Summary information on 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: 2006-01-05
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 on 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

(2006/C 2/03)

Aid No: XA 37/04

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

Name and address of granting authority:

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

Title of aid scheme: Aid for investment
processing and marketing agricultural products

in the sector of

Web address:

Legal basis: Legge Regionale 12 Dicembre 2003, n. 40 Titolo
VI Capo III artt. 24, 25, 26, 27 e 28 «Nuove norme per gli
interventi in agricoltura» e successive modifiche ed integrazioni.
Il testo coordinato della legge è pubblicato sul Bollettino Uffi-
ciale della Regione del Veneto n. 40 del 13.4.2004

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

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

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of eligible costs

Date of implementation: 1 September 2004

Duration of scheme: 30 June 2007

Objectives of aid:

1. Job creation

2. Sectoral development

3. Environmental protection

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003.

The scheme covers the following eligible costs: environmental
protection and the removal of polluting by-products of produc-
tion; restructuring, modernising and rationalising facilities for
storing, handling, producing, processing and marketing agri-
cultural products; the purchase of facilities, tools and methods
to make processes and products innovative; the purchase of
equipment and computer programmes to manage the produc-
tion process;
improving working conditions and compliance
with safety standards; the purchase of holdings, facilities and
land —;
related equipment — except
improving health and safety in premises; upgrading facilities to
include monitoring systems, quality management and product
traceability

for the purchase of

Aid No: XA 40/05

Member State: Spain

Region: Castile-Leon

Name of the aid scheme: Aid to promote irrigated crops in
the Autonomous Community of Castile-Leon

Legal basis: Orden AYG …/2005, de … junio, de la Conse-
jería de Agricultura y Ganadería, por la que se establece un
plan de dinamización de los cultivos de regadío en la Comu-
nidad Autónoma de Castilla y León.

This aid scheme falls under the exemption granted by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 and complies with Articles 7,
investments in
13 and 14 thereof as regards, respectively,
processing and marketing, aid to promote the production and
marketing of quality products and technical support for agri-
culture

Annual estimated expenditure under the aid scheme: The
planned amount for 2005 is EUR 3 500 000

Maximum aid intensity:

— Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. The maximum
intensity of the aid will be 50 % of eligible investment.

— Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. The maximum
total per beneficiary firm will be EUR 100 000 over three
years.

Sectors concerned: The scheme applies to the processing
and/or marketing of agricultural products listed in Annex 1 of
the Treaty and covers all relevant sectors of production

— Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. The aid will not
exceed EUR 100 000 over three years per beneficiary firm
or 50 % of eligible expenditure, whichever is the higher

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Date of application: The aid scheme is planned to come into
force in June 2005

Duration of the scheme of the individual aid: The scheme
will remain in force until 31 December 2006

Purpose of the aid:

General:

To promote the development of irrigated crops in the Autono-
mous Community of Castile-Leon.

Secondary objectives:

— To encourage investment in the processing and marketing
of irrigated crops in the areas of the region which are parti-
cularly suitable.

— To promote the production and marketing of quality

products.

— To provide technical support to the irrigated crops sector
by setting up firms carrying out audits, studies of manage-
ment, feasibility, investments and markets.

— Articles used:

— The aid scheme complies with the following Articles

of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004:

— Article 7 on investments in processing and

marketing.

— Article 13 on aid to promote the production
and marketing of quality agricultural products.

— Article 14 on technical support

to the agri-

cultural sector.

— Attention has also been paid to Articles 17 to 20 of
that Regulation (Common and final provisions).

— Regulated eligible costs:

— Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. Investment
in the processing and marketing of irrigated crops:

— Costs relating to the construction and purchase

of buildings, excluding land.

— Costs

relating

acquisition of new
machinery and equipment,
including computer
programs up to the market value of the product.

to the

— General costs such as fees to architects, engi-
neers, consultants, valuers and auditors,
feasi-
bility studies and the acquisition of patents and
licences.

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

— Costs relating to the introduction of systems to
promote and improve product quality. Such
expenditure may include studies on the prepara-
the recognition of
for
tion of applications
quality marks, those relating to the introduction
of a quality guarantee system, external consul-
tants, certification and staff training on the use
of these systems.

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

support to the agricultural sector.

