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 of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
Date: 2007-08-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (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 of agricultural products and amending
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

(2007/C 196/08)

XA number: XA 78/07

Member State: The Netherlands

(a) consultancy services with regard to research, excluding
quality checks and product testing, to be carried out by
experts with a view to developing high-quality agricultural
products;

Region: —

(b) business development (including starting up a farm, moder-

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Regeling LNV-subsidies (omschrijving steun: Gebruik
adviesdiensten voor landbouwers).

Legal basis:

nising and expanding);

(c) cessation of farming;

(d) applying quality legislation to the farm;

(e) risk management;

— Regeling LNV-subsidies: artikel 1:2, artikel 1:3; artikel 1:20;

artikel 2:1; artikel 2:8

(f) drawing up water and nature management plans for the

farm;

— Openstellingsbesluit LNV-subsidies.

(g) developing partnerships.

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 4,35 million)
sheet 114 of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme.

The aid scheme complies with Articles 15(2)(c), (3) and (4) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural holdings that produce
products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty.

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the costs of the consultancy
services, up to a maximum of EUR 1 500 per year per farm.
The farmer is eligible for aid once every three years.

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.

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Internet address: ww.minlnv.nl/loket

Duration of
31 December 2013.

scheme or

individual

aid award: Ends

Other information: —

Objective of aid: The aid scheme applies to consultancy
services that are not continuous or recurrent (as is the case for
routine tax consultancy, regular legal services or advertising).

Eligible
following:

consultancy services must at

least

relate to the

XA number: XA 79/07

— the statutory management requirements and the good agri-
cultural and environmental conditions set out in Articles 4
and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and in Annexes III
and IV thereto,

— occupational safety standards based on Community legisla-

tion.

In addition, consultancy services may also relate to subjects
connected with the development of the farm, such as:

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: The provinces
(Drenthe, Gelderland, Groningen,
Flevoland, Friesland, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel,
Utrecht, Zeeland, South Holland, South Limburg)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Provinciale subsidieverordeningen (omschrijving steun:
Instandhouding en opwaardering van het
landelijk erfgoed,
onderdeel
instandhouding van traditionele landschappen en
gebouwen).

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Legal basis:

— Artikel 11, derde lid, Wet inrichting landelijk gebied

— Provinciewet: artikel 105, artikel 145, artikel 158.

Provinciale subsidieverordeningen:

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural holdings that produce
products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty.

Name and address of the granting authority:

The provinces
(Drenthe, Gelderland, Groningen, Flevoland,
Friesland, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht,
Zeeland, South Holland, South Limburg)

— Drenthe: artikel 3 van de Subsidieverordening Inrichting

Landelijk Gebied

Internet address:

— Gelderland: artikel 2 van de Subsidieregeling vitaal Gelder-

land 2007

http://www.regiebureau-pop.nl/nl/info/4/57/provinciale-subsidie-
verordeningen/

— Groningen: artikel 9 van de Uitvoeringsregeling subsidies

inrichting landelijk gebied 2006

— Flevoland: artikel 2 van de Subsidieregeling inrichting lande-

lijk gebied Flevoland

— Friesland:

artikel 2 van de Kadersubsidieverordening

Inrichting Landelijk Gebied provincie Fryslân 2007

— Noord-Brabant:

artikel 2 van de

Subsidieverordening

inrichting landelijk Gebied 2007

— Noord-Holland:

artikel 3 van de Subsidieverordening

inrichting landelijk gebied Noord-Holland 2007

— Overijssel: artikel 6.10 en 8.3 van het Uitvoeringsbesluit

subsidies Overijssel

the provincial councils of

Other information: Under Article 11(3) of the WILG (Rural
Development Act),
the various
(Provincial) Subsidy Ordinances on
provinces must adopt
measures that are eligible for EAFRD part-financing under Regu-
lation (EC) No 1698/2005. In accordance with Article 11(3) of
the WILG, these Subsidy Ordinances must be approved by the
Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Before this
can happen, the European Commission must first approve the
Dutch Rural Development Programme. Therefore, the (sections
of the) Provincial Subsidy Ordinances that implement the Dutch
Rural Development Programme for the 2007-2013 program-
ming period still have to be approved by the Minister for Agri-
culture, Nature and Food Quality.

