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: 2005-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, agro-industry, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, exchange of information, 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 258/02)

Aid No: XA 36/05

Member State: Spain

Region: Galicia

Title of aid scheme: Aid to draw up and disseminate sectoral
guides for introducing quality assurance systems in Galician
agri-food industries

Legal basis: Order of XXX of XXX, regulating aid to draw up
and disseminate sectoral guides for introducing quality assur-
ance systems in Galician agri-food industries. [Orden de … de
… por la que se regulan ayudas para la elaboración y difusión de
guías sectoriales para la implantación de sistemas de aseguramiento
de la calidad en las industrias agroalimentarias gallegas.] In turn,
this Order is linked to Law No 2/2005 of 18 February 2005,
for promoting and protecting Galician food quality (Official
Gazette of Galicia No 49, of 11 March). The aid is for agri-food
enterprises to meet the quality-assurance requirements estab-
lished by this Law

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

2005: EUR 200 000

2006: EUR 250 000

Maximum aid intensity: 80 % of the eligible expenditure, up
to a maximum of EUR 30 000 per beneficiary. In addition, the
ceilings on combination established in Regulation (EC) No
1/2004 are expressly included

Date of implementation: After publication of the aid Order,
which is expected to be in April or May 2005.

Duration of scheme: 2005-2006

traceability systems and of

Objective of aid: To ensure that small and medium-sized agri-
food enterprises meet the quality-assurance requirements (intro-
food-safety systems
duction of
generally)
introduced by Galician law No 2/2005 of 18
February 2005, by subsidising the costs of drawing up and
disseminating sectoral guides for introducing these systems,
which form part of
the guidelines of Regulation (EC) No
178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. The aid is
considered to fall under
the objectives of Article 13
(encouraging the production and marketing of quality agri-
cultural products) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Sector(s) concerned: All agri-food sectors, from production
to processing and marketing

Name and address of the granting authority:

Dirección General de Industrias y Promoción Agroalimentaria.
Consellería de Política Agroalimentaria y Desarrollo Rural.
Rúa dos Irmandiños, s/n 15771
Santiago de Compostela

Web address:

http: //www.xunta.es/doc/dog.nsf

Aid No: XA 38/05

Member State: France

Region: Département of Loire-Atlantique

Title of aid scheme: aid for intangible investments in the
wine sector (technical assistance)

Legal basis: Articles L 1511-1 et suivants du code général des
collectivités territoriales

Annual expenditure planned under
90 000 over three years (EUR 30 000 per year)

the scheme: EUR

Maximum aid intensity:

— between 25 % and 50 % of the costs of audits and of tech-
nical support (eligible expenditure: EUR 600 per unit)

— between 30 % and 70 % of

the cost of analyses and
company audits (eligible expenditure between EUR 600
and 2 000 per unit).

The aid will be subject to one of the two following ceilings, as
laid down in point 14 of
guidelines:
EUR 100 000 per beneficiary over three years or 50 % of total
expenditure on technical assistance, whichever is higher

agriculture

the

Implementation date: After the receipt advice slip has been
received from the European Commission

Duration of
2006/07

scheme: three years, until marketing year

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Purpose of the aid: The scheme covers operators in the
Nantes wine sector, across the whole département of Loire-
Atlantique, and is designed to improve the quality of products
and the operation of the département's wine companies, via
financial support from the Conseil général for expenditure on
technical consultancy

vités économiques en accordant des aides directes et indir-
ectes aux entreprises

Annual expenditure planned under
21 963,36

the scheme: EUR

Eligible measures: Expenditure by wine producers on technical
consultancy

Maximum aid intensity: 30 %

According to Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1/2004 of 23 December 2003, expenditure on the following is
eligible for aid: operational audits and technical support for
wine producers, as well as general analyses and company audits
of wine companies, in order to draw up individualised action
plans through a process of two-way discussion and consulta-
tion

Economic sectors concerned: All farmers in the département
(mainly winegrowers)

Name and address of granting authority:

M. le Président du Conseil général de Loire-Atlantique,
Hôtel du département, 3 quai Ceineray BP 94109
FR-44041 Nantes Cedex 1

Website:

www.cg44.fr/action/agriculture

Aid No: XA 39/05

Member State: France

Region: Franche-Comté

Title of aid scheme: Technical support: experiments and
demonstrations as part of the Franco-Swiss Interreg project
‘Development and exploitation of medicinal and aromatic
plants’ (1st stage)

Legal basis:

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

— Conseil Régional: Commission permanente du 27 mai

2004,

— 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-

Implementation date: after the receipt advice slip has been
received from the European Commission, in 2005

Duration of scheme: until 31.12.2005 at the latest

Purpose of the aid: The aid is intended to finance the
following measures under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No
1/2004 (technical assistance in the agriculture sector):

— in conjunction with external consultants, creating a demon-
stration protocol for using aromatherapy and herbal medi-
cine to treat mastitis in cattle and sheep,

— domestication and breeding programme for aromatic and
medicinal plants (in conjunction with external consultants,
creating a demonstration protocol for cultivation, location
of sites and demonstration of cultivation, monitoring and
recording),

— promotion and communication (events, information centre,

information campaign)

The aid is designed to:

— make information available to farmers and the general
public on products that can be obtained from aromatic and
medicinal plants and the ways these can be used in farming
to treat animal diseases.

— help move both professional and amateur practice towards
greater respect for the environment (research and experi-
mentation). Experiments carried out on sheep and beef
farms will enable this objective to be achieved and help
make farmers aware of the different ways plants can be
used in veterinary medicine to treat their livestock.

demonstration,

— collect and select references, knowledge and know-how on
production, processing and the ways plants can be used for
domestic and commercial use. These references will facili-
tate
experimentation and localisation.
Preparing the information and know-how obtained from
the different project components with a view to making it
available to people working in this sector and the general
public. Promoting plants from the cross-border Jura massif
by developing production and harvesting on a much larger
scale and by assessing the socio-economic impact, and
reducing production and processing costs by introducing
machinery capable of processing cultivated plants, forest
by-products and plants growing in fallow land.

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— improve the image of our region as a welcoming, natural
area where innovation and alternative methods flourish,
promote and raise the profile of local speciality uses of the
plants from the Massif, and promote local initiatives and
partnerships in this field.

Economic sectors concerned: all farmers in Franche-Comté
with an interest in this programme, either for industrial and
medicinal plants (chapter 12 of the nomenclature) or for live
animals (chapter 1 of the nomenclature)

Name and address of granting authority:

M. le Président du Conseil Regional de Franche-Comté
Hôtel de Région
4 Square Castan
FR-25031 Besançon Cedex

Website:

Regional Council: www.cr-franche-comte.fr
(and ERDF: www.interreg3afch.org/)

Miscellaneous: the body responsible for implementing the
‘Edgar Faure’ agricultural college in
programme is the local
Lons
FR-39570
Montmorot)

(614 avenue

Saunier

Faure,

Edgar

le

Aid No: XA 41/05

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Province of Friesland

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Subsidy Regulation for historic buildings and sites
and for the cultural heritage (2005-10)

Legal basis:

— Algemene wet bestuursrecht, 4. fejezet

— Algemene Subsidieverordening Provincie Fryslân 1998

— Provinciewet, 145. cikk

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
average amount of annual expenditure is EUR 882 000.

Provision is made for the following expenditure in subsequent
years:

— EUR 480 000 in 2005

— EUR 1 274 264 in 2006

— EUR 877 132 in 2007

— EUR 877 132 in 2008

— EUR 877 132 in 2009

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 50 %
of
subsidisable costs. The maximum amount of aid is
EUR 60 000 per application

Date of implementation: Implementation is to take place
following publication in the Provinciaal Blad (Provincial Journal).

The expected date of entry into force is 1 July 2005 at the
earliest

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will run until 31 December 2009 inclusive (1)

Objective of aid:

— Restoration, maintenance, and architectural study of historic

buildings and sites in Friesland.

