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: 2006-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, agricultural product, agricultural production, agro-industry, control of State aid, exchange of information, 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

Aid No: XA 19/2006

Member State: Italy

(2006/C 159/08)

Aid No: XA 21/2006

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarre

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Export assistance project, a project to provide assis-
tance to enterprises, pursuant to Article 14 (2)(c) of Regulation
1/2004: short-term consultancy services. Beneficiary: SILVES-
TRONI SNC of Camerata Picena, Ancona, Italy, active in the
production and marketing of wine.

Legal basis: Bando emesso dalla Camera di Commercio di
Ancona — Italia

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Assis-
tance will be provided for six months, excluding the summer
break in August 2006, and is estimated at EUR 8 000

Maximum aid intensity: EUR 8 000 per SME selected

Date of implementation: As of 1 April, with the exception of
a one-month summer break in August 2006, for an overall
total of 18 consultations per enterprise

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Ends 31
October 2006

Objective of aid: To provide assistance and consultancy
services to enterprises in the province of Ancona. Consultancy
costs are covered.

Sector(s) concerned: SMEs in sectors C and D, category
ATECORI 2022 that meet the requirements laid down in Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Aid to livestock breeders' associations in Navarre
for 2006

Legal basis: Orden foral del consejero de agricultura, ganadería
y alimentación, por la que se aprueba la convocatoria y las
bases reguladoras de ayudas a las asociaciones de criadores de
ganado de Navarra para el año 2006

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
compa-
amount of
ny: EUR 492 000 for the 2006 financial year

aid granted to the

individual

Maximum aid intensity: Aid at a rate of up to 55 % to cover
the administrative costs directly linked to the establishment and
maintenance of herd books.

Aid at a rate of up to 55 % of the costs of tests performed by
or on behalf of third parties, to determine the genetic quality
or yield of livestock

Date of implementation: 1 June 2006

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: December
2006

Objective of aid: Grants to livestock breeders' associations in
Navarre in order to encourage activities relating to the selec-
tion, conservation and promotion of livestock breeds. Article
15: Support for the livestock sector. Eligible costs: (a) adminis-
trative expenditure on herd books, (b) expenditure to determine
the genetic quality or yield of livestock

Sector(s) concerned: Breeders of select livestock breeds in
Navarre

Name and address of granting authority: Ancona Chamber
of Commerce

Name and address of the granting authority:

Web-Address:

http://new.an.camcom.it/sezioni.php?idservizio=3&idsezio-
ne2=157&idsezione1=7

Gobierno de Navarra
Departamento de agricultura, ganadería y alimentación
C/Tudela 20
E-31003 Pamplona

Web address: www.navarra.es

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Aid No: XA 22/2006

Name and address of the granting authority:

Member State: Spain

Region: Rioja

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
trade
programme
vidual
(amendment)

aid: Strategic

foreign

for

Legal basis: Resolución del Presidente de la Agencia de Desar-
rollo Económico de la Rioja de 7 de marzo de 2006 (B.O.R. no
37/2006 de 18 de marzo), por la que se modifican las bases
reguladoras de la concesión de subvenciones en régimen de
concurrencia
de
del
Comercio Exterior, aprobadas por Resolución de 11 de febrero
de 2005 (B.O.R. no 24/2005 de 17 de febrero).

competitiva

Estratégico

Programa

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Budget
for the strategic programme for foreign trade: EUR 450 000

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 50 %

Date of implementation: From 18 March 2006

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: 2006

Objective of aid: The main objective of the aid is to help
enterprises in Rioja adjust to increasing market globalisation by
giving them more flexibility, and to promote the capacity of
the business sector in the region to succeed in an increasingly
competitive environment. In terms of agri-food industries able
to benefit from this aid, the objective accords with Article 14
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 agricultural products

The aid aims to improve the competitiveness of undertakings
by supporting activities geared towards improving the design
of packaging, the design of catalogues and product information
sheets, the creation of web pages and specific specialist advice
the undertakings'
about marketing abroad, and to support
penetration of international markets by promoting displays in
trade fairs abroad

concerned: SMEs

Sector(s)
and
marketing, where a processing SME has a majority share-
holding (agri-food products)

involved in processing

Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja
Muro de la Mata, 13-14
E-26071 Logroño
941 29 15 00
ader@ader.es

