Summary 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: 2006-03-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Summary communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (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 75/05)

Aid No: XA 1/2006

Name and address of the granting authority:

Region: The Province of Gelderland

Title of aid scheme (indicate the name of the aid scheme
or in the case of individual aid, the name of the benefi-
ciary): Subsidieregeling Vitaal Gelderland (SvG) — Vitaal Gelder-
land subsidy scheme. Paragraph 2.2.4 Sustainable agriculture.
The SvG comprises several policy areas for which subsidies are
granted. Most subsidies are granted to other authorities or are
below the de minimis threshold and are thus not notified. A
separate notification procedure has been initiated for
the
section on Water.

Legal basis: Artikel 2.2.4.1 van de SvG. Aanvragen die
voldoen aan de voorwaarden van Verordening (EG) nr. 1/2004,
artikelen 4, 7 of 14, tweede lid, onderdelen c, d III en d IV,
kunnen voor subsidie in aanmerking komen

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company:

The whole of the section on Nature, Countryside and Agri-
culture: EUR 7 760 000.

The part on Agriculture alone: EUR 1 700 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Investments (Articles 4 and 7): 25 % with a minimum of
EUR 10 000 and a maximum of EUR 30 000

Use of consultancy services (Article 14): 75 % with a maximum
of EUR 30 000

Organisation of exhibitions (Article 14): 25 % with a maximum
of EUR 30 000

Date of implementation: 10 January 2006

Provincie Gelderland
Dienst REW/EU programmasecretariaat
Postbus 9090
6800 GX Arnhem
Nederland

Web address: www.gelderland.nl

Aid No: XA 82/2005

Member State: Italy

Region: Abruzzi

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Top-up contribution from the regional authorities
to the central government contribution to expenditure on
insurance premiums where the latter is less than that provided
for in Legislative Decree No 102/04 (80 %)

Legal basis:

Normativa nazionale: Decreto Legislativo 29 marzo 2004 n.
102

Normativa regionale: Legge Regionale 7 novembre 2005 n. 32

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: up to
EUR 500 000

Maximum aid intensity: difference between the amount
granted by the national ministry and 80 % of the cost of insur-
ance premiums

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 January
2008

Date of implementation: 2005

Objective of aid: Agriculture and horticulture in Gelderland is
and will continue to be a sector in which fundamental changes
are taking place. Market and price policy and environmental
policy are of major significance in this respect. Growth, diversi-
fication or closure are the three options open to individual
farms. The aim is to support farmers in this selection process
and exchange know-how. Another objective is to provide
incentives for farmers to invest in environmental measures over
and above the statutory requirements and diversification
(conversion). Parts of Articles 4, 7 and 14 are to be used for
these purposes

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to farmers (livestock
and arable), agricultural organisations and other agricultural
associations. Only undertakings in the production sector are
involved

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: the same as
that of the national law

Objective of aid: To provide aid towards the payment of
insurance premiums on policies providing cover against
adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural
disasters. Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. The aid
scheme covers up to 80 % of expenditure on insurance
premiums where the contribution from the national govern-
ment is less than that amount.

Sector(s) concerned: Plant products. The scheme covers
expenditure on insurance premiums for policies providing
compensation where losses, determined in accordance with the
criteria laid down in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/
2004, exceed 20 % of production in less favoured areas and
30 % in other areas

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Name and address of the granting authority:

Legal basis:

Regione Abruzzo
Direzione agricoltura foreste e sviluppo rurale
Alimentazione caccia e pesca
Via Catullo, 17
Pescara (Italia)

Website: www.regione.abruzzo.it/

— Article 13(2)(g) of Commission Regulation (EC) of 23

December 2003,

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

vités territoriales

— Délibération du conseil régional du 21 octobre 2005

Annual
me: EUR 400 000 a year, for two years

expenditure

planned

under

the

sche-

Aid No: XA 84/05

Member State: Finland

Region: The Provinces of Lapland and Oulu,
Region

the Kainuu

Maximum aid intensity:

— for organic producers: 100 % of the expenses, exclusive of

tax, incurred in checking the certification body,

— for organic processors: 50 % of the expenses, exclusive of
incurred in checking the certification body, with an

tax,
individual aid ceiling of EUR 1 000 per year

Title of aid scheme: Aid for the installation of young reindeer
farmers

Date of implementation: On receipt of an acknowledgement
of receipt from the European Commission

Legal basis: Porotalouden ja luontaiselinkeinojen rahoituslaki

Duration of scheme: Two years, renewable

Annual expenditure planned under the: EUR 150 000 to
EUR 300 000

Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1257/1999

Date of implementation: 1 January 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Unlimited

Objective of aid: Article 8: Structural development of reindeer
farming

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture: reindeer husbandry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Lapin työvoima- ja elinkeinokeskus
Ruokasenkatu 2
FIN-96200 Rovaniemi

Pohjois-Pohjanmaan työvoima- ja elinkeinokeskus
PL 86
FIN-90101 Oulu

Kainuun työvoima- ja elinkeinokeskus
Kalliokatu 4
FIN-87100 Kajaani

Objective of aid: To support and encourage organic produc-
tion by assuming all or part of the compulsory costs of the
certification carried out by independent bodies under Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2091/91 of 22 July 1991

Sector(s) concerned: All holdings with organic farm produc-
tion and all organic farm processors who are certified and are
no longer in receipt of conversion aid

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil régional de Pays de la Loire
Hôtel de la Région
1 rue de la Loire
F-44966 Nantes
Cedex 9
Interlocuteur: M. Alain THEBAUD

Website: www.paysdelaloire.fr/entreprendre

Web-address: www.mmm.fi/tuet/valtiontuet/ryhmapoikkeusa-
setus

Aid No: XA 86/2005

Member State: Latvia

Aid No: XA 85/05

Member State: France

Region: Loire Region

Title of aid scheme: Aid for maintaining certification in
organic farming (production and processing sector)

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

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.

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 4 792 505 (EUR 6 819 120)

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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; acquisition of machinery used
for the manufacture of agricultural products (soil processing
machinery,
and planting
machinery, chemical pesticide machinery, specialised vehicles
for the collection of milk or milk autocisterns, oil pressing
equipment, machinery for the maintenance of seedlings and
plants on fruit and vegetable farms, fruit and berry processing
facilities, machinery for the preparation of animal fodder for
livestock farms).

fertilisation equipment,

sowing

The total amount of aid granted may not exceed LVL 30 000
for each individual applicant, or LVL 100 000 for each accre-
dited agricultural services cooperative. Expenditure figures used
to calculate aid shall be determined 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: 25 November 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

Sectors concerned:

intended for
Aid is
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:

Zemkopības ministrija
Rīga 04.10.2005.
Latvijas Republikas Zemkopības ministrija
Rīga, LV — 1981

Web address: www.zm.gov.lv

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Refresher courses on the correct use of plant-
health products.

Legal basis: Legge regionale 30 gennaio 1990, n. 10 «Ordina-
mento del sistema della formazione professionale e organizza-
zione delle politiche regionali del lavoro». Deliberazione della
Giunta regionale n. 3306 del 22.10.2004, Direttive Generali
realizzazione corsi. Il testo della legge è pubblicato sul Bollet-
tino Ufficiale della Regione del Veneto n. 8/1990.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
annual budget is laid down in the Finance Act approved every
year by the Regional Council. The annual financial allocation is
expected to be EUR 220 000,00. This figure is given for infor-
mation purposes only

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % of eligible expenditure,
on the basis of an hourly cost of training. This is currently
EUR 110

Date of implementation: 2 January 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: To 30 June
2007

Objective of aid:

1. Training. Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/

2004 of 23 December 2003

Eligible costs covered under the scheme: expenditure on orga-
nising and running vocational training and refresher courses
for farmers and their workers.

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme covers vocational training
for farmers involved in the production, processing and/or
marketing of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the
Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione del Veneto
Giunta Regionale
Direzione agroambiente e Servizi per l'agricoltura
Via Torino, 110
I-30174 Mestre Venezia (VE)

Website:

http://www.consiglioveneto.it/crvportal/leggi/1990/
90lr0010.htlm

http://www.regione.veneto.it/Bandi+e+concorsi

Other information: The aid schemes XA 29/05 and XA
72/05 are repealed upon entry into force of this aid scheme.

http://www.regione.veneto.it/Economia/Agricoltura+e+Foreste/
Agricoltura/Servizi+per+Agricoltura/Formazione+e+aggiorna-
mento

Aid No: XA 87/2005

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

Aid No: XA No 88/05

Member State: Italy

Region: Molise

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Title of the aid scheme:
‘misure a sostegno del settore agri-
colo del Programma Leader Plus Molise — regime di aiuto in
esenzione regolamento (CE) 1/2004 GU L 1 del 3.1.2004 —’
Plus
(agricultural
Programme for Molise — aid scheme qualifying for exemption
under Regulation (EC) No 1/2004, OJ L 1, 3.1.2004)

support measures

Leader

under

the

Annual expenditure planned: To 31 December 2006,
EUR 3 500 000

Date of
15 November 2005

implementation: The

aid was

granted

from

Duration of the scheme: To 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The aid is restricted to SMEs active in the
production, processing and marketing of agricultural products.

The aid is for modernising and improving local production
systems and is granted under:

— Article 4: investment in agricultural holdings;

— Article 5: conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings;

— Article 7: investment in processing and marketing

Name and address of the granting authority:

— GAL Moligal

Via Zurlo n. 5
I-86100 Campobasso

— GAL Innova Plus
Via Sturzo, 22
I-86035 Larino (CB)
— GAL Molise Verso il 2000
C.da Pesco Farese, 22
I-86025 Ripalimosani (CB)

Website:

www. europa.molisedati.it
www.siar.molise.it