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: Slovakia, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, poultry, slaughter of animals, small and medium-sized enterprises

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NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

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 263/05)

XA Number: XA 132/07

Name and address of the granting authority:

Member State: Slovak Republic

Region: Stredné Slovensko

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Dotácia na úhradu nákladov a škôd pre spoločnosť
(Chov nosníc) – Individuálny
AGROUKDO, Dobrá Niva,
Ing. Štefan Ukrop –
príjemca ŠP – Obchodné meno:
AGROUKDO

Legal basis:

Nariadenie Komisie o uplatňovaní článkov 87 a 88 zmluvy ES
na štátnu pomoc malým a stredným podnikom pôsobiacim
v oblasti výroby poľnohospodárskych výrobkov a ktorým sa
mení a dopĺňa nariadenie (ES) č. 70/2001 (Ú. v. EÚ L 358,
16.12.2006)

§ 45 ods. 1, 4 a 8 zákona č. 39/2007 Z. z. o veterinárnej staros-
tlivosti

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
SKK 3 451 551

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of eligible costs and damage

Date of implementation: July/August 2007

Duration of
31 December 2007

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra
Dobrovičova ul. č. 12
SK-815 26 Bratislava

Internet Address: http://www.land.gov.sk/apa/

Full details: Confirmation of the occurrence of the enzootic
disease salmonellosis in poultry at the AGROUKDO Laying Hen
Farm, establishment Pijavice Krupina.

The ordered veterinary measures were fulfilled and the conta-
gion declared to have been eliminated and the Chief Official
Veterinarian also proposed compensation and reimbursement of
expenses.

The complete application for compensation was submitted by
the applicant, Štefan Ukrop, the owner of AGROUKDO, Dobrá
Niva.

Based on Article 45(8) of the Act 39/2007 Coll. the Ministry
decided on 10 May 2007 in accordance with the Chief Official
Veterinarian's proposal of 22 March 2007 to refund costs
arising from the occurrence of this zoonosis in accordance with
Articles 1 to 4 of the above-mentioned Act.

The compensation was calculated on the basis of the market
value of the poultry slaughtered in accordance with the decision
of the Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic as well
as the eligible costs referred to in Point 8 and summarised as
follows:

Laying hens 16 465 at SKK 110

SKK 1 811 150

Loss on eggs

Objective of aid: Compensation under Article 10(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) 1857/2006 for losses caused by salmonellosis in
poultry.

Costs of slaughtering laying hens

Disposal in destruction centre

SKK 227 561

SKK 47 535

SKK 304 200

SKK 835 380

SKK 48 985

SKK 31 520

SKK 145 220

Feedstuffs

Disinfection

Electricity consumption

Disposal ancillary services

Total

SKK 3 451 551

Eligible expenditure:

— expenses for destroying birds and for carcase and product

disposal, cleaning,

— disinfection and disinfestation of holdings and equipment,

— losses incurred in destroying poultry destroying feedstuffs

and equipment that cannot be disinfected.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture, animal production, poultry

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Aid No: XA 133/07

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Calabria

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Regione Calabria
Assessorato Agricoltura
Via Lucrezia della Valle
I-88100 Catanzaro

Title of aid scheme: Agevolazioni per l'acquisto o il leasing di
nuove macchine utensili o di produzione

Website:

Legal basis:

Legge 28 novembre 1965, n. 1329

http://www.incentivi.mcc.it/html/html/MCC_CALABRIA/
MCC_CALABRIA_SABATINI_AGRICOLA/section_new.html

Delibera del Comitato agevolazioni Regione Calabria — MCC
del 29 dicembre 2006

Annual
EUR 4 million

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

Aid No: XA 134/07

Maximum aid intensity:
to
100 % of the reference rate for the purchase of new machine
tools or manufacturing equipment,
excluding replacement
investments.

Interest-rate subsidy equivalent

accordance with Article

In
of Regulation
No 1857/2006, the gross intensity of aid may not exceed:

4(2)

(EC)

— 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: On notification by the Commission
of the identification number it has allocated on receipt of the
summary information

Duration of the scheme: Ends 31 December 2013

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 costing not less than EUR 516,45. Instal-
lation, testing, transport and packaging costs are eligible up to a
total of 15 % of the cost of the equipment.

Eligible investments must seek to achieve at least one of the
following objectives:

— lower production costs,

— production improvements or conversion,

— quality improvements,

Member State: Italy

Region: Campania

Title of aid scheme: Incentivi a favore delle piccole e medie
imprese attive nella produzione di prodotti agricoli per l'imple-
mentazione della sicurezza alimentare e tracciabilità

Legal basis:

— Articolo 13, comma 1, del decreto legislativo 30 aprile
1998, n. 173 (G.U. n. 129 del 5.6.1998) recante interventi
a favore del rafforzamento e dello sviluppo delle imprese di
commercializzazione e trasformazione.

— Decreto ministeriale 21 marzo 2000 che ha emanato le
norme di attuazione dell'articolo 13, comma 1, del decreto
legislativo 30 aprile 1998, n. 173.

