Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under 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: 2005-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, State aid, agricultural product, agro-industry, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under
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 produc-
tion, processing and marketing of agricultural products

(2005/C 136/17)

Aid No: XA 8/05

Member State: Germany

Region: Lower Saxony

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Financial aid to meet the costs of TSE testing of
sheep and goats, as well as for cattle not slaughtered for human
consumption

Legal basis:

— Nds. Verwaltungskostengesetz (Lower Saxony administrative
costs act) of 7.5.1962 (Nds. GVBl. p. 43), as last amended
by Article 20 of the Act of 20.11.2001 (Nds. GVBL. p.
701)

— Gebührenordnung für die Veterinärverwaltung (veterinary fees
regulation) of 22.3.1995 (Nds. GVBl. p. 63), as
last
amended by the Verordnung zur Änderung der Gebührenord-
nung für die Veterinärverwaltung (regulation amending the
veterinary fees regulation) of 14.9.2004 (Nds. GVBL. p.
322)

requirements. The aid covers the total costs of testing as speci-
fied in Article 15(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. The aid will
be granted under Article 15(d)
in conjunction with Article
16(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock production. The aid is granted
to the farmers concerned.

Name and address of the granting authority: Niedersäch-
sisches Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsi-
cherheit, Birkenweg 5, 26127 Oldenburg

Web-Address:

http://www.tierseucheninfo.niedersachsen.de/master/
C8366027_N8103970_L20_D0_I1535820

Aid No: XA 17/05

Member State: France

— Erlasse zur BSE/TSE-Untersuchungsgebühr (general circulars on
the BSE/TSE test fee) of 15.12.2000, 10.1.2001, 30.4.2001,
24.1.2002 — Ref. 107-42282/7-315

Region: Franche-Comté region

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total
costs of around EUR 2 000 000 and around EUR 37 per
animal tested, per farmer. The financial aid will be granted by
waiving fees. In order to facilitate administration of such aid, it
will be paid to the bodies charged with carrying out the TSE
tests, in accordance with Article 15(d).

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of TSE testing costs for the
animals concerned. Each test entails costs of around EUR 37
(for cattle over 24 months old and for sheep and goats over 18
months old). At present, the European Community's financial
contribution stands at EUR 6.29 per test.

Title of aid scheme: Technical support: experiments and
demonstrations within the framework of operation Interreg
‘French-Swiss development and application of medicinal and
aromatic plants’ (Phase I)

Legal basis:

— Décisions de la Commission du 16 novembre 2001 et du 8
décembre 2004 approuvant
le programme d'initiative
communautaire INTERREG III A entre la France et la Suisse,
dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre du règlement no
1260/1999 du Conseil du 21 juin 1999 portant disposi-
tions générales sur les fonds structurels,

— Conseil Régional: Commission Permanente du 27 mai

Date of implementation: Immediately

2004,

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid will
be granted until the end of statutory testing requirements for
the animals concerned under Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as
amended.

— Articles L 1511 et suivants du Code général des collectivités
territoriales permettant aux collectivités territoriales d'inter-
venir dans le cadre de la création ou de l'extension d'acti-
vités économiques en accordant des aides directes et indir-
ectes aux entreprises

Objective of aid: The animals' value is sometimes less than
the costs of testing. Assuming the costs of TSE tests ensures
that the farmers concerned comply with the statutory testing

Annual expenditure planned under
19 586.66 in aid

the scheme: EUR

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Maximum aid intensity: 30 %, subject to an aid ceiling of
EUR 19 586.66

Date of implementation: On receiving the acknowledgement
of receipt by the European Commission in 2005.

Sector(s) concerned: Farmers
in Franche-Comté who are
interested in this programme, whether they are interested in
the industrial and medicinal plants aspect (Chapter 12 of the
Combined Nomenclature) or in the live animals aspect (Chapter
1 of the Combined Nomenclature).

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2005 at the latest.

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to fund the following
actions, which fall within the scope of Article 14 of EC Regu-
lation 1/2004 (technical support in the agricultural sector):

Name and address of the granting authority:

M. le Président du Conseil Régional de Franche-Comté
Hotel de Region
4 Square Castan
25031 Besancon Cedex

— definition of a demonstration protocol for the treatment of
mastitis in bovine animals with aromatherapy and herbal
medicine;

Web-Address: Conseil Régional: www.cr-franche-comte.fr

(and ERDF: www.interreg3afch.org/)

— domestication and breeding programme for aromatic and
medicinal plants (definition of a demonstration protocol for
cultivation, location of sites and demonstration of cultiva-
tion, monitoring and recording);

— information provision and communication (events,

infor-

mation centre, information activities).

The objectives are

— to make information available to farmers and the general
public about products resulting from the processing of
aromatic and medicinal plants and the ways they can be
used in farming to treat animal diseases;

— to reinforce the trend in the practices of professionals and
amateurs towards a greater respect for the environment
(research and experimentation). Experiments carried out on
farms will allow this objective to be
sheep and beef
achieved and will help to make farmers aware of
the
different ways in which plants can be used in veterinary
medicine to treat their flocks and herds;

— to collect and select references, knowledge and know-how
on production, processing and ways in which plants can be
used for domestic and commercial use. These references
will facilitate demonstration, experimentation and localisa-
tion. Preparing the information and know-how gained
through the components of the project with a view to
making it available to people working in this sector and to
the general public. Promoting plants of the cross-border
Jura massif by developing production and harvesting on a
much larger scale and by assessing the socio-economic
impact so reducing the production and processing costs by
introducing machinery to process cultivated plants, forest
by-products and plants growing in fallow land at the same
time.

that are cradles of

— to reinforce the image of our regions as welcoming, natural
innovation and alternative
regions
methods, to promote and draw attention to specific local
features, and to promote local initiatives and partnerships
related to these.

Miscellaneous: The task of carrying out the programme is
entrusted to the local agricultural college, ‘Edgar Faure’, in Lons
le Saunier — 614 avenue Edgar Faure — 39570 Montmorot

Aid No: XA 71/04

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: North Rhine-Westphalia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Financial aid to meet the costs of compulsory official
TSE/BSE tests within the scope of the TSE/BSE monitoring
programme for cattle, sheep and goats

Legal basis:

— Gebührengesetz NRW vom 23.8.1999 (GV NRW 1999 S

528)

— Verwaltungsgebührenordnung des Landes Nordrhein-West-
falen vom 3. Juli 2001 in der jeweils geltenden Fassung
(GV. NRW 2001 S. 262) zur BSE/TSE-Untersuchungsge-
bühr

— Erlass zur BSE/TSE-Untersuchungsgebühr vom 8.12.2003
— Az. VI-1-42.21.09, 18.2.2004 — Az. VI-1-17.80.06 u.
42.21.00, 14.9.04 — Az. VI-1-17.80.06 u. 42.21.00

— Tierseuchengesetz vom 11.4.2001 in der jeweils geltenden
Fassung (BGBl. I. S. 506) § 23 des Ausführungsgesetzes
zum Tierseuchengesetz vom 4.6.63 (GV.NRW 1963 S.
203) zur Kostenträgerschaft der Kreise und kreisfreien
Städte für Probennahme und -versand

— TSE-Überwachungsverordnung vom 13.12.2001 (BGBl. I. S.

4532) in der jeweils geltenden Fassung

— Beihilfebeschluss der Tierseuchenkasse für Schlachtschafe

und Schlachtziegen

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

— Budget: EUR 990 000

— Amount of aid: EUR 990 000

— The financial aid will be granted by waiving fees.

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: Immediately

Note: The delayed notification is only appearing now because
there was a previous attempt to file a single aid application for
the Federal Republic of Germany (Aid No 373/2003). Since
this was not successful and the exemption regulation 1/2004
has come into force in the meantime, a separate request for
exemption is being filed for North Rhine-Westphalia.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The duration
will depend on that of the TSE/BSE monitoring programme
under Regulation (EC) 999/2001, as amended.

Objective of aid: The relevant provision is Article 15(d) in
conjunction with Article 16(c).

The objective of this measure is to grant State aid for TSE/BSE
tests for

a) All animals aged over 24 months which have died or been
killed for a specific reason — i.e. bovines killed under emer-
gency measures or because they are sick — and all bovines
aged over 24 months which are killed:

— in order to combat other epizootic diseases, with the
exception of animal diseases that spread in the form of
epidemics;

are tested for BSE.

b) Sheep and goats over 18 months of age or which have
more than two permanent incisors erupted through the
gum and which have died or been killed, but which were
not:

— killed in the
campaign;

framework of a disease

eradication

— slaughtered for human consumption.

c) Sheep and goats over 18 months of age or which have
more than two permanent incisors erupted through the
gum and which have been slaughtered for human consump-
tion.

Explanatory note:

The proposed aid scheme does not refer to BSE testing of
bovine animals for slaughter since this aid only amounts to the
actual EU part-financing per test
the
Commission's annual decision on the European Community's
financial contribution. The aid will be passed on by reducing
the fees charged to market operators.

in the framework of

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture,
processing/marketing (cattle, sheep, goat)

animal production and

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerium
für Umwelt und Naturschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbrau-
cherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Schwannstr. 3,
40476 Düsseldorf

— where BSE is officially diagnosed in a bovine animal;

Web-Address: verbraucherschutz-nrw@munlv.nrw.de