Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 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: 2007-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, agro-industry, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Official Journal of the European Union

10.3.2007

Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 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)

(2007/C 55/05)

XA Number: XA 113/06

Web-Address:

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Northwest of England

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: MCJ Casings Ltd

Legal basis: The Government's powers for Regional Selective
Assistance (RSA) and Selective Finance for
in
England (SFIE) are provided in Section 7 of the Industrial Devel-
opment Act 1982. Section 7(1) of the Act provides for financial
assistance to be given on a discretionary basis in order to
provide, maintain or safeguard employment
in the Assisted
Areas (AAs). Offers of assistance in England are subject to the
consent of the Treasury

Investment

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: A Selec-
tive Finance for Investment grant of GBP 58 000 payable in 2
instalments over an 18 month period

Maximum aid intensity: An SFI grant of GBP 58 000 equates
to 5 % of
the company's total project capital expenditure
(GBP 1 240 000)

Date of implementation: The project is due to commence
29th December 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The grant will
be paid in 2 instalments when capital expenditure, job creation
and productivity growth targets have been met. The final
payment will be made by 30th June 2008

Objective of aid: The objective is Regional Development. The
grant complies with Article 7 which deals with investment in
processing and marketing of agricultural products. The eligible
costs will be the purchase of new machinery and equipment
namely odour control plant steam cleaning equipment, gut
cleaning equipment, workstations, refrigeration, wet chemical
scrubber and ancillary equipment

http://www.nwda.co.uk/RelatedContent.aspx?area=86&subarea=
252&item=20029190203189955

Scroll down the page and click on the Defra State Aid link on
the right hand side.

http://defraweb/farm/policy/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm

Other information:

Details of the offer targets can be found in the full text docu-
ment.

This grant is being made under the selective finance for invest-
ments scheme which was approved as regional selective assis-
tance under N731/2000. The processing of Annex1 products is
however excluded form the approval to scheme N731/2000 and
MCJ Casing's products falls under Annex1. Therefore, the grant
is being notified individually under Regulation 1/2004.

MCJ Casings Ltd is based in the Merseyside Objective 1 region.

Signed and dated on behalf of the Department of Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (UK competent authority)

Neil Marr
Agricultural State Aid Advisor
Defra
8B 9 Millbank
c/o 17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom

Aid No: XA 100/06

Member State: Spain

Sector(s) concerned: The main activity of MCJ Casings is to
process and market sausage casings from sheep intestine.

Region: Catalonia

Name and address of the granting authority:

Northwest Regional Development Agency
PO Box 37
Renaissance House
Centre Park
Warrington WA1 1XB
United Kingdom

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Aid to improve the processing and marketing of
agricultural and livestock products

Legal basis: Orden ARP/203/2005, de 27 de abril, por la que
se aprueban las bases reguladoras de las ayudas para la mejora
de los procesos de transformación y comercialización de los
productos agrícolas y ganaderos (DOG C 4379 de 6.5.05)

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

2005: EUR 100 000

2006: EUR 4 500 000

eries products but including cork products (CN code 4502,
4503 and 4504), provided that the result of the processing is
also an agricultural product or one included in Annex I to the
Treaty. The investment must be carried out by agri-food indus-
tries in the following sectors:

Since these are interest subsidies, the allocated budget will be
distributed across the life of the loans, which will not exceed ten
years

a) Meat

b) Milk

Maximum aid intensity: The aid takes the form of a subsidy
of up to 1.5 percentage points on the interest on loans
contracted to finance investments in improving the processing
and marketing of agricultural and livestock products. The
maximum amount of the loan will be 70 % of the eligible
investment, excluding VAT, up to EUR 1 400 000.

The maximum intensity will be:

— 5,74 % in the case of a loan over 10 years.

— 4,48 % in the case of a loan over 8 years.

— 3,16 % in the case of a loan over 5 years.

Date of implementation: 7.5.2005

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: Aid may
be granted up to 31 December 2006. Payments will be made
for up to 10 years until the loans granted have been totally
repaid

Objective of aid: The objective is to encourage firms to make
investments to improve the processing and marketing of agri-
cultural products.

Article 7.

— Eligible costs are:

— the construction and purchase of
excluding the purchase of land;

immovable property,

c) Eggs and poultrymeat

d) Miscellaneous animal products

e) Oil seeds and protein plants

f) Fodder crops

g) Cereals

h) Wine and spirits

i) Olive oil

j) Fresh fruit and vegetables

k) Flowers and plants

l) Potatoes

m) Processed fruit and vegetables

n) Seeds

o) Fertilisers

p) Cork

Name and address of the granting authority:

Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca
Generalitat de Catalunya
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 612-614
E-08007 Barcelona

— new equipment

and machinery,

including

computer

Web address:

programs and software;

https://www.gencat.net/diari_c/4379/05116113.htm

— miscellaneous expenditure, up to 12 % of expenditure under
the preceding indents, including drafting and preparation of
the technical draft of the investment and supervision of the
works
feasibility studies and
expenditure which helps improve competitiveness

justifying the investment,

Sector(s) concerned: Processing and marketing of the agri-
cultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty, excluding fish-

Other information:

Signature of the competent authority

Joan Luria i Pagès
Subdirector-general of programming
Department of economics and finance
GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA