Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 857/2006 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: 2007-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, 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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NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 857/2006 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 128/04)

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to production of agri-
cultural products. All sub-sectors are eligible.

Aid No: XA 21/07

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 Trade Fair Attendance

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

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

2007-2008

GBP 9800

Total

GBP 9800

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 100 % in line
with Article 15 Regulation.

Date of implementation: The scheme will start on 13 March
2007.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will begin on 13 March 2007. It will close on the 31 March
2008. The last payment will be made no later than 30 April
2008.

Objective of aid: Sectoral Development. The scheme will
enable the South Hams Food and Drink Association to attend
trade fairs at Totnes Festival September 2007 and the Dart-
mouth Festival October 2007 to promote the products of its
members (and other producers in the South Hams area) to visi-
tors to the region. The scheme will be paid in line with Article
15 of Regulation 1857/2006 and the eligible costs will be the
participation in fairs, specifically:

— participation fees;

— travel costs;

— costs of publications;

— Rent of exhibition premises.

Name and address of the granting authority:

The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:

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

The organisation operating the scheme is:

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

Web-Address:
Full_Text_Final.doc

http://www.ruraldevon.org/updocs/Trade_Fair_-

www.lovetheflavour.co.uk South Hams Food and Drink Associa-
tion

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 named South Hams Food and Drink Trade fair
Attendance.

Other information: Signed and dated on behalf of the Depart-
ment of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK competent
authority)

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

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Aid No: XA 22/07

Member State: Italy

Website:

http://www.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it, under the headings:

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Deadlines for the submission of declarations/applica-
tions for access to the automatic incentives provided for in
Article 8(2) of Law No 266 of 7 August 1997 on the initiatives
in the regions of Sicily and Valle d'Aosta.

— Incentivi alle Imprese

— Aree tematiche — Incentivi alle Imprese

Legal basis:

— Normativa (attuazione).

— Decreto del ministro dello Sviluppo economico del 16
ottobre 2006 pubblicato sul supplemento ordinario n. 206
alla GURI n. 255 del 2 novembre 2006: «Termini di presen-
tazione delle dichiarazioni-domanda per l'accesso agli incen-
tivi automatici di cui all'art. 8, comma 2, della legge 7
agosto 1997, n. 266, relative alle iniziative nelle regioni
Sicilia e Valle d'Aosta»

— Comunicato di

rettifica del ministero dello Sviluppo
economico relativo al decreto 16 ottobre 2006, pubblicato
sulla GURI n. 270 del 20 novembre 2006

— Legge 7 agosto 1997 n. 266, art. 8, comma 2 pubblicata

sulla GURI n. 186 dell'11 agosto 1997

— Decreto del ministro dell'Industria del commercio e dell'arti-
gianato del 30 maggio 2001 pubblicato sul supplemento
ordinario n. 219 alla GURI n. 197 del 25 agosto 2001:
«Criteri e modalità per la concessione delle agevolazioni in
forma automatica di cui all'art. 1 del decreto-legge 23
giugno 1995, n. 244, convertito, con modificazioni, dalla
legge 8 agosto 1995, n. 341, e all'art. 8, comma 2, della
legge 7 agosto 1997, n. 266».

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or total
annual amount awarded to the company: EUR 40 million.

Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with point 3.1 of Table
2 of Annex A to the Decree of 30 May 2001: 50 % of eligible
investment for Sicily; for Valle d'Aosta aid intensity varies from
a minimum of 7,5 % to a maximum of 18 % according to the
size of the enterprise and the site of the investment.

Date of implementation: 22 November 2006.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006.

Objective of aid: Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004. Type
of investments: projects for new installations and to extend,
update, restructure and convert production sites. Eligible expen-
diture: installations, machinery, equipment and services relating
to participating in environmental management schemes and
obtaining the product quality eco-label and services aimed at
enhancing the production process.

Sector(s) concerned: The
to small and
medium-sized enterprises involved in the processing of agri-
cultural products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty.

scheme applies

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero dello Sviluppo economico

Direzione generale per il Coordinamento degli
imprese.

incentivi alle

Other information: The annual expenditure given includes the
annual expenditure provided for under the scheme with the
same legal basis for small and medium-sized enterprises not
covered by Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 but covered by Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001.

Aid No: XA 28/07

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: England Catchment Sensitive Farming Capital Grant
Scheme 2007-2008.

