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: 2006-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, agricultural product, agricultural production, agro-industry, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, innovation, investment aid, marketing, 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.

(2006/C 73/03)

Aid No: XA 65/05

Member State: Kingdom of Spain

Feasibility studies and energy audits: The total amount of the
investment made to carry out the study or audit, with the
exception of VAT

Region: Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia

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

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid.: Granting aid for 2005 in order to implement
projects and carry out studies and audits on energy saving, effi-
ciency and diversification

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, por la que se establecen las bases y la convocatoria
para la concesión de ayudas para el año 2005 con destino a la
ejecución de proyectos y realización de estudios y auditorias en
materia de ahorro, eficiencia y diversificación energética

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: For
firms: EUR 485 000

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

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

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid: December 2005

Objective of aid:

— To grant subsidies for 2005 to firms (SMEs) located in the
region of Murcia, in order to implement projects and carry
out studies and audits on energy saving, efficiency and
diversification.

— To award to the region's small and medium-sized enter-
prises active in the production, processing and marketing of
agricultural products the aid for the 2005 financial year for
implementing projects and carrying out studies and audits
on energy saving, efficiency and diversification which is
provided for in the Order of 20 January 2005 of
the
Regional Ministry of Economy, Industry and Innovation, as
published in Official Gazette No 25 of 1 February 2005 of
the Region of Murcia

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:

(Consejería de Industria y Medio Ambiente/

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

Aid No: XA 69/05

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Title of aid scheme: Guidelines of the Federal Ministry of
Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BMVEL) on use of
the Federal Government's special-purpose fund, held with the
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank,
Introduction
onto the market and practical delivery

subsection 2(2),

Legal basis: § 2 Abs. 1 des Gesetzes über das Zweckvermögen
des Bundes bei der Landwirtschaftlichen Rentenbank vom 12.
August 2005 (BGBl. I, S. 2363)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 5
million as a soft loan, of which EUR 1 million is covered by
guarantee

Maximum aid intensity: 40 %.

Date of implementation: From the day following publication
of the above guidelines in the Federal Gazette. The process of
publication in the Federal Gazette has begun. Publication will
take place no earlier than 10 working days after the Commis-
sion notifies the aid number

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

Duration of scheme: 30 June 2007

Projects: The part of
the investment corresponding to
tangible assets (civil works, equipment, assembly and instal-
lations) owned by the beneficiary.

Objective of aid: Support for SMEs to introduce innovations
onto the market and deliver them in practice, by promoting
investment in agriculture and horticulture (Articles 4 and 7 of
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004)

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Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture and horticulture

Name and address of the granting authority: Landwirtschaf-
tliche Rentenbank, Hochstr. 2, 60313 Frankfurt am Main.

assistance and information to supplement official measures, in
terms of both quantity and quality, adapting them to the needs
arising from the opening of the markets and the globalisation
of the rural economy.

Internet address:

http://www.rentenbank.de/d/Kredite/Richtlinie_Zweckvermoe-
gen.pdf

Aid No: XA 70/05

Member State: Italy

Region: Lombardy

The management of the aid will be assigned,
in accordance
with the above regional legislation, to the most representative
agricultural trade bodies in Lombardy, which must have a large
membership spread throughout the region and a sufficiently
extensive network of offices and must be adequately repre-
sented in the various agricultural and food sectors in the
Region of Lombardy.

The managing bodies will be selected by means of an invitation
to tender, which will stipulate the selection criteria and the
procedure for granting technical assistance to agricultural
SMEs.

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Technical assistance to agricultural holdings to
enable them to take advantage of the aids available under agri-
cultural policies

In accordance with Community rules, the final beneficiaries of
the assistance are agricultural SMEs as defined in Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 operating in the Region of
Lombardy.

