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: 2007-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, State aid, agricultural holding, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, 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 268/09)

XA Number: XA 146/07

Member State: France

Region: Department of Vendée

Title of aid scheme: «Fonds pour les manifestations agricoles
ou agroalimentaires»: aides pluriannuelles en faveur de l'agricul-
ture vendéenne au travers de soutiens aux manifestations agri-
coles ou agroalimentaires (assistance technique: promotion)

Legal basis:

Article L.1511-5 du Code général des collectivités territoriales

Convention cadre en cours entre l'État et le département de la
Vendée

Annual expenditure planned under these two aid schemes:
EUR 150 000 a year

Maximum aid intensity: The fund for agricultural or agri-food
events provides for sub sidies based on the scale and geogra-
for minimum budgets of
phical coverage of
EUR 1 520, limited to:

the event and,

— EUR 750 for competitions and events,

The objective is to support agricultural or agri-food events
aimed at encouraging and promoting high-quality local produc-
tion.

The Fund for agricultural or agri-food events will grant aid to
groups of farmers, syndicates of breeders and associations of
producers whose production originates from Vendée agriculture,
and to initiatives involving only SMEs' products. Subject to that
restriction, aid will be offered to all interested parties, without
discrimination and on equal terms.

All the aid will be granted in kind, in the form of subsidised
services. There will be no direct payment
in
compliance with agricultural exemption under Article 15 of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

to recipients,

The scope of the aid will exclude all expenditure relating to
tasting sessions and to the distribution of free samples, as well
as all operations taking place at points of sale or which gener-
ally fall under advertising within the meaning of point 152 of
the Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and
forestry sector 2007 to 2013.

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural and agri-food businesses
with SME status within the meaning of Community law

— EUR 4 500 for fairs and exhibitions,

Name and address of the granting authority:

— EUR 9 000 for trade shows.

In all cases, account will be taken of actual expenditure: costs
arising directly from organising or taking part in events, actual
logistic costs such as buying or renting exhibition material, or
setting up presentation stands.

The aid amount must not exceed the limit aid rate of 80 % of
expenditure and may be duly revised if other public bodies
contribute towards financing an operation.

Date of implementation: From acknowledgement of receipt by
the Commission

Duration of scheme: Five years from when the Commission
acknowledges receipt of the exemption sheet

Objective of aid: In accordance with Article 15 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006, aid may be granted for promotion
campaigns, organising or taking part in fairs and exhibitions,
public relations campaigns, market surveys and studies.

Conseil Général de la Vendée
Direction de l'Environnement et de l'Aménagement
Service de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche
40, rue Maréchal Foch
F-85923 La Roche sur Yon Cedex 9

Website:

www.vendee.fr (the Department's general website)

Heading: www.vendee.fr/conseil-general

Sub-heading: www.vendee.fr/conseil-general/guide-subventions

The description will be made available online as soon as the
Commission has registered this exemption sheet.

Other information: —

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Member State: Italy

Region: Sardegna

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid:

Misura n. 323 del PSR 2006/2013 «Tutela e riqualificazione del
patrimonio rurale»

Azione 3 «Conservazione e recupero degli elementi architetto-
nici tipici del paesaggio rurale della Sardegna»

Azione 4 «Riqualificazione delle strutture e del contesto paesag-
gistico nelle aziende agricole»

Legal basis: Regolamento (CE) n. 1698/2005 del Consiglio, del
20 settembre 2005, sul sostegno allo sviluppo rurale da parte
del Fondo europeo agricolo per lo sviluppo rurale (FEASR), arti-
colo 57

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 10 million from 2009

individual

Maximum intensity of the aid: 75 % of eligible expenditure
(Article 5 of the Regulation)

nizavimo finansavimo taisyklių patvirtinimo“ (décret ministériel
no 3D-237 du 16 mai 2007)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
aid granted to the company:
amount of
LTL
rate
7 000 000,
(EUR 2 027 340)

individual

exchange

official

euro

the

at

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Eligible expenditure related to the education and training of

persons engaged in farming is reimbursed as follows:

— up to 70 % of eligible expenditure on the training of
persons engaged in farming under the Farming Basics
Training Programme,

— up to 50 % of eligible expenditure on the training of
for
persons engaged in farming under programmes
training drivers of category TR1 and TR2 tractors and
category SZ self-propelled agricultural machinery,

— up to 90 % of eligible expenditure on the organisation of
conferences, seminars and vocational and educational
events and on publishing publications.

2. Up to 100 % of eligible expenditure related to the organisa-
tion of, and participation in, competitions, exhibitions and
fairs is reimbursed.

