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: 2006-08-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Italy, Spain, State aid, agro-industry, aid to agriculture, 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 181/03)

Aid No: XA 72/04

Member State: Spain

Region: Castile-Leon

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Support for SMEs to gain tax incentives regarding
activities relating to research and development (R&D) and to
technological innovation (TI)

Legal basis: Acuerdo del Consejo Rector de la Agencia de
Desarrollo Económico de Castilla y León por el que se
aprueban las bases de la convocatoria de determinadas ayudas
o incentivos de la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de Castilla
y León cofinanciados con fondos estructurales

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 600 000 annually

Maximum aid intensity: Maximum gross aid intensity of 50 %
of eligible expenditure approved, capped at EUR 3 500, for
each of the following eligible items:

(a) Expenditure needed for external consultants to prepare the
request to the Tax Authority for an agreed prior assessment
of expenditure attributable to R&D and TI activities.

(b) Expenditure needed for external consultants to prepare the
request to the Tax Authority for binding consultations on
the nature of the R&D and TI element of the projects.

(c) Expenditure needed for external consultants to prepare the
request to the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, or
to its satellite agencies, for the reasoned report relating to
the R&D and TI content of activities, and expenditure and
investment relating to such activities.

(d) External expenditure linked to subcontracting the technical
report on the qualification of the activities and identifica-
tion of R&D and TI-related expenditure and investment to a
body duly accredited by the National Accreditation Body
(ENAC). Such certification must take place in accordance
with standard UNE 166001.

(e) Expenditure needed for external consultants to prepare the
request for the technical report on qualification mentioned
in paragraph (d)

Date of implementation: 3 January 2005

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: 31
December 2006

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to facilitate access
by small and medium-sized enterprises in Castile-Leon to the
tax deductions provided for in current legislation for activities

relating to research and development (hereinafter R&D) and to
technological
innovation (hereinafter TI). This is done by
granting aid towards the following expenditure on external
consultants, in accordance with Article 14:

(a) Preparation of the request to the Tax Authority for an
agreed prior assessment of expenditure attributable to R&D
and TI.

(b) Preparation of the request to the Tax Authority for binding
consultations on the nature of the R&D and TI element of
the projects.

(c) Preparation of

the request

to the Ministry of

Industry,
Tourism and Trade, or to its satellite agencies,
for the
reasoned report relating to the R&D and TI content of
activities, and expenditure and investment relating to such
activities.

(d) Preparation of the request to a body accredited by ENAC
for the technical report on the qualification of the activities
and identification of R&D and TI-related expenditure and
investment.

Also considered eligible is external expenditure linked to
subcontracting the technical report on the qualification of the
activities and identification of R&D and TI-related expenditure
and investment to a body duly accredited by the National
Accreditation Body (ENAC)

Sector(s) concerned: SMEs active in the production, proces-
for the
sing or marketing of agricultural products, except
processing of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the EC
Treaty into products not listed therein

Name and address of the granting authority:

ADE — Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de Castilla y León
C/ Duque de la Victoria 23
E-47001 Valladolid

Web address: www.jcyl.es/ade

Aid No: XA 24/06

Member State: Spain

Region: La 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 SMEs’

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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 Pymes

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 2 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of eligible investment

Aid Number: XA 37/06

Member State: France

Region: Lower Normandy

Title of aid scheme: Aid for animal welfare and on-farmenvir-
onment

Legal basis:

Date of implementation: From 23 March 2006

— Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: 2006

December 2003,

Objective of aid: The main objective is to grant aid to SMEs.
The secondary objective is to support the implementation of
plans to introduce information and communications tech-
nology
business
processes.

enterprises'

integrating

towards

geared

— 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;

Article 7 has been used:
marketing’.

‘Investment

in processing and

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

Considered eligible is investment
in implementing plans to
introduce information and communications technology (ICTs)
aimed at integrating areas of the enterprise and relating to the
following activities:

E-commerce:
providing customer services electronically.

introducing systems for selling products and

E-business: introducing integrated management systems.

E-marketing: introducing systems which optimise relations with
clients.

E-marketplaces:
introducing systems which enable the enter-
prise to participate in platforms facilitating electronic transac-
tions between buyers and sellers.

E-procurement:
manage the purchase of products and services electronically.

introducing systems

the enterprise to

for

in addition to
The enterprise's web site, provided that,
providing information on the enterprise, it offers the possibility
of conducting business transactions.

Enterprise intranet and/or extranet which optimise communica-
tion between employees and between the enterprise and its
clients/suppliers.

Internet security systems

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

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

2005

Annual
EUR 385 000

expenditure

Maximum aid intensity:

planned

under

the

scheme:

— 40 % of eligible investments for equipment

to improve
working conditions with animals (containment), building
landscaping or to reduce odours in spreading

— 30 % for aid to reduce feeding costs (targeted investments
for bi-phase or multi-phase feeding) or to manage covered
spaces used for
indoor conditions to
livestock (better
improve animal health and welfare)

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 on-farm
production conditions and to maintain and improve the envir-
onment and animal health and welfare. It is limited to cases
where an umbrella programme cannot be put together in the
near future (two years) to form part of the modernisation
scheme for livestock buildings (‘PMBE’) and cases that do not
qualify for the building scheme due to multiple applications.

No proportion of investments to increase production capacity
may be included in the application. In no cases may it involve
work merely to meet the standards set under EU legislation
governing health and safety, environment or animal welfar-
e.Only new equipment and first-use buildings are eligible.
Replacements and second-hand equipment are not eligible for
aid.

Examples of eligible investments: round-up area, fixed or adjus-
table containment corridors, reinforcing buildings, landscaping
by planting flower beds or hedges,
improving access, bi- or
multi-phase feeding equipment, spreading and burying equip-
ment.

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Sector(s) concerned: All livestock 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 No: XA 40/06

Member State: Italy

Region: Liguria

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Aid for the modernisation of agricultural holdings
run by cooperatives, and aid for the processing and marketing
of agricultural products and service activities

Legal basis: Articoli 4, 5 e 6 della legge regionale 19 aprile
2006, n. 9 ‘Interventi strutturali a favore delle cooperative agri-
cole’

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total
budget allocation for 2006 is EUR 400 000. For the following
years, a similar amount is expected to be available for the
abovementioned Regional Law

Maximum aid intensity:

— for the aid referred to in Article 4 — Aid for the moderni-
sation of agricultural holdings run by cooperatives -, a
financial contribution will be granted amounting to 50 % of
eligible costs (excluding VAT)
for investments in less-
favoured areas as defined in the Regional Rural Develop-
ment Plan, adopted by Commission Decision No C(2000)
2727 of 26 September 2000, and 40 % of eligible costs
(excluding VAT) for investments in other areas;

— for the aid referred to in Article 5 — Aid for the processing
and marketing of agricultural products — a financial contri-

bution of 40 % of eligible costs (excluding VAT) will be
granted;

— aid referred to in Article 6 — Aid for activities relating to
the collective purchase of production means and the
purchase of machinery and equipment for collective use for
agricultural production — will be granted under the 'de
minimis' rule, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No
69/2001

Date of implementation: Starting from 2006, but not earlier
than ten working days after the submission of this form, as
required by Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Duration of scheme: Indefinite

Objective of aid: To promote the development of agricultural
cooperatives by providing aid for the following activities:

(a) modernisation of agricultural holdings run by cooperatives;

(b) processing and marketing of agricultural products;

(c) collective purchase of means of production; and

(d) purchase of machinery and equipment

for agricultural

production to be used collectively

Reference Articles of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004: Article 4
‘Investments in agricultural holdings’ and Article 7 ‘Investments
in processing and marketing’

Sector(s) concerned: The aid scheme applies to all agricultural
and agri-food products listed in Annex I
to the Treaty,
excluding fishery and aquaculture products

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:
Regione Liguria — Dipartimento Agricoltura e Protezione
civile
Via G. D'Annunzio 113
I-16121 Genova

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