Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 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: 2007-04-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, United Kingdom, agro-industry, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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4.4.2007

Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 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

(2007/C 76/05)

XA Number: XA 6/07

The organisation operating the scheme is:

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: South West of England

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: South Hams Food and Drink Producer Group

Devon Renaissance
7C Cranmere Road
Exeter Road Industrial Estate
Okehampton
Devon EX20 1UE
United Kingdom

Legal basis: Appendix 5 of the Regional Development Agencies
Act 1998

Web-Address:

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

http://www.ruraldevon.org/updocs/South_Hams_Food_&_Drink_
Assoc_Producer_Group_Full_Text.doc

2006-2007

GBP17 640

2007-2008

GBP 70560

Total

GBP 88200

Alternatively, you can go to the UK's central website for
exempted agricultural state aids at:

www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm

Click on the link ‘South Hams Food and Drink Producer Group’.

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity will be 100 % of
eligible costs.

Other information.: —

Date of
February 2007.

implementation: The scheme will

start on 9th

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will start on 9th February 2007 and close on 31 March 2008.
The last payment will be made on 30 April 2008.

Objective of aid: Sectoral development. The aid will enable the
South Hams Food & Drink Association to set itself up as a
its products according to a
producer group and market
common set of rules.

The aid will be paid in line with Article 9, aid for producer
groups, of Regulation 1857/2006 and will cover start-up costs.
More specifically, the eligible costs will be:

— Administrative staff costs

— The rental of suitable premises

— Overheads

— Legal and administrative fees.

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

XA Number: XA 7/07

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Province of Overijssel

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid:

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme will be open to all sub-
sectors

Uitvoeringsbesluit Subsidies Overijssel 2007 (UBS 2007), para-
grafen

Name and address of the granting authority.: The statutory
body responsible for the scheme is:

8.3 (Omvorming van intensieve veehouderijen),

South West Regional Development Agency
Stirling House
Dix's Field
Exeter EX1 1QA
United Kingdom

8.4 (Stimulering duurzame ontwikkeling landbouwontwikkelge-

bieden),

8.5 (Verbetering ruimtelijke structuur grondgebonden land-

bouw),

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8.7 (Opstellen en uitvoeren meerjarig stimuleren programma

innovatie in agroclusters),

8.8 (Stimuleren toekomstgericht ondernemerschap) en

8.9 (Stimuleren biologische landbouw door verbeteren afzet).

Legal basis:

Wet inrichting Landelijk gebied,

Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht,

Algemene Subsidieverordening Overijssel 2005 en PS-besluit
van 11 oktober 2006, kenmerk PS/2006/760 (PS hebben op
grond van artikel 11,
lid 4 van de Wet inrichting landelijk
gebied de bevoegdheid tot het vaststellen van steunmaatregelen
ten laste van het investeringsbudget overgedragen aan GS)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall
planned expenditure is EUR 33 million for the 2007-13 period.
This expenditure comes to an estimated EUR 4,8 million per
year.

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment measures (Article 4):

— 40 %, with a maximum of EUR 100 000 per investment
(Articles 8(11)(b) and 8.13(2) of Paragraph 8(3) and Article
8(34)(2) of Paragraph 8(8) of UBS 2007);

— 40 % of the eligible investment costs (Article 8(17)(2) of

Paragraph 8(4) of UBS 2007);

— 40 %, with a maximum of EUR 100 000 per investment
for agricultural holdings and EUR 250 000 for coopera-
tive holdings (Article 8(29)(3) of Paragraph 8(7) of UBS
2007).

— involvement of consultancy services and/or research insti-
tutes in an innovative project: 50 %, with a maximum of
EUR 30 000 per applicant (Article 8(29)(2) of Paragraph 8
(7) of UBS 2007);

— development and dissemination of knowledge: 70 %,
with a maximum of EUR 5 000 per beneficiary per year,
for promoting forward-looking entrepreneurship (Article
8(34)(1) of Paragraph 8(8)).

In accordance with Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1857/2006 aid for technical support is provided in kind by
means of subsidised services.

Date of
start after
implementation: Implementation will
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, as set
out in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From the day
after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, as
set out in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, until
31 December 2013 inclusive.

Objective of aid:

The objectives of the aid are to:

1.

improve the spatial structure of agriculture;

2. reinforce and broaden the economic base of agriculture by
promoting forward-looking entrepreneurship and innova-
tion;

3. develop ecologically sustainable agriculture.

To achieve these objectives, the following Articles of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 are being applied:

— Article 4: investment in agricultural holdings;

— Article 13: aid for land reparcelling;

2. Aid for land reparcelling (Article 13):

— Article 15: provision of technical support in the agricultural

voluntary and non-systematic exchange of plots of
land:
100 % of the legal costs (Article 8(20)(3) of Paragraph 8(5) of
UBS 2007).

3. Technical support (Article 15):

— 70 %, with a maximum of EUR 100 000 per beneficiary
for each three-year period (Article 8(29)(1) of Paragraph 8
(7) and Article 8(38) of Paragraph 8(9) of UBS 2007);

— consultancy services: 50 % for restructuring of intensive
livestock holdings (Article 8(13)(1) of Paragraph 8(3) of
UBS 2007) and 70 % for promoting forward-looking
entrepreneurship (Article 8(34)(1) of Paragraph 8(8) of
UBS 2007) — in both cases with a maximum of
EUR 5 000 per beneficiary per year;

sector.

For the eligible costs, please refer to the ‘Maximum aid intensity’
section.

Economic sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to small
and medium-sized enterprises in all sectors involved in the
production, processing and marketing of agricultural products.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gedeputeerde Staten van Overijssel
Luttenbergstraat 2
Postbus 10078
8000 GB Zwolle
Nederland

Internet address: www.overijssel.nl