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: 2005-06-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, agro-industry, aid to agriculture, 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 146/02)

Aid No: XA No 62/04

Member State: Italy

Region: Region of Marche

Title of aid scheme: Award of grants to agricultural and live-
stock holdings damaged by the earthquake on 26 September
1997 with a view to bringing temporary stables converted into
permanent fixtures into line with health and hygiene require-
ments.

Legal basis: Art. 2 Legge regionale n. 21 del 10 dicembre 2003
‘Trasformazione in costruzioni a carattere permanente degli alloggi
prefabbricati
sismici
iniziati il 26 settembre 1997’. Delibera giunta regionale n 789 del
13/7/2004

installati a seguito degli

temporanei

eventi

applied. These same areas have been listed in Annexes 3 and/or
12 to Decree No 196/04 of the Official Responsible for Rural
and Agricultural Development on the common annexes relating
to tenders for implementing RDP measures.

Date of implementation: From 2004, but no earlier than 10
working days after the submission of this form, as required by
Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Duration of scheme: The aid may be granted up to 31
December 2005.

Objective of aid: The aid is intended for small and medium-
sized farm enterprises and associations thereof which satisfy
the profitability requirements established in the RSP for the
Region of Marche, approved by the Commission by Decision
C(2000) 2726 DEF of 26 September 2000 and is based on
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Annual expenditure planned: The total expenditure planned
for 2004 and 2005 amounts to EUR 1 000 000.

Maximum aid intensity: The aid scheme provides for capital
grants to undertake the infrastructural
investment needed to
convert small-scale permanent constructions.

In accordance with the abovementioned Article 4, the objec-
tives are to improve and convert production and to protect and
improve the environment and the health and welfare condi-
tions of livestock.

The grant is equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure incurred on
the eligible investments, calculated using prices not exceeding
those in the official Marche Region price-list for public works,
and in any event within the following agreed expenditure
limits:

One specific objective of the Regional Law mentioned in the
legal basis is to preserve the region's heritage in stables and
barns needed for agricultural production, so avoiding the signif-
icant environmental
impact caused by the replacement of
wooden structures with new ones in reinforced concrete.

— EUR 135,00 per square metre in the case of health and
hygiene improvements; The following further amount(s)
will be added to the above:

— EUR 6,00 per square metre for technical expenditure on

health and hygiene improvements.

Eligible expenditure: Eligible expenses,
in accordance with
Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 are those incurred
on upgrading stables to comply with the health and hygiene
legislation in place, including the construction of the relevant
manure-pits.

— The relevant taxes and contributions (VAT, national insur-
ance contributions, etc), if not recoverable, can be added to
the amount of the aid sum as calculated.

The eligibility of the expenditure begins to run from the date
on which the aid is granted.

As the stables in question are located in municipalities defined
as less-favoured areas under Directive 75/268/EEC as supple-
mented and amended, the upper aid rate of 50 % will be

Sector(s) concerned: The
to small and
medium-sized enterprises involved in the production, proces-
sing and marketing of agricultural products.

scheme applies

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Name and address of the granting authority: Region of
Marche — Centro operativo di Muccia e Fabriano

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will remain open until 30 June 2007.

Objective of aid: Sectoral development — the scheme will aid
the long term development of Lancashire's rural economy
through the provision of advice and technical support
to
farmers and agricultural businesses aimed at improving busi-
ness performance and efficiency.

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

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to all agricultural
businesses,
including production, processing and marketing.
The scheme is open to all subsectors.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Lancashire County Council
Environment Directorate
Guild House
Cross Street
Preston
United Kingdom
PR1 8RD

Web-address: www.defra.gov.uk/farm/state-aid/setup/exist-
exempt.htm. Click on ‘Rural Business Facilitation Service
(Lancashire and North Manchester)’. Alternatively, you can go
direct to http://defraweb/farm/state-aid/setup/schemes/rbfs.pdf.

Other information: The scheme will provide a first contact
point for any rural business in Lancashire and North Manche-
ster seeking initial advice to improve and develop their busi-
ness. More detailed consultancy will then be made available to
take ideas forward. Where subsidised consultancy is already
available through other Government-funded advice schemes,
applicants will be directed to those other schemes. Where
advice is not available elsewhere, RBFS staff will provide
consultancy or will refer applicants to external consultants.
Where external consultants are involved, the aid intensity is
reduced to 50 % from 100 % (see above).

