Summary information 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: 2005-05-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, agricultural product, agricultural production, agro-industry, exchange of information, marketing, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Summary information 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

(2005/C 110/03)

Aid No: XA No 17/04

Name and address of granting authority:

Member State: Italy

Ministry for Agricultural and Forestry Policies
(Agri-Food
Quality and Services Department, Directorate-General for Struc-
in agreement with the
tural Policy and Rural Development)
Regions and Autonomous Provinces

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Water and Energy Economy Fund (Fondo per il
risparmio idrico ed energetico)

Via XX settembre, 20 — 00187 Roma

Website: www.politicheagricole.it

Legal basis: Law No 268 of 24 September 2003 (Article 1a)
— conversion into a law, with modifications, of Decree Law
No 192 of 24 July 2003 on urgent action to help agricultural
enterprises affected by fortuitous adverse weather conditions
and help deal with the emergency in Campania.

Annual expenditure planned under scheme or total annual
aid granted to company: The amount available is EUR
54 041 792,54 assigned to the Regions and Autonomous
Provinces 50 % on the basis of irrigated agricultural area para-
meters and 50 % on the basis of the co-financing that these
will provide from their own budgets up to a total maximum
limit of EUR 27 202 896,97.

Number of aid measure: XA-18/04

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Flevoland Province

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Verenigde Nederlandse Kruidendrogerijen B.V. (VNK
B.V.) in Elburg, legally represented by Mr B.J. van der Veen

Maximum aid intensity:

Legal basis:

— This is 50 % for farms defined as less favoured under Regu-

lation (EC) No 1247/1999 as amended, and

Decentralisation agreement between the State and Flevoland
regarding the 2000-06 SPD (PME000320/08).

— 40 % for farms in other areas.

SPD agreement between Flevoland Province and VNK b.v.

Date of implementation: 15 May 2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until exhaus-
tion of funds.

Purpose of aid: Support for SMEs through investment in farm
water systems and in energy-saving in agriculture. Article 4,
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Eligible expenditure: purchase of machinery and equipment.

Forecast overall amount of individual aid granted to the
aid granted EUR
company: Total amount of
702 000
400 000,
(EAGGF-Guidance
Flevoland Province: EUR 252 000, Dronten municipality: EUR
50 000)

individual
Section:

EUR

2004

2005

2006

EUR 464 460

EUR 181 900

EUR 55 640

Sector(s) concerned: Production of agricultural products
listed in Annex I to the Treaty.

Maximum aid intensity: 11,5 % (total
6 089 000)

investment EUR

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Date of implementation: Date of agreement: June 2004

Duration of individual aid award: End date of aid award:
31 August 2006

Legal basis: Orden APA/ /2004, de de , por la que se establecen
las bases reguladoras y la convocatoria para la concesión de subven-
ciones destinadas a la constitución o a la consolidación de entidades
certificadoras de productos agrarios y alimenticios para el año 2004.

Objective of aid:

Investment
products (Article 7)

in processing and marketing of

agricultural

The eligible costs relate to:

the construction and acquisition of real estate,

the purchase of new machinery and equipment,

general costs.

Business relocation and expansion of production capacity.
During the first phase, a production area will be built in which
a preservation unit (air dryer) and a production line will be set
up to process fresh herbs grown in Flevoland. During the
second phase, the office area, a laboratory and storage areas
will be built.

Sector(s) concerned: The aid relates to the agriculture sector
and more particularly the processing and marketing of agri-
cultural products (herbs).

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Flevoland
Postbus 55
8200 AB Lelystad

contact: G.H.M. Gielen
Tel. 0320-265481
e-mail: gielen@flevoland.nl

Website:

www.flevoland.nl/europa

Link to list of public decrees:

http://www.flevoland.nl/smartsite.dws?id=2411

Aid No: XA 19/04.

Member State: Spain.

Region: All national territory.

Planned annual
maximum grant will be EUR 590 000.

expenditure under

the

scheme: The

Maximum aid intensity: Grants may not cover more than
65 % of eligible expenditure and may not exceed EUR 60 000
per recipient body. The total grants to bodies that received a
grant in 2003 under the same aid scheme (Order APA/2271/
2003) will be reduced by 20 percentage points.

Date of application: From the date of entry into force of the
Order.

Duration of the scheme: The scheme will run throughout
2004.

Purpose of the aid:

Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

The aid is intended to promote the setting-up of certification
bodies and their accreditation under Standard EN 45011.

Grants may cover the following expenditure:

— the remuneration of administrative staff,

— the remuneration of advisers and experts,

— the hire of premises, the purchase of office equipment,
supplies and furniture, legal costs and administrative expen-
diture,

— the operating cost of certification or advisory committees in

accordance with Standard EN 45011,

— the cost of checks and inspections carried out by other

bodies,

— payment of the fees charged by the accreditation bodies
covered by Section 2 of Chapter II of the Reglamento de la
Infraestructura para la Calidad y Seguridad Industrial approved
by Royal Decree 2200/1995 of 28 December 1995,

Title of aid scheme: Grants for setting up or consolidating
certification bodies for agricultural products and foodstuffs for
2004.

— the cost of the bank guarantee referred to in the Order.

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Sector or sectors concerned:

(B) Sonderaktion für Lebensmittelnahversorger

The following subsectors of the food production and proces-
sing sector:

Allgemeine Förderungsbestimmungen des NÖ Wirtschafts-
förderungs- und Strukturverbesserungsfonds

(a) Products protected by protected designations of origin and
indications referred to in Council

protected geographical
Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992.

(b) Traditional

specialities guaranteed covered by Council

Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 of 14 July 1992.

(c) Organic products covered by Council Regulation (EEC)

No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991.

(d) Products listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC)

No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991.

(e) Products granted one of the levels of protection referred to
in Title II of Law 24/2003 of 10 July 2003 concerning
vineyards and wine.

(f) Products protected by geographical designations referred to

in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89.

(g) Products

referred to in Royal Decree 1083/2001 of

5 October 2001.

Name and address of the authority granting the aid: Minis-
terio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Po de Infanta Isabel,
1. 28071 Madrid

Gesetz über den NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Strukturverbes-
serungsfonds

LGBl. Nr. 7300-1

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Planned
expenditure up to 2006 (EUR)

Year

2004

2005

2006

Grant (EUR)

150 000

200 000

250 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Re (A) Interest rate subsidy: 4 % per annum for five years

Subsidy basis maximum of: EUR 55 000

Maximum present
amount,

value: 11,89 % of

subsidised

Website: www.mapya.es/es/alimentacion/alimentación.htm

basis: applicable reference interest rate 4,43 %

Other information: Previous legislation: Orden APA/2271/
2003 de 28 de julio, por la que se establecen la convocatoria y las
bases reguladoras para la concesión de ayudas destinadas a la consti-
tución de entidades certificadoras de productos agrarios y alimenticios.

Loans: interest rate maximum of 5 % below applicable
maximum interest rate (currently 4 %)

Maximum present
amount

value: 11,66 % of

subsidised

Re (B) Interest rate subsidy: up to highest permitted interest

rate (currently 4 %), duration: five years;

Aid No: XA 20/04

Member State: Austria

Region: Lower Austria

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Local supply priority (processing and marketing)

Legal basis:

Richtlinien für den Schwerpunkt Nahversorgung

(A) Nahversorgungsaktion — Allgemein

Subsidy basis
250 000, for consumables maximum of EUR 75 000

investments: maximum of EUR

for

Maximum present
amount,

value: 17,83 % of

subsidised

basis: reference interest rate 4,43 %

Loan: interest-free, maximum duration five years

Maximum present
amount

value: 11,66 % of

subsidised

Tax treatment: the tax treatment of aid is regulated in the
Austrian income tax act

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Date of implementation: After notification of the aid under
the Block Exemption Regulation

Legal basis:

Richtlinien für die Förderung der Markterschließung

scheme or

individual aid award: Up to
Duration of
31 December 2006 (date of submission of application).
If
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 is extended, the guidelines will also
be extended accordingly.

Allgemeine Förderungsbestimmungen des NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs-
und Strukturverbesserungsfonds

Gesetz über den NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Strukturverbesser-
ungsfonds

Objective of aid:

Securing the local supply of the local population

LGBl. Nr. 7300-1

Aid is granted in particular for investments in processing and
marketing under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Planned
expenditure up to 2006 (EUR)

Sector(s) concerned:

All sectors except for the tourism and leisure industry and
primary agriculture and forestry

Production, processing and marketing of agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Strukturverbesserungsfonds
Abteilung WST2
Landhausplatz 1/14
A-3109 St. Pölten

Contact person: Mag. Helga Kräftner
Tel. (43) 2742 9005 16101
Fax (43) 2742 9005 16240

Web address: www.wirtschaftsfoerderung.at

Aid No: XA 21/04

Member State: Austria

Region: Lower Austria

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Aid for opening up new markets (processing and
marketing)

Year

2004

2005

2006

Grant

100 000

150 000

200 000

Maximum aid intensity:

50 % of total eligible costs up to a maximum of EUR 20 000

Tax treatment: the tax treatment of aid is regulated in the
Austrian income tax act

Date of implementation: After notification of the aid under
the Block Exemption Regulation

scheme or

individual aid award: Up to
Duration of
31 December 2006 (date of submission of application).
If
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 is extended, the guidelines will also
be extended accordingly.

Objective of aid:

Support for outlay on the introduction of existing or new
products into a new foreign market

Aid is granted in particular for investments in processing and
marketing under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Sector(s) concerned:

All sectors except for the tourism and leisure industry and
primary agriculture and forestry

Production, processing and marketing of agricultural products

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Name and address of the granting authority:

basis: applicable reference interest rate, currently 4,43 %

NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Strukturverbesserungsfonds
Abteilung WST2
Landhausplatz 1/14
A-3109 St. Pölten

Loans: interest rate maximum of 5 % (in the regional aid area)
or 3 % (outside the regional aid area) below the applicable
maximum interest rate (currently 4 %)

Contact person: Mag. Helga Kräftner
Tel. (43) 2742 9005 16101
Fax (43) 2742 9005 16240

Web address: www.wirtschaftsfoerderung.at

Aid No: XA 22/04

Member State: Austria

Region: Lower Austria

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an
priority
aid: Structural
individual
(processing and marketing)

improvement/start-ups

Legal basis:

Richtlinien für Landesinvestitionsförderung

Allgemeine Förderungsbestimmungen des NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs-
und Strukturverbesserungsfonds

Gesetz über den NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Strukturver-
besserungsfonds

LGBl. Nr. 7300-1

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Planned
expenditure up to 2006 (EUR)

Year

2004

2005

2006

Interest rate subsidy
(EUR)

Loans (EUR)

150 000

2 000 000

200 000

3 000 000

250 000

4 000 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Interest rate subsidy: maximum of 4 % per annum for five
years

Subsidy basis: maximum of EUR 1 500 000

Maximum present value: 11,89 % of subsidised amount,

Maximum present value: 21,02 % of subsidised amount

Tax treatment: the tax treatment of aid is regulated in the
Austrian income tax act

Date of implementation: After notification of the aid under
the Block Exemption Regulation

scheme or

individual aid award: Up to
Duration of
31 December 2006 (date of submission of application).
If
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 is extended, the guidelines will also
be extended accordingly.

Objective of aid:

Improvement of the regional economic structure

Aid is granted in particular for investments in processing and
marketing under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Sector(s) concerned:

All sectors except for the tourism and leisure industry and
primary agriculture and forestry

Production, processing and marketing of agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Strukturverbesserungsfonds
Abteilung WST2
Landhausplatz 1/14
A-3109 St. Pölten

Contact person: Mag. Helga Kräftner
Tel. (43) 2742 9005 16101
Fax (43) 2742 9005 16240

Web address: www.wirtschaftsfoerderung.at

Aid No: XA 23/04

Member State: Austria

Region: Lower Austria

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual
and
marketing)

cooperation (processing

aid: Promotion of

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Legal basis:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Richtlinien für die Förderung von Kooperationen

Allgemeine Förderungsbestimmungen des NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs-
und Strukturverbesserungsfonds

NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Strukturverbesserungsfonds
Abteilung WST2
Landhausplatz 1/14
A-3109 St. Pölten

Gesetz über den NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Strukturverbes-
serungsfonds

Contact person: Mag. Helga Kräftner
Tel. (43) 2742 9005 16101
Fax (43) 2742 9005 16240

LGBl. Nr. 7300-1

Web address: www.wirtschaftsfoerderung.at

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Planned
expenditure up to 2006 (EUR)

Year

2004

2005

2006

Grant

100 000

150 000

200 000

Aid No: XA 24/04

Member State: Austria

Region: Lower Austria, regional aid area Wald- und Weinviertel
(State aid No N 525/99 — Austria — regional aid map)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Investment premium in the Wald- und Weinviertel
(processing and marketing)

Legal basis:

Maximum aid intensity:

Richtlinien für die Investitionsprämie im Wald- und Weinviertel

50 % of eligible costs up to a maximum of EUR 10 000 in the
first phase and a maximum of EUR 35 000 in the second
phase

Allgemeine Förderungsbestimmungen des NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs-
und Strukturverbesserungsfonds

Tax treatment: the tax treatment of aid is regulated in the
Austrian income tax act

Date of implementation: After notification of the aid under
the Block Exemption Regulation

scheme or

individual aid award: Up to
Duration of
31 December 2006 (date of submission of application).
If
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 is extended, the guidelines will also
be extended accordingly.

Objective of aid:

Development of cooperation to prepare projects between SMEs
and between SMEs and a research and technology institute.

Aid is granted in particular for investments in processing and
marketing under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Gesetz über den NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Strukturverbes-
serungsfonds

LGBl. Nr. 7300-1

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Planned
expenditure up to 2006 (EUR)

Year

2004

2005

2006

Grant

100 000

100 000

100 000

Sector(s) concerned:

All sectors except for the tourism and leisure industry and
primary agriculture and forestry

Maximum aid intensity:

30 % of eligible costs in the case of SMEs, maximum of EUR
2 200 per new job created

Production, processing and marketing of agricultural products

Tax treatment: the tax treatment of aid is regulated in the
Austrian income tax act.

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Date of implementation: After notification of the aid under
the Block Exemption Regulation

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the
aid scheme (approximately July 2004).

scheme or

individual aid award: Up to
Duration of
31 December 2006 (date of submission of application).
If
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 is extended, the guidelines will also
be extended accordingly.

Objective of aid:

Improvement of the regional economic structure and creation
of new jobs.

Aid is granted in particular for investments in processing and
marketing under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Sector(s) concerned:

All sectors except for the tourism and leisure industry and
primary agriculture and forestry

Production, processing and marketing of agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

NÖ Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Strukturverbesserungsfonds
Abteilung WST2
Landhausplatz 1/14
A-3109 St. Pölten

Contact person: Mag. Helga Kräftner
Tel. (43) 2742 9005 16101
Fax (43) 2742 9005 16240

Web address: www.wirtschaftsfoerderung.at

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2004—2007.

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to enhance the
use of tax incentives for R&D and TI projects among busi-
nesses, as part of an overall policy to improve business compe-
titiveness by encouraging research, development and technical
innovation. Article 14 is used. The eligible costs are for external
consultants needed to prepare the requests for an agreed prior
assessment or a reasoned report on the possibility of deter-
mining the tax costs of an R&D and TI project. In the case of
reasoned reports, the cost of subcontracting an R&D and TI
activity certificate issued by an accredited body is also subsi-
dised.

Sector(s) concerned: Sectors relating to the processing of all
the products listed in Annex I to the Treaty, except fishery and
aquaculture products, and products falling under CN codes
4502, 4503 and 4504.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Empresarial
Passeig de Gràcia, 129, 6a planta
08008 Barcelona

Web address: www.cidem.com/cidem/cat/serveis/financament/
ajuts/ajutsIF.doc

Aid No: XA 29/04.

Member State: Spain.

Region: Catalonia.

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid:
‘Aid for requesting agreed prior assessments or
reasoned reports in relation to the tax deduction for R&D and
technical innovation (TI) projects.’

Legal basis: (indicate the precise national legal reference for
the aid scheme or for the individual aid). Order TRI/…/2004 of
…, adopting the basis on which aid is granted for requesting
agreed prior assessments or reasoned reports in relation to the
tax deduction for R&D and TI projects, and inviting applica-
tions for 2004.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR
300 000.

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %.

Aid No: XA 31/04

Member State: Italy.

Region: Veneto.

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: 2004 Annual training plan: training programmes
in the primary sector. Deliberazione di Giunta della Regione
Veneto No 1162 of 23 April 2004.

Legal basis:

L. 845/1978 ‘Legge quadro in materia di formazione professionale’

L.R. n. 10 del 30.01.1990. ‘Ordinamento del sistema della forma-
zione professionale
e organizzazione delle politiche regionali del
lavoro’

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Annual expenditure planned:

Under this aid scheme, EUR 2 000 000 may be granted to
training bodies accredited by the Region of Veneto's Training
Unit to provide training programmes in the primary sector.

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione Veneto
— Segreteria Formazione e Lavoro — Direzione regionale Forma-
zione — Via G. Allegri n. 29 30174 Mestre — Venezia (Italy).

Web address: www.regione.veneto.it /bandi di concorso

The eligible schemes are employment
targeting employees in the sectors defined in the legal basis.

training programmes

Other information:

In accordance with Article 17(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No
1/2004,
the resources available from the relevant regional
budget to carry out the scheme total:

Chapter 72040 — financial contribution in the form of grants
of EUR 2 000 000.

Direzione Formazione
Tel. (39) 412 79 50 30 — 5029
Fax (39) 412 79 50 85

Maximum aid intensity: Aid is granted on the basis of the
hourly cost of training, currently EUR 110 per hour.

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid number: XA 32-04

implementation: Aid may be granted after

the
Date of
scheme is authorised by a Decreto del Dirigente Regionale and
published in the Region of Veneto's Official Journal.

Region: Cumbria

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an
individual aid: Farming Connect Cumbria (FCC).

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid
scheme ceases when the balance is paid to each training body,
only after the report is checked and approved.

Legal basis: Sections 4 and 5 of the Regional Development
Agencies Act 1998

Objective of aid:

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

Each year the Region of Veneto allocates resources for carrying
out continuous vocational training schemes to support agri-
cultural entrepreneurs, assistants, technical support staff and
other specialists employed in the agricultural sector (Regional
Law No 32 of 9 August 2003) with the aim of:

Financial year

2004/2005

Budget

GBP 943 260

2005/2006

GBP 2 475 520

— promoting a culture of entrepreneurship;

2006/2007

GBP 3 677 280

— improving the professional qualifications of agricultural

2007/2008

GBP 9 765 090

workers;

— raising awareness of technological innovations.

Maximum aid intensity:

Deliberazione di Giunta regionale n. 1162/2004 therefore refers
to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 01/2004. In particular, the
eligible costs covered by the aid scheme are those of organising
the training programme.

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies
to professional
training for individuals who qualify for education and profes-
sional training under Law 53/2003.

(A) Business advice and grant facilitation service

The aid intensity will be 100 %. The total amount of aid
per beneficiary granted under this item will be limited so
that the limit of EUR 100 000 for technical support over 3
years
the
maximum aid per beneficiary will be considerably less than
EUR 100 000 in all cases.

respected. However,

is expected that

is

it

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(B) FCC Development Grants

The maximum aid intensity will be 40 % or, for young
farmers (as defined in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 as amended) within 5 years of setting up,
50 %. The level of grant per project will be capped at GBP
16 000 for all applicants. Applicants may apply for grants
for more than one project, but no applicant may receive
more than GBP 30 000 in total under this item.

lease-purchase of new machinery and equipment, including
computer software and general costs, such as architects,
engineers and consultation fees,
the
acquisition of patents and licences, up to 12 % of eligible
expenditure. This is in line with Article 4 of Regulation
(EC) No 1/2004.

feasibility studies,

(C) Technical Consultancy Grants

(C) FCC Technical Consultancy Grants

The eligible costs will be consultancy fees in line with
Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

The maximum aid intensity will be 50 %. The level of
grant per project will be capped at GBP 1 300.

Date of implementation: 29 July 2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Initial applica-
tions to join the FCC programme need to be received by 31
January 2007.

(A) Business advice and grant facilitation service

All advice will be given by 30 April 2007.

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies
to agricultural
production activities and also to processing and marketing
activities which take place on a farm holding. All subsectors
are eligible for all types of aid, with the exception of the manu-
facture and marketing of products which imitate or substitute
for milk and milk products and the processing and marketing
in the sugar sector which are not eligible for investment grants.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Rural Regeneration Cumbria
Hackthorpe Business Centre
Hackthorpe
Cumbria
CA10 2HX

(B) FCC Development Grants

Web address:

The last date for FCC Development Grant Applications is
30 November 2006 and all claims must have been
submitted by 31 March 2007.

(C) FCC Technical Consultancy Grants

The last date for FCC Technical Consultancy Grant Appli-
cations will be 31 January 2007 and all claims must have
been submitted by 31 March 2007.

www.defra.gov.uk/farm/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm.

Click on the link ‘Farming Connect Cumbria’. Alternatively, you
can go direct to:

http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/state-aid/setup/schemes/fcc.pdf.

