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: 2007-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, aid to agriculture, 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 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 263/06)

Aid No: XA 137/07

Member State: Italy

Region: Emilia Romagna (Camera di Commercio di Bologna)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid award: Regolamento camerale per l'assegnazione di
contributi alle aziende agricole operanti nella provincia di
Bologna per il miglioramento dell'efficienza delle strutture agri-
cole.

Expenditure on the following is eligible:

(a) the construction, purchase or improvement of immovable
property, other than land, intended for farming activities;

(b) the purchase or lease purchase of machinery and equipment,

including computer software;

(c) expenditure in connection with (a) or (b), fees charged by
feasibility studies,

architects, engineers and consultants,
patents and licences.

Legal basis: Regolamento della Camera di Commercio di
Bologna approvato con deliberazione del Consiglio camerale del
25 giugno 2007

Costs relating to leasing contracts other than those listed in (b),
such as tax,
interest, refinancing costs, over-
heads and insurance are not eligible.

lessor's margins,

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
individual
Maximum annual amount: EUR 200 000

Simple replacement investments are not eligible. Aid may not
be granted for the manufacture of products which imitate, or
can be substituted for, milk or milk products.

Maximum aid intensity:

— 50 % of eligible expenditure in respect of investments in
referred to in
less-favoured areas or
Article 36(a)(i),
(ii) and (iii) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005, designated by the Member States in accord-
ance with Articles 50 and 94 of that Regulation,

in the areas, as

— 40 % of eligible expenditure in other cases.

Date of implementation: Applications may be submitted ten
working days after notification of the scheme to the European
Commission.

Duration of scheme: 31.12.2013

Objective of aid: The projects eligible for aid must be aimed at:

— improving the structure both of farms and the processing

and marketing of their agricultural produce,

— re-deploying and re-focusing agricultural production poten-
introducing new technologies and improving product

tial,
quality,

Purchases may not be made before the list of aid applications is
approved.

sectors

concerning agricultural
concerned: All
Sector(s)
primary production (land cultivation,
livestock farming and
forestry). The scheme also provides for support to other sectors
in connection with primary agricultural production, for which
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 on de minimis aid
applies.

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Camera di Commercio I.A.A. di Bologna
Piazza Mercanzia, 4
I-40125 Bologna

Website:

http://www.bo.camcom.it/intranet/ALTRI-SERV/DIRITTO-AN/
Adeguament/index.htm

Other information: The scheme replaces State aid N 434/02
(for the part concerning Decision No 11/2002).

President of the Bologna Chamber of Commerce
Gian Carlo Sangalli

— diversifying activities with a view to developing complemen-

tary or alternative activities.

Bologna, 25 June 2007.

The scheme constitutes a form of support for investment in
farms under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

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XA number: XA 139/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of aid scheme: Régimen de ayudas (2007/2013) a las
cooperativas agrarias para la realización de actividades orien-
tadas al desarrollo rural

Legal basis: Orden de la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y
Alimentación. Generalitat Valenciana

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme (data in
EUR):

Annual average

Total 2007/2013

Primary production in the agri-
culture and livestock sectors

286 000

2 002 000

Processing and marketing of
agricultural products in Annex I
to the Treaty

3 364 000

23 548 000

XA Number: XA 140/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Castilla y León

Title of aid scheme: Ayudas para promover y fomentar el
cooperativismo agrario en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y
León

Legal basis: Orden AYG …/2007, de … de …, de la Consejería
de Agricultura y Ganadería, por la que se convocan las ayudas
para promover y fomentar el cooperativismo agrario en la
comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León

Este régimen de ayudas se acoge a la exención establecida por el
Reglamento (CE) no 1857/2006 de la Comisión, de 15 de
diciembre de 2006, y se ajusta a lo dispuesto en los artículos 9,
14 y 15 del citado Reglamento en relación, respectivamente,
las ayudas
con las ayudas a las agrupaciones de productores,
para fomentar la producción de productos agrícolas de calidad y
la asistencia técnica al sector agrario.

Diversification
and non-agricultural
agri-tourism, handicrafts, etc.

agricultural
activities:

of

2 350 000

16 450 000

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid
planned for 2007 amounts to EUR 1 727 898

Total

6 000 000

42 000 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of the investment and initial
amortisable expenditure considered eligible, carried out by SME
cooperatives.

Date of implementation: May 2007

Duration of scheme: December 2013

Objective of aid:

— Principal: SME agricultural cooperatives.

— Intrumental: investment in agricultural holdings (Article 4 of

Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).

— Eligible costs: investment and amortisable expenditure.

— Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The maximum
total amount per beneficiary body will be EUR 250 000.

— Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The
maximum total amount per beneficiary body will be 50 %
of the eligible costs.

— Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The
maximum total amount per beneficiary body will be 50 %
of the eligible costs.

Date of implementation: The aid scheme continues from the
scheme existing in 2006.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
may remain in force until 31 December 2013.

Sectors(s) concerned: Primary production in the agriculture
and livestock sectors

Objective of aid:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Generalitat
Valenciana
C/ Amadeo de Saboya, 2
E-46010 Valencia
Tel. (34) 96 318 49 64
E-mail: monton_josagu@gva.es

Publication of scheme: https://www.docv.gva.es

Global objective: To strengthen agricultural cooperatives
Castile-Leon.

in

Secondary objectives:

— To support the creation of new associations and consolida-
tion of other higher-level bodies created through mergers
and integration.

— To support

existing organisations which substantially
increase their turnover (by at least 30 %) by starting new
business or by increasing the number of members.

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— To encourage
products.

the production of quality

agricultural

— To support technical assistance to associations in respect of
external consultancy services, and the organisation of and
participation in competitions, exhibitions and fairs.

— Articles used:

— The aid scheme complies with Article 9 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 concerning aid for
producer groups, Article 14 concerning aid to
encourage the production of quality agricultural
products and Article 15 on provision of technical
support in the agricultural sector.

— Account was also taken of Chapter 3 of the Regu-
lation, concerning common and final provisions.

— Eligible costs:

— Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Creating
new primary-level associations or higher-level bodies
created
integration and
improving the social and economic aspects of agri-
cultural associations whose turnover increases by at
least 30 %.

through mergers

and

— Costs

incurred by the new organisation in
integrating associations,
creating, merging or
costs,
including:
technical
advice
members,
studies,
notarial costs, registration costs and licence fees
(Chapter I of the Order).

start-up costs, audits,
decision-making

and marketing

financing

legal

and

to

— Management costs during the first five years of
operation of newly created associations or those
resulting from mergers or integration: rental of
premises,
equipment
including computer hardware and software, cost
and
legal
of administrative
administrative costs (Chapter I of the Order).

staff, overheads,

acquisition

office

of

— In the

case of

resulting
eligible costs will be restricted to beneficiaries'
least
year-on-year

increase in turnover of at

expansions,

the

30 %. Accordingly, when the body grows, only
the costs
incurred by such growth will be
financed (Chapter I of the Order).

— Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Encouraging the production of quality agricultural
products.

— Costs incurred as a result of introducing quality
control and product traceability systems. These
costs can include studies to prepare applications
for recognition of quality marks,
the costs of
introducing the quality control system, external
consultancy services, certification and training
staff
the
to apply the systems (Chapter III of
Order).

— Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Provi-
sion of technical support in the agricultural sector.

— The costs incurred by cooperatives as a result of
conducting audits, management, viability and
investment analyses, market surveys, and orga-
nising and participating in competitions, exhibi-
tions and fairs (Chapter II of the Order)

Sectors(s) concerned: Agriculture in general and associations
in particular

Name and address of the granting authority: The aid will be
granted by the Castile-Leon Government, and administered by
the Ministry
Farming's
Directorate-General for agricultural industrialisation and moder-
nisation.

for Agriculture

Livestock

and

C/ Rigoberto Cortejoso, 14
E-47014 Valladolid

Internet address: The full text of the aid scheme is available on
the website of the Castile-Leon Government at:

http://www.jcyl.es/AyudaEstado20072013

Other information: Management of the aid will be subject to
the Order and must comply with Article 19 of the Regulation
as regards cumulation.