The scheme will be made available to all rural businesses, not
just agricultural businesses. Aid to non-agricultural businesses
will be paid with regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
69/2001 on de minimis aid.

Other information: The aid will be granted exclusively to
small and medium-sized enterprises in the agricultural sector
whose financial viability can be demonstrated for products with
normal outlets now or in the future, provided the investments
do not result in an increase of more than 20 % in the produc-
tion capacity of the small and medium-sized enterprises, to be
calculated in livestock units in the case of livestock production
and as area cultivated in the case of plant production.

The criteria and procedures governing the evaluations and
measures for verifying compliance with the above requirements
(provided for in Article 4(5), (6) and (8)(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 1/2004) will be those laid down in the RSP for the Region
of Marche, referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999,
approved by the Commission by Decision C(2000) 2726 DEF
of 26 September 2000 and published on the Internet at the
following address: www.agri.marche.it

Aid No: XA 1/05

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Lancashire (including the unitary authority areas of
Blackpool and Blackburn) and the districts of Wigan, Bolton,
Bury, Rochdale and Oldham.

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an
individual aid: Rural Business Facilitation Service (Lancashire
and North Manchester)

Legal basis: Section 5 of the Regional Development Agencies
Act 1998

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
total budget of the scheme will be GBP 3 490 068. This will be
split over 4 financial years:

31.1.2005 — 31.3.2005

1.4.2005 — 31.3.2006

1.4.2006 — 31.3.2007

1.4.2007 — 30.6.2007

GBP 318 670

GBP 1 314 011

GBP 1 338 168

GBP 519 219

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % for
initial
provided by the Rural Business Facilitation Service.

consultancy

50 % for in depth consultancy provided by external consul-
tants.

Aid No: XA No 02/05

Member State: Italy

Region: Umbria

Date of
January 2005.

implementation: The scheme will open on 31

Title of aid scheme: Implementation of support measures for
investment in the food industry

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come

riapertura dei

Legal basis: Il regime di aiuti
in argomento, avviato a far data
dalla pubblicazione del bando pubblico (4 novembre 2004), è da
considerarsi
termini di presentazione delle
(a), 1.2.1 (g) e
domande di aiuto a valere delle Misure 1.1.1.
1.2.2.(m) del PSR della Regione Umbria la cui copertura finanziaria
è assicurata con risorse regionali, qualora non si rendessero disponibili
risorse nazionali aggiuntive sulla dotazione del Piano di Sviluppo
Rurale dell'Umbria.

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 50 million (estimated)

Maximum aid intensity: Variable depending upon the type of
eligible investment:

— 40 % of the cost of real estate and plant by destination
(investment in agricultural holdings and in the agricultural
product processing and marketing sector),

— 20 % of the cost of purchasing machinery and equipment

(investment in agricultural holdings),

— up to 50 % of the cost of introducing business quality
to ISO 9000 standards, up to EUR

systems

control
100 000 per holding,

— up to 50 % of the cost of introducing environmental quality
systems to ISO 14000 standards, up to EUR 100 000 per
holding,

— up to 50 % for agri-food enterprises and 80 % for agri-
cultural enterprises of the cost of implementing hygiene
and health own checks plans according to the HACCP
model up to EUR 100 000 per holding,

— up to 60 % for agri-food enterprises and 80 % for agri-
cultural enterprises of
introducing checking
the cost of
procedures on the retraceability of food products and intro-
ducing certification of the food chain,

— up to 80 % of eligible costs for planning and implementing

marketing projects for quality agricultural products,

— up to 50 % of eligible costs for preparing quality specifica-
tions and technical studies on feasibility and design for the
identification and/or standardisation of product properties
and for the presentation of quality products.

Date of implementation: 1 March 2005

Duration of scheme: Annual

Eligible costs:

Aid for production (Article 4)

(a) construction, restructuring and exceptional maintenance of
farm buildings used by the agricultural holding, including
additional external works such as creating yards, paddocks,
fencing, etc (costs of building works that form part of
housing structures are not eligible except in the case of
independent adjacent sections);

(b) planting and/or restructuring of specialised tree crops. Aid
for planting new vineyards and olive plantations and for
the restructuring of existing vineyards is excluded. Restruc-
turing of olive plantations is permitted only if the number
of trees remains unchanged;

(c) reservoirs for agricultural, livestock, environmental, tourist
and recreational use to make the agricultural holding multi-
functional, as well as installations for their use and for
water distribution;

(d) planting and improvement of fields and mountain pastures,

livestock enclosures, etc;

