Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises
Date: 2007-08-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, agri-foodstuffs, agricultural holding, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, investment, marketing, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to
small and medium-sized enterprises

(2007/C 190/04)

XA number: XA 7023/07

Name and address of the granting authority:

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Regeling LNV-subsidies (omschrijving steun: Verho-
onderdeel
ging
verwerking en afzet).

toegevoegde waarde

landbouwproducten,

Legal basis:

— Regeling LNV-subsidies: artikel 1:2, artikel 1:3, artikel 1:20,
artikel 2:1, artikel 2:2, artikel 2:47, eerste lid, aanhef en
onderdeel b,

— Openstellingsbesluit LNV-subsidies.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid
for
scheme is funded from the top-up (EUR 2,83 million)
sheet 123 of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme.

Maximum aid intensity: For each project, 35 % of the costs
referred to in Article 4(7) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.
When the scheme is launched, the maximum aid intensity will
be determined on the basis of the Decision inviting applications
for subsidies from the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food
Quality.

Date of implementation: The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature
and Food Quality Subsidies Scheme comes into force on 1 April
2007, but has not been made available for this section.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Ends 30 June
2008 (in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001), taking into account the adjustment period, which
runs until 31 December 2008 (in accordance with Article 10(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001).

Objective of aid: The aim is to promote projects which
improve the overall performance of
the farm and relate to
investment in the processing and/or marketing of agricultural
products as set out in Annex I to the EC Treaty.

The aid scheme complies with Article 4(7)(d) of Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001.

Sector(s) concerned: Processing and marketing of agricultural
products.

Comments:

This aid scheme applies to agricultural holdings.

Ministerie van Landbouw Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
Postbus 20401
2500 EK Den Haag
Nederland

Other information: This aid scheme is intended to provide
additional financing for measure 123 of the Rural Development
in accordance with Article 89 of
Programme (2007-2013)
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

The following activities fall within the scope of measure 123 of
the programme: 1. investment in processing and marketing the
products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty, and 2. investment
aimed at developing new products, procedures and technologies
relating to the products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty.

This notification relates only to investment of the type described
above in point 1. Investment of the type described in point 2 is
covered by notification XS 137/07.

to aid intended to provide

Both this notification and notification XS 137/07 therefore
financing
relate
for measure 123 of
the Rural Development Programme
(2007-2013).

additional

XA number: XA 7024/07

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Regeling LNV-subsidies (omschrijving steun: Samen-
werking bij innovatie (industrieel onderzoek)).

Legal basis:

— Regeling LNV-subsidies: artikel 1:2, artikel 1:3, artikel 2:1,

artikel 2:2, artikel 2:32,

— Openstellingsbesluit LNV-subsidies.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid
scheme is funded from the top-up (EUR 11,75 million) for
sheet 124 of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme.

Maximum aid intensity: For each (cooperation) project, 35 %
of
the costs referred to in Article 5a(5) of Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001, up to a maximum of EUR 500 000.

Date of implementation: The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature
and Food Quality Subsidies Scheme comes into force on 1 April
2007. No payments will be made before the 2007-2013 Rural
Development Programme has been approved.

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Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Ends 30 June
2008 (in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001), taking into account the adjustment period, which
runs until 31 December 2008 (in accordance with Article 10(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001).

Objective of aid: The aim is to promote cooperation between
farmers or between farmers and other businesses by granting
aid to cover the costs of cooperating on a project focusing on
planned research or critical investigation with the aim of disco-
vering new knowledge in order
to use this knowledge to
develop new products, processes or services or to bring about a
significant
in existing products, processes or
services.

improvement

The aid scheme complies with the introductory paragraph and
section (b) of Article 5a(3) and Article 5a(5) of Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001.

Sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Comments:
This aid scheme applies to all agricultural holdings that produce
products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty, SMEs active in the
agricultural sector (the full range of companies involved in
processing agricultural products, as well as those involved in
marketing, trading, provision of services, logistics and delivery

with regard to processed or unprocessed agricultural products)
and forestry companies.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerie van Landbouw Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
Postbus 20401
2500 EK Den Haag
Nederland

Other information: This aid scheme is intended to provide
additional financing for measure 124 of the Rural Development
Programme (2007-2013)
in accordance with Article 89 of
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

The following activities fall within the scope of measure 124 of
the programme: 1. cooperation on innovation — ‘pre-competi-
tive development’ section, and 2. cooperation on innovation —
‘industrial development’ section.

This notification relates only to investment of the type described
above in point 2. Investment of the type described in point 1 is
covered by notification XS 138/07.

to aid intended to provide

Both this notification and notification XS 138/07 therefore
financing
relate
for measure 124 of
the Rural Development Programme
(2007-2013).

additional