Summary information communicated by Member States on 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
Date: 2007-03-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Netherlands, Poland, 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 on 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 agri-
cultural products

(2007/C 71/18)

XA Number: XA 101/06

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Provincie Limburg

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Stichting Administratiekantoor Aandelen KnowHouse.

Legal basis:

Algemene subsidieverordening 2004

Nadere subsidieregels ontwikkeling landelijk gebied

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company.: A single
contribution by the Province of EUR 191 000. An advance may
be granted up to a maximum of 80 %. The accounts will be
finally settled in 2007 at the latest.

those,

Maximum aid intensity: The total costs are estimated at
the subsidy amount granted is
EUR 382 000. Of
EUR 191 000. This amount is lower than the permitted aid of
EUR 100 000 or 50 % of the eligible costs if that is more, per
three-year period per beneficiary. Concerning consultancy
services, the fees for services which do not constitute a periodic
activity nor relate to the enterprise's usual operating expendi-
ture, such as routine tax consultancy services, regular legal
services, or advertising. This is in accordance with Article 14(1),
(2)(c) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

In anticipation of the new exemption regulation for agriculture,
100 % aid may be granted in relation to consultancy services
provided by third parties, the fees for services which do not
constitute a continuous or periodic activity nor relate to the
enterprise's usual operating expenditure. Since the aid is granted
to the producer via KnowHouse B.V. in the form of subsidised
services, it complies with the requirement that aid must not be
in the form of direct financial payments to the producer.

Date of implementation: The decision granting subsidy will
be issued within four weeks following the EU's confirmation of
receipt of this notification.

aid award: From
Duration of
November 2006 to 1 December 2009 (settlement will be
sooner, but projects may continue until 1 December 2009).

scheme or

individual

whose main economic effect is on Limburg. All subprojects
aimed at increasing production are excluded. Within the frame-
work of Article 14(2)(c), this consultancy service for agricultural
enterprises is a service which does not constitute a continuous
or periodic activity nor relate to the enterprise's usual operating
expenditure.

Economic sector(s) concerned: The aid is applicable to small
and medium-sized agricultural enterprises which are active in
the primary production of agricultural products.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Limburg
Limburglaan 10
Postbus 5700
6202 MA Maastricht
Nederland

Website: www.limburg.nl

XA number: XA 114/06

Member State: Poland

Region: Województwo śląskie

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Rolnicza Spółdzielnia Produkcyjna w Raciborzu

Legal basis: Ustawa dnia 27 kwietnia 2001 r. Prawo ochrony
środowiska (Dz.U. nr 62, poz. 627, z późniejszymi zmianami)
— art. 405, art. 406 pkt 7 i 9, art. 409

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of indivi-
dual aid granted to the company: The aid is granted as a soft
loan not exceeding PLN 53 016. The loan will be paid out until
15 December 2006. The loan will be repaid in the period from
January 2008 to October 2013. The gross value of the aid
(gross grant equivalent) is PLN 4 812,6.

Maximum aid intensity: The gross aid intensity is 6,35 %.

Objective of aid: The aid relates to answering know-how ques-
tions and supporting development projects which are necessary
for an innovation process, in addition to which company know-
how questions will be answered.

Date of application: Following confirmation, by means of a
notification and an identification number, that the European
Commission has received this summary information on the
individual aid in question.

The target group for this aid comprises all agricultural enter-
prises and organisations which embark on an innovative course

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Estimated —
from November 2006 to October 2013.

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Objectives of aid: The aid is intended for the thermal moder-
nisation of the buildings (pigsty, workshop and office buildings)
of Rolnicza Spółdzielnia Produkcyjna w Raciborzu by means of:

XA Number: XA 5/07

Member State: France

a) heat source modernisation — removal of a solid fuel-fired
boiler located in the workshop building (supplying three
buildings) and installation of low-emission coal-fired boilers
in the pigsty and workshop buildings and a gas-fired boiler
in the office building,

b) modernisation of the internal central heating installation in

the workshop and office buildings

The aid will be granted under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
1/2004 for an investment
to modernise heat sources and
central heating installations at Rolnicza Spółdzielnia Produk-
cyjna w Raciborzu. The eligible costs will
include investment
costs related to the construction and modernisation of heat
sources and central heating installations.

Region: Département de la Vendée

Title of aid scheme: Aid for environmental
agricultural holdings (oil presses)

investment on

Legal basis:

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

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

vités territoriales

— Convention-cadre entre le Département de la Vendée et

l'État du 24 octobre 2006

Annual
EUR 45 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: 30 % of an amount
EUR15 000 per oil press.

limited to

Sector(s) concerned: The aid is granted to an operator active
in the cultivation of cereals and pig farming.

Date of
receipt is received from the Commission.

implementation: As soon as acknowledgement of

Name and address of the granting authority: The aid is
granted from the Wojewódzki Fundusz Ochrony Środowiska i
Gospodarki Wodnej w Katowicach (Voivodship Fund for the
Protection of the Environment and Water Management in Kato-
wice), ulica Plebiscytowa 19, 40-035 Katowice.

Duration of scheme: Five years from when the Commission
acknowledges receipt.

Objective of aid: Aid for the acquisition, during 2006 and
2007, of pure vegetable oil presses will make it possible to
promote using this oil instead of diesel oil.

Web address: www.wfosigw.katowice.pl

Other information: The gross amount of aid (gross aid inten-
sity) has been calculated in accordance with the definition laid
down in Article 2(5) 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. This is the ratio of the gross grant
equivalent to the eligible costs attracting assistance.

The gross grant equivalent resulting from the soft loan has been
calculated in accordance with the Regulation of the Council of
Ministers of 11 August 2004 on the method of calculating the
value of State aid granted in various forms (Journal of Laws No
194, item 1983). The gross grant equivalent is PLN 4 812,6.

Eligible costs attracting assistance: PLN 75 738.

Gross amount of aid = PLN 4 812,6/75 738 = 6,35 %.

The aid is intended for the following beneficiaries:

— groups of farmers,

— cooperatives comprising users of agricultural materials.

A precondition is that the beneficiaries must be economically
viable.

The amount of support provided will firstly be determined, for
each operation, on the basis of the estimated cost stated when
the application is submitted.

The actual aid will be determined when receipted invoices are
submitted. The Department will be able to carry out document
and on-the-spot checks.

If the actual purchase cost is less than the estimated cost stated
when submitting the file to the standing committee, the aid will
be reduced in proportion to the actual expenditure. In the oppo-
site case, the support will not be increased.

The beneficiary of
the support must undertake to use the
Department's support, from when the decision is notified, for
the specific purpose for which it has been allocated and to
submit, each year for three years, a technical report on the
operation of the oil press.

The decision awarding support must precede implementation of
the project. Otherwise the application for support will be inad-
missible.

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The Department's support will be automatically cancelled by the
standing committee if
there is no response to notice being
served, and it will be possible to demand immediate repayment
if the beneficiary does not furnish the supporting documents
requested. The Department will also be able to call for the
support to be paid back if the nature or purpose of the expendi-
ture is not in accordance with the award criteria.

Any decision to grant support will be invalidated if the equip-
ment is not purchased within two years from when the decision
is notified. The support will therefore be cancelled automati-
cally.

By way of exception and with the agreement of the regional
council's standing committee, however,
it will be possible to
extend the validity by a maximum of one year for purchasing
the equipment, provided that the beneficiary is not responsible
for the delay and that the request for extension is submitted
with supporting documents two months before expiry of the
support's initial period of validity.

Sector(s) concerned: All polyvalent holdings, via the following
structures:

— groups of farmers;

— cooperatives comprising users of agricultural materials.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Address for correspondence:

Conseil Général de la Vendée
Direction de l'Environnement et de l'Aménagement
Service Agriculture et Pêche
40, rue Maréchal Foch
F-85923 LA ROCHE SUR YON CEDEX 9

Web address: www.vendee.fr
www.agricuture@vendee.fr

(general Department

site) or

The description will be put on line subject to the European
Commission registering this exemption sheet.