— Utrecht: artikel 3 van de Subsidieverordening inrichting

landelijk gebied provincie Utrecht 2006

XA number: XA 80/07

— Zeeland: artikel 2 van de PMJP Subsidieregeling Inrichting

Landelijk Gebied Zeeland

Member State: The Netherlands

— Zuid-Holland: artikel 7.8 van de Algemene subsidieveror-

dening Zuid-Holland

— Zuid-Limburg:

artikel 2 van de

Subsidieverordening

inrichting landelijk gebied Limburg.

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 2,32 million)
for
sheet 323 of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme.

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of the expenditure referred to in
Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, up to a maximum
of EUR 200 000 over three financial years.

Date of implementation: No payments will be made before
the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme has been
approved.

Region: The provinces
(Drenthe, Gelderland, Groningen,
Flevoland, Friesland, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel,
Utrecht, Zeeland, South Holland, South Limburg)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Provinciale subsidieverordeningen (omschrijving steun:
Niet productieve investeringen, onderdeel verplaatsing van
bedrijven gelegen in hydrologische bufferzones).

Legal basis:

— Artikel 11, derde lid, Wet inrichting landelijk gebied

— Provinciewet: artikel 105, artikel 145, artikel 158.

Provinciale subsidieverordeningen:

— Drenthe: artikel 3 van de Subsidieverordening Inrichting

Landelijk Gebied

Duration of
31 December 2013.

scheme or

individual

aid award: Ends

— Gelderland: artikel 2 van de Subsidieregeling vitaal Gelder-

land 2007

Objective of aid: Aid is granted under Article 5 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006. The eligible costs are those relating to
investment in conservation. The aim is to preserve and upgrade
rural heritage through the conservation of traditional landscapes
and buildings on farmland.

— Groningen: artikel 9 van de Uitvoeringsregeling subsidies

inrichting landelijk gebied 2006

— Flevoland: artikel 2 van de Subsidieregeling inrichting lande-

lijk gebied Flevoland

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— Friesland:

artikel 2 van de Kadersubsidieverordening

Inrichting Landelijk Gebied provincie Fryslân 2007

— Noord-Brabant:

artikel 2 van de

Subsidieverordening

inrichting landelijk Gebied 2007

— Noord-Holland:

artikel 3 van de Subsidieverordening

inrichting landelijk gebied Noord-Holland 2007

buffer zones under Natura 2000 or the EHS (National Ecological
Network) can be encouraged by the authorities to relocate, after
which the farmland that
lies within the hydrological buffer
zones is permanently flooded. Farms sell their farmland to the
Bureau Beheer Landbouwgronden, with no right of use, for the
price it would fetch on the open market (representative market
value), register it for a land consolidation scheme or sell it to a
third party (with a perpetual clause stating that use of the land
is subject to certain restrictions, namely raised water levels). The
farmer then purchases new farmland elsewhere.

— Overijssel: artikel 6.10 en 8.3 van het Uitvoeringsbesluit

subsidies Overijssel

Aid granted under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006:

— Utrecht: artikel 3 van de Subsidieverordening inrichting

landelijk gebied provincie Utrecht 2006

— Zeeland: artikel 2 van de PMJP Subsidieregeling Inrichting

Landelijk Gebied Zeeland

— Zuid-Holland: artikel 7.8 van de Algemene subsidieveror-

dening Zuid-Holland

— Zuid-Limburg:

artikel 2 van de

Subsidieverordening

inrichting landelijk gebied Limburg.

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 181,14 million) for
sheet 216 of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme.

The
aid complies with Article 4(8) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006. The eligible costs are those relating to the
purchase of new farming land (land not
for construction
purposes) for farm relocation: 10 % of the cost of purchasing
new farming land (land not for construction purposes), as stated
in Article 4(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, but no more
than is equivalent to:

— the number of hectares of farmland at the old site trans-
ferred by the farm to the Bureau Beheer Landbouwgronden or
to a third party (with a perpetual clause) multiplied by
EUR 3 000 plus

— 6 % of the purchase price for the farming land at the new

site.

Aid granted under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006:

Maximum aid intensity: Aid granted under Article 4 of Regu-
the cost of
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 covers 10 % of
purchasing new farming land (land not
for construction
purposes),
stated in Article 4(8) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, but no more than is equivalent to:

as

aid

The
complies with Article 6 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006. Only those costs relating to the expenditure
involved in relocating farm buildings are eligible. These may
include:

— the number of hectares of farmland at the old site trans-
ferred by the farm to the Bureau Beheer Landbouwgronden
(Agricultural Land Management Office) or to a third party
(with a perpetual clause) multiplied by EUR 3 000 plus

— 100 % of the taxable value of the farm buildings to be

vacated,

— the costs of demolishing the buildings to be vacated,

— 6 % of the purchase price for the farming land at the new

— legal fees,

site.

— land registry fees,

Aid granted under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
covers 100 % of the costs incurred directly as a result of relo-
cating the farm buildings, as stated in Article 6(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006.

Date of implementation: No payments will be made before
the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme has been
approved.

— costs

incurred for expert

(consultancy)

services

(estate

agents, accountants),

— removal expenses.

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural holdings that produce
products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty.

Duration of
31 December 2013.

scheme or

individual

aid award: Ends

Name and address of the granting authority:

Objective of aid: The aim is to safeguard biodiversity and the
conservation, restoration, development and sustainable use of
natural resources. In this context, farms that are in hydrological

The provinces
(Drenthe, Gelderland, Groningen, Flevoland,
Friesland, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht,
Zeeland, South Holland, South Limburg).

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Internet address:

http://www.regiebureau-pop.nl/nl/info/4/57/provinciale-subsidie-
verordeningen/

the provincial councils of

Other information: Under Article 11(3) of the WILG (Rural
Development Act),
the various
(Provincial) Subsidy Ordinances on
provinces must adopt
measures that are eligible for EAFRD part-financing under Regu-
lation (EC) No 1698/2005. In accordance with Article 11(3) of
the WILG, these Subsidy Ordinances must be approved by the
Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Before this
can happen, the European Commission must first approve the
Dutch Rural Development Programme. Therefore, the (sections
of the) Provincial Subsidy Ordinances that implement the Dutch
Rural Development Programme for the 2007-2013 program-
ming period still have to be approved by the Minister for Agri-
culture, Nature and Food Quality.

XA number: XA 81/07

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Regeling LNV-subsidies (omschrijving steun: Activi-
teiten op het gebied van voorlichting en afzetbevordering).

Legal basis:

— Regeling LNV-subsidies: artikel 1:2, artikel 1:3, artikel 1:20;

artikel 2:1; artikel 2:58, artikel 2:60; artikel 2:61

— 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 0,43 million)
for
sheet 133 of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme.

Maximum aid intensity: 70 % of the following costs:

— expenditure on disseminating technical and scientific know-
ledge about products covered by a food quality scheme,

— expenditure on organising or participating in trade fairs,
exhibitions or other similar public relations events relating
to products covered by a food quality scheme,

— expenditure on advertising products covered by a food
quality scheme through various media or at sales outlets.

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
31 December 2013.

scheme or

individual

aid award: Ends

Objective of aid: Granting aid to informative and promotional
measures
certified quality
consumers' awareness of
systems (and their significance) and equips them better to use
these as a basis for informed purchasing decisions.

raises

The aid scheme complies with Article 15(2)(d) and (e), (3) and
(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Sector(s) concerned: Producer groups

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Internet address: ww.minlnv.nl/loket

Other information: —

XA Number: XA 82/07

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Regeling LNV-subsidies (omschrijving steun: Deelname
door landbouwers aan voedselkwaliteitsregelingen).

Legal basis:

— Regeling LNV-subsidies: artikel 1:2, artikel 1:3, artikel 1:20,
artikel 2:1; artikel 2:50, artikel 2:52; artikel 2:53; artikel
2:55; artikel 2:56; artikel 2:57

— Openstellingsbesluit LNV-subsidies.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid is
financed from the top-up amount (EUR 0,43 million) under
the 2007-2013 Rural Development
measure sheet 132 of
Programme.

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the costs referred to in
Article 14(2)(d) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, with
a maximum of EUR 3 000 for each year that the enterprise
takes part in a food quality scheme; for each enterprise, aid is
granted for a maximum period of 5 years.

Date of implementation: The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature
and Food Quality subsidy scheme enters into force on 1 April
2007. Payments will not be made before the 2007-2013 Rural
Development Programme has been approved.

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Duration of scheme or individual aid: Up to and including
31 December 2013.

— Flevoland: artikel 2 van de Subsidieregeling inrichting lande-

lijk gebied Flevoland

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to promote the
production of quality agricultural products by encouraging
farmers to (continue to) take part in quality systems (in this case
organic farming). The eligible costs comprise the fixed costs
connected with taking part in the food quality scheme, including
the costs for checks connected with taking part.

aid

complies with

The
in
the
Article 14(2)(d) and (e) and Article 14(3) to (6) of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006.

conditions

stipulated

— Friesland:

artikel 2 van de Kadersubsidieverordening

Inrichting Landelijk Gebied provincie Fryslân 2007

— Noord-Brabant:

artikel 2 van de

Subsidieverordening

inrichting landelijk Gebied 2007

— Noord-Holland:

artikel 3 van de Subsidieverordening

inrichting landelijk gebied Noord-Holland 2007

Sector(s) concerned: All primary agricultural
producing products referred to in Annex I to the EC Treaty.

enterprises

— Overijssel: artikel 6.10 en 8.3 van het Uitvoeringsbesluit

subsidies Overijssel

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Web address: ww.minlnv.nl/loket

Other information: —

XA Number: XA 83/07

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Provinces (Drenthe, Gelderland, Groningen, Flevoland,
Friesland, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht,
Zeeland, South Holland, South Limburg)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Provinciale subsidieverordeningen (omschrijving steun:
De infrastructuur voor de ontwikkeling/aanpassing van land-
bouw, onderdeel herverkavelingsprojecten).

Legal basis:

— Artikel 11, derde lid, Wet inrichting landelijk gebied

— Provinciewet: artikel 105, artikel 145, artikel 158.

Provinciale subsidieverordeningen:

— Drenthe: artikel 3 van de Subsidieverordening Inrichting

Landelijk Gebied

— Gelderland: artikel 2 van de Subsidieregeling vitaal Gelder-

land 2007

— Utrecht: artikel 3 van de Subsidieverordening inrichting

landelijk gebied provincie Utrecht 2006

— Zeeland: artikel 2 van de PMJP Subsidieregeling Inrichting

Landelijk Gebied Zeeland

— Zuid-Holland: artikel 7.8 van de Algemene subsidieveror-

dening Zuid-Holland

— Zuid-Limburg:

artikel 2 van de

Subsidieverordening

inrichting landelijk gebied Limburg.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid is
financed from the top-up amount
(EUR 78 million) under
the 2007-2013 Rural Development
measure sheet 125 of
Programme.

Maximum aid intensity: 40 %, or 50 % in problem areas, of
the costs referred to in Articles 4(4) and 13 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006.

The aid granted on the basis of Article 4 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 is granted taking into account:

— Article 4(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,

— the maximum aid amount referred to in Article 4(9) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 (EUR 400 000 over three
fiscal years per enterprise; EUR 500 000 over three fiscal
years per enterprise in problem areas).

Date of implementation: Payments will not be made before
the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme has been
approved.

Duration of scheme or individual aid: Up to and including
31 December 2013.

— Groningen: artikel 9 van de Uitvoeringsregeling subsidies

inrichting landelijk gebied 2006

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to improve parcel
structure in agriculture in order to reduce production costs or
to preserve and improve the environment.

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With regard to aid granted on the basis of Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006: the eligible costs comprise the costs
of investment to be made by primary agricultural enterprises as
referred to in Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Within the
scope of Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, this concerns expenditure on inter alia:

— costs for architects, engineers, consultants and feasibility

studies,

— costs for work to make newly-formed parcels workable,

— costs for making parcels accessible by building roads or

other infrastructure on the agricultural holdings,

— costs for technical measures on the agricultural holdings
the

consequences

directed at preventing negative
surroundings as a result of reparcelling,

for

— costs for investment on the agricultural holdings in water

management measures other than drainage work.

The aid complies with the conditions stipulated in Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

With regard to aid granted on the basis of Article 13 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006: the aid complies with the conditions
stipulated in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The
eligible costs comprise the costs of the exchange process (legal
and administrative costs).

Sector(s) concerned: All primary agricultural
producing products referred to in Annex I to the EC Treaty.

enterprises

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provinces (Drenthe, Gelderland, Groningen, Flevoland, Friesland,
North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland,
South Holland, South Limburg)

Web address:

http://www.regiebureau-pop.nl/nl/info/4/57/provinciale-subsidie-
verordeningen/

Other information: On the basis of Article 11(3) of the Law
on the structure of rural areas, provincial states of the various
provinces are to lay down (Provincial) Subsidy Ordinances
in relation to measures which, under Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005, are eligible for part-financing from the EAFRD.
Under Article 11(3) of the Law on the structure of rural areas,
those subsidy ordinances have to be approved by the Minister
for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. This cannot take place
until after the European Commission has approved the Dutch
Rural Development Programme. The (parts of the) provincial
the Dutch 2007-2013
subsidy ordinances which implement
Rural Development Programme therefore still have to be
approved by the Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Food
Quality.