Legal basis:

— Legge regionale 7 febbraio 2000, n. 7, «Norme per gli inter-
i seguenti

in agricoltura» e,

in particolare,

venti regionali
articoli:

— art. 3, «Tavolo istituzionale per le politiche agricole

regionali e Tavolo agricolo regionale»;

— art. 10, «Assistenza tecnica alle aziende agricole, forma-

zione e qualificazione professionale»;

— Piano di Sviluppo Rurale della Regione Lombardia —

Misura «n»;

— Delibera di Giunta Regionale n. VIII/791 del 19 settembre

2005.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 775 000 for 2005

In subsequent years, expenditure will depend on the regional
budget but will not exceed EUR 1 000 000 per year

Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Article 14(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004,
exceed
EUR 100 000,00 per holding

aid will not

the

The first payment of aid, expressed as grant equivalent, can be
EUR 8,00 per agricultural holding

Date of implementation: From the date of fulfilment of the
requirements of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Five years

Objective of aid: The purpose of the aid scheme is to provide
information to farmers in Lombardy on the opportunities
the
offered by
period 2007-13.

the new Community programmes

for

The technical assistance measures concerning the use of Com-
munity funding do not fully inform farmers of the new oppor-
tunities provided under Community and national aid schemes.

This aid scheme is implemented under Article 14 of Regulation
(EC) No 1/2004 to cover the cost of technical consultancy
services

Sector(s) concerned: Small and medium-sized agricultural
enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing
of agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Lombardia
Direzione Generale Agricoltura
Via Pola, 12/14
I-20124 Milano

Website:

www.regione.lombardia.it
www.agricoltura.regione.lombardia.it

Aid No: XA 71/05

Member State: Latvia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Aid scheme: ‘Aid to promote initial recognition and
start-up activities of new fruit and vegetable grower groups’

Legal basis: Ministru kabineta 2005. gada 25. janvāra notei-
kumi Nr. 70 “Noteikumi par valsts atbalstu lauksaimniecībai
2005. gadā un tā piešķiršanas kārtība” 7. pielikuma 4. nodaļa.

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of indivi-
dual aid granted to the company: The total amount of aid
under the scheme for 2005 is LVL 26 000 (EUR 36 995)

Maximum aid intensity: Aid at a rate of 30 % of justified
expenditure, i.e. rental of office premises, IT hardware and soft-
ware, administrative staffing costs

Adequate support must be provided to enable other qualified
bodies, representing the agricultural sector, to provide technical

Date of implementation: October 2005

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Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 December
2005

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to promote the
creation and operation of fruit and vegetable grower groups

Sectors concerned:

intended for
Aid is
involved in agricultural activities.

small and medium-sized enterprises

Aid for the fruit and vegetable sectors.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia
Riga, LV-1981

Web address: www.zm.gov.lv

Sectors concerned:

Aid is
intended for
involved in agricultural activities.

small and medium-sized enterprises

Aid is intended for the livestock and crop-farming branches of
the sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministry of Agriculture
Riga. 04.10.2005.
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia
Riga, LV-1981

Web address: www.zm.gov.lv

Other information: The aid scheme XA 29/05 is repealed
upon entry into force of this aid scheme.

Aid No: XA 72/05

Member State: Latvia

Aid number: XA 73/05

Member State: United Kingdom

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Aid scheme: ‘Aid for agricultural investments’

Region: North West England

Legal basis: Ministru kabineta 2005. gada 25. janvāra notei-
kumi Nr. 70 “Noteikumi par valsts atbalstu lauksaimniecībai
2005. gadā un tā piešķiršanas kārtība” 13. pielikums.

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an
individual aid: Collaborative Advisory Service (North West
England)

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of indivi-
dual aid granted to the company: The total amount of aid
under the scheme for 2005 is LVL 3 579 426 (EUR 5 093 064)

Maximum aid intensity: Aid is granted at a rate of 30 % of
expenditure for the following measures: acquisition, reconstruc-
tion or renovation of buildings, or the acquisition of essential
construction materials for facilities for the pre-processing and
storage of grain, oleaginous crops and fibre crops (including
the acquisition and installation of automated weighing equip-
ment and the acquisition of laboratory equipment); construc-
tion of asphalt or concrete areas adjacent to pre-processing
sites not exceeding LVL 20 per square metre; acquisition of flax
harvesting machinery; reconstruction or renovation of manu-
facturing buildings and/or the acquisition of essential construc-
tion materials for livestock products (honey, milk); acquisition
of dairy cow farming facilities. The total amount of aid granted
may not exceed LVL 30 000 for each individual applicant, or
LVL 100 000 for each accredited agricultural services coopera-
tive. Expenditure figures used to calculate aid shall be deter-
mined in accordance with initial costs as stated on proof-of-
purchase documents (not including VAT). Transport costs are
not included in subsidy calculations

Date of implementation: October 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 December
2005

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to support agri-
cultural investments for the purposes of increasing the added
value of production and improving the quality of agricultural
production.