Legal basis: This is a non-statutory service, participation in
which is voluntary. The Agriculture Act 1986 (section 1)
provides the legal basis for the provision by Government of
advice in connection with any agricultural activity.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: 1st April
2007 — 31st March 2008: GBP 5 million

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 60 %
in line with Article 4 of the Regulation.

Date of implementation: The scheme will start on 1st April
2007.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will begin on 1st April 2007. It will close for applications on
29 June 2007 and claims on the 31st January 2008. The last
payment to farmers will be made by 31st March 2008.

Objective of aid: Environmental protection. The aim of the
England Catchment Sensitive Farming Capital Grant Scheme is
to encourage early voluntary action by farmers to tackle diffuse
water pollution from agriculture (DWPA) in 40 priority catch-
ments by giving aid towards the cost of items which will reduce
DWPA. It will contribute to the achievement of domestic and
the Water
international environmental
Framework Directive. The scheme will be paid in line with
Article 4 of Regulation 1857/2006 and the eligible costs will be
investments in agricultural holdings.

in particular

targets,

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Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to production of agri-
cultural products. All subsectors will be eligible.

Name and address of the granting authority:

The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
Defra
Water Quality Division
55 Whitehall, c/o 3-8 Whitehall Place
London SW1A 2HH
United Kingdom

The organisation operating the scheme is:

Natural England
Farm Advice Unit
Eastbrook
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge CB2 2DR
United Kingdom

Web-Address: More information on the England CSF Capital
Grant Scheme and the wider England CSF Delivery Initiative,
and the full text of this document can be found at:

http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/environment/water/csf/pdf/state-
aid-capitalgrantsscheme.pdf

http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/environment/water/csf/grants/
state-aid.htm

click on State Aid on the left hand side of this page.

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 England Catchment Sensitive Farming Capital
Grants Scheme.

Other information: Further and more detailed information
relating to eligibility and rules for the scheme can be found in
the web links above

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

of cooperation (FONCOOPER)
in the
Regions of Sicily and Valle d'Aosta under the responsibility of
the central government since these Regions have yet to imple-
ment the administrative decentralisation programme.

regarding initiatives

Legal basis:

— Titolo I della legge 27 febbraio 1985 n. 49, modificata con
legge 5 marzo 2001 n. 57, art. 12 (G.U. n. 66 del 20 marzo
2001)

— Direttiva del ministero Industria, commercio e artigianato
(ora ministero dello Sviluppo economico) del 9 maggio
2001 (G.U. n. 171 del 25 luglio 2001).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: Aid
scheme: annual overall amount EUR 5 million.

Maximum aid intensity::
In accordance with Article 4 of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December
2006, the aid intensity may not exceed:

a) 50 % of eligible investments in less-favoured areas or the
areas referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Regulation
(EC) No 1698/2005, designated by the Member States in
accordance with Articles 50 and 94 of the same Regulation;

b) 40 % of eligible investments in other regions.

Date of implementation: In accordance with Article 20(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, after confirmation from the
Commission (within ten working days from receipt of
this
summary) given by a receipt bearing an identification number
and publication on the internet.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Ends 31
December 2013.

Objective of aid: Transparent aid to agricultural SMEs active in
primary production to carry out investment projects in tangible
fixed assets, to be implemented after the decision to grant the
funding is taken.

Eligible expenditure (net of VAT) to purchase land and buildings,
carry out building works and to purchase, update and restruc-
ture machinery, equipment and facilities.

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

Aid No: XA 30/07

Member State: Italy

Region: Sicily and Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Revolving fund for the promotion and development

Sector(s) concerned: The
to small and
in primary production,
active
medium-sized
excluding those cases referred to in Articles 1 and 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006.

scheme applies

enterprises

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero dello Sviluppo economico
DG Coordinamento incentivi alle imprese
Ufficio D2
Via Giorgione, 2/b
I-00147 Roma

‘Comitato di Gestione Foncooper’,

Decision-making body:
in
accordance with the agreement reached on 26 June 2000
between the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Crafts (now the
Ministry of Economic Development) and Coopercredito SpA (now
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA.,
located at Via Veneto 119,
I-00187 Rome).

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Website: http://prodotti.bnl.it/pagina.asp?Page=2212

Other information: Each individual finance project may not
exceed a maximum amount of EUR 2 million, with a limit of
70 % of eligible investments and the overall amount of aid
granted to an individual enterprise (the difference between the
repayments calculated at market rates and the subsidy repay-
ments applied to the financing) may not exceed EUR 400 000
granted over any three-year period or EUR 500 000 if the enter-
prise is located in a less-favoured area or in an area pursuant to
Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
designated as such by Member States in accordance with Articles
50 and 94 of the same Regulation.

The annual expenditure planned for the aid scheme includes the
annual expenditure for the scheme with the same legal basis
designed for SMEs that are not covered by Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 but covered by Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.

Aid No: XA 31/07

Member State: Italy

Region: Sicily and Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme: Financial aid for the purchase or lease of
new production machinery and tools.

Legal basis:

Legge 28 novembre 1965, n. 1329

Assembly, testing, transport and packaging costs are eligible up
to a maximum of 15 % of the cost of the machine or equip-
ment via interest subsidies equivalent to 100 % of the reference
rate in the Region of Sicily and 50 % of the reference rate in the
Region of Valle d'Aosta.

Eligible investments must be aimed at one or more of
following objectives:

the

— reduction of production costs;

— improvement and redeployment of production;

— improvement in quality;

— preservation and improvement of the natural environment,
or the improvement of hygiene conditions or animal welfare
standards..

The amount of funding may reach up to 100 % of the invest-
ment plan for a period of up to 5 years.

Aid for each individual request may not exceed the maximum
aid intensity granted under applicable EU rules.

to small and
Sector(s) concerned: The
medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agri-
cultural products.

scheme applies

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Ministero dell'Economia e delle finanze
Via XX Settembre, 97
I-00187 Roma

Delibera del comitato agevolazioni MCC del 22.2.2007

Website:

www.incentivi.mcc.it\sicilia et www.incentivi.mcc\vda

Annual
EUR 10 000 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: Interest subsidy equivalent to 100 %
of the reference rate in the Region of Sicily and equivalent to
50 % of the reference rate in the Region of Valle d'Aosta for the
purchase of machine tools or new manufacturing equipment,
excluding replacement investments.

Aid No: XA 33/07

Member State: United Kingdom

In accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/
2006, the gross intensity of aid may not exceed:

Region: England

— 50 % of eligible expenditure for enterprises operating in
less-favoured areas (under Articles 18 to 20 of Regulation
(EC) No 1257/1999);

— 40 % of eligible expenditure for enterprises operating in

other areas.

Date of implementation: The aid scheme enters into force ten
working days after this information has been sent, as provided
for in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Duration of the scheme: Ends 31 December 2013.

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Farming Activities Programme (England) 2007 —
2008

Legal basis: The scheme is non-statutory. The Agriculture Act
1986 (section 1) provides the legal base for the provision by
Government of advice in connection with any agricultural
activity.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: 5 April
2007 — 28 March 2008: GBP 1 152 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 100 %.

Objective of the aid: The objective of the aid scheme is to help
the purchase or leasing by SMEs of brand new machine tools or
production equipment for an overall cost exceeding EUR 516,45.

Date of implementation: The scheme will start on 5 April
2007.

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Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will begin on 5 April 2007. It will close on the 31 March 2008.
The last payment will be made on 28 March 2008.

Objective of aid: Sectoral development. This is a programme
for practising farmers. The purpose of
the programme,
consisting of a range of conferences, workshops and seminars,
is to help farmers understand current issues that may impact
upon their businesses such as CAP reform, catchment sensitive
farming, and the introduction of new Environmental Steward-
ship Schemes. This will
the
sector.

increase the professionalism of

The aid will be paid in line with Article 15 of Regulation
1857/2006 and the eligible costs will be costs of organising and
delivering training programmes.

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to businesses active
in the production of agricultural products only. The scheme is
open to businesses producing any type of agricultural product.

Name and address of the granting authority:

The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
Westminster
London SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom

The organisation operating the scheme is:

Natural England
Land Management & Advisory Services
Eastbrook
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
Cambs CB2 8DR
United Kingdom

Web-Address:
farming-wildlife/docs/StateAidFarmingActivities.pdf

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/planning/

Click on ‘Farming Activities Programme (England)’. Alternatively,
you can go direct to.

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

Other information: Further and more detailed information
relating to eligibility and rules for the scheme can be found in
the web links above

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

Neil Marr
Agricultural State Aid
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Area 8B 9 Millbank
C/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
Westminster
London SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom