Summary information communicated by Member States on 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: 2006-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Netherlands, State aid, agro-industry, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

9.12.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 300/13

Summary information communicated by Member States on 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)

(2006/C 300/04)

XA Number: XA 96/06

Member State: Belgium

Region: Flemish Region

Name of company receiving individual aid: pcfruit (Proef-
centrum Fruitteelt vzw) [Test Centre for Fruit Growing]

Legal basis: Decreet van 19 mei 2006 betreffende de
oprichting en de werking van het Fonds voor Landbouw en
Visserij, meer bepaald art. 4. § 2

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
compa-
ny: EUR 5 000 for 1 year (renewable)

aid granted to the

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % EUR 5 000

Date of implementation: 1 November 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 year, until
31 October 2007

Objective of aid: To support small and medium-sized enter-
prises and sectoral development

More specifically,
‘aid to encourage the production and
marketing of quality agricultural products’ on the basis of
Article 13 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
and
active
marketing of agricultural products

production,

processing

in the

Economic sector(s) concerned: Production and marketing of
propagating material and plants of high quality in the tree
nursery sector (fruit-bearing and ligneous ornamental plants)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Vlaamse overheid
Beleidsdomein Landbouw en Visserij
Fonds voor Landbouw en Visserij
WTC III — 12de verd.
Simon Bolivarlaan 30
B-1000 Brussel

Website:

XA Number: XA 26/06

Member State: Netherlands

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Aid to the Hoofdbedrijfschap Agrarische Groothandel
[Agricultural Wholesale Main Trade Association] for wholesale
in the flower and plant sector in the Netherlands

heffingsverordening

Legal basis: Algemene
en
planten 2004, alsmede de Verordening heffing bloemen en
planten 2005 alsmede hun jaarlijkse rechtsopvolgers, welke
heffingsverordeningen hun wettelijke basis vinden in artikel
126 van de Wet op de bedrijfsorganisatie

bloemen

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
Hoofdbedrijfschap Agrarische Groothandel has estimated a sum
of EUR 1 500 000 for technical support to wholesalers in the
flower and plant sector in the Netherlands

Maximum aid intensity: EUR 1 500 000 a year

Date of implementation: After national adoption of the levy
Ordinance (see legal basis), which will take place after expiry of
the 10 working days stipulated in Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The technical
support will be for an indefinite period, since there is a contin-
uous need for up-to-date knowledge and market information.

Objective of aid: To make wholesalers in the flower and plant
sector more competitive by providing generally applicable
knowledge and information, the enterprises concerned being
too small to obtain such knowledge and information them-
selves. This comprises technical support under Article 14 of
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004

Economic sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to flower
and plant wholesalers and therefore to the trading and
marketing
distinction
according to the products' origin

products, without

agricultural

of

Name and address of the granting authority:

Hoofdbedrijfschap Agrarische Groothandel
Postbus 1012
1430 BA Aalsmeer
Nederland

http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi/welcome.pl

Website:

http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/doc/rech_n.htm

www.hbag.nl and www.HBAGbloemen.nl

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Aid No: XA 69/06

Member State: Netherlands

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Aid for TSE tests on slaughter goats

Legal basis:

Begroting van het Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voed-
selkwaliteit.

the aim being to ascertain within a short period the prevalence
of BSE in goats. However, the cost of a TSE test far exceeds the
small
income obtained from a goat. Passing on the cost of
testing would deter goat owners from offering their animals for
slaughter. This would mean that no tests could be carried out
and that therefore no epidemiological data could be collected,
which would be highly undesirable given the importance for
public health. Refunding test costs in full means that goats are
offered for slaughter, whereby TSE tests can be carried out and
test results obtained.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agricultural undertakings,
particularly goat owners.

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerie van
Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit.

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 214/2005, requires Member States to test
goats for TSEs. In accordance with the budget, costs connected
with those tests are not passed on to goat owners

Website:

www.minlnv.nl/loket

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
total budgetary allocation comprises an annual maximum of
EUR 315 000, based on a maximum of 26 250 goats a year

Other information: As indicated, the measure is temporary.
the
The aid was initially notified in the expectation that
measure would be in force for a year at the most. Goat testing
is currently expected to last until mid-2007.

Maximum aid intensity: The total cost of a test is EUR 42.
The Netherlands contributes EUR 12 per slaughter goat (over
18 months old) in addition to the EUR 30 part-financed by the
European Commission.

Aid for BSE and TSE testing is permitted under the Community
guidelines for State aid concerning TSE tests, fallen stock and
slaughterhouse waste (OJ C 324, 24.12.2002)

Date of implementation: The requirement to test goats was
introduced by Regulation (EC) No 214/2005 amending Regu-
lation (EC) No 999/2001. Test costs are not passed on to the
original goat owner. The aid scheme has been applied in
the Netherlands since the beginning of 2005 and at that time
was already notified as a temporary measure.
Initially the
Commission stated that goat testing should be continued until
mid-2006. It recently stated that goat testing would continue
until mid-2007. The planned amendment of the rules on TSE
tests is expected to have been completed by then.

XA number: XA 95/06

Member State: Belgium

Region: Flemish Region

By means of the present notification the Netherlands therefore
wishes to extend the above-mentioned temporary measure's
period of validity.

Name of company receiving individual aid: PBB (Pépinière
Belge — Belgische Boomkwekerij vzw) [Belgian Tree Nursery]

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid will
be granted in this form until the Commission has taken a final
decision on amending the Community requirements on testing
slaughter goats for TSEs. At an earlier stage the Commission
stated that goat testing would be continued until mid-2006.
Slaughter goat testing is currently expected to be continued
until mid-2007.

Legal basis: Decreet van 19 mei 2006 betreffende de
oprichting en de werking van het Fonds voor Landbouw en
Visserij, meer bepaald art. 4. § 2

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR
15 000 for 1 year (renewable)

Objective of aid: To obtain epidemiological data on TSEs in
goats. The background to the aid is as follows. Regulation (EC)
No 999/2001 requires slaughter goats to be tested for TSEs,

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % EUR 15 000

Date of implementation: 1 November 2006

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Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 year, until
31 October 2007

Objective of aid: To support small and medium-sized enter-
prises and sectoral development.

More specifically,
‘aid to encourage the production and
marketing of quality agricultural products’ on the basis of
Article 13 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
and
marketing of agricultural products.

production,

processing

in the

active

Name and address of the granting authority:

Vlaamse overheid
Beleidsdomein Landbouw en Visserij
Fonds voor Landbouw en Visserij
WTC III — 12de verd.
Simon Bolivarlaan 30
B-1000 Brussel

Website:

Economic sector(s) concerned: Production and marketing of
propagating material and plants of high quality in the tree
nursery sector (fruit-bearing and ligneous ornamental plants)

http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi/welcome.pl

http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/doc/rech_n.htm