Summary information from the Member States on State aid granted in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 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, processing and marketing of agricultural products
Date: 2004-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, agricultural product, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 84/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.4.2004

Summary information from the Member States on State aid granted in conformity with
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 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, processing and marketing of agricultural products

(2004/C 84/04)

Aid No: XA 4/04

Member State: Spain

Region: Region of Murcia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: System of aid for
for
investments in SMEs processing and marketing agricultural
products

interest on loans

Legal basis: Orden por la que se convocan ayudas y especifica
el procedimiento de gestión de las ayudas a las PYMEs de
transformación y comercialización de productos agrícolas del
sector de la conserva vegetal para la ecoeficiencia y mejora de
las condiciones medioambientales

machinery and equipment and overheads such as architects',
engineers' and consultants' fees and viability studies. The aid
must be for the following:

— improving existing installations to guarantee compliance

with environmental standards,

— installing technology to permit the reutilisation of water
and to minimise waste, emissions, noise and residues,

— installing new energy-saving technology,

— installing technology to improve the competitiveness and
productivity of SMEs based on environmentally friendly
production methods

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 500 000

Maximum aid intensity: Maximum of 10 % of the investment

Economic sector(s) concerned: The aid scheme is for SMEs
producing and marketing preserved fruit and vegetables,
juices and nectars and frozen fruit and
including pickles,
in all cases respecting the limits imposed by the
vegetables,
relevant CMOs

Date of implementation: 15 March 2004

Name and address of the granting authority:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid may be
granted until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The aid for investments in SMEs processing
and marketing agricultural products in the Region of Murcia is
granted under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. The aid
involves interest relief on loans (for a maximum of four years)
taken out with financial institutions for investments in fruit and
vegetable processing. Aid may be granted for the construction,
purchase or improvement of buildings, the purchase of new

Consejería de Agricultura, Agua y Medio Ambiente
Dirección General de Industrias y Asociacionismo Agrario
Plaza Juan XXIII, s/n
E-30071 Murcia
Excmo. Sr. D. Antonio Cerdá Cerdá
Consejero de Agricultura, Agua y Medio Ambiente

Web address: http://www.carm.es/cagric/home.jsp

Other information: The scheme will be extended by one year.
The relevant rules will be applied as from 31 December 2006