(e) construction and exceptional maintenance of farm tracks

and water pipelines for use by the holding;

(f) organisation of agricultural water supplies,

levelling and
removal of stones,
including drainage and surface water
control works through creation of secondary drainage
ditches, possibly using bioengineering techniques, up to
EUR 25 000;

for

(including investments

(g) investments for processing and marketing quality or niche
agricultural products
selling
them direct), provided that the product to be processed or
marketed makes up, in economic terms, at least 40 % of
the farm's income calculated in ESU or that, as an absolute
value, the products to be processed have a value equal to
or greater than 20 ESU. In all cases, the installation should
be consistent with the farm's production capabilities. These
limitations do not apply to small installations for proces-
sing niche products or products produced organically in
accordance with existing regulations or first processing
products for
In every case, aid for
construction of new farm installations in the wine sector is
subject to ownership of a minimum area planted with vines
of 5 hectares for DOCG production and 10 hectares for
DOC or IGT production, while in the olive processing
sector at least 5 000 olive trees must be owned;

feeding livestock.

Objective of aid: Strengthening integration between the
various parties involved in the agri-food sector. Articles used:
4, 7, 13.

(h) first purchase of

livestock and purchase of high-quality
breeding animals (male and female), registered in herd
books or their equivalent;

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(i) investments or funding for farming wild animals for food
limited to the species eligible

or repopulation purposes,
under the Piano Faunistico Venatorio;

— ordinary maintenance works.

(j) purchase of new machinery and equipment provided that
including computer
the farm is not already so equipped,
equipment
(hardware and software) and instruments to
improve administrative and account management, up to
40 % of the maximum possible investment amount per
farm, which may be increased to 70 % for cooperatives that
provide services for their members. The purchase of repla-
is
cement machinery is not covered, except when it
intended to improve the safety and quality of work in rela-
tion to the minimum standards provided for by current
regulations and provided that the machine to be replaced is
at
the
purchase of replacement machinery is covered within the
framework of a programme that also provides for obliga-
tory real estate investment to at least 50 % of the costs
covered by the whole programme;

five years old. From 31 December 2001,

least

(k) purchase of equipment for managing and treating agri-
cultural and livestock-related waste, whether for re-use on
the farm or for commercial purposes, within the limits of
farm production or associated farms. The purchase of
machinery and equipment for producing ‘fertilising green
compost’ or ‘fertilising compost from separate collection’ is
also permitted, although only for the production of quanti-
ties commensurate with the size of the farm;

(l) general costs totalling no more than 12 % of the permitted

total cost, relating to:

— technicians' and consultants' fees for planning, work
and checking supervision, feasibility studies and busi-
ness plans, to a maximum of 8 %, etc;

Processing and marketing (Article 7):

(a) construction, restructuring and modernising of buildings;

(b) acquisition of real estate, excluding the purchase of land
unless it is within the limits and conditions set by rule no 5
of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1685/2000, up to a
investment eligible for aid and
maximum of 70 % of
provided that the real estate is to have restructuring work
carried out for at least 30 % of its total final cost;

(c) purchase of machinery and equipment including computer

equipment;

(d) costs of purchasing software and advice on installing the
machinery and equipment mentioned in the preceding
point;

(e) general expenses totalling no more than 12 % of

total

eligible expenditure, relative to:

— technicians' and consultants' fees for planning, work
and checking supervision, feasibility studies and busi-
ness plans, to a maximum of 8 %, etc;

— creation of websites to market products and services (e-

commerce);

— advice and staff training to facilitate implementation of
quality control in processing and adherence to volun-
tary standards (ISO 9000, Eco Label, etc);

— acquisition of patents and licences;

— creation of websites to market products and services (e-

commerce);

Ineligible costs:

— advice and staff training to facilitate implementation of
quality control in processing and adherence to volun-
tary standards (ISO 9000, Eco Label, etc);

— acquisition of patents and licences;

Costs of purchasing the following are not eligible for aid:

— cultivation land;

— animals for

fattening, breeding poultry and hybrid
breeding pigs if they are not included in the quality
product specifications;

— production rights;

— vehicles used for transporting people and objects;

— investment for the phases following first processing if
first processing of agricultural raw materials does not
take place on the holding;

— retail-level investments;

— investment for marketing or processing products from

third countries.

In all cases,
they increase
investments are ineligible if
production capabilities in sectors for which specific limita-
tions exist in terms of Common Market Organisations as
adequate market outlets are not guaranteed for these.

Aid to encourage the production and marketing of quality agri-
cultural products (Article 13):

(a) Costs linked to the issuing of voluntary first certification of
the product as provided for by Regulations (EEC) Nos
2081/92, 2082/92, 2092/91 and 1804/1999;

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(b) Costs for introducing business quality control procedures

according to ISO 9000 standards;

(c) Costs for introducing environmental quality control proce-

dures according to ISO 14000 or EMAS standards;

(d) Costs for implementing hygiene and health own checks

plans according to the HACCP method;

(e) Costs for introducing checking procedures for the retrace-
ability of food products and certification of the food chain;

This aid scheme falls within the scope of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 and complies
with Articles 10, 13 and 14 thereof concerning, respectively,
aid for producer groups, aid to promote the production and
marketing of quality products and technical assistance in agri-
culture.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
planned aid amounts to EUR 1 200 000 for 2005.

(f) Costs for planning and implementing marketing projects,
and material
any necessary organisational

including
resources;

Maximum aid intensity:

— Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. The total amount

per beneficiary unit will be EUR 100 000,

(g) Costs for planning quality specifications and technical
studies of feasibility and design for the identification and/or
standardisation of product properties and for the presenta-
tion of quality products.

— Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. The total amount
per beneficiary unit will be EUR 100 000 over a three year
period,

applies

concerned: The

Sectors
to production,
scheme
processing and/or marketing of agricultural products as defined
in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. In all cases, invest-
ments are ineligible if they increase production capabilities in
sectors for which specific limitations exist in terms of Common
Market Organisations as adequate market outlets are not guar-
anteed for these.

Name and address of
Umbria — Direzione Attività Produttive

the granting authority: Regione

Centro Direzionale Fontivegge — 06100 Perugia

E-mail: fgarofalo@regione.umbria.it: Web address: www.re-
gione.umbria.it

Aid No: XA 03/05

Member State: Spain

Region: Castile-Leon

— Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. The aid per bene-
ficiary unit may not exceed EUR 100 000 over three years
or 50 % of the eligible costs, whichever is the greater

Date of application: The aid scheme is due to enter into force
in March 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
December 2006

Aim of the aid:

General objective:

To strengthen agricultural cooperatives in Castile-Leon

Secondary objectives:

— To support the creation of new associations and consolidate
other higher-level bodies created through mergers and inte-
gration;

— To support

existing organisations which substantially
increase the value of their marketed production (by at least
30 %);

Title of aid scheme: Aid to promote the cooperative move-
ment in the Autonomous Community of Castile-Leon

— To encourage the production and marketing of quality agri-

cultural products;

Legal basis: Orden AYG.../2005, de ... febrero, de la Consejería de
Agricultura y Ganadería, por la que se regulan y convocan ayudas
destinadas a la promoción del movimiento cooperativo en la comu-
nidad autónoma de Castilla y León.

— To provide technical assistance to associations to conduct
audits, management and viability analysis, investments and
market surveys, and organise competitions, exhibitions and
fairs.

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Articles used:

— The aid scheme complies with Article 10 of Regulation (EC)
No 1/2004 concerning producer groups, Article 13
concerning aid to promote the production and marketing
of agricultural products and Article 14 on technical assis-
tance to agriculture.

— Account was also taken of Articles 17 and 20, in Chapter 3
of the Regulation, concerning common and final provi-
sions.

Eligible costs:

— Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. Creating new
primary-level or higher-level associations resulting from
mergers and integration and improving the social and
economic
associations with a
minimum increase of 30 % in the value of marketed
production.

aspects of agricultural

— Costs incurred by the new organisation in creating,
merging or integrating associations, including: start-up
costs, audits, legal costs, advice to decision-making and
technical members,
financing and marketing studies,
notarial costs, registration costs and licence fees;

— Management costs during the first five years of opera-
tion of newly created, merged or integrated associations:
rental of premises, acquisition of office equipment
including computer hardware and software, cost of
administrative staff, overheads, legal and administrative
costs;

— In the case of expansions, the eligible costs will be
restricted to the increase from year to year (at least
30 %) in the value of production marketed by the bene-
ficiaries. Accordingly, when the association grows, only
the costs incurred by the growth will be financed.

— Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. Encouraging the
production and marketing of quality agricultural products.

— The costs incurred by associations to conduct audits,
management and viability analysis,
investments and
market surveys, and organise competitions, exhibitions
and fairs.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture in general, and cooperative
associations in particular

Note: Cooperatives which have been recently approved but
which have not yet undertaken any actions or provided any
services at the date of entry into force of this aid scheme may
be considered newly created cooperatives.

Name and address of the granting authority: The aid will be
granted by the Castile-Leon Government, and administered by
the Directorate-General
industrialisation and
modernisation of the Ministry for Agriculture and Livestock
Farming.

for agricultural

C/ Rigoberto Cortejoso, 14 — 47014 Valladolid (Spain).

Website: The full text of the aid scheme will be published on
the website of
at http://
www.jcyl.es/agrocomercializacion.

the Castile-Leon Government

Other information: Management of the aid will be subject to
the Order and must comply with Article 18 of the Regulation
as regards cumulation.

Aid No: XA 04/05

Member State: Spain

Region: The entire territory

— Costs incurred from introducing quality control and
product traceability systems. These costs can include
studies to prepare applications for recognition of quality
introducing the quality system,
marks,
outside consultancy services, certification and training
the staff to apply the systems.

the costs of

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Grants to holders of dairy farms to offset the cost
of milk inspection

Legal base: Real Decreto por el que se regula el control oficial del
rendimiento lechero para la evaluación genética en las especies bovina,
ovina y caprina

— Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. Technical support

in the agricultural sector

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR
2 500 000

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Maximum aid intensity: Up to 70 % of the cost of milk
inspection

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2007 at the latest.

Date of application: 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
December 2006

Aim of the aid: Grants to holders of dairy farms to encourage
action in breeding, preserving and promoting livestock breeds.
The grants fall within the scope of the following Articles of
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 on State aid to small and medium-
sized enterprises active in the production, processing and
marketing of agricultural products: Article 15(b): aid at a rate
of up to 70 % of the costs of tests performed by or on behalf
of third parties, to determine the genetic quality or yield of live-
stock.

Sector(s) concerned: holders of dairy farms with cattle, sheep
and goats of breeds entered in the herd books

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Directorate-General for Live-
stock Farming, Alfonso XII, 62, 28014 Madrid

Website: http://www.mapa.es-Sección Ganadería

Objective of aid: To encourage group investment and lower
production costs by facilitating the construction, purchase,
modernisation, conversion and extension of sheds designed to
house co-operatives' shared agricultural equipment.

Nature of operations eligible for aid: The following invest-
ments are eligible for aid under Article 4 of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003: the construction,
purchase, modernisation, conversion and extension of sheds.

Sector(s) concerned: All sectors of agricultural production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil général de la Manche
Direction des affaires économiques et du développement rural
Service du développement rural
Maison du département
Rond-point de la liberté
50008 Saint-Lô Cedex

Web-address: http: //www.cg50.fr/le guide des aides

Aid No: XA 05/05

Member State: France

Region: Département de la Manche

Aid No: XA 06/05

Member State: Hungary

Region: Hungary

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Agricultural development loan programme

Title of aid scheme: Aid for sheds for co-operatives for the
pooled use of agricultural equipment

Three sub-programmes:

Legal basis:

— Articles L 1511 et suivants du Code général des collectivités terri-
toriales permettant aux collectivités territoriales d'intervenir dans le
cadre de la création ou de l'extension d'activités économiques en
accordant des aides directes et indirectes aux entreprises

A. Loan for agricultural investments

B. Loan for agricultural processing

C. Loan for young farmers

Legal basis:

— Articles L 3231-2 et L 3232-1 du Code général des collectivités

territoriales.

— az Agrár

Fejlesztési Hitelprogram kidolgozásáról

szóló

2318/2004. (XII. 11.) Korm. határozat;

Annual expenditure planned under
54 000 annual aid (maximum)

the scheme: EUR

— a Magyar Köztársaság 2005. évi költségvetéséről szóló 2004. évi

CXXXV. törvény 36. § és 39.§

Maximum aid intensity: 30 % of investments, subject to an
aid ceiling of EUR 13 500 per investment.

— a program lebonyolításáról szóló kormányrendelet, mely e tájékoz-
tató benyújtását követő 10. munkanapon kerül kihirdetésre
(megjelenik a Magyar Közlönyben) (1)

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

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
total budget available for the loan programme is HUF 40
billion. In accordance with the National Budget Act, exchange
rate guarantee is provided by the Government for this amount
in order to offer loans at interest rates lower than the current
market rates.