— Costs relating to the firms carrying out audits,
investments

studies of management, feasibility,
and markets

Sector or sectors concerned: Agriculture in general

Name and address of the body providing the aid: The aid
will be granted by the Regional Government of Castile-Leon,
through its Directorate-General for industrialisation and agri-
cultural modernisation in the Department of agriculture and
livestock:

C/ Rigoberto Cortejoso 14, E-47014 Valladolid.

Website: The full text of the aid scheme will be published on
the Regional Government of Castile-Leon:
the website of
http://www.jcyl.es/agrocomercializacion.

Other information: The management of
the aid will be
governed by the text of the Order and will comply with Article
18 of the Regulation (cumulation)

Aid No: XA 55/05

Member State: Poland

Region: Opolskie Voivodship (NTS — 2.16)

Title of aid scheme or name of the company in receipt of
individual
Produkcyjno-Handlowe
‘Ferma-Pol’ Sp. z o. o. w Zalesiu, 46-146 Domaszowice (indi-
vidual aid)

aid: Przedsiębiorstwo

Legal basis: Ustawa z dnia 27 kwietnia 2001 r. Prawo
ochrony środowiska (Dz.U. nr 62, poz. 627, z późn. zm.) —
art. 405 oraz art. 411 ust. 10

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid
is granted as a soft loan of PLN 500 000 (in nominal terms).
The loan will be advanced by January 2006 and repaid
between January 2006 and November 2010. The value of the
gross aid is PLN 42 770,54

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Maximum aid intensity: Gross aid intensity is 6,66 %

Website: http://www.bosbank.pl/i.php?i=421

Date of application: After receipt of approval, by means of a
notification, together with the identification number indicating
Commission receipt of this summary information on the indivi-
dual aid granted

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From July
2005 to November 2010 approximately

Aim of the aid: The individual aid will be granted for invest-
ment in a livestock breeding centre with a view to maintaining
protection standards
the natural environment and to
improving hygiene conditions and livestock welfare. The invest-
ment will be used to remove dangerous roofing containing
asbestos and to replace it with new roofing free of
that
substance.

for

This work is primarily required because of the decision of the
Inspector of 2 July 2004
Namysłowski District Buildings
ordering
to remove materials
in Zalesie
‘FERMA-POL’
containing asbestos from its premises. The decision stated that
damage to asbestine tiles could result in the release of asbestos
fibres into the atmosphere, so causing a threat to human health
and the environment, including domestic livestock in this case.

Other information:

— The amount of gross aid (the ‘gross aid intensity’) has been
calculated in accordance with the definition in Article 2(5)
of 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 agri-
cultural products. It is therefore a percentage of the gross
grant equivalent of the eligible costs attracting aid.

— The gross grant equivalent resulting from the soft loan has
been calculated in accordance with the method laid down
in point 3 of Annex I to the Guidelines on national regional
aid (OJ C 74, 10.3.1998, p. 9), but with one difference:
income tax has not been taken into account. The gross
grant equivalent amounts to PLN: 42 770,54.

— The eligible costs attracting aid amount to PLN 642 183,67

— Gross aid = 42 770,54 PLN/642 183,67 PLN = 6,66 %

Exposure to asbestos carries with it the risk of diseases affecting
the respiratory system such as asbestosis, lung cancer, pleural
lesions, etc.; this has been borne out by experiments conducted
since the 1970s. In 1977 European Community experts drew
up a report on the risk to public health caused by environ-
mental exposure to asbestos dust, confirming its pathogenic
effect.

Aid No: XA 59/05

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England

The investment moreover falls within the Programme to remove
asbestos and products containing asbestos used on Polish terrority,
adopted by the Polish Council of Ministers on 14 May 2002,
one of whose aims is to rid Poland of asbestos and the products
containing it that have been in use for many years now.

The aid will be granted under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
in a livestock breeding center. The
1/2004 for investment
eligible costs will
include investment costs on property
improvements

Sector(s) concerned: The aid is granted to entrepreneurs
engaged in agricultural activity in the livestock production
sector.