Web address: www.ader.es

Aid No: XA 23/2006

Member State: Spain

Region: Rioja

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Rules governing the aid scheme relating to the
programme ‘New developments in information and communi-
cations technology for micro-enterprises’

Legal basis: Resolución del Presidente de la Agencia de Desar-
rollo Económico de La Rioja de 17 de marzo de 2006 por la
que se aprueban las Bases Reguladoras del régimen de ayudas
del programa Nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y las
Comunicaciones para Microempresas

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
compa-
ny: EUR 300 000

aid granted to the

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of eligible investment

Date of implementation: From 23 March 2006

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: 2006

Objective of aid: The main objective is to grant aid to SMEs.
The secondary objective is to help enterprises with fewer than
10 employees gain access to the internet and to the use of elec-
tronic mail, as well as to have their own web page

Article 7 has been used:
marketing’

‘Investment

in processing and

Aid towards promoting the acquisition of computers with an
internet connection, plus the availability of electronic mail and
a web page

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concerned: Micro-enterprises

Sector(s)
and
marketing) with a head office in the Autonomous Community
of Rioja or at least having a centre of activity there

(processing

Name and address of the granting authority:

Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja
Muro de la Mata, 13-14
E-26071 Logroño (La Rioja)

Web address: www.ader.es

XA Number: XA 28-06

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Province of Limburg

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: L.H. and G.M.J. Beumers partnership

Legal basis: Algemene subsidieverordening 2004

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid
granted to the company: One-off
contribution by the
Province of EUR 2 120 000

Maximum aid intensity: The abovementioned amount of
EUR 21 200 is lower than the authorised aid per beneficiary of
EUR 100 000 or 50 % of
the eligible costs, whichever is
greater, over any three-year period, in conjunction with consul-
tancy services, the costs of services which do not constitute a
periodic activity and do not relate to the enterprise's usual
operating expenditure, cf. Article 14(1), Article 14(2)(c) and
Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Date of implementation: Date of decision: 25 April 2006;
subject
the aid will be awarded
following notification.

to the usual reservations,

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 25 April
2006 to 25 July 2007

Objective of aid: The aid relates to the implementation of a
feasibility recommendation (support for small and medium-
sized enterprises) by the L.H. and G.M.J. Beumers partnership.
This recommendation will be used as a basis for determining
which of the enterprise's part-products are required by the
various market sectors (individuals, clubs, tourists, etc.), and to
what extent and during what periods.
In this way, specific
in place to strengthen the enterprise's
efforts can be put

existing economic resources and any new resources which it is
in the process of developing (vineyard sites, wine tasting, pitch
and putt, etc.).

Under Article 14(2)(c)
this consultancy service is a service
which does not constitute a continuous or periodic activity and
does not relate to the enterprise's usual operating expenditure

Sector(s) concerned: The aid is intended for an operator in
the productive sector, involving in this instance the cultivation
of grapes and the production of wine. The feasibility recom-
mendation looks at how best the product can be marketed

Name and address of the granting authority:

Province du Limbourg
Limburglaan 10
Postbus 5700
6202 MA Maastricht
Nederland

Website: www.limburg.nl

XA number: XA 29-06

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Province of Fryslân

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Nicolay Fryslam

Legal basis:

Algemene wet bestuursrecht,
procédures administratives, titre 4.2)

titel 4.2 (loi générale sur les

Subsidieverordening

Algemene
1998
(règlement général de 1998 sur les subventions de la province
de Fryslân)

Provincie

Fryslân

Provinciewet artikel 145 (article 145 de la loi provinciale)

Verordening met betrekking tot het verlenen van subsidies ten
behoeve van het plattelandsbeleid voor de jaren 2005 — 2008
(règlement relatif à l'octroi de subventions en faveur de la poli-
tique rurale pour les années 2005 — 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
total amount of subsidy is EUR 50 000 EUR 40 000 of this
will be paid out in 2006

