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 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: 2007-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, agricultural holding, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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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 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 258/05)

XA Number: XA 127/07

Member State: Italy

Region: Emilia Romagna

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

scheme applies

enterprises

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid award: Fondo di rotazione per la promozione e lo
sviluppo della cooperazione — Foncooper — in relazione alle
iniziative nella regione Emilia Romagna.

Legal basis:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Emilia Romagna
Direzione generale Attività produttive, commercio e industria
Via Aldo Moro, 44
I-40127 Bologna

— 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)

Website:

http://prodotti.bnl.it/pagina.asp?Page=2213

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

— Deliberazione regionale n. 792 del 4.6.2007

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

Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006, the aid intensity may not exceed:

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

(b) 40 % of eligible investments in other areas.

Date of implementation: As provided for in Article 20(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, after confirmation from the
Commission (within ten working days from receipt of
the
summary) in the form of an acknowledgement bearing an iden-
tification number and publication on the internet.

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: Transparent aid to cooperative agricultural
SMEs engaged in primary production for carrying out invest-
ment projects in tangible fixed assets, to be implemented after
the decision to grant the funding is taken.

Eligible expenditure: Expenditure (excluding VAT) on building
works, the purchase and improvement of buildings, and the
purchase, modernisation and restructuring of machinery, equip-
ment and facilities.

Expenditure on the purchase of land other than that intended
for building work may be eligible, provided that it does not
exceed 10 % of the eligible investment expenditure.

Other information: Individual finance projects may not exceed
EUR 2 million or 70 % of the eligible investment, and the
overall amount of aid granted to an individual enterprise
(calculated as the difference between the repayments at market
rates and the repayments at the subsidised rate applicable under
the scheme) may not exceed EUR 400 000 over any three-year
the enterprise is located in a
period or EUR 500 000 if
less-favoured area or in one of
the areas as referred to in
Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005,
which are designated by Member States in accordance with Arti-
cles 50 and 94 of that Regulation.

XA number: XA 128/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Castilla-La Mancha

Title of aid scheme: Ayudas para paliar los daños ocasionados
en el viñedo afectado por las tormentas acaecidas en mayo y
junio de 2007.

determinan los

Legal basis: Decreto no 66/2007, de 25.5.2007, por el que se
adoptan medidas urgentes para la atención a determinadas nece-
sidades derivadas de situaciones de naturaleza catastrófica
producidas por fenómenos meteorológicos adversos en el terri-
torio de Castilla-La Mancha durante el mes de mayo de 2007;
Resolución de 1.6.2007, del Vicepresidente Primero, por la que
se
afectados por
situaciones de naturaleza catastrófica producidas por fenómenos
meteorológicos adversos en el territorio de Castilla-La Mancha,
durante el mes de mayo de 2007; Orden de 11.6.2007, de la
Consejería de Agricultura, por la que se declara como fenómeno
climático adverso asimilable a desastre natural
las tormentas
acaecidas en junio de 2007 en determinados municipios de
Castilla-La Mancha.

términos municipales

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Orden de 14.6.2007, de la Consejería de Agricultura, por la que
se establecen las bases reguladoras y se convoca la concesión de
ayudas para la recuperación del viñedo afectado por
las
tormentas de 2007

— The aforementioned rates establish different amounts which
applicants may receive, based on the age of the slaughtered
animals
ranging from
EUR 117,20 to EUR 360,61 per animal.

and their productive

capacity,

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 12 000 000 lump-sum payment

individual

Date of implementation: May 2007

Duration of scheme: 2007-2013

Maximum aid intensity: 49 % of the damage

Date of implementation: 1 August 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 10 September
2008

Objective of aid: to compensate for the reduction in income
from the sale of the product due to the adverse climatic event
and to help with the costs met by the farmer as a result of the
event (costs of pruning and regenerating the affected parts of
the vine, costs of cicatrising and cryptogamic treatments to
prevent fungal attack), in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Sector(s) concerned: Crop production: vines

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consejería de Agricultura
C/ Pintor Matías Moreno, no 4
E-45004 Toledo

Internet address:

Provisionally:
www.jccm.es/agricul/paginas/ayudas/agricultura/vinedo.htm

Once published:
www.jccm.es/cgi-bin/docm.php3

Objective of aid: Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

To compensate livestock holders for the losses caused by slaugh-
tering animals diagnosed with bovine paratuberculosis, as part
of the implementation of the health programmes of Livestock
Health Protection Groups.

The eligible costs relate to the difference between the slaugh-
tered animals' meat value and their commercial value, based on
their age and productive capacity.

Sector(s) concerned: Bovine livestock farming

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consejería de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca del Gobierno de
Cantabria
Edificio Europa
E-39011 Santander (Cantabria)

Internet address:

http://boc.gobcantabria.es/boc/datos/MES %202007-05/OR %
202007-05-14 %20092/HTML/2007-6586.asp?volver=1

Other information: —

In Santander, on 5 June 2007

Head of the Animal Health and Welfare Service

Signed: Francisco Manuel Fernandez Martinez

XA number: XA 129/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Cantabria

XA Number: XA 130/07

Member State: Italy

Region: Umbria

Title of aid scheme: Ayudas al sacrificio de animales positivos
a paratuberculosis bovina.

Legal basis: Orden GAN/26/2007, de 2 de mayo, por la que se
establecen las bases reguladoras y se aprueba la convocatoria
para la Anualidad 2007, de las ayudas por el sacrificio de
animales positivos a paratuberculosis bovina dentro del marco
de la ejecución de los programas sanitarios de las Agrupaciones
de Defensa Sanitaria Ganadera

BOC no 92, de 14 de mayo de 2007

Annual
EUR 300 000

expenditure

Maximum aid intensity:

planned

under

the

scheme:

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid award: Fondo di rotazione per la promozione e lo
sviluppo della cooperazione — Foncooper — in relazione alle
iniziative nella regione Umbria.

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

— Deliberazione regionale n. 1095 del 31.7.2002.

— The amount of aid will be set on the basis of the rates laid
down in Annex I to Order GAN/26/2007, and may not
exceed EUR 59 999 for any beneficiary.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: Aid
scheme: the overall annual amount is EUR 3 million.

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Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006, the aid intensity may not exceed:

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

(b) 40 % of eligible investments in other areas.

Date of implementation: As provided for in Article 20(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,
the scheme will be imple-
mented after confirmation from the Commission (within ten
working days from receipt of the summary) in the form of an
acknowledgement bearing an identification number and publica-
tion on the internet.

scheme) may not exceed EUR 400 000 over any three-year
the enterprise is located in a
period or EUR 500 000 if
less-favoured area or
referred to in
Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005,
which are designated by Member States in accordance with Arti-
cles 50 and 94 of that Regulation.

in one of

the areas

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

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

XA Number: XA 131/07

Objective of aid: Transparent aid to cooperative agricultural
SMEs engaged in primary production, for carrying out invest-
ment projects in tangible fixed assets,
implemented after the
decision to grant the funding is taken.

Eligible expenditure: (excluding VAT) on building works, the
purchase and improvement of buildings, and the purchase,
modernisation and restructuring of machinery, equipment and
facilities.

Expenditure on the purchase of land other than that intended
for building work may be eligible, provided that it does not
exceed 10 % of the eligible investment expenditure.

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

scheme applies

enterprises

Name and address of the granting authority:
«Regione Umbria — Servizio Politiche di sostegno alle imprese»
Via Mario Angeloni, 61
I-06100 Perugia

Decision-making body:
‘Comitato di Gestione Foncooper’
(Foncooper Management Committee), provided for in the agree-
ment concluded 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, Via Veneto 119,
I-00187 Rome) and the
Addenda adopted on 31 October 2002 between the Umbria
Region and Coopercredito SpA (now Banca Nazionale del
Lavoro SpA) and on 9 November 2006 between the Umbria
Region and Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA.

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

Other information: Individual finance projects may not exceed
EUR 2 million or 70 % of the eligible investment, and the
overall amount of aid granted to an individual enterprise (calcu-
lated as the difference between the repayments at market rates
and the repayments at the subsidised rate applicable under the

Member State: Ireland

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: On-Farm Scheme of Grant Aid for the Development
of the Organic Sector.

Legal basis: Statutory Instrument No 112 of 2004 — European
Communities (Organic Farming) Regulations 2004.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 3,5 million over 7 year period (2007-2013)

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of approved eligible investment
with additional amount of 10 % for eligible young farmers

Date of implementation: 1 July 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2013

Objective of aid: The objective of the Scheme is to facilitate
the organic sector so as to ensure a
the development of
regular supply of high quality organic produce to the market.
The Scheme is in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006. Eligible costs covered include investment
towards equipment and facilities for production, preparation,
grading, packing and storage of organic products. Only activities
preparing a product for first sale are eligible for investment aid
under this Scheme.

Sector(s) concerned: All Agriculture sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:
Organic Unit, Department of Agriculture and Food
Johnstown Castle Estate
Co. Wexford
Ireland

Web-address: www.agriculture.gov.ie/organics

The Scheme documentation and conditions will be located in
the Organic Food and Farming page of the Department of Agri-
culture and Food website: www.agriculture.gov.ie