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an
individual aid: Farming Activities Programme (England) 2005
-06

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

Annual
me: GBP 1 000 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

sche-

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 100 %

Date of implementation: The first meetings will take place
on or after 12 September 2005

Name and address of the granting authority: The aid will be
granted from the National Fund for Environmental Protection
and Water Management, ul. Konstruktorska 3A, 02-673
Warsaw, through the agency of the Bank Ochrony Środowiska
S.A. (Bank for Environmental Protection), Al. Jana Pawła II 12,
00-950 Warsaw

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 12 September 2005 and
until 31 March 2006. The Programme closes on 31 March
2006

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Objective of aid: Sectoral development. This is a programme
for practising farmers. The purpose of
the programme,
consisting of a range of conferences, workshops and seminars,
is to help farmers understand current issues that may impact
upon their businesses such as CAP reform, catchment sensitive
farming, and the introduction of new Environmental Steward-
ship Schemes. This will
increase the professionalism of the
sector.

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

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

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
SW1P 2JR
United Kingdom

Web-address:

www.defra.gov.uk/farm/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm. Click
on ‘Farming Activities Programme (England) 2005-06’. Alterna-
tively, you can go direct to http://defraweb/farm/state-aid/setup/
schemes/farmingactivities-0506.pdf

Aid No: XA 60/05

Member State: Italy

Region: Sardinia

Title of aid scheme: Legge 1329/65 ‘Sabatini’ Agevolazioni
per l'acquisto o la locazione finanziaria di nuove macchine
utensili o di produzione — settore agricolo. [The ‘Sabatini’ Act
No 1329/65 — reliefs for the purchase or hire of new produc-
tion equipment or machine tools in the agriculture sector]

Legal basis:

Legge 28 novembre 1965 n. 1329.

Legge regionale 29 novembre 2002 n. 22.

Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale n. 27/7 del 21.6.2005
relativa alle Direttive di attuazione dei benefici di cui alla Legge
1329/65.

Decreto dell'Assessore dell'Agricoltura n. 801/2005 del 4
agosto 2005.

Annual expenditure planned under
granted in EUR): Appropriation of EUR 5 472 000

the scheme (aid

Maximum aid intensity: Interest subsidy equal to the differ-
ence between the net proceeds of the loan at the European
reference rate and at the reduced rate in force on the date on
which the loan is granted.

For holdings operating in less-favoured areas (Articles 18 to 20
of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999), the gross aid intensity may
not exceed 50 % of the eligible costs.

For holdings operating in normal areas other than less-favoured
areas, the gross aid intensity may not exceed 40 % of the
eligible costs.

In the case of young farmers and within five years of their
setting up, the aid may not exceed 60 % of the eligible invest-
ment in less-favoured areas and 50 % in other areas

Date of implementation: To run from notification of the aid
under a special exemption scheme

Duration of scheme: 31.12.2006

Objective of aid:

The aid facilitates the purchase or hire of factory-fresh machine
tools or production equipment whose total cost exceeds
EUR 4 000. Installation, testing, transport and packaging costs
are eligible up to a maximum of 15 % of the cost of the tool or
equipment.

Eligible investments must be aimed at achieving at least one of
the following objectives:

— a reduction in production costs;

— the improvement or conversion of production;

— quality improvements;

— protection and enhancement of the natural environment

and animal health and welfare conditions;

— the promotion of diversified agricultural activities.

The aid falls under Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003, published in OJ L 1,
3.1.2004, p. 1

Economic sector(s) concerned: SMEs involved in the produc-
tion of agricultural products

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Name and address of the granting authority:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
Assessorato dell'Agricoltura e Riforma Agro-Pastorale
Via Mario Siddi n. 4, I-09126 Cagliari

Website: www.regione.sardegna.it

Aid No: XA 61/05

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Farm Business Advice Service — Knowing Your
Options

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

Expenditure planned under the scheme:

Planned funding for the service will be up to a total of GBP 8
million for 2005/06 and 2006/07 as listed below:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
Rural Development Service
Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 2AL
United Kingdom

Web-address:

www.defra.gov.uk/farm/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm. Click
on ‘Farm Business Advice Service — Knowing your options’.
Alternatively, you can go direct
to www.defra.gov.uk/farm/
state-aid/setup/schemes/farmbusinessadvice.pdf

Other information: A restructured Farm Business Advice
Service will operate from 26 September 2005. It will provide a
free consultancy to farm businesses to enable them to consider
the options available to them following the introduction of the
Single Payment Scheme on 1 January 2005. This new service
will replace the former 3 day Farm Business Advice Service (aid
XA 7/04) which ended on 31 March 2005.

These services will be provided by three companies operating
throughout England. These companies have been selected by
tender exercise in line with Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No
1/2004

2005/2006 — GBP 3 500 000

2006/2007 — GBP 4 500 000

Aid No: XA 62/05

Member State: Netherlands

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 100 %

Region: The provinces Limburg, North Brabant, Utrecht,
Gelderland and Overijssel

Date of implementation: 26 September 2005

Title of aid scheme:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will close on 31 March 2007. Aid will continue to be paid
until 30 April 2007

Limburg:

Objective of aid: Sectoral development. The aim of the new
service is to provide and advice and training to help farmers
understand the implications of the Single Payment Scheme on
their business. It will encourage farmers to think about their
options such as restructuring, diversification, co-operation or
developing an exit strategy from the industry. Eligible costs will
therefore be consultancy fees and costs concerning education
and training of farmers and farm workers in line with Article
14 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Sectors concerned: The scheme is open to all businesses
active in the production of agricultural products registered for
the Single Payment Scheme in England. However, the advice
may cover diversification into processing and marketing activ-
ities, as well as production. All sub-sectors are eligible

Algemene subsidieverordening 2004; Subsidieregels Project
Verplaatsing Intensieve Veehouderijen Noord- en Midden-
Limburg; Beleidsregels Project Verplaatsing Intensieve Veehou-
derijen Noord- en Midden-Limburg

Noord-Brabant:

Verordening subsidies kwaliteits- en structuurverbetering Land-
elijk Gebied provincie Noord-Brabant 2001; Subsidieregeling
Verplaatsingskosten Veehouderij 2005

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Utrecht:

Subsidieverordening
provincie Utrecht 2005

verplaatsing

intensieve

veehouderij

Gelderland:

Subsidieregeling Verplaatsing intensieve veehouderijen Gelder-
land

Overijssel:

Uitvoeringsbesluit Subsidies Overijssel; Beleidsregel Verplaatsing
intensieve veehouderijen Overijssel 2005

Legal basis: Artikel 105 juncto artikel 145 Provinciewet,
alsmede artikel 158 Provinciewet

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme (EUR
million):

2005

2006

2007

2008-
2012 (*)

Total (*)

Limburg

0

0,225

3,415

3,96

7,7

North Brabant

12,5

13

13

0

1

0

0

1

1,17

0

3

0

2

1,6

8

40,5

1,6

13

5,73

6,9

1,5

18,23

2,25 (*)

71,22

93,2

Utrecht

Gelderland

Overijssel

Ministry of Agri-
culture, Nature
and Food Quality

(*) Maximum amounts included in budgets or expected to be included in

budgets.

Maximum aid intensity:

Within the framework laid down in Article 6(1) and (2) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004, aid is granted in the
form of:

1. 100 % of the assessed-value based price for farm buildings
in which the intensive livestock farming to be relocated
takes place. The assessed value is related to the price for
erecting or acquiring equivalent production capacity with an
equivalent technical and operational lifespan.

2. EUR 25 per square metre of demolished farm building. This
comprises compensation for the cost of demolishing the
farm buildings referred to under point 1.

4. The actual costs incurred for advice, design and research for
the purpose of re-establishment, up to a maximum of
EUR 1 000 per relocated NGE and subject to an overall
limit of EUR 100 000. The NGE (Nederlandse Grootte
Eenheid) is the unit which, on the basis of the balances per
species and per hectare, represents the economic size of a
farm or of a separate production installation within a farm;
it is the unit which the Landbouw Economisch Instituut
uses.