Other information:

The scheme consists of 3 separate measures:

Objective of aid:

(A) Business advice and grant aid facilitation service

The objective is to support the long term sustainable develop-
ment of Cumbria's rural economy by promoting:

— within-agriculture diversification of agricultural businesses;

— improved business efficiency;

— enhancements to animal welfare conditions;

— protection of the rural environment.

(A) Business advice and grant aid facilitation service

The eligible costs will be consultancy fees in line with
Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

A flexible business advice and support service to farmers
and other agricultural producers and processors, tailored to
the specific needs of the business to enable the preparation
of a formal business plan with the aim of improving busi-
ness efficiency.

(B) FCC Development Grants

The business will then be able to apply for grants to help
them implement that business plan by investing in their
holding in order to develop their business for the future.

(B) FCC Development

The eligible costs will be the construction, acquisition or
the purchase or
immovable property,
improvement of

Alternatively, farmers may be given a grant towards the
cost of more in depth consultancy to help them implement
their business plan.

(C) FCC Techical Support Grants

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A considerable proportion of the aid consists of grants which
will be paid in arrears on presentation of receipted invoices and
the business plan)
only once stage 1 (preparation of
is
the expenditure will occur
completed. Therefore, more of
towards the end of the scheme's period of operation.

Aid No: XA 33/04.

and seminars and be supplied with course material
(three
folders). The training and work based on the course materials
will take place in various stages.

The following aid is provided to cover eligible costs for the
education and training of farmers:

(a) Cost of organising training, including course materials

(b) Farmers' travelling expenses

(c) Cost of providing replacement services during the farmer's

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany.

absence

Region: Baden-Württemberg Ministerium für Ernährung und
Ländlichen Raum Baden-Württemberg

It is envisaged that costs incurred under items a) to c) will be
reimbursed up to a maximum of EUR 250.

Title of aid scheme and legal basis:
Guidelines issued by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Food
and Rural Development, relating to aid for individual farms in
2004.

Section D: Aid for farm management systems in 2004.

Management assistance pilot scheme,
in particular to imple-
ment cross-compliance, meet other rules on sound agricultural
practice and the standards for quality assurance systems.

Annual expenditure planned/draft budget: EUR 100 000
(2004 only).

Beneficiaries: Of the approximately 66 000 farmers in Baden-
Württemberg to whom this scheme applies, no more than 400
farms can participate in the scheme in 2004 and have their
expenses reimbursed.

Objective of aid scheme (technical assistance):

Objective of the scheme:

To provide farmers with specially created documents they can
use to check whether they comply with the cross-compliance
rules
laid down in the Luxembourg Decisions. This will
enhance quality assurance and procedural certainty for farmers,
particularly given the small- scale nature of agriculture in
Baden-Württemberg, which leaves
ill-
equipped to fully understand the complex legal requirements. A
further objective
that Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003 is implemented more effectively.

to ensure

individual

farmers

is

To this end, a management and documentation system was
developed covering all aspects of a farm's operations. It is being
tested on the ground in 2004 as part of a pilot scheme invol-
ving up to 400 participants. The scheme will help eliminate
errors and develop the system further.
farmers
involved in the pilot scheme will take part in training sessions

Individual

Contributions under Section D will not be exhausted during
the 2004 pilot stage.

Aid intensity:
The fact that the above aid partly covers costs should provide
an adequate incentive to participate in the development and
pilot stages.

It will not lead to over-compensation.

Date of implementation:
The scheme is due to be implemented in summer 2004 and
assessed in autumn 2004.

It will start, and aid will be granted, once the necessary identifi-
cation number has been received.

Duration: The scheme is due to finish by the end of 2004.

Objective of aid (see 2.4): To develop and test a self-moni-
toring and documentation system to comply with sound agri-
cultural practice (cross-compliance). The aid scheme falls under
Article 14(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Sector(s) concerned: The technical assistance is not product
or sector-specific, but rather open to all farmers.

Name und address of the granting authority:
Approval is given by the ‘Ämter für Landwirtschaft’. Their indivi-
dual addresses can be found at the following web address:

http://www.landwirtschaft-mlr.baden-wuerttemberg.de/

Web address of the aid scheme:
The aid scheme will only be posted on the web once it has
been approved and Baden-Württemberg has received an identi-
fication number. It will then be at the following address:

http://www.landwirtschaft-mlr.baden-wuerttemberg.de/mlr/
Fachinfo/mlr_RL AFP_2004_internet.pdf