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: 2007-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, Netherlands, Slovenia, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, production aid

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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 300/09)

XA Number: XA 13/07

Name and address of the granting authority:

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Provincie Limburg

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Universiteit Wageningen (WUR) en indirect steun in
natura (adviestraject) ten gunste van 40 ondernemingen in de
primaire landbouwsector

Legal basis: Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht titel 4.2 Subsidies,
Algemene Subsidieverordening 2004 (van de Provincie Limburg)
en de Nadere subsidieregels voor de bevordering van de econo-
mische ontwikkeling (van de Provincie Limburg)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: One-off
contribution of EUR 100 000 (16,89 % of the total costs of
EUR 592 000) to the WUR

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: 20 days after the decision reached by
the Gedeputeerde Staten van Limburg (the Limburg Provincial
Executive) on 30 January 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The project will
run until 1 February 2008. Aid is to be granted no more than
6 months after the end of the project, i.e. 1 August 2008.

Objective of aid: To strengthen the position of enterprises in
the primary agriculture sector that offer practical training. A
secondary objective is to introduce skills-based learning. The
contribution received by the WUR will be used to provide
training enterprises with expert assistance in the form of a
10-day course and support with drawing up a business plan and
carrying out an assessment.

Economic sector(s) concerned: The primary agriculture
sector, particularly intensive livestock holdings and horticultural
concerns

Article 15 of the Exemption Regulation is being applied.

The eligible costs are EUR 592 000.

Provincie Limburg
Limburglaan 10
6229 GA Maastricht
Nederland

Web address: www.limburg.nl; go to ‘zoek in limburg’ and type
‘bevordering van de economische ontwikkeling’

Other information: Not applicable

XA Number: XA 194/07

Member State: Republic of Lithuania

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or of enterprise receiving individual
aid: Valstybės parama gyvulininkystės sektoriui
(Schemos Nr.
XA 64/07)

Legal basis:

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro 2007 m. balandžio
13 d. įsakymas Nr. 3D-162 „Dėl paramos teikimo už šalutinių
gyvūninių produktų, neskirtų vartoti žmonėms, pašalinimą ir
sunaikinimą taisyklių patvirtinimo ir žemės ūkio ministro
2006 m. gegužės 26 d. įsakymo Nr. 3D-217 bei žemės ūkio
ministro 2006 m. spalio 3 d. įsakymo Nr. 3D-385