— Decisione della Commissione europea SG(2001) D/286564
del 28 febbraio 2001 relativa al regime di aiuti N 558/
2000, approvato in attuazione dell'articolo 13, comma 1,
del decreto legislativo 30 aprile 1998, n. 173.

— Articoli 4 e 14 del regolamento (CE) n. 1857/2006 della
Commissione, del 15 dicembre 2006, a favore delle piccole
e medie imprese attive nella produzione di prodotti agricoli
e recante modifica del regolamento (CE) n. 70/2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: The
overall annual amount of budget appropriations for 2007 is
EUR 4 194 069,41, granted to the Region of Campania via
Ministerial Decrees No 155666 of 8 September 2000,
No 52987 of 28 December 2001 and No 26014 of
6 November 2006 for the measures contained in Article 13(1)
of Legislative Decree No 173 of 30 April 1998.

— protection and improvement of the environment, hygiene

conditions or animal welfare.

Maximum aid intensity:

The amount of funding may reach 100 % of the investment
plan for a period of up to seven years,
including a two-year
grace period.

Under no circumstances may the subsidy at the level of indivi-
dual applications exceed the maximum aid intensities granted
under the relevant EU rules.

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

scheme applies

(a) For investments eligible under Article 4 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, the gross aid intensity must not exceed:

— 50 % of eligible investments in the less-favoured areas
referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Regulation
(EC) No 1698/2005 (mountain areas and less-favoured
areas defined in Directive 75/268/EEC and Natura 2000
areas defined in Directives 79/406/EEC, 94/43/EEC and
2000/60/EC,

— 40 % of eligible expenditure in other areas,

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— 60 % of eligible expenditure in the less-favoured areas
referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Regulation
(EC) No 1698/2005 and 50 % in other regions where
investments are undertaken by young farmers within a
five-year period
farmers’
means producers of agricultural products fulfilling the
criteria laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005.

setting-up.

‘Young

after

The overall amount of aid granted to an individual enter-
prise under Article 4 must not exceed EUR 400 000
over any period of three financial years, or EUR 500 000 if
the enterprise is situated in a less-favoured area referred to
in Article 36(a)(i),
and (iii) of Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005.

(ii)

(b) Up to 100 % of the costs born to promote the production
of quality agricultural products under and in full compliance
with Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,
in particular
Article 14.

Implementation date: The aid scheme will enter into force on
the 30th day following its publication in the Bollettino Ufficiale
della Regione Campania (BURC) (Official Regional Gazette) and,
in any case, not before ten working days
following the
this document, as provided by Article 20 of
forwarding of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will be open until the budget has been used up, but not beyond
the period of validity of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Objective: The aid scheme is open to individual or associated
small and medium-sized agricultural holdings as defined in
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.

The objective is to implement
systems.

food safety and traceability

The measure includes:

(a) aid for

investment

in agricultural holdings specified in
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 with the
following eligible expenditure:

1. purchase and installation of equipment and computer
the traceability

systems relating to the application of
system;

2. purchase and installation of instruments for chemical,
physical or microbiological measurements for product
standardisation and self-supervision connected to the
application of the company's traceability system;

3. specialised technical assistance needed for the installation
of the equipment referred to in point 1 and the calibra-
tion of the instruments specified in point 2;

6. general expenditure on advice and feasibility studies, the
design of company traceability systems operated by
qualified staff;

(b) aid to promote the production of quality agricultural
products within the meaning of Article 14 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 with the following eligible expenditure:

1. costs of the introduction of quality assurance standards
such as the ISO 9000 or 14000 series, EurepGAP certifi-
cation, systems based on hazard analysis and critical
control points (HACCP), traceability systems, systems to
assure observance of authenticity and marketing stan-
dards or environmental audit systems;

2. costs of training personnel to apply schemes and systems

as referred to in point 1 above;

3. costs of

the charges levied by recognised certifying
bodies for the initial certification of quality assurance
and similar systems.

Sector(s) concerned: The aid scheme applies to agricultural
production, including all the sub-sectors relating to animal and
plant production.

Name and address of the granting authority:

coordinamento sviluppo attività

Giunta regionale della Campania
Assessorato all'Agricoltura ed attività produttive
Area generale di
primario
Settore Interventi per la produzione agricola, produzione agro-
alimentare, mercati agricoli, consulenza mercantile
Centro direzionale
Isola A6
I-80143 Napoli
Tel. (39) 081 796 74 25
Fax (39) 081 796 75 30

settore

Website:

www.sito.regione.campania.it/agricoltura/aiuti/aiuti.html

Other information: —

The Co-ordinating Manager of AGC Agricoltura
Antonio Falessi

XA Number: XA 135/07

Member State: Belgium

4. adaptation of existing immovable property for imple-

menting the traceability system;

Region: Vlaanderen

5. costs relating to the purchase of the necessary equipment
implementing a packaging traceability system at

for
company level;

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Steun voor bedrijfsbegeleiding biologische landbouw
en steun voor omschakelingsplan biologische landbouw

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Legal basis:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Besluit van de Vlaamse regering van 20 april 2001 houdende de
erkenning en subsidiëring van centra voor bedrijfsbegeleiding in
de biologische landbouw. Gepubliceerd in het Belgisch Staats-
blad 28.04.2001 — C — 2001/35461.