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

Expenditure planned under the scheme: Total value of
GBP 280 000 over 20 months. The funding is provided from
three financial years listed below:

10 November 2005 — 31 March 2006

80 000 GBP

1 April 2006 — 31 March 2007

160 000 GBP

1 April 2007 — 30 June 2007

40 000 GBP

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 100 %

Date of implementation: 10 November 2005

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

Objective of aid: Sectoral development. The scheme will
provide an advice service for farmers, farmer controlled busi-
nesses (FCBs) and other collaborative ventures within the agri-
cultural supply chain in the North West of England. The
scheme will provide advice, to help improve farm business
performance and efficiency through collaboration and supply
chain efficiency.

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

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Sector(s) concerned: The scheme is aimed primarily at busi-
nesses active in the production of agricultural products.
However, some businesses in other parts of the wider agri-
cultural supply chain (including processing and marketing) may
also be eligible to take part. The scheme is open to businesses
producing (or processing or marketing) any type of agricultural
product

Legal basis:

— art. 1, commi 3 e 4 del Decreto legislativo 30 aprile 1998,
n. 173 (Gazzetta ufficiale n. 129 del 5.6.1998) che ha isti-
tuito un regime di aiuti per l'incentivazione dell'utilizzo di
fonti rinnovabili di energia e di sistemi idonei a limitare l'in-
quinamento e l'impatto ambientale o comunque a ridurre i
consumi energetici;

Name and address of the granting authority:

North West Regional Development Agency
PO Box 37
Renaissance House
Centre Park
Warrington
Cheshire WA1 1XB
United Kingdom

Web-Address: www.effp.org.uk/intradoc-cgi/idc_cgi_isapi.dl-
l?IdcService=GET_DOC_PAGE&Action=GetTemplatePage&Pa-
ge=EFFP_NORTH_WEST_PAGE. Click on Collaborative Advi-
sory Service (North West England).

Alternatively, you can access information on this scheme via
the UK's central web listing for exempted agricultural State aid
(www.defra.gov.uk/farm/state-aid/setup/exist-
schemes
exempt.htm).

— DM n. 401 dell'11.9.1999 (GU 260 del 5.11.1999), che ha
emanato le norme di attuazione dell'art. 1, commi 3 e 4 del
Decreto legislativo 30 aprile 1998 n. 173 per la conces-
sione di aiuti a favore della produzione e utilizzazione di
fonti energetiche rinnovabili nel settore agricolo;

— Decisione della Commissione europea SG (99) D/981, del 9
novembre 1999, relativa al regime di aiuto n. 307/B/98,
approvato in attuazione dell'articolo 1, commi 3 e 4, del
decreto legislativo 30 aprile 1998, n. 173;

— art. 4 del Regolamento (CE) n. 1/2004 della Commissione
del 23 dicembre 2003 a favore delle piccole e medie
imprese attive nel settore della produzione, trasformazione
e commercializzazione dei prodotti agricoli (Gazzetta uffi-
ciale L 1 del 3.1.2004)

Other information: The scheme will be made available to all
businesses active in the wider supply chain for agricultural
products. Accordingly, some of the businesses might not be
active in the production, processing or marketing of Annex 1
products (e.g., businesses which process Annex 1 into non-
Annex 1 products). Aid to non-agricultural businesses will be
paid with regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/2001
on de minimis aid.

the scheme: The
Annual expenditure planned under
planned budget is EUR 1 990 941,22, allocated by the Ministry
of Agricultural and Forestry Policy to the Region of Campania
by means of Ministerial Decree No 156409 of 8 November
2001 for the implementation of measures intended to achieve
the objectives laid down in Article 1(3) and (4) of Legislative
Decree No 173/98 and that comply with the implementation
criteria laid down in Ministerial Decree No 401/99.

Beneficiaries will not be able to choose the service provider.
The service provider will be English Farming and Food Partner-
ships who were selected by a tendering exercise on the basis of
market principles in line with Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC)
No 1/2004

Aid No: XA 74/2005

Member State: Italy

Region: Giunta Regionale della CAMPANIA — Assessorato
all'Agricoltura ed Attività Produttive — Area Generale di Coor-
dinamento Sviluppo Attività Settore Primario — Settore Inter-
venti per la Produzione Agricola, Produzione Agro Alimentare,
Mercati Agricoli, Consulenza Mercantile

The maximum permitted expenditure on individual aid granted
under this scheme will not exceed the sum laid down in
Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 for holdings active
in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural
products

Maximum aid intensity: The gross aid intensity may not
exceed 40 % of eligible costs or 50 % for enterprises in less-
favoured areas as defined in Article 17 of Regulation (EC)
No 1257/1999.

In the case of investments by young farmers within five years
of setting up, the maximum aid intensity may be increased to
50 % or 60 % in less favoured areas. By ‘young farmer’
is
meant producers of agricultural products as defined in Article 8
of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999

Title of aid scheme: Incentives for small and medium-sized
enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing
of agricultural products to produce and use renewable energy
sources and to improve energy efficiency in the agricultural
sector

Date of implementation: Implementation of the aid scheme
will begin on the thirtieth day following its publication in the
Official Journal of the Region of Campania (BURC) but not less
than ten working days following the submission of this docu-
ment, as provided for in Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1/
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Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will be open until the budget has been used up, but not beyond
the period of validity of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Objective of aid: The aid scheme is intended for single or
associated small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises as
defined in Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 that are economically
viable on the basis of the criteria laid down in Regional Decree
No 183 of 5 April 2005, issued on the basis of the coordinated
text of the Programming Complement to the Regional Opera-
tional Programme (ROP) for the Region of Campania for the
years 2000-06, approved by Regional Government Decree
No 1855 of 22 October 2004, and the amendments made to
that document by Regional Government Decree No 846/2005.

The purpose of the aid is to encourage investments in the
production and use of renewable energy sources by the above
agricultural enterprises where such investments (renewable
energy sources and reduction of energy costs during produc-
tion) are subsidiary to the main agricultural or food-processing
activities and are exclusively intended to supply the holding's
own energy needs.

The measure provides for incentives to use agricultural and
forestry products and/or by-products thereof and processing
waste, with the exception of domestic waste, for heat produc-
tion for exclusive use on holdings and aid for measures to save
energy and to reduce the use of fossil fuels in production on
holdings by replacing them with renewable energy sources

Specific reference to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

The aid scheme is based on Article 4 of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 concerning small
and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, proces-
sing and marketing of agricultural products (Italian Official
Journal No L 001 of 3 January 2004)

Eligible expenditure

The following expenditure is eligible

Name and address of the granting authority:

Giunta Regionale della Campania
Assessorato all'Agricoltura ed Attività Produttive
Area Generale di Coordinamento Sviluppo Attività Settore
Primario
Settore Interventi per la Produzione Agricola, Produzione Agro
Alimentare, Mercati Agricoli, Consulenza Mercantile.
Centro Direzionale — Isola A/6
I-80143 Napoli
tel. (39-081) 796 74 25-4
fax: (39-081) 796 75 30.

Website: www.regione.campania.it

Aid No: XA 75/2005

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Province of Overijssel

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Implementing Decree on Grants in Overijssel
in
2005, paragraph 4.2 ‘Development of agriculture with good
future prospects’

Legal basis: Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht; Algemene Subsidie-
verordening Overijssel 2005

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 721 000 per year

Maximum aid intensity:

— For

investment

in agricultural holdings: 40 %, with a
maximum of EUR 100 000,00 per investment, whereby the
investment must be directed at one or more of
the
following objectives:

(a) reducing production costs;

1. The cost of equipment for producing and the cost of produ-

cing vegetable biomass.

(b) improving and converting production;

2. The purchase of heating equipment for use on holdings
using vegetable biomass and of equipment for reducing the
cost of energy production.

3. The purchase of new machinery and equipment

for
harvesting, storing and using biomass and of computer
hardware and software.

4. Overheads, such as fees for consultancy and feasibility
studies, the purchase of patents and licences, up to the value
of 12 % of the costs referred to in the above points

(c) improving quality;

(d) maintaining and improving the natural environment,

hygiene conditions and animal-welfare standards;

(e) promoting diversification of agricultural activities.

— For technical support

for agricultural holdings,

the aid
amounts to the maximum of 80 % of eligible costs, with a
ceiling of EUR 100 000 per final beneficiary per three-year
period

Sector(s) concerned: The aid scheme applies to agricultural
and food production in the Region of Campania. The scheme
covers all subsectors of livestock and plant production

Date of implementation: The Implementing Decree on Grants
in Overijssel in 2005 enters into force on 1 October 2005

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Duration of scheme or individual aid award: As it currently
stands, the Section of the Implementing Decree on Grants in
Overijssel
in 2005 concerning ‘Development of agriculture
with good future prospects’ will apply until 31 December 2006.

Objective of aid: The objective of granting aid on the basis of
the Section of the Implementing Decree on Grants in Overijssel
concerning ‘Development of agriculture with good future
prospects’ is to:

— improve the spatial structure of soil-based agriculture;

— improve and reinforce the economic base of agriculture by

promoting future-oriented enterprise and innovation.

In order to achieve this objective, grants can be awarded for:

(a) investment costs connected with the construction, acquisi-
tion or improvement of real estate, new machinery and
expenses up to a
new equipment, and for general
maximum of 12 % of the afore-mentioned costs;

(b) technical support: consultancy costs,

training costs and
costs connected with the organisation of fairs, exhibitions,
etc.

For this purpose, the following articles of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1/2004 are being applied:

— Article 4: investment in agricultural holdings;

— Article 14: technical support in the agricultural sector

Sector(s) concerned: The Section of the Implementing Decree
on Grants in Overijssel in 2005 concerning ‘Development of
agriculture with good future prospects’ applies to agri-clusters
(production, processing and marketing) in soil-based livestock
farming (cattle, herbivores, goats, sheep),
intensive livestock
farming (poultry, pigs and calves), arable farming, open-air
horticulture and horticulture under glass

Name and address of the granting authority: Gedeputeerde
Staten van Overijssel

Website: www.prv-overijssel.nl

Aid No: XA 76/05

Member State: Latvia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Aid scheme: ‘Aid for the reconstruction of land drai-
nage systems’

Legal basis: Ministru kabineta 2005. gada 25. janvāra notei-
kumi Nr. 70 “Noteikumi par valsts atbalstu lauksaimniecībai
2005. gadā un tā piešķiršanas kārtība” 7. pielikuma 1. nodaļa.

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of indivi-
dual aid granted to the company: The total amount of aid
under the scheme for 2005 is LVL 500 000

Maximum aid intensity: Aid is intended for the reconstruc-
tion of land drainage systems: renewal of drainage channels,
replacement of drain systems with drainage ditches, installation
of additional drainage branches. Subject to the provision of aid
at a rate of 40 % of the costs of construction work on drainage
systems. The amount of aid is increased by 10 % if a holding is
located in a less-favoured area, as defined in the Regulation on
rural development, and by 5 % for applicants up to the age 40
years.

Date of implementation: 15 September 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 December
2005

Objective of Aid: To improve the humidity of soil.

1. Extension of the plant vegetation period (more rapid drai-

nage of excess soil humidity: 1-2 weeks).

2. Regulation of surface water run-off.

3. Flow intensification

Sectors concerned: Aid is intended for small and medium-
sized enterprises involved in agricultural activities

Name and address of the granting authority:
Ms L. Straujuma State Secretary Ministry of Agriculture
Riga. 8.9.2005.
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia
Riga, LV-1981

Website: www.zm.gov.lv