Date of implementation: Contracts may be awarded under
the loan programme from the date of entry into force of the
Government Decree on the
loan programme until 31
December 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Maximum 15
years (December 2021)

Objective of aid:

1. support for small and medium-sized enterprises;

2. aid for investments in modernisation and development.

During the implementation of the agricultural development
loan programme, Hungarian Development Bank Inc. will apply
the relevant Articles of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. Sub-
programmes A, B and C are based on Articles 4, 7 and 8 of
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Eligible costs are determined according to the conditions laid
down in the abovementioned articles of Regulation (EC) No
1/2004. Detailed information on the eligible costs can be
found in the programme description of the bank also available
at the Internet address specified below.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

This programme applies to the production and first-stage
processing of agricultural products and to services related to
agricultural products.

Name and address of
the granting authority: Magyar
Fejlesztési Bank Részvénytársaság (Hungarian Development
Bank Inc.) Nádor u. 31., H-1051 Budapest, Hungary

Website: http://www.fvm.hu/main.php?folderID=1569

Other information: Contact person: Szilvia Németh

mail to: NemethS@posta.fvm.hu

The amount of aid included in the loans will be calculated
according to the formula below:

(cid:1)

TT ¼ Q × 1 – i'
i

(cid:2)

(cid:1)

1 þ

rP – rF
ð
i × P – F

(cid:2)

Þ

where: r ¼

1
ð
1 þ i

Þ

and

TT

Q

aid amount

loan amount

I

i'

P

F

rP

rF

reference rate

preferential interest rate

maturity (including grace period)

grace period

r to the power of P

r to the power of F

Guarantee by credit guarantee institutions with a 70 % State
counter-guarantee may also be associated with the loan
programme. The method of calculating the aid amount of the
credit guarantees was submitted for inclusion in the list of
existing agricultural State aids for the Commission of the Euro-
pean Union on 31 August 2004. (Notification No: 82-83)

Maximum aid intensity: For each subprogramme, maximum
aid intensity must not exceed:

A. Loan for agricultural investments: as stated in Article 4 of

Regulation (EC) No 1/2004;

B. Loan for agricultural processing: as stated in Article 7 of

Regulation (EC) No 1/2004;

Aid number: XA 7/05

C. Loan for Young Farmers: as stated in Article 8 of Regulation

(EC) No 1/2004.

Member State: United Kingdom

In the case of aid cumulation, Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1/2004 applies.

Region: Dorset
authority areas)

(including Bournemouth and Poole unitary

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an
individual aid: Dorset Agricultural Advisory Service

The maximum aid amount may not exceed EUR 6 million, or
in the case of young farmers, HUF 6 375 000 (EUR 25 000).

Legal basis: Local Government Act 2000 (Part one)

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Official Journal of the European Union

16.6.2005

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

1 March 2005 — 28 February 2006

1 March 2006 — 28 February 2007

1 March 2007 — 30 June 2007

Total

GBP 69 624

GBP 69 224

GBP 69 224

GBP 208 072

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 100 %.

Date of implementation: Farmers and land based owners will
be able to obtain advice and on or after 10 February 2005.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will close on 22 June 2007. Aid will be paid until 30 June
2007.

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is sectoral develop-
ment for land based business sector. The aid is being imple-
mented under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. The
eligible costs are consultancy services.

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme will apply to businesses
involved in agricultural production and to the businesses
processing and marketing their own agricultural produce.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Dorset County Council
County Hall
Colliton Park
Dorchester
United Kingdom
DT1 1XJ

The organisation operating the scheme is

Dorset Agricultural Advisory Service
Stinsford Business Centre
Kingston Maurward College
Dorchester
Dorset
United Kingdom
DT1 8PY

Web-address: www.defra.gov.uk/farm/state-aid/setup/exist-
exempt.htm. Click on Dorset Agricultural Advisory Services.
Alternatively, you can go direct
to www.defra.gov.uk/farm/
state-aid/setup/schemes/dorset.pdf.

Other information: The scheme will be made available to
non-agricultural
land based businesses as well as agricultural
businesses. Aid to non-agricultural businesses will be paid with
regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/2001 on de
minimis aid.

Under this scheme beneficiaries will not be able to choose their
own service provider. The service provider will be the Royal
Bath & West of England Society and was chosen on the basis
of market principles in line with Article 14(5) of Regulation
(EC) No 1/2004.

Signed and dated on behalf of the Department for Environ-
ment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK competent authority):

Graham Collins
Agricultural State Aid Adviser
Defra
8E, 9 Millbank
c/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom