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.   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, France, Spain, State aid, agro-industry, control of State aid, exchange of information, 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.

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/C 293/02)

Aid No: XA 86/06

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarre

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Aid for 2006 towards investment by bodies, as
part of a partnership arrangement, in agricultural holdings for
the purpose of purchasing machinery

Legal basis: Orden foral del consejero de agricultura, ganaderia
y alimentacion, por la que se aprueba la convocatoria y las
bases reguladoras de ayudas a las inversiones en explotaciones
agrarias para la compra de maquinaria realizadas por entidades
en régimen asociativo, para el año 2006

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
compa-
ny: EUR 350 001 for the 2006 financial year

aid granted to the

individual

Maximum aid intensity: Aid of up to 35 % of the value of
the investment for acquiring new machinery

Aid number: XA 84/06

Member State: France

Region: Department of Seine-Maritime

Title of aid scheme: Aid for pilot sites for barn hay solar
drying installations

Legal basis:

— Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

— Articles L 1511-2 et L 1511-5 du code général des collecti-

vités territoriales

— Articles L 3231-2 et 3232-1 du code général des collecti-

vités territoriales

— Délibération préalable de l'assemblée départementale du 28

mars 2005

Annual
me: EUR 250 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

sche-

Aid of up to 30 % of the value of the investment for acquiring
used goods

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of eligible investments

Date of implementation: September 2006

Date of implementation: From receipt of the acknowledge-
ment of receipt from the European Commission

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: December
2006

Duration of scheme: Three years starting from the setting up
of the scheme

Objective of aid: 1) To increase the efficiency of farming
operations via the use of high-capacity agricultural machinery.
2) To enhance the use of machinery which, as applicable, has
new-design engines or engines with greater fuel efficiency. 3)
To ensure that reliable, high-technology machinery is intro-
duced which is suitable for meeting the requirements of
modern agriculture. Article 4: investment in agricultural hold-
ings. Eligible costs: those relating to the purchase of agricultural
machinery.

Sector(s) concerned: Crop production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gobierno de Navarra
Departamento de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Alimentación
C/Tudela, 20
31003 Pamplona

Web address: www.navarra.es

Other information: Pamplona, 11 August 2006

Objectives of aid: In order to better meet
its sustainable
development objectives, the Conseil général aims to increase
the utilisation of grass by means of a pilot scheme for the solar
drying of barn hay. To this end,
it intends to finance pilot
projects to constitute a reference network to verify the tech-
nical and economic benefits of such installations.

These projects will be based around the use of solar energy,
which appears to be the most attractive technology from an
economic and environmental point of view since it entails a
sustainable use of resources.

Given the risk of rain in Seine-Maritime in the days following
the harvesting of fodder, barn drying is greatly preferable to
open air drying.

Under these projects, after cutting, the grass will be placed in
drying installations, where solar energy-heated hot air will be
blown from the bottom of the installations over the grass,
using roof-mounted equipment. After several hours, the hay
attains the degree of dryness that is best for storage (whereas
grass that does not undergo this kind of treatment remains
moist, producing poor quality hay with a high level of cellu-
lose).

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The environmental benefit of the project is enhanced by the
fact that such investments encourage regrassing, which makes
it possible to reduce run-off and the resulting investments
required to combat this problem.

Sector(s) concerned: Grass production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil général
Quai Jean Moulin
76101 Rouen Cedex 1

Address of website: http://www.seinemaritime.net, rubrique
‘guide des aides’

The description,
the draft of which is enclosed, will be
uploaded once this exemption form is registered by the Euro-
pean Commission and the scheme is validated by the depart-
ment's standing committee.

XA Number: XA 85/06

Member State: Austria

Region: Styria

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Special guidelines on the granting of a contribution
towards insurance premiums for cover against storm damage
to greenhouses used for agricultural purposes

Legal basis: Sonderrichtlinie
eines
Zuschusses zu den Versicherungsprämien zum Schutz vor
Sturmschäden an Gewächshäusern in der Landwirtschaft

die Gewährung

für

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

annual costs not exceeding EUR100 000; average aid per enter-
prise will be EUR 400.

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the insurance premium.

Date of implementation: After notification of the aid under
the block exemption regulation.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Duration is
limited to the period of validity of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004
(date of submission of application). If the period of validity of
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 is extended, the duration of the
scheme will be extended by the same amount.

Objective of aid: Aid in accordance with Article 11 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1/2004

In order to ensure the continuance and development of efficient
agriculture in Styria, the Province of Styria is granting contribu-
tions for insurance against the risk of agricultural production
losses due to storm damage to greenhouses.

In accordance with these principles, the contribution towards
insurance premiums for cover against storm damage to green-
houses is intended in particular to cover the risks of agricultural
production losses due to storm damage, including risks to live-
lihood resulting from major damage. The
contributions
towards insurance premium costs are intended to provide
farmers with an incentive to take out such insurance cover
against natural disasters.

Sector(s) concerned: Crop growing, fruit growing

Name and address of the granting authority:

Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung
Fachabteilung 10A Agrarrecht und ländliche Entwicklung
8052 Graz-Wetzelsdorf, Krottendorferstraße 94

Website: www.verwaltung.steiermark.at