— Projects and activities aimed at the preservation, reinforce-
ment and promotion of the cultural-historical heritage of
Friesland.

Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 is used.

Where subsidisable costs are concerned, the policy rules of the
the Conservation of Historic
Government Department
Buildings and Sites serve as a basis. These policy rules were
published under reference WJZ/1998/53812 (8077) in Staats-
courant (Official Gazette) No 17 of 26 January 1999

for

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme does not apply to produc-
tion and/or processing and/or marketing

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Fryslân
Postbus 20120
NL-8900 HM Leeuwarden

Web address (Indicate the internet address where the full
text of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under
which individual aid is granted outside of an aid scheme
can be found):

URL: www.fryslan.nl

Other information: The Provincial Regulation covers various
categories of historic buildings and sites. For 2005 and 2006
priority is to be given to subsidies for farms (and church build-
ings). This schedule complies with the Regulation on exemp-
tion

(1) The scheme and all individual measures based on the scheme lasting
beyond 31 December 2006 will be adapted in accordance with the
rules applicable following a review of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.
The obligation includes notifying the European Commission of
amendments pursuant
its
successor.

to Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 or

Aid No: XA 42/05

Member State: Netherlands

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Aid for TSE tests on goats for slaughter

Legal basis: Begroting van het Ministerie van Landbouw,
Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit. Budget of the Ministry of Agri-
culture, Nature and Food Quality.

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 214/2005, obliges Member States to test
goats for TSEs. In accordance with the budget, costs connected
with those tests are not passed on to goat-owners

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
overall budgetary allocation amounts to a maximum of around
EUR 84 000 per year. This is based on a maximum of 7 000
goats

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agricultural undertakings,
particularly goat-owners

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerie van
Landbouw Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit

Maximum aid intensity: The total cost of a test is EUR 42.
The Netherlands contributes EUR 12 per goat for slaughter
(over 18 months old), which complements the amount of
EUR 30 part-financed by the European Commission

Date of implementation: The obligation to test goats came
into effect under Regulation (EC) No 214/2005 amending
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 on the day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. On
account of the very swift entry into force of this Community
requirement, the testing of goats got under way immediately in
the Netherlands. Test costs are not passed on to the original
goat-owner

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid will
be granted in this form until the European Commission takes a
decision on whether to continue TSE testing of goats for
slaughter. The Commission has indicated that it will take a
decision in autumn 2005. As soon as a decision has been taken
on the continuation or otherwise of TSE testing of goats, a new
decision will have to be taken on whether aid is to be granted
and, if so, in what form

Objective of aid: The Dutch Government considers that this
aid falls within the scope of Article 15 of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003.

The objective is to gather epidemiological data on TSEs in
goats.

The background to the aid lies in the compulsory TSE testing
of goats imposed by Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. This was to
be carried out over a short period in order to determine the
prevalence of BSE in goats. However, the revenue from a goat
is so small that it is substantially exceeded by the cost of a TSE
test. Passing on the cost of testing would deter goat-owners
from offering their animals for slaughter. This would mean that
no tests could be carried out and, therefore, no epidemiological
data could be collected, which would be highly undesirable in
view of its importance to public health. Refunding test costs in
full ensures that goats are offered for slaughter so that TSE tests
may be performed and test results collected

Website: www.minlnv.nl/loket

Other information:

As indicated, this is a temporary measure. Aid for BSE and TSE
testing is permitted under the Community guidelines for State
aid concerning TSE tests, fallen stock and slaughterhouse waste
(OJ C 324, 24.2.2002)

Aid No: XA 47/05

Member State: FRANCE

Region: Département du Var

Title of aid scheme: Aid to ensure the safe storage of plant-
health products

Legal basis:

— Article 4 du règlement (CE) no 1/2004 de la Commission

— Articles L 1511-1 et suivants du Code général des collecti-

vités territoriales

Annual expenditure planned under
100 000

the scheme: EUR

Maximum aid intensity: 20 % of eligible investments up to a
maximum of EUR 1 400.