5. EUR 25 per square metre of the re-establishment location
that was occupied by farm buildings which were not usable
comprises
therefore been demolished. This
and have
compensation for the demolition costs.

implementation: Implementation will

start after
Date of
publication in the Official
the European Union, as
referred to in Article 19(1) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1/2004

Journal of

Duration
September 2012 inclusive

of

scheme: From September

2005

to

Objective of aid: Relocation — in the public interest — of
farm buildings where intensive livestock farming takes place.
The aid relates to relocating promising intensive livestock farms
(small and medium-sized enterprises) located in extensification
areas. These areas are spatially limited parts of reconstruction
areas which are designated under the Reconstruction Law as
being primarily for housing or nature conservation and in
which the expansion, re-establishment or new establishment of
intensive livestock farming is not possible

Sector(s) concerned: Intensive livestock farms (small and
medium-sized enterprises) located in extensification areas are
eligible to receive aid.

Aid is granted within the framework laid down in Article 6(1)
and (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Names and addresses of the granting authorities:

Provincie Limburg
Limburglaan 10
Postbus 5700
6202 MA Maastricht
Nederland

Provincie Noord-Brabant
Brabantlaan 1
Postbus 90151
5200 MC 's-Hertogenbosch
Nederland

3. 100 % of the assessed-value based price of the site on which
the farm buildings stand in which the intensive livestock
farming took place. The assessed value is related to the
value of the site after relocation of the intensive livestock
farming and demolition of the farm buildings: i.e. the value
of the farmland.

Provincie Utrecht
Pythagoraslaan 101
Postbus 80300
3508 TH Utrecht
Nederland

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Provincie Gelderland
Markt 11
Postbus 9090
6800 GX Arnhem
Nederland

Provincie Overijssel
Luttenbergstraat 2
Postbus 10078
8000 GB Zwolle
Nederland

Websites:

www.limburg.nl

www.brabant.nl

www.provincie-utrecht.nl

www.gelderland.nl

www.overijssel.nl

Aid No: XA 64/05

Member State: Kingdom of Spain

— To give the region's small and medium-sized enterprises
active in the production, processing and marketing of agri-
cultural products the aid to run projects for facilities to
exploit renewable energy sources, for the 2005 financial
year, as set out in the Order of 20 January 2005 of the
Regional Ministry of Economy, Industry and Innovation,
published in the Official Gazette of the Region of Murcia
No 23, of 29 January 2005,
(which is in line with the
conditions in Regulation (EC) No 70/2001).

— The aid will meet the conditions in Article 4 of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. Eligible costs covered by the
scheme will be as follows:

1. The part of

the investment needed to achieve the
proposed objectives and corresponding to tangible assets
(civil works, equipment, assembly and installations) will
be considered an eligible cost.

2. The following elements will not be considered eligible:

(a) VAT paid as a result of acquiring goods or services
and, in general, any tax or charge paid by the appli-
cant.

(b) IT resources not directly geared towards meeting the

application objective.

(c) Investment in used equipment.

(d) Expenditure on acquiring or renting land.

Region: Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia.

(e) Any project fees.

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Aid for the 2005 financial year,
in order for
companies to implement and run projects for facilities to
exploit renewable energy sources

Legal basis: Orden de 28 de julio de 2005, de la Consejería de
Industria y Medio Ambiente, de modificación de la Orden de
20 de enero de 2005 de la Consejería de Economía, Industria e
Innovación, publicada en el BORM no 23 de 29 de enero de
2005, por la que se regulan las bases y la convocatoria de
ayudas a empresas y a familias e instituciones sin fines de
lucro, con destino a la ejecución y explotación de proyectos de
instalaciones de aprovechamiento de recursos energéticos reno-
vables, para el ejercicio 2005

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: For
firms: EUR 400 000

(f) Expenditure which is not clearly defined or is not
for the purposes of exploiting renewable energy.

(g) Investment in facilities for receiving the renewable

energy harnessed

Sector(s) concerned: Processing and marketing of agricultural
products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia
Consejería de Industria y Medio Ambiente
C/San Lorenzo, no 6
E-30071 Murcia

Web address: www.carm.es (Consejería de Industria y Medio
Ambiente/ Ayudas y subvenciones:

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % gross grant equivalent of
eligible costs

http://www.carm.es/ceii/subv_detalle_ini.asp?S=TODOS)

Date of implementation: As soon as this Order is published
in the Official Gazette of the Region of Murcia

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December
2005

Aid No: XA 66/05

Objective of aid:

— To grant subsidies to companies (SMEs)

located in the
region of Murcia for 2005, in order to implement and run
projects for facilities to exploit renewable energy sources,
for the 2005 financial year.

