Summary information from the Member States 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: 2006-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Italy, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, agro-industry, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Summary information from the Member States on State aid granted in conformity with Commis-
sion 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, proces-
sing and marketing of agricultural products

(2006/C 1/05)

Aid No: XA 1/04

Member State: Spain

Region: All the national territory

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Aid for the development of agricultural associa-
tions and amalgamation of cooperatives across the Autono-
mous Communities

Legal basis: Orden por la que se establecen las bases regula-
doras y la convocatoria, para el año 2004, de las subvenciones
destinadas al fomento del asociacionismo agrario y de la inte-
gración cooperativa de nivel suprautonómico

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual
budget EUR 1 452 130

Maximum aid intensity:

(b) Management expenditure during the first

five years of
operation of the body resulting from merging or amalga-
mation. This measure may include aid for the rental of
suitable premises,
the acquisition of office equipment,
including computer hardware and software, administrative
costs, including staff costs, legal and financial advice, fixed
costs and other legal and administrative expenses incurred
in the initial phase.

The expenses referred to in this point are not eligible where
those expenses are supported by aid provided for under the
relevant common market organisations for the operation of
producer groups.

(c) Where an organisation is integrated into an existing body,
the expenditure referred to in paragraph b may be covered
in proportion to the turnover resulting from incorporation

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural sector. Arable and livestock
subsectors

Maximum of 50 % of the costs of amalgamation or merging,
but not more than EUR 30 000 per body amalgamated or
EUR 60 000 per body merged.

Name and address of the granting authority:

MAPA. Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural. C/ Alfonso XII,
62. E-28071 Madrid

five years,
For management expenditure during the first
decreasing from 100 % to 20 %, but not more than 5 % of the
value of sales in each year

Web address:

www.mapya.es

Date of implementation: From the date of publication in the
Spanish Official Gazette and entry into force

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2004

Objective of aid:

Aid No: XA 7/04

Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Member State: United Kingdom

Eligible costs

Region: England

(a) Expenditure generated by merging or

amalgamation,

including the following

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Farm Business Advice Service in England

— start-up in the case of newly formed bodies;

— audits;

— legal costs;

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

— costs of advice for members, managers and technical

staff;

— finance and marketing studies,

Annual Expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Planned
funding for the service will be up to GBP 7 million for the
next financial year 2004/05

— notaries' fees and registration and certification fees.

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

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Date of implementation: From 1 April 2004. This is an
extension of the existing four year service which began in
October 2000 following State aid approval and which was
originally due to end on 31 March 2004. The original service
was approved by the Commission on 19 October 2000 as UK
State Aid 241/2000

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
March 2005

Objective of aid: The primary objective is aid to SMEs. The
on-going aim of the scheme is to encourage farmers faced with
fundamental changes in their market place and industry to
think like business people and take strategic decisions about
the future of their businesses. The service will fund an average
of three days of an adviser's time (and no more than five days)
at a cost of no more than GBP 410 per day (excluding VAT) to
up to 5 000 farmers in England over the next year. Eligible
costs will therefore be consultancy fees in line with Article
14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Sectors concerned: Agriculture. All farm types may apply for
business advice under
the service providing the applicant
spends a minimum of 75 % of their time working on their core
farming business. The advice may cover diversification into
processing and marketing activities, as well as production

Title of aid scheme/Name of company receiving individual
aid measure: Aid for setting up/adapting Cleaning and Disin-
fection Centres for road vehicles used for animal transport

Legal basis: Orden de la Consejería de Ganadería, Agricultura
y Pesca por la que se regulan y convocan ayudas a la instala-
ción y adecuación de Centros de Limpieza y Desinfección de
vehículos destinados al transporte por carretera de animales en
la Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria para el ejercicio de
2004

Planned annual expenditure under
amount of
184 000

the scheme/Total
individual aid granted to companies: EUR

Maximum aid intensity: Aid can be granted to cover a
maximum of 40 % of the total eligible amount. The aid inten-
sity may be up to a maximum of 50 % for investment in disad-
vantaged areas or in installations used for processing and
marketing agricultural products. The ceiling for each individual
aid measure will be EUR 60 000

Date of application: 31 May 2004

Duration of the scheme/individual aid measure: Indefinite

Name and address of the granting authority:

Purpose of the aid:

Administered by the Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs

Defra
Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London SW1P 2AL
United Kingdom

The Small Business Service (an agency of the Department of
Trade and Industry) is responsible for the day-to-day manage-
ment

Small Business Service
Rural Issues Team
L1 St Mary's House
C/O Moorfoot
Shefffield S1 4PQ
United Kingdom

Web-address: www.defra.gov.uk/farm/fbadvice/fbas/index.htm

Aid No: XA 10/04

Member State: Spain

Region: Autonomous Community of Cantabria

To encourage the establishment of Cleaning and Disinfection
Centres in order to build a basic network of establishments for
improving the health and hygiene conditions of livestock trans-
port.

The aid will be granted under Articles 4 and 7 of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

The following will be considered to be eligible expenditure

(a) Construction or renovation projects.

(b) Investment necessary for construction/adaptation/renova-

tion.

(c) Fittings and installations

Sector or sectors concerned: The scheme covers the produc-
tion, processing and marketing of beef, sheepmeat, horsemeat,
pigmeat, poultry, etc.

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Consejería de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca de la Comunidad
Autónoma de Cantabria

Website: http://boc.gobcantabria.es/boc/

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Aid No: XA 13/04

Member State: Spain

Region: Castile and Leon

Title of aid scheme/Name of company receiving individual
aid measure: Line 02- Aid for SMEs active in processing and
marketing

Legal basis: Capítulo II Sección 2a de la Orden AYG/458/
2004, de 29 de marzo, de regulación y convocatoria de ayudas
a la transformación y comercialización de los productos
agrarios, silvícolas y de la alimentación en Castilla y León
(Boletín Oficial de Castilla y León no 63 de 1 de abril de 2004)

Planned annual expenditure under
amount of
20 000 000

the scheme/Total
individual aid granted to companies: EUR

Maximum aid intensity:

— Maximum gross aid intensity: 50 %

— Maximum eligible expenditure: EUR 12 500 000

— Maximum actual amount per individual aid measure: EUR

6 000 000

Date of application: 30 April 2004

Duration of the scheme/individual aid measure: Aid can be
granted under this scheme until December 2006

Purpose of the aid:

Sector or sectors concerned:

The scheme covers the processing and marketing of agricultural
products in all sectors, i.e. it is not limited to any specific agri-
cultural products. For the purposes of this scheme, the term
‘agricultural product’ is understood to mean the definition laid
down in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 and the
term ‘processing of an agricultural product’ is understood to
mean the definition laid down in Article 2(3) of that Regu-
lation.

related to the
The scheme explicitly excludes
processing of agricultural products listed in Annex I of the EC
Treaty into products that are not included in that Annex

investment

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Junta de Castilla y León
Consejería de Agricultura y Ganadería
Calle Rigoberto Cortejoso no 14
E-47014 Valladolid

Website: http://www.jcyl.es/industriasagrarias

Other information:

No aid will be granted under this scheme which contravenes
any prohibitions or restrictions laid down by any of the Com-
munity market-organisation regimes, as specified in Article 7(6)
of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Similarly, as stipulated in Article 7(7)(a) of Regulation (EC) No
1/2004, no aid will be granted for
the manufacture or
marketing of products which imitate or substitute for milk and
milk products.

Furthermore, in accordance with Article 7(7)(b) of Regulation
(EC) No 1/2004, no aid will be granted for processing or
marketing activities in the sugar sector.

The objective is to grant aid for investment in the processing
and marketing of agricultural products made by SMEs, as speci-
fied in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Finally, in accordance with Article 1(4)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1/2004, aid granted under this scheme will not be contin-
gent on the use of domestic over imported goods

To this end, in accordance with Article 7(3) of that Regulation,
eligible expenditure can include

(a) the construction, acquisition or improvement of immovable

Aid No: XA 14/04

property;

(b) the purchase or lease-purchase of new machinery and
equipment, including computer software, up to the market
value of the asset; other costs connected with a leasing
contract (taxes,
interest refinancing costs,
overheads, insurance charges, etc.) will not be eligible for
aid;
in this case the purchase of second-hand equipment
will not be eligible for aid;

lessor's margin,

(c) general costs, such as architects, engineers and consultation
fees,
the acquisition of patents and
licences, up to 12 % of the expenditure referred to in
points (a) and (b)

feasibility studies,

Member State: Spain

Region: Castile and Leon

Title of aid scheme/Name of company receiving individual
aid measure: Line 11 — Business development of companies
processing and marketing agricultural products.

Legal basis: Capítulo II Sección 11a de la Orden AYG/458/
2004, de 29 de marzo, de regulación y convocatoria de ayudas
a la transformación y comercialización de los productos
agrarios, silvícolas y de la alimentación en Castilla y León
(Boletín Oficial de Castilla y León no 63 de 1 de abril de 2004)

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Planned annual expenditure under
amount of
1 000 000

the scheme/Total
individual aid granted to companies: EUR

Maximum aid intensity:

— Maximum gross aid intensity: 50 %

— Maximum actual amount per individual aid measure: EUR

19 000

Date of application: 30 April 2004

Duration of the scheme/individual aid measure: Aid can be
granted under this scheme until December 2006

Purpose of the aid: The objective is to grant aid to small and
medium-sized companies active in processing and marketing
agricultural products which undertake one of the following
actions

1. Drawing up a family agreement for a company

To facilitate the process of succession and the passing on to
successive generations of control in small and medium-sized
family businesses in the agricultural product processing and
marketing sector, funding can be obtained under this scheme
to help with the costs of any outside consultancy needed to
draw up a ‘family agreement’, defined as a document which
regulates professional, economic and family relations within
the company with the goal of ensuring its continued prosperity
across successive generations of the family.

Sector or sectors concerned:

The scheme covers the processing and marketing of agricultural
products in all sectors, i.e. it is not limited to any specific agri-
cultural products. For the purposes of this scheme, the term
‘agricultural product’ is understood to mean the definition laid
down in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 and the
term ‘processing of an agricultural product’ is understood to
mean the definition laid down in Article 2(3) of that Regu-
lation.

related to the
The scheme explicitly excludes
processing of agricultural products listed in Annex I of the EC
Treaty into products that are not included in that Annex.

investment

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Junta de Castilla y León
Consejería de Agricultura y Ganadería
Calle Rigoberto Cortejoso no 14
E-47014 Valladolid

Website: http://www.jcyl.es/industriasagrarias

Other information:

No aid will be granted under this scheme which contravenes
any prohibitions or restrictions laid down by any of the Com-
munity market-organisation regimes, as specified in Article 7(6)
of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

The costs eligible for aid would be fees for technical and
external consultancy work needed to carry out a preliminary
analysis of the business and then the drawing up of the agree-
ment.

Similarly, as stipulated in Article 7(7)(a) of Regulation (EC) No
1/2004, no aid will be granted for
the manufacture or
marketing of products which imitate or substitute for milk and
milk products.

This measure is part of the aid provided for under Article
14(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Furthermore, in accordance with Article 7(7)(b) of Regulation
(EC) No 1/2004, no aid will be granted for processing or
marketing activities in the sugar sector.

2. Improving access to the information society

Finally, in accordance with Article 1(4)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1/2004, aid granted under this scheme will not be contin-
gent on the use of domestic over imported goods

funding is available under

To help small and medium-sized family businesses active in
processing and marketing agricultural products to market their
products,
the
purchase or lease-purchase of IT equipment, including software,
up to its market value; other costs connected with a leasing
contract (taxes, lessor's margin, interest refinancing costs, over-
heads, insurance charges, etc.) will not be eligible for aid; in
this case the purchase of second-hand equipment will not be
eligible for aid.

this scheme for

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Member State: Finland

The acquisition of patents and licences for the use of
IT
programmes and technical fees, up to 12 % of the expenditure
referred to in the previous paragraph, will also be eligible for
aid.

Location: Finnish assisted areas C1-C4

Title of aid scheme: Start-up aid for young farmers

This measure is part of the aid provided for under Article
7(3)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Legal basis: Valtioneuvoston asetus maaseudun kehittämisestä
(609/2000), 35 pykälä, 42 pykälä ja 87 pykälä

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Estimated annual cost of the aid scheme (as aid granted, EUR million):

Start-up aid (EUR 25 000)

Interest subsidy (EUR 25 000)

Start-up aid (EUR 30 000)

Interest subsidy (EUR 30 000)

Supplementary aid (EUR 25 000)

2004

2005

2006

2007

6,30

6,30

5,04

5,04

4,20

6,30

6,30

5,04

5,04

4,20

6,30

6,30

5,04

5,04

4,20

6,30

6,30

5,04

5,04

4,20

26,88

26,88

26,88

26,88

The expenditure on start-up aid for young farmers amounts in total to some EUR 107,52 million in the
period 2004-07.

Payment of start-up aid

Start-up aid is paid for three years from installation.

The interest subsidy is paid for the term of the loan.

Purpose of the aid: The purpose of the start-up aid for young
farmers is to assist SMEs in the livestock-rearing and horticul-
ture sectors. The aid is granted under Article 8 of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 and is based on Council Regulation
(EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development and
paragraph 7.2 of the Community Guidelines for State aid in the
agriculture sector.

The supplementary aid is paid in the fourth, fifth and sixth
years after installation.

Sectors concerned: Agriculture:
culture-under-glass

livestock rearing and horti-

The aid is paid up to the maximums set out below. The aid,
including supplementary aid,
is paid as a subsidy without
discounting its face value at grant.

Maximum amount of aid:

The start-up aid granted in subsidy form is EUR 25 000, while
the interest subsidy is up to a maximum of EUR 25 000.

Start-up aid of EUR 30 000 can be granted to livestock hold-
ings and horticulture-under-glass holdings, however, and an
interest subsidy of up to EUR 30 000 can be granted to young
farmers, if livestock rearing or horticulture production equiva-
lent to at least 20 units is carried out on the holding within
three years of installation. These size units are laid down in
Annex I to Council of State Decree No 609/2000. A further
condition for the grant of aid is that the beneficiary makes use
of the advisory services provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1783/2003 on rural development, as amended, for the first
three full calendar years after installation.

In addition to the livestock farms and horticulture-under-glass
holdings meeting the abovementioned criteria, young farmers
may also be granted EUR 25 000 in supplementary aid
(subsidy).

A livestock or horticulture holding can therefore receive a
maximum subsidy of EUR 55 000 and an interest subsidy of
EUR 30 000

Date of introduction: From 17.5.2004

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid: The aid scheme
will be in force until the end of 2007

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Each Employment and Economic Development Centre (there
are twelve of them) grants start-up aid to young farmers in the
geographic area for which it is responsible.

Etelä-Pohjanmaan TE-keskus
Huhtalantie 2
FIN-60220 Seinäjoki

Etelä-Savon TE-keskus
Mikonkatu 3 ja 5, PL 164
FIN-50101 Mikkeli

Kaakkois-Suomen TE-keskus
Salpausselänkatu 22, PL 1041
FIN-45101 Kouvola

Kainuun TE-keskus
Kalliokatu 4
FIN-87100 Kajaani

Keski-Suomen TE-keskus
Cygnaeuksenkatu 1, PL 44
FIN-40101 Jyväskylä

Lapin TE-keskus
Ruokasenkatu 2
FIN-96200 Rovaniemi

Pirkanmaan TE-keskus
Kauppakatu 4, PL 467
FIN-33101 Tampere

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Pohjanmaan TE-keskus
Hovioikeudenpuistikko 19 A, PL 131
FIN-65101 Vaasa

Pohjois-Karjalan TE-keskus
Kauppakatu 40 B, PL 8
FIN-80101 Joensuu

Pohjois-Pohjanmaan TE-keskus
Viestikatu 1, PL 86
FIN-90101 Oulu

Pohjois-Savon TE-keskus
Käsityökatu 41, PL 2000
FIN-70101 Kuopio

Satakunnan TE-keskus
Pohjoisranta 11 E, PL 266
FIN-28100 Pori

Website
keusasetus

address: www.mmm.fi/tuet/valtiontuet/ryhmäpoik-

Other information: This summary replaces the notification
sent to the Commission on 6 February 2004 under reference
number 65/312/2004 on the programme of start-up aid for
young farmers (see point 3.1 of the notification) in accordance
with Article 142 of the Act of Accession to the European
Union of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and
the Kingdom of Sweden, and Article 87 of the Treaty estab-
lishing the European Community

Aid No: XA 16/04

Member State: Italy

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Aid towards payment of insurance premiums

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo in attuazione della legge 7
marzo 2003, n. 38

Annual expenditure planned under scheme or total annual
aid aid granted to company: EUR 100 000 000

Maximum aid intensity:

— Up to 80 % of the cost of premiums for policies covering
resulting from adverse weather conditions

only losses
ranking as a natural disaster;

— Up to 50 % of the cost of premiums covering, in addition
to losses resulting from adverse weather conditions ranking
as a natural disaster, losses resulting from adverse weather
conditions and/or losses due to animal or plant diseases

Date of implementation: 30 April 2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2004

Purpose of aid:

Support for SMEs; encouragement of anticipatory action for
coping with damage to crop and livestock production, farm
buildings and structures etc in zones affected by natural disas-
ters. Article 11 Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Eligible costs: insurance premiums for cover of losses resulting
from adverse weather conditions ranking as natural disasters

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

Name and address of granting authority:

Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali — Dipartimento
della qualità dei prodotti agroalimentari e dei
servizi —
Direzione generale per le politiche strutturali e lo sviluppo
rurale

Via XX settembre, 20 — I-00187 Roma

Web site: www.inea.it/ops/esenzioni.cfm

Aid No: XA 34/04

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Cheshire (including the county of Cheshire and the
boroughs of Halton and Warrington)

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an
individual aid: Cheshire Rural Recovery Programme — P&M
Grant Initiative

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: Total
allocation to the
lifetime will be
GBP 250 000. This breaks down as

scheme during

its

Year 1: 2004/5 — GBP 60 000

Year 2: 2005/6 — GBP 70 000

Year 3: 2006/7 — GBP 70 000

Year 4: (1 April to 30 June 2007) — GBP 50 000

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity will be
40 % with an additional ceiling of GBP 62 500 per individual
grant.

Date of implementation: 16 August 2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will be open to new applicants until 31 December 2006, but
payments (which are only made on completion of the work)
will continue to be made until 30 June 2007.

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Objective of aid:

The scheme is intended to aid the long term development of
the Cheshire rural economy. It will do this by helping agri-
cultural businesses become more competitive, improve business
efficiency, respond to consumer demand and add more value
to their produce.

The aid will be paid in compliance with Article 7 of Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. The eligible costs will be the
purchase of new or used capital equipment. Eligible costs will
not include general costs, such as architects, engineers and
consultation fees

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme provides grants for proces-
sing and marketing activities only, but is open to all types of
Annex 1 product with the exception of forestry, fisheries and
sugar products. Aids for the manufacture and marketing of
products which imitate or substitute for milk and milk products
are also excluded

Name and address of the granting authority:

Cheshire Rural Recovery
Philip Leverhulme Centre
Reaseheath College
Nantwich
CW5 6DF
United Kingdom

Web-address:

www.defra.gov.uk/farm/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm. Click
on ‘Cheshire Rural Recovery Programme — P& M Grant Initia-
tive’. Alternatively, you can go to http://www.defra.gov.uk/
farm/state-aid/setup/schemes/cheshire-pandm.pdf

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of eligible costs (or 50 % in
disadvantaged areas), which may be increased by up to 10 %
for investments made by young farmers within five years of
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
establishment,
1783/2003

Date of implementation: 1 September 2004

Duration of scheme: 30 June 2007

Objectives of aid:

1. Job creation

2. Sectoral development

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003.

The scheme covers the following eligible costs: work on farm
structures and equipment aimed to improve, update and incor-
porate technological
innovation into farm activities; general
costs up to a maximum of 12 % of eligible costs

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to the production,
processing and/or marketing of agricultural products listed in
Annex 1 to the Treaty and covers all sectors of production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Veneto
Giunta Regionale
Direzione politiche agroalimentari e per le imprese
Via Torino 110, I-30174 Mestre (VE)

Web address:

http://www.consiglioveneto.it/leggi/2003/03lr0040.html

Aid No: XA 35/04

Member State: Italy.

Region: Veneto

Aid No: XA 36/04

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

Title of aid scheme: Aid for investment in agricultural hold-
ings

Title of aid scheme: Aid for professional
updating expertise in food safety

training and

Legal basis: Legge Regionale 12 dicembre 2003, n. 40 Titolo
VI Capo I artt. 17, 18, 19 e 20 «Nuove norme per gli interventi
in agricoltura» e successive modifiche ed integrazioni. Il testo
coordinato della legge è pubblicato sul Bollettino Ufficiale della
Regione del Veneto n. 40 del 13.4.2004

Legal basis: Legge Regionale 12 dicembre 2003, n. 40 Titolo
VI. Capo II artt. 21, 22 e 23 «Nuove norme per gli interventi in
agricoltura» e successive modifiche ed integrazioni.
testo
coordinato della legge è pubblicato sul Bollettino Ufficiale della
Regione del Veneto n. 40 del 13.4.2004

Il

Annual expenditure planned or total annual amount gran-
ted: The annual allocation of aid is set by the budget, which is
approved every year by the Regional Council. It is anticipated
that
to
package will
EUR 2 000 000, but this is merely an estimate

financial

amount

annual

the

Annual expenditure planned or total annual amount gran-
ted: The annual allocation of aid is set by the budget, which is
approved every year by the Regional Council. It is anticipated
that
to
EUR 200 000, but this is merely an estimate

package will

financial

amount

annual

the

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Maximum aid intensity: Maximum 100 % of eligible costs

Date of implementation: 1 September 2004

Duration of scheme: 30 June 2007

Sectors concerned: The scheme applies
to occupational
training for farmers active in the production, processing and/or
marketing of agricultural products listed in Annex I of the
Treaty

Objectives of aid:

1. Training

2. Job creation

Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December
2003.

The scheme covers the following eligible costs: costs incurred
in organising and carrying out training and refresher courses
on food safety for employees in the agricultural sector

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Veneto
Giunta Regionale
Direzione politiche agroambientali e servizi per l'agricoltura
Via Torino 110, I-30174 Mestre (VE)

Web address:

http://www.consiglioveneto.it/leggi/2003/03lr0040.htlm