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: 2005-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, 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 162/03)

Aid No: XA 13/05

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England

The aid will be paid in line with Article 14 of Regulation (EC)
No 1/2004 and the eligible costs will be costs of organising
and delivering training programmes and consultancy services.

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to businesses active
in the production of agricultural products only. The scheme is
open to businesses producing any type of agricultural product.

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an
individual aid: Cross Compliance Advice Programme — Prac-
tical Advice for Land Managers (England)

Legal basis: The scheme is non-statutory. The Agriculture Act
1986 (section 1) provides the legal base for the provision by
Government of advice in connection with any agricultural
activity.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Farm Advice Unit
Rural Development Service
Area 4A, Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London
United Kingdom
SW1P 2AL

Expenditure planned under the scheme: Total value of GBP
2 007 052,23 over 3 programme years. The funding is
provided from 4 financial years listed below:

Web address:

2004/05

GBP 431 998,23

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

Click on ‘Cross Compliance Advice Programme — Practical
Advice for Land Managers’.

2005/06

GBP 657 929,00

Alternatively, you can go direct to:

2006/07

GBP 538 305,00

2007/08

GBP 378 820,00

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 100 %.

Date of implementation: Farmers will be able to sign up
from 4 April 2005 the first events will take place after this
date.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will be open to new participants throughout. Activities funded
under the scheme will take place after 4 April 2005 and until
30 June 2007.

Objective of aid: Sectoral development. This is a programme
for practising farmers and other interested businesses. The
purpose of the programme, consisting of a range of on-farm
workshops, farm walks, helpline and website,
is to provide
farmers and other land managers with clear and targeted
guidance on what
the Statutory Management Requirements
(SMR) and Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition
(GAEC) requirements are and what they mean in terms of
required farm management. This will increase the profession-
alism of the sector.

www.defra.gov.uk/farm/state-aid/setup/schemes/cross-complian-
ce.pdf.

Other information: 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.

Beneficiaries will not be able to choose the service provider.
The service provider will be Momenta who were selected by a
tender exercise.

Aid No: XA 14/05

Member State: Latvia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving
individual aid: Aid scheme for risk reduction in branches of
the agricultural industry

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Legal basis: Ministru kabineta 2005. gada 25. janvāra noteikumi
Nr. 70 ‘Noteikumi par valsts atbalstu lauksaimniecībai 2005. gadā
un tā piešķiršanas kārtība’ 10. pielikums

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to reduce the
production risks involved in cultivating plants and breeding
livestock by partly compensating losses incurred by farmers.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall
aid
506 250
(EUR 720 329).

expenditure

scheme

2005:

LVL

in

Maximum aid intensity: Aid is granted towards the cost of
insurance premiums to insure cultivated plants and productive
livestock. Aid is granted at a level of 50 % relative to agree-
ments established between insurance undertakings and policy
holders, but does not exceed LVL 25 per unit (hectare or unit
of livestock), LVL 50 for potatoes and vegetables, and LVL 150
for fruit trees and berry bushes.

Date of implementation: 1 December 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid grant: 30 December
2005

Sectors concerned: Aid is intended for small and medium-
sized enterprises engaged in agricultural work.

Aid is intended for branches of the industry concerned with
plant cultivation and livestock breeding.

Name and address of granting authority:

Latvian Ministry for Agriculture
Riga, LV — 1981, Latvia

Web address:

www.zm.gov.lv

http://www.zm.gov.lv/data/n0195_5p12.doc