Where investments are made by young farmers during the five
years following set-up, the maximum aid intensity is increased
to 25 % up to a maximum of EUR 1 450

Where additional financing is provided by other local authori-
ties, the rate of financing from the Conseil général is reduced on
a case-by-case basis so as to comply with the maximum
authorised rate of public aid

Implementation date: After the receipt advice slip has been
received from the European Commission

Duration of the scheme: Until 31.12.2009 at the latest

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Purpose of aid: The scheme for investments in the storage of
plant-health products will encourage improved practices in the
agricultural sector so as to protect and respect the environment
and natural resources while ensuring human safety

To that end, the following expenditure is eligible:

— the purchase of secure buildings for the storage of drums
and small containers and fitting those buildings out
(thermal insulation, shelving systems, absorbent floor cover-
ings for chemicals, etc.);

— the fitting out of existing buildings and structures (safety
spillage

cabinets, storage bins, ventilation of premises,
retention trays, etc.);

— the installation of specific, professional protection equip-
ment for the on-farm storage of plant-health products and
of external equipment and optional material (galvanising of
storage modules, protective covers, etc.)

The scheme complies with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1/
2004

The scheme promotes investments to ensure the security of
plant-health product storage facilities in order to protect the
health of those working on agricultural holdings and does not
therefore relate to the environment, the hygiene conditions of
livestock enterprises or animal welfare, compliance with the
minimum Community requirements for which will be subject
to prior verification. The objective of the scheme is solely to
ensure public health, a field governed by a corpus of rules
whose scope extends beyond the agricultural sector

Economic sectors concerned: All agricultural holdings in the
department

Name and address of granting authority:

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Aid towards the cost of preparing falling stock
(bovine animals, sheep and goats) for the taking of samples in
the context of the rapid tests for BSE/TSE performed on fallen
stock (bovine animals, sheep and goats)
in accordance with
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 22 May 2001,
laying down rules for the
prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies. Beneficiaries are the respective
livestock owners who are to be regarded as small or medium-
sized enterprises within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No
1/2004

Legal basis: Richtlinien für die Gewährung von Beihilfen im
Rahmen der Bekämpfung Transmissibler Spongiformer Enze-
phalopathien bei Rinder, Schafen und Ziegen (TSE-Beihilfe-
Richtlinien) in der Fassung vom 16. Dezember 2004

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Cost of
preparing the fallen stock (bovine animals, sheep and goats) for
the taking of samples: EUR 770 000 in 2005.

From 2006, EUR 161 000 a year

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % or EUR 7,41 for preparing
each sample in the case of bovine animals; EUR 3,86 for
preparing each sample in the case of sheep and goats

Date of implementation: Implementation since entry into
force of the Guidelines as amended of 16 December 2004 for
granting aid in the context of controlling transmissible spongi-
form encephalopathies in bovine animals, sheep and goats (TSE
aid guidelines), with retroactive effect as of 1 January 2001

Monsieur le Président du Conseil général du Var
Direction de l'activité économique et du développement —
service agriculture
BP 1 303
FR-83076 Toulon Cedex

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 exemption Regulation (EC) No
1/2004 has in the meantime entered into force, a separate
request for exemption is being filed for Schleswig-Holstein

Website:

www.cg83.fr

Aid No: XA 50/05

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Schleswig-Holstein

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid will be
granted for as long as the examination is required under Annex
III, Chapter A, Number I. 3 and Number II.3 of Regulation (EC)
No 999/2001

Objective of aid: Livestock owners in Schleswig-Holstein are
obliged in principle to bear the costs of diagnostic measures
which need to be performed on their stock under animal
health rules. The objective of the measure is therefore to ensure
that fallen stock, too, is monitored for TSE by settling the fee
which owners of fallen bovine animals, sheep and goats are
required to pay to prepare such fallen stock for sampling in
carcass disposal establishments.

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The basis for the exemption is Article 16(c) of Regulation (EC)
No 1/2004

or part of the initial certification costs and the costs of controls
on organic farming methods under Regulation (EEC) No
2092/91

Economic
bovine animals, sheep and goats at the production stage.

concerned: Agriculture. Owners of

sector(s)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Familie,
Senioren des Landes Schleswig-Holstein
Adolf-Westphal-Straße 4
DE-24143 Kiel

Jugend und

With this aid for organic farming, the Regional Council
seeking to develop high-quality agriculture in Picardy

is

Sector(s) concerned: All
processing and marketing organic produce.

sectors

involved in producing,

The scheme is open to organic farms and processors of organic
produce, and organic producer associations or groups

Internet address:

Name and address of granting authority:

http://www.landesregierung-sh.de/landesrecht/6623.18h.htm
(Reference: Amtsbl. Schl.-H. 2004 S. 853) [Schleswig-Holstein
Official Gazette 2004, page 853]

Aid No: XA 51/05

Member State: France

Region: Picardy

Conseil régional de Picardie
11, mail Albert 1er
BP 2616
FR-80026 Amiens Cedex 1

Internet address:

http://www.picardie.fr/fr/page.cfm?pageref=guidedesaidesagri

Title of aid scheme: Aid for certification and controls in
organic farming

Legal basis:

Aid No: XA 52/05

Member State: France

Region: Picardy

— Article 13 du règlement (CE) no 1/2004 du 23 décembre

2003 de la Commission

Title of aid scheme: Aid for investment in organic farming

— Article L. 1511-1 et L. 1511-2 du code général des collecti-

vités territoriales

Legal basis:

— Délibération no ECO 103-2 de la commission permanente

du conseil régional du 29 octobre 2004

— Article 4 du règlement (CE) no 1/2004 du 23 décembre

2003 de la Commission

Annual expenditure planned under
50 000

the scheme: EUR

— Article L. 1511-1 et L. 1511-2 du code général des collecti-

vités territoriales

Maximum aid intensity:

— 100 % of the actual cost of certification and controls in the

case of 100 % organic production;

— Délibération no ECO 103-1 de la commission permanente

du conseil régional du 29 octobre 2004

Annual expenditure planned under
300 000

the scheme: EUR

— 50 % of the actual cost of certification and controls in the
case of mixed production (partly organic and partly conven-
tional production).

Maximum aid intensity:

Ceiling for eligible annual expenditure: EUR 1 000

Implementation date: As
receipt has been received from the European Commission

acknowledgement of

soon as

— 40 % for holdings that are 100 % organic (all land used for

organic production), or converting to 100 % organic

— 30 % for the holdings practising a mix of organic and
conventional, with a 5 % bonus for farmers who have been
in farming for less than 5 years

Duration of scheme: Indefinite, subject to budget availability

Purpose of the aid: To systematically encourage and support
the development of organic farming in Picardy by bearing all

Ceiling for eligible investment: EUR 50 000 per project, or
ceilings of EUR 20 000, EUR 15 000 and EUR 17 500 respec-
tively.

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These ceilings can be doubled where there are agreements with
other authorities (départements,
local authorities, municipali-
ties, etc.).

For associations with several members that are farmers, the
ceilings for eligible investment — and thus the corresponding
maximum aid rates as indicated above — can be doubled

Implementation date: As soon as the receipt advice slip has
been received from the European Commission

Duration of scheme: Indefinite, subject to budget availability

Purpose of the aid: To encourage the spread of organic
farming in Picardy by providing aid for investment in the
following:

— boosting output and redeploying production,

— improving quality

— preserving and improving the environment, hygiene and

— promoting diversification in farm activities.

The aid covers all
investment directly related to organic
farming (apart from expenditure that is strictly for renewing
equipment) both during and after conversion and for the
production, processing and marketing of organic products

Economic sectors concerned: All sectors involved in produ-
cing, processing and marketing organic produce. The scheme is
open to all organic holdings and any bodies involved in
pooling resources to exploit organic produce

Name and address of granting authority:

Conseil régional de Picardie
11, mail Albert 1er
BP 2616
FR-80026 Amiens Cedex 1

Website:

animal welfare,

http://www.picardie.fr/fr/page.cfm?pageref=guidedesaidesagri