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: 2007-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Slovenia, Spain, State aid, agricultural holding, 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 294/07)

Aid No: XA 190/07

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Criteri e modalità per la concessione di contributi
per polizze assicurative a copertura di perdite subite dalle
aziende agricole.

Aid No: XA 191/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana.

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Ayudas destinadas al saneamiento de plantaciones
de cítricos afectados por el virus de la tristeza de los cítricos.

Legal basis: Articolo 4, comma 1, lettera k), della legge provin-
ciale 14 dicembre 1998, n. 11, e successive modifiche.

Legal basis:

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 2 million.

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 80 % of the costs of insurance poli-
cies covering only damage due to adverse climate events which
can be assimilated to natural disasters, such as frost, hail, ice,
rain or drought destroying over 30 % of a farmer's mean annual
production in the three preceding years; 50 % of costs of insur-
ance policies to cover damage caused by the abovementioned
adverse climate events and other damage caused by adverse
climate events.

Date of implementation: 1 September 2007.

Duration of
31 December 2013.

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: Article 12, ‘Aid towards the payment of insur-
ance premiums’, of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Sector(s) concerned: Grapes, apples, stone fruit and vegetables.

Name and address of granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Bolzano, Ripartizione agricoltura
Via Brennero, 6
I-39100 Bolzano

Web address:

http.//www.provincia.bz.it/agricoltura/dema/dema_getreso.asp?
DRES_ID=2444

Head of Division
Martin Pazeller

The implementing legislation on technical matters
following:

is

the

— Community guidelines

for State aid in the agriculture

and forestry sector 2007 to 2013 (OJ C 319, 27.12.2006),

— Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures
against the introduction into the Community of harmful
organisms,

— Real Decreto no 58/2005 de 21 de enero por el que se
adoptan medidas de protección contra la introducción y
difusión en el
territorio nacional y de la Comunidad
Europea de organismos nocivos para los vegetales o
productos vegetales, así como para la exportación y tránsito
a países terceros,

— Decreto no 2540/1968 de 10 de octubre por el que se
dictan las normas de protección de los cultivos citrícolas
contra la enfermedad virótica denominada tristeza de los
cítricos,

— Orden del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
de 12 de noviembre de 1997 por la que se establecen
ayudas para el saneamiento de las plantaciones citrícolas
afectadas por el virus de la tristeza.

The basic legislation is as follows:

— la Ley no 5/1983, de 30 de diciembre del Consejo,.

— el Decreto Legislativo de 26 de junio de 1991 por el que se
aprueba el Texto Refundido de la Ley de Hacienda Pública
de la Generalitat,

— la Ley no 38/2003 de 17 de noviembre, General de Subven-
ciones y el Real Decreto no 887/2006 de 21 de julio por el
que se aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley de Subvenciones.

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: The
annual expenditure planned for aid to restore citrus groves
damaged by the tristeza virus is EUR 480 000 in 2007 and
EUR 500 000 in 2008.

Maximum aid intensity: The estimated aid intensity, taking
account of the assessment formula laid down in Article 3 of the
Order and on the basis of a supporting study, is 21,25 %.

Date of implementation: Two months from publication of the
draft Order submitted.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From publica-
tion of the Order in the Diario Oficial de la Comunitat Valenciana
(Official Journal of the Community of Valencia) until December
2013.

Objective of aid: The aid is covered by Article 10 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 and is intended to compensate farmers for
losses caused by plant diseases. The aid is to be granted to
restore citrus groves damaged by the tristeza virus and covers
the market value of the damaged plants, plus compensation for
losses of income caused by replanting.

Sector(s) concerned: Natural or legal persons undertaking
to grub up and replant citrus groves damaged by the tristeza
virus. The sectors benefiting are the plant production and
citrus-growing sectors.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación de la Comu-
nidad Valenciana (España).

Web address:

http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/proyec-
to_de_orden_saneamiento_citricos_afectados_por_virus_tristeza.pdf

Valencia, 19 July 2007.

Head of the Agricultural Income Protection Department
Ricardo Llácer Escorihuela

Aid No: XA 192/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Municipality of Mirna Peč

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Podpora ohranjanju in spodbujanju razvoja kmetijstva
in podeželja v občini Mirna Peč za programsko obdobje 2007-
2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o ohranjanju in spodbujanju razvoja
kmetijstva
za
programsko obdobje 2007-2013 (Poglavje II.).

in podeželja v mestni občini Mirna Peč

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company: The
amount of
annual
the period 2007-2013 is
EUR 50 000.

budget planned

for

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings:

— up to 50 % of
less-favoured areas,

eligible

costs of

investment

in

— up to 40 % of eligible costs of investment in other areas.

The purpose of the aid is investment to restore farm features,
to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural produc-
tion, to invest in permanent crops and to improve farmland.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— up to 100 % as regards non-productive features,

— up to 60 % as regards productive assets on farms,
provided that the investment does not entail any increase
in the production capacity of the farm,

— additional aid may be granted at a rate of up to 100 % to
cover the extra costs incurred by using traditional mate-
rials necessary to maintain the heritage features of build-
ings.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— support from the municipality, in line with the Decree
on co-financing of insurance premiums for agricultural
production for the current year, adopted by the Slovenian
Government, brings the balance of aid to up to 50 % of
the eligible costs of insuring crops and fruit and livestock
against the risk of death owing to disease.

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % eligible legal and administrative costs.

5. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

— up to 100 % of costs incurred in promoting quality agri-
cultural products. The aid is to be granted in the form of
subsidised services and must not involve direct payments
of money to farms.

6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— aid is to be granted at a rate of up to 100 % of eligible
costs concerning the education and training of farmers
and farm workers, replacement services to cover for
periods of absence due to holidays or illness, organisation
of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, dissemina-
tion of scientific knowledge, and publications such as
catalogues and websites. The aid is to be granted in the
form of subsidised services and does not involve direct
payments of money to agricultural holdings.

Date of implementation: July 2007 (or the day that the Rules
enter into force).

Duration of
31 December 2013.

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: To support SMEs.

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Reference to Articles in Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 and eligible costs:

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči za
programe kmetijstva v občini Benedikt (Poglavje II.).

Chapter II of the draft Rules on conservation and promotion of agri-
cultural and rural development in the municipality of Mirna Peč for
the programming period 2007-2013 includes measures consti-
tuting State aid in accordance with the following Articles of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December
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 Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

— Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agri-

cultural products,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector.

Economic Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture:

— Arable and livestock farming.

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

2007: EUR 16 692

2008: EUR 16 692

2009: EUR 16 692

2010: EUR 16 692

2011: EUR 16 692

2012: EUR 16 692

2013: EUR 16 692

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in farms for primary production

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas and up
to 40 % of eligible costs for investment in other areas.

The purpose of the aid is investment to restore farm features,
to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural production
in permanent crops and improvement of
and to invest
pastures.

Name and address of the granting authority:

2. Conservation of traditional buildings:

Občina Mirna Peč
Trg 2
SLO-8216 Mirna Peč

Web address:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200767&dhid=90930

Other information: The measure concerning the payment of
includes the
insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit
following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to
natural disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by light-
ning, storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 relating to the measures to be adopted by
the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps
preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and moni-
toring of aid).

Municipality of Mirna Peč
Mayor
Zvone Lah

Aid No: XA 193/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Municipality of Benedikt

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Podpora programom razvoja podeželja v Občini Bene-
dikt 2007-2013

— up to 100 % of costs of investment in the conservation
located on agri-

of non-productive heritage features
cultural holdings,

— up

to

or

75 % in

areas
areas
less-favoured
under Article 36(a)(i),
(ii) and (iii) of Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005, defined as such by Member States in
accordance with Articles 50 and 94 of that Regulation,
and up to 60 % of eligible costs in other areas, provided
that the investment does not entail any increase in the
production capacity of the farm.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

support
co-financing of

— the amount of municipal
amount of

the difference
between the
insurance
premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of
eligible costs of insurance premiums for insuring crops
and fruit against adverse weather conditions and insuring
livestock against the risk of death due to disease.

is

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of actual legal and administrative costs.

5. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

— up to 100 % of the costs of market research activities,
product conception and design, including aid granted for
the preparation of applications for recognition of desig-
nations of origin or certificates of specific character in
accordance with the relevant Community regulations.
The aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services
and does not
involve direct payments of money to
producers.

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6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

— up to 100 % of costs concerning the education and
training of farmers, consultancy services, the organisation
of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publica-
tions, catalogues and websites. The aid is to be granted in
the form of subsidised services and does not involve
direct payments of money to producers.

premiums,

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,
— Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agri-

cultural products,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector.

Date of implementation: July 2007 (or the date on which the
Rules enter into force).

Duration of
31 December 2013.

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs.

Reference to Articles in Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 and eligible costs:

Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting State aid for rural develop-
ment programmes in the municipality of Benedikt includes measures
constituting State aid in accordance with the following Articles
of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December
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 Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

Economic Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture:

— Arable and livestock farming.

Name and address of granting authority:
Občina Benedikt
Čolnikov trg 5
SLO-2234 Benedikt

Web address:
http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200768&dhid=90955

Other information: The measure concerning the payment of
insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit
includes the
following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to
natural disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by light-
ning, storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 relating to the measures to be adopted by
the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps
preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and moni-
toring of aid).

Mayor
Milan Gumzar