Vlaamse overheid
Departement Landbouw en Visserij
Leuvenseplein 4
B-1000 Brussel

Ministerieel besluit van 20 april 2001 betreffende de voor-
waarden tot het subsidiëren van bedrijfsontwikkelingsplannen
en bedrijfsbegeleidingen in de biologische landbouw. Gepubli-
ceerd in het Belgische Staatsblad 28.04.2001 — C —
2001/35334

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Aid for
advising holdings on organic farming: EUR 496 a year per
holding. Each farmer may apply a maximum of five times for
aid for advising holdings.

Aid for drawing up a conversion plan: EUR 868. For each
holding a maximum of one holding development plan may be
supported.

In accordance with Article 14(5)
No 1857/2006, the aid is not paid directly to the farmer.

of Regulation (EC)

Website:

http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/doc/rech_n.htm

Other
information: The Flemish Government Decree of
20 April 2001 and the Ministerial Decree of 20 April 2001 will
be amended so that only government-recognised experts or
advisers on organic farming may provide services which are
eligible for support, whereas now recognised advice centres may
receive support. The above rules state that farmers may receive
this support for a maximum of five years; a new decree must
ensure that farmers may receive this support for longer than
five years.

Jules Van Liefferinge
Secretary-General

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

XA Number: XA 136/07

Date of
European Commission

implementation: One day after approval by the

Member State: Italy

Duration of scheme or individual aid: Each farmer may apply
a maximum of five times for aid for advising holdings.

Region: Regione Toscana/Provincia di Massa-Carrara

For each holding a maximum of one holding development plan
may be supported.

Objective of aid: Converting to the organic production method
entails a number of changes to the holding and requires effort
and capabilities on the farmer's part in terms of organisation
and knowledge. A plan made for an agricultural and horticul-
tural holding must provide the farmer with a reliable foundation
when subsequently converting. The support
for advice on
drawing up a conversion plan must encourage farmers to under-
take conversion in a professional and well-considered manner.

Organic production systems require a specific approach in many
spheres and after conversion most farmers need expert advice,
which this aid measure makes more accessible.

These two aid measures are part of the Flemish Action Plan for
organic farming, the main objective of which is to bring about
balanced growth in organic product supply and demand.

The aid measure falls under Article 14(c) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006.

Sector(s) concerned: Organic farming

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid award: Bando per la concessione di contributi alle
piccole e medie imprese agricole della provincia di Massa, attive
nel settore della produzione primaria di prodotti agricoli, fina-
lizzato agli adeguamenti strutturali, allo sviluppo della multifun-
zionalità ed alla diversificazione delle attività agricole

Legal basis:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December
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.

Deliberazione della giunta provinciale n. 568 del 28 dicembre
2006 integrata/modificata dalla deliberazione della giunta
provinciale n. 178 del 24 maggio 2007 e integrata dalla deliber-
azione della giunta esecutiva n. 31 del 29 marzo 2007 della
Comunità montana della Lunigiana e dalla deliberazione della
giunta esecutiva n. 16 dell'8 marzo 2007 della Camera di
Commercio di Massa-Carrara

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: The
expenditure covering a single year totals EUR 110 000, to be
shared between the recipient enterprises.

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Maximum aid intensity: The gross aid intensity (contribution
to be awarded using the GGE calculation method) for each indi-
vidual project financed totals a maximum of 20 % of eligible
financed of
costs, up to a ceiling per eligible aid project
EUR 10 000,
in line with Article 4 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006.

Aid will be granted to recipient enterprises in the form of a
the interest payments on financing (in
complete waiver of
respect of business investments eligible under Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006) granted at market rates with amorti-
sation periods of between 3 and 7 years.

Eligible financing will be granted up to a ceiling of 100 % for
all eligible investment operations of between EUR 5 000 and
EUR 50 000.

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will enter into force
on 4 July 2007 and in no case less than ten working days after
the submission to the Commission of this document for publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union, as laid down
in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Objective of the aid: The purpose of the aid scheme is to
promote investment
in small and medium-sized agricultural
enterprises in the Province of Massa-Carrara, specifically invest-
ment to make structural adjustments, to develop multifunction-
ality and to diversify agricultural activity.

Sector(s) concerned: The aid scheme applies to small and
medium-sized agricultural
in the Province of
Massa-Carrara.

enterprises

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia di Massa-Carrara
Assessorato alle Attività produttive e Assessorato all'Agricoltura
Palazzo Ducale, Piazza Aranci
I-54100 Massa
Tel. (39) 0585 81 62 48
Fax (39) 0585 81 62 45

Website:

http://portale.provincia.ms.it/page.asp?IDCategoria=2102&ID
Sezione=9839&IDOggetto=&Tipo=

Other information: —

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid scheme
will be open to applicants until the deadline for submitting
applications for aid, i.e. on 31 August 2007.

Head of
the productive activities department
Eleonora Paglini