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Wales

Title of Aid Scheme: Wales Catchment Sensitive Farming
Project

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Legal basis: Agriculture Act 1986 (Section 1(1)(C) to be read
in conjunction with Government of Wales Act 1998 (Sections
40 and 85))

will be available to all viable agricultural holdings within the
two project areas irrespective of enterprise type.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

Planned annual expenditure (GBP '000)

2005: GBP 5,20

2006: GBP 382,48

2007: GBP 209,18

Total: GBP 596,86

Maximum aid intensity:

The scheme consists of two measures

1. Technical support 100 %

2. Investment grants connected to the improvement of the

environment 60 %

Date of Implementation: 26 September 2005

Duration of Scheme: Aid may be granted until 31 March
2007. The final date for final payments under the scheme will
be 30 June 2007

Objective of aid:

Environmental protection

The National Assembly for Wales will establish and run a
project to promote catchment sensitive farming to safeguard
the water environment. The project will be run in two areas
covering 80 farms.

It includes consultancy to identify potential pollution hazards
and mitigation requirements. Such aid will be granted in line
with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 and the eligible
expenses will be consultancy services.

Grants will also be paid for eligible capital works that enhance
the water environment. Such aid will be granted in line with
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 and the eligible
expenses will be for:

— the construction, acquisition or improvement of immovable

property and

— 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 (Tax,
interest refinancing costs,
overheads, insurance charges, wtc.) are not eligible expendi-
ture.

lessor's margin,

The above items will only constitute eligible expenditure where
they will significantly mitigate pollution risks. Expenditure on
second hand machinery is not eligible

Sectors concerned: The scheme seeks to mitigate the effects
of agricultural production on the water environment and aid

One area is an upland livestock farming area (mainly beef and
sheep). The other is in a lowland area where dairying and live-
stock (beef and sheep) predominate

Name and address of the granting authority:

National Assembly for Wales
Cathays Park (CP2)
Cardiff CF10 3NQ
United Kingdom

Web-address:

www.defra.gov.uk/farm/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm. Click
on ‘Wales Catchment Sensitive Farming Project’. Alternatively
you can go direct to

http://defraweb/farm/state-aid/setup/schemes/walescatch-
ment.pdf (English language version) or http://defraweb/farm/
state-aid/setup/schemes/walescatchment-welsh.pdf
(Welsh
language version)

Other information:

An application to fund part of the project using Objective 1
funds has been made under Objective 1 Priority 5 Measure 7.

Signed and dated on behalf of the Department of Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (UK competent authority)

Stephen Anderson
Agricultural State Aid Team Leader
Defra
8E9 Millbank
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom

Aid No: XA 68/05

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Not applicable

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Aid from the Agrifood Wholesale Board (Hoofdbe-
for the wholesale fruit and
drijfschap Agrarische Groothandel)
vegetable trade in the Netherlands)

Legal basis: Heffingsverordening groenten en fruit 2004,
Verordening heffing groenten en fruit 2005 alsmede hun jaar-
lijkse rechtsopvolgers, welke heffingsverordeningen hun wette-
lijke basis vinden in artikel 126 van de Wet op de bedrijfsorga-
nisatie

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 2/13

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
Agrifood Wholesale Board has a budget of EUR 100 000 for
technical assistance for fruit and vegetable wholesalers in the
Netherlands

Maximum aid intensity: EUR 100 000

Date of implementation: After the national approval of the
levy order (see under legal basis), which will take place after
expiry of the 10 working days stipulated by Regulation (EC) No
1/2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The technical
assistance is for an indefinite period given that up-to-date infor-
mation is always needed

Objective of aid: The objective is to make fruit and vegetable
wholesalers more competitive by providing them with appro-
priate know-how and information,
individual undertakings
being too small for this purpose. It relates to technical assis-
tance under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to fruit and vege-
table wholesalers and thus to the marketing of agricultural
products and in particular fruit and vegetables irrespective of
their origin

Name and address of the granting authority:

Hoofdbedrijfschap Agrarische Groothandel;
1012, 1430 BA Aalsmeer, Nederland

adres: Postbus

Website: www.hbag.nl and www.hbaggroenten.nl