subsidised services and does not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: November 2007 (the aid will not be granted until a summary has been published on the European Commission's website)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: The draft Rules on granting State aid for preserving and developing agriculture and rural areas in the municipality of Sv. Andraž v Slov. goricah include measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following Articles 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):

Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Sv. Andraž v Slov. goricah Vitomarci 71 SLO-2255 Vitomarci

Website: http://www.lex-localis.info/UradnoGlasiloObcin/VsebinaDokumenta.aspx?SectionID=97cd483c-ae75-4180-a84d-3f07f9000a7c

Other information: The measure for the payment of insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit includes the following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by lightning, storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 concerning the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Franci KREPŠA

Mayor