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Maximum aid intensity (indicate the maximum aid inten-
sity or the maximum aid amount per eligible item): The
maximum aid intensity is 50 % of eligible costs. The maximum
amount of aid is EUR 50 000

Beneficiaries are the respective livestock owners who are to be
regarded as small or medium-sized enterprises within the
meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Date of implementation: Implementation takes place as soon
as possible after receipt of the European Commission's covering
letter on this notice

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The benefi-
ciary will receive the decision granting individual aid in 2006,
thereby acquiring a legal right to this aid. The final instalment
will be paid no later than January 2009.

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is the provision of
external advice to current and future chain partners in setting
up a chain for Frisian lamb, and training of sheep farmers

Use is made of Article 14 of Commission Regulation 1/2004

Januar 2005 (Anlage 2)

Legal basis: Regelung durch die Erlasse VIII 334 — AZ
7211.480 — vom 05. Februar 2004 (Anlage 1) und VIII 335
— AZ 7211.480 — vom 24.
in
Verbindung mit der Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments
und des Rates vom 22. Mai 2001 mit Vorschriften zur Verhü-
tung, Kontrolle und Tilgung bestimmter transmissibler spongi-
former Enzephalopathien (EG) Nr. 999/2001, zuletzt geändert
durch die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2245/2003 sowie die Landes-
Lebensmittel- und Veterinärunter-
verordnung über
suchungsamt des Landes Schleswig-Holstein und die Landes-
verordnung über die Verwaltungsgebühren für das Lebens-
mittel- und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt des Landes Schleswig-
Holstein

das

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

1) Annual costs of laboratory examinations on fallen bovine

Eligible costs of advice, training and organising fairs, pursuant
to Article 14(2)(a), (c) and (d)

Sheep farmers can join the chain project subject to a number
of predetermined objective criteria

animals

— 2004: EUR 384 925

— 2005: EUR 299 746

Sector(s) concerned: The aid applies to production and/or
processing and/or marketing of Frisian lamb

— 2006: EUR 342 766 (estimate)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Fryslân
Postbus 20120
8900 HM Leeuwarden
Nederland

Website: Internet site: www.fryslan.nl

2) Annual costs of laboratory examinations on fallen ovine
and caprine animals and healthy slaughtered ovine and
caprine animals

— 2004: EUR 26 168

— 2005: EUR 18 520

— 2006: EUR 22 319 (estimate)

Maximum aid intensity:

100 % or

Aid Number: XA 30-06

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Schleswig-Holstein

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Aid towards the costs of laboratory examinations
on fallen stock (bovine, ovine or caprine animals) and on ovine
or caprine animals for slaughter, in the context of the rapid
tests for BSE/TSE performed in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 22 May 2001, laying down rules for the prevention,
control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies

EUR 21,21 per sample for the laboratory examination on
fallen bovine animals and

EUR 17,70 per sample for the laboratory examination on
fallen and slaughtered ovine and caprine animals

Date of implementation: Implementation is in accordance
with the legal basis above, with retroactive effect
from 1
January 2001

Notification is delayed as the intention was to file a single aid
application for the Federal Republic of Germany (Aid No
373/2003). Since this was not successful and exemption Regu-
lation (EC) No 1/2004 has in the meantime entered into force,
a separate request for exemption is being filed for Schleswig-
Holstein

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

Legal basis:

Objective of aid: Livestock owners in Schleswig-Holstein are
obliged in principle to bear the costs of diagnostic measures
which need to be performed on their stock under animal
health rules

In the Land Schleswig-Holstein, the costs of the TSE examina-
tion on fallen bovine animals and on ovine or caprine animals
is assumed by the public sector in the interests of robust
surveillance

The random examination is conducted on the basis of the prin-
ciple of equal treatment (financing from public funds)

— Article 7 du règlement (CE) no 1/2004 de la Commission

du 23 décembre 2003.

— Articles L 1511 et suivants du Code général des collectivités
territoriales permettant aux collectivités territoriales d'inter-
venir dans le cadre de la création ou de l'extension d'acti-
vités économiques en accordant des aides directes et indir-
ectes aux entreprises.

— Délibération de l'assemblée régionale en date du 11 février

2005.

Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 is used for this purpose

Annual
me: EUR 100 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

sche-

The objective of the measure is to ensure that fallen stock is
also monitored for TSE, by settling the fee which owners of
fallen bovine, ovine or caprine animals have to pay for the
laboratory examination

Maximum aid intensity:

— 30 % of eligible investments

Under Article 13(2)(e) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1/2004 of 23 December 2003, the rapid tests for BSE/TSE
serve to implement Community legislation (see above)

— 40 % for processing rape seed

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture. Beneficiaries of the aid are
the owners of bovine, ovine or caprine animals at the produc-
tion stage.

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

Name and address of the granting authority:

Duration of scheme: Two years, renewable

Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume
des Schleswig-Holsteins
Abt. 3
Mercatorstraße 7
D-24106 Kiel

Web address:

http://www.umwelt.schleswig-holstein.de/?67603

Aid number: XA 31/06

Member State: France

Region: Lower Normandy

Title of aid scheme: Aid for investment in on-farm processing
of agricultural products

Objective of aid: The aim of the scheme is to promote the
diversification of
farm activities to include other activities
linked to the production, processing and sale of Annex I
products. The aim is to boost farmers' income by profits from
processing their products. The secondary aims of
the aid
scheme are to boost farmers' income (by reducing the purchase
of livestock feed and fuel costs) and to promote environmental
protection (to combat the greenhouse effect)

The scheme covers investments exclusively to permit the on-
farm processing of agricultural products produced on that
same farm, for at least half of processed products. Eligible costs
include investments and equipment needed for the on-farm
farmers' products. Priority will be given to
processing of
processing projects for products carrying quality marks and
those involving rape seed processing in order to add value
through combined nutritional and energy uses of rape seed (the
production of pre-cooked, pressed oilseed cake and oil for farm
fuel). In particular, aid will help finance grain storage facilities,
oil presses and oilseed cake storage facilities

The secondary aims of the aid scheme are to boost farmers'
income (by reducing the purchase of livestock feed and fuel
costs) and to promote environmental protection (to combat the
greenhouse effect)

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Sector(s) concerned: All farms in Lower Normandy

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie
Abbaye aux Dames
BP 523
F-14035 Caen CEDEX

Web address:: www.region-basse-normandie.fr

Aid number: XA 32/06

Member State: France

Region: Lower Normandy

ments in product packaging and the facilities needed to present
products for sale. As in the above-mentioned scheme, the aim
is to support the diversification of farm activities to include
other activities linked to the production, processing and sale of
Annex I products in order
income by
to boost
proceeds from the sale of their products

farmers'

The base of the aid scheme is investment expenditure. Replace-
ment items and second-hand equipment are not eligible for aid.
Expenditure on transport equipment is not eligible for aid

Sector(s) concerned: All farms in Lower Normandy active in
the sale — with or without processing — of their products to
markets in Lower Normandy

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie
Abbaye aux Dames
BP 523
F-14035 Caen CEDEX

Title of aid scheme: Aid for investment in the on-farm sale of
agricultural products

Web address: www.region-basse-normandie.fr

Legal basis:

— Article 7 du règlement (CE) no 1/2004 de la Commission

du 23 décembre 2003.

— Articles L 1511 et suivants du Code général des collectivités
territoriales permettant aux collectivités territoriales d'inter-
venir dans le cadre de la création ou de l'extension d'acti-
vités économiques en accordant des aides directes et indir-
ectes aux entreprises.

Aid Number: XA 33/06

Member State: France

Region: Lower Normandy

— Délibération de l'assemblée régionale en date du 11 février

2005.

Title of aid scheme: Certification aid for smes in connection
with processing organic agricultural products

Annual
me: EUR 40 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

sche-

Legal basis:

Maximum aid intensity: 20 % of eligible investments

— Article 13.2 f) du règlement (CE) no 1/2004 de la Commis-

sion du 23 décembre 2003.

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

Duration of scheme: Two years, renewable

investment

Objective of aid: This scheme complements the aid scheme
for
in the on-farm processing of agricultural
products since the aim is to assist with the specific equipment
invest-
for selling agricultural products to the local market:

— Articles L 1511 et suivants du Code général des collectivités
territoriales permettant aux collectivités territoriales d'inter-
venir dans le cadre de la création ou de l'extension d'acti-
vités économiques en accordant des aides directes et indir-
ectes aux entreprises.

— Délibération de l'assemblée régionale en date du 24 juin

2005.

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Annual
me: EUR 30 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

sche-

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of eligible expenditure

Maximum aid intensity: 60 %, declining by 10 % per year.

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

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

Duration of scheme: Two years, renewable

Duration of scheme: Two years, renewable

Objective of aid: To encourage the processing of organic
products by covering part of the compulsory costs of certifica-
tion carried out by independent bodies. Eligible expenditure
covers the cost of certification. Aid is limited to EUR 1 200

Sector(s) concerned: All small and medium-sized enterprises
processing organic agricultural products into products listed in
Annex I to the EC Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie
Abbaye aux Dames
BP 523
F-14035 Caen CEDEX

Web address: http://www.region-basse-normandie.fr

Aid Number: XA 34/06

Member State: France

Region: Lower Normandy

Title of aid scheme: Aid to develop official quality marks

Objective of aid: The aim of the scheme is to promote new
initiatives to improve the quality of agricultural production in
Lower Normandy, and therefore to develop and consolidate
quality procedures for growth products

The scheme covers the costs to prepare and launch the produc-
tion of quality products under the official EU mark,
i.e.,
depending on the case, products with official certification,
quality assurance (HACCP), designation of origin, protected
geographical indication, produced organically or with a certifi-
cate of special character

According to needs, aid may be used to help fund the costs of
market studies, to prepare applications for designation of origin
or certificates of special character, technical support, advisors
(audits, project management and follow-up) needed to launch
quality production projects,
the costs of promoting these
products and the costs of specific production checks under the
conditions authorised in Article 13(2) of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1/2004

Sector(s) concerned: All farms in Lower Normandy commen-
cing new quality production under point 13 of the guidelines
on agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie
Abbaye aux Dames
BP 523
F-14035 Caen Cedex

Legal basis:

Web address: www.region-basse-normandie.fr

— Article 13 du règlement (CE) no 1/2004 de la Commission

du 23 décembre 2003.

— Articles L 1511 et suivants du Code général des collectivités
territoriales permettant aux collectivités territoriales d'inter-
venir dans le cadre de la création ou de l'extension d'acti-
vités économiques en accordant des aides directes et indir-
ectes aux entreprises.

Aid Number: XA 35/06

Member State: France

— Délibération de l'assemblée régionale en date du 11 février

2005.

Region: Lower Normandy

Annual
me: EUR 50 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

sche-

Title of aid scheme: Aid for certification and monitoring of
organic farming (production sector)

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Legal basis:

Legal basis:

— Article 13.2 g) du règlement

(CE) no 1/2004 du 23

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

décembre 2003 de la Commission.

du 23 décembre 2003.

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

vités territoriales.

— Délibération no 05-82 du conseil régional du 24 juin 2005.

— Articles L 1511 et suivants du Code général des collectivités
territoriales permettant aux collectivités territoriales d'inter-
venir dans le cadre de la création ou de l'extension d'acti-
vités économiques en accordant des aides directes et indir-
ectes aux entreprises.

Annual
me: EUR 150 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

sche-

— Délibération de l'assemblée régionale en date du 11 février

2005.

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of compulsory certification
costs

Annual
me: EUR 200 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

sche-

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

Maximum aid intensity:

Duration of scheme: Two years, renewable

Objective of aid: To support and encourage organic produc-
tion by covering part of the compulsory costs of certification
carried out by independent bodies under Council Regulation
(EC) No 2091/91 of 22 July 1991. Eligible expenditure covers
the cost of certification up to a ceiling of EUR 300.

— General scheme: 30 % of investments (new material only)
agricultural

directly linked with commencing organic
production — new equipment

— 10 % fixed for farm buildings and structures

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

Sector(s) concerned: All farms in Lower Normandy active in
organic agricultural production

Duration of scheme: Two years, renewable

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie
Abbaye aux Dames
BP 523
F-14035 Caen CEDEX

Web address:: http://www.region-basse-normandie.fr

Aid Number: XA 36/06

Member State: France

Region: Lower Normandy

Objective of aid: The purpose of the scheme is to improve
the costs of organic agricultural production. Environmental
protection and improving the quality of the agricultural end
products concerned are part of the secondary objectives of this
aid scheme

Aid covers investment in new equipment specifically for hay
making and land treatment used by farmers to optimise the
farm
cost of organic production, such as the purchase of
machinery for mechanised hoeing, hay harvesting equipment
and facilities needed for under-cover drying of these products
as well as equipment used for open-field production of vegeta-
bles

Examples of eligible investment: barn drying facilities, swath
turners, roundballers, hay racks, round bailers, haymakers,
mowers, hay turners and hay storage barns

Replacement items and second-hand equipment are not eligible
for aid

Title of aid scheme: Aid for investment in organic farms

Sector(s) concerned: All certified organic farms in Lower
Normandy

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Name and address of the granting authority:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie
Abbaye aux Dames
BP 523
F-14035 Caen CEDEX

Monsieur le Président du Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie
Abbaye aux Dames
BP 523
F-14035 Caen CEDEX

Web address: www.region-basse-normandie.fr

Web address: www.region-basse-normandie.fr

Aid Number: XA 38/06

Member State: France

Region:: Lower Normandy

Aid Number: XA 39/2006

Member State: Italy

Region: Sardinia

Title of aid scheme: Technical support for farms

Legal basis:

Title of
trades.New investment measures

scheme: Measures

to support

Sardinian craft

— Article 14 du règlement (CE) no 1/2004 de la Commission

du 23 décembre 2003.

Legal basis:

— L.R. 51/93 art. 10 bis.

— Articles L 1511 et suivants du Code général des collectivités
territoriales permettant aux collectivités territoriales d'inter-
venir dans le cadre de la création ou de l'extension d'acti-
vités économiques en accordant des aides directes et indir-
ectes aux entreprises.

— Délibération de l'assemblée régionale en date du 11 février

2005.

— Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale n. 2/18 del 17

gennaio 2006.

Annual expenditure planned: Overall planned expenditure
for the 2006 call for proposals is EUR 15 000 000.

Annual
me: EUR 50 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

sche-

Maximum aid intensity: Capital contributions of 30 % of
eligible investment for the whole region and 35 % for the most
disadvantaged provinces of Sardinia.

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of eligible expenditure

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

Duration of scheme: Two years, renewable

Objective of aid: The scheme aims to improve the effective-
ness and professionalism of the farms concerned by providing
technical support or appropriate training. Eligible expenditure
covers technical assistance planned for teaching and training
farmers and farm workers and the fees for advisors providing
these technical services. The general ceiling for individual aid is
set at EUR 500

Sector(s) concerned: All farms in Lower Normandy

Date of implementation: Starts 1 March 2006, in any case
10 working days after sending this form, in accordance with
Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Duration of scheme: Ends 31 December 2006.

Objective of aid: To develop regional production by awarding
a capital contribution to support SMEs in the craft
trade,
including those operating in the processing and marketing of
agricultural products, for investment programmes designed to
launch new initiatives and/or to consolidate existing initiatives,
by setting up new facilities or by extending, modernising,
restructuring, converting or
transferring existing facilities.
These objectives are in line with those set out in Article 7 of
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. Aid may only be granted for activ-
ities undertaken after the introduction and publication of this
scheme, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

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Economic sectors concerned: All SMEs listed in the register
of craft trade enterprises in accordance with Law No 443/85
and active in the processing and marketing of agricultural
products.

Date of implementation and duration of the aid scheme: -
From the time of registration and acknowledgement of receipt
by the Commission until 31 December 2009

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione autonoma della Sardegna
Assessorato del Turismo, Artigianato e Commercio
V. le Trieste 105
Cagliari

Website: www.regione.sardegna.it

Other information: Aid granted to SMEs listed in the register
of craft trade enterprises in accordance with Law No 443/85
not active in the processing and marketing of agricultural
products are governed by Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.

XA Number: XA 41/06

Member State: France

Department: Hérault

Objective of aid: This measure falls within the scope of
Article 4(3)(a) and (c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/
2004 of 23 December 2003. Its objective is to improve food
quality and safety and the competitiveness of farms by finan-
cing the procurement of new technologies, such as:

— A decision-making tool

to determine the appropriate

product assortment on the basis of market demand

— A tool to analyse the ripening and ripeness of products

— A tool to analyse the water content of plants and control

the amount of water administered.

Sector background: Agricultural SMEs having fewer than 250
employees and an annual
turnover not exceeding EUR 40
million or an annual balance-sheet total not exceeding EUR 27
million, in line with Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.
Moreover, these enterprises must be independent as defined in
paragraph 3 of Annex I
to Commission Regulation (EC)
70/2001

Name and address of the granting authority:

Title of aid scheme: Aid for the procurement of new technol-
ogies aimed at raising product quality to market levels.

Conseil Général de l'Hérault
Hôtel du Département
1000, rue d'Alco
F-34087 Montpellier CEDEX 4

Legal basis:

— Article 4 points 3 a) et 3 c) du règlement (CE) no 1/2004 de

la Commission européenne.

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

vités territoriales.

— Délibération du Conseil général de

l'Hérault du 15

décembre 2005.

Annual
me: EUR 200 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

sche-

Internet address: This aid scheme is published on the website
of the Department of Hérault: http:/www.cg34.fr

To go to the relevant page, follow this path:

Economie/agriculture/production/appui au développement/ en
savoir plus: transfert de technologie

Maximum aid intensity: The aid will take the form of a grant
at a rate of 40 % of the eligible tangible and intangible invest-
ments, exclusive of tax, up to an individual aid ceiling of
EUR 20 000.

XA Number: XA 45/05

Member State: Slovenia

Subsidised investments must meet the requirements of Article
4(3) to (10) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23
December 2003

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Support for young farmers for taking over agri-
cultural holdings

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Legal basis: 11(a) člen Uredbe o programih kmetijske struk-
turne politike in kmetijske politike razvoja podeželja za leti
2005 in 2006 (UL RS, št. 45/04) in 9. člen Uredbe o spre-
membah in dopolnitvah Uredbe o programih kmetijske struk-
turne politike in kmetijske politike razvoja podeželja za leti
2005 in 2006 (UL RS, št. 10/05 in x/05)

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

Annual expenditure:

— for 2005: up to SIT 770 000 000 (EUR 3 212 350 (1))

— for 2006: up to SIT 570 000 000 (EUR 2 377 970)

Total: SIT 1 340 000 000 (EUR 5 590 320)

Maximum aid intensity: Maximum amount of aid per appli-
cant is SIT 4 000 000 (EUR 16 687)

Date of
August 2005.

implementation: Implementation will begin in

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid may
be granted up to 31 December 2006.

incurred when next-generation young farmers take over owner-
ship of the family agricultural holding, in line with handover or
donation agreements.

Providing incentives to take over agricultural holdings will
improve the situation regarding the ownership and age of
Slovenian agricultural structures. The maximum amount of aid
is SIT 4 000 000 per applicant

Sectors concerned: The scheme is applicable to production in
all sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano
Dunajska 58,
SLO-1000 Ljubljana

Agencija RS za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželja
Dunajska 160,
SLO-1000 Ljubljana

Website address: http://www.mkgp.gov.si/

Objective of the aid: In accordance with Article 8, the objec-
tive of the aid is to award a grant to partly cover the expenses

(1) 2005 Spring Report of the Slovenian macroeconomic analysis and

economic development office (EUR/SIT = 239,7)