Date of implementation: Following receipt of the communica-
tion by the European Commission

3. Up to 90 % of eligible expenditure related to the dissemina-

tion of scientific knowledge is reimbursed.

Duration
1.1.2009-31.12.2013

of

scheme

or

individual

aid

award:

Objective of the aid: Aid to SMEs

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural production

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Regione autonoma della Sardegna
Assessorato dell'Agricoltura e riforma agropastorale
Via Pessagno, 4
I-09125 Cagliari

4. Up to 90 % of eligible expenditure on catalogues, websites

and other publications is reimbursed.

Date of implementation: 1 June 2007

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of the aid: Aid to SMEs

To ensure the provision of technical support in the agricultural
sector.

Website:

Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 applies.

http://intranet.sardegnaagricoltura.it/documenti/misura323/

Access details: user: intrasaa — password: agripass

Other information: —

Alfonso Orefice
Director-General

XA Number: XA 148/07

Member State: Republic of Lithuania

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Techninės paramos teikimas žemės ūkio sektoriuje

Legal basis: Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro 2007 m.
gegužės
žemės
16
ūkio veiklos
subjektų lavinimo ir mokymo, mokslo žinių
sklaidos, žemės ūkio parodų, mugių, žemės ūkio konkursų orga-

įsakymas Nr.

3D-237

„Dėl

d.

Eligible expenditure:

1. Expenditure related to the education and training of persons
engaged in farming (training of persons engaged in farming
under the Farming Basics Training Programme and under
programmes for the training of drivers of category TR1 and
TR2 tractors and category SZ self-propelled agricultural
machinery; organisation of conferences and seminars; organi-
sation of vocational and educational events; publishing of
publications):

— remuneration of lecturers, instructors, members of panels
and examination boards, event organisers and compilers
of information material,

— communication

costs

(telephone,

postal

services,

internet),

— transport costs,

— mission expenses,

— rental of premises and equipment,

— cost of equipping of event venues,

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— translation costs,

— cost of acquiring and compiling information and refer-

ence material,

— cost of compilation,

layout and publishing of publica-

tions,

— cost of disseminating information (expenditure on
issuing event material
and publishing notifications,
placing notices in the press, and preparing information
and broadcasting it on radio and television),

— organisational costs directly related to the education and

training of persons engaged in farming.

2. Expenditure related to the organisation of, and participation

in, competitions, exhibitions and fairs:

— participation fees,

— travel costs,

— publication costs,

— exhibition space rental,

— symbolic prizes awarded in the framework of competi-
tions, up to a value of EUR 250 per prize and winner.

3. Expenditure related to the dissemination of scientific knowl-
individual companies, brands or
edge, on condition that
origin are not named (except
for products covered by
Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on
the protection of geographical indications and designations
of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 93,
31.3.2006, p. 12), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1)) (organisation
of conferences and seminars, organisation of vocational and
educational events, publishing of publications):

— remuneration of lecturers, instructors, members of panels
and examination boards, event organisers and compilers
of information material,

— communication

costs

(telephone,

postal

services,

internet),

— transport costs,

— mission expenses,

— rental of premises and equipment,

— cost of equipping event venues,

— translation costs,

— cost of acquiring and compiling information and refer-

ence material,

— cost of compilation,

layout and publishing of publica-

tions,

— cost of disseminating information (expenditure on
issuing event-related material, publishing notifications
and placing notices in the press, and on preparing infor-
mation and broadcasting it on radio and television),

— organisational costs directly related to the dissemination

of scientific knowledge.

concerned, or of the product concerned, on condition that
such information and the manner in which it is provided is
impartial and all producers have the same opportunities to
be mentioned in such publications:

— cost of compilation,

layout and publishing of publica-

tions,

— cost of acquiring and compiling information and refer-

ence material,

— communication

costs

(telephone,

postal

services,

internet),

— transport costs,

— mission expenses,

— translation costs,

— publication costs,

— organisational costs directly related to the publishing of

catalogues, websites and other publications.

Sector(s) concerned: Primary production of
produce

agricultural

Name and address of the granting authority:

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija
Gedimino pr. 19 (Lelevelio g. 6)
LT-01103 Vilnius

Web address:

http://www.zum.lt/min/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayHTML&attri-
butes.file=File_66.cfm&langparam=LT

Other information: —

XA Number: XA 174/07

Member State: France

Regions: All these measures can be financed by any regional
authorities (regional or general councils) wishing to do so,
including overseas departments.

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Aides en faveur de la sélection dans le secteur de l'éle-
vage

Legal basis: Le code rural, en particulier le chapitre III du titre V
du livre VI

expenditure

Annual
scheme:
planned
EUR 15 million, subject to the corresponding appropriations
being made available

under

the

Maximum aid intensity: In compliance with the limits set in
Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,
i.e. 100 %
maximum for point (a), 70 % maximum for point (b) and 40 %
maximum for point (c) of the measures described under the
heading ‘Objective of aid’:

4. Expenditure on catalogues, websites and other publications
information on producers in the region

providing factual

(a) administrative costs relating to the establishment and main-

tenance of herd books;

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(b) tests performed by or on behalf of third parties to determine
the genetic quality or yield of livestock, subject to the condi-
tions laid down in the text;

Other information: Regional authorities, when supplementing
funding by the Livestock Breeding Office, must do so subject to
the conditions set by the Livestock Breeding Office and ensure
that the aid limits are complied with.

(c) until 31 December 2011, investment relating to the intro-
duction at farm level of innovative animal breeding techni-
ques or practices.

Date of implementation: From when the Commission registers
the exemption sheet

XA Number: XA 175/07

Duration of scheme or individual aid: 2007-2013

Member State: Hungary

Objective of aid: The aid is based on points Article 16(1)(a),
(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. It is intended to
improve the genetic quality of the cattle, sheep, goat and pig
populations through selective breeding programmes, bearing in
mind that in France numerous breeds are reared whose numer-
ical significance varies widely.

(a) Firstly, carrying out these programmes entails maintaining
herd books in accordance with the regulatory requirements,
which involves collecting, processing and managing the
requisite information.

(b) Secondly, carrying out these programmes entails performing
tests to determine the genetic quality of
livestock (other
than routine checks on milk quality) and processing the test
results under conditions of the greatest possible reliability
and impartiality.

(c) Thirdly, carrying out some of

these programmes entails
using innovative techniques (e.g. embryo transplants), parti-
cularly in order to compensate for low animal numbers and
to promote genetic variability.

The aid which may be granted for investment aimed at intro-
ducing at farm level innovative breeding techniques or practices
will in any case cease on 31 December 2011.

For the three parts of the breeding programmes referred to
above, no direct aid will be paid to livestock farmers: aid will be
granted to the organisations to which the French authorities will
assign responsibility for carrying out the measures concerned,
subject to the conditions described in this sheet.

Sector(s) concerned: The cattle, sheep, goat and pig breeding
sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche, DGPEI
3, rue Barbet de Jouy
F-75349 Paris 07 SP

Office national interprofessionnel de l'élevage et de ses produc-
tions
80, avenue des Terroirs de France
F-75607 Paris Cedex 12

Region: The entire territory of Hungary

Title of the aid scheme or name of the company receiving
an individual aid: A 2007. évben tavaszi fagykárt szenvedett
mezőgazdasági termelők hitelhez jutási lehetőségének támoga-
tása

Legal basis:

— az Európai Bizottság 1860/2004/EK rendelete

(2004.
október 6.) az EK-Szerződés 87. és 88. cikkének csekélyöss-
zegű (de minimis)
támogatásokra való alkalmazásáról a
mezőgazdasági és halászati ágazatban (HL L 325/4., 2004.
10.28.);

— 2006. évi LXXXVIII. törvény a nemzeti agrár-kárenyhítési

rendszerről

— A földművelésügyi és vidékfejlesztési miniszter /2007. (…..)
FVM rendelete a 2007. évben tavaszi fagykárt szenvedett
mezőgazdasági termelők hitelhez jutási lehetőségéről

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual
budget planned: HUF 250 million

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum intensity of the aid
support aimed at reducing the damage and that of the loan and
guarantee subsidy together is 80 % of the loss of earnings.

Date of implementation: From July 2007

Duration of
31 December 2007

aid scheme or

individual

aid award:

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to provide farmers
with compensation for the frost damage suffered during spring
2007, due to unfavourable weather conditions. Farmers suffered
a huge reduction of their incomes (a loss of production of
50-100 %). In order to compensate for such loss of earnings —
besides providing them with compensation aimed at reducing
the damage — farmers will be entitled to subsidised loans and
such loans may also be accompanied by a guarantee.

Application of Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Website:

http://www.office-elevage.fr/aides-nat/aides-nat.htm

The maximum aid intensity (compensation aimed at reducing
damage,
is 80 % of the loss of
earnings.

interest subsidies, guarantee)

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Sector(s) concerned: Plant production (grapes, fruits)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium
H-1055 Budapest
Kossuth Lajos tér 11

Internet address:
http://www.fvm.hu/main.php?folderID=1846&articleID=10748&c-
tag=articlelist&iid=1

Budapest, 12 July 2007.

Dr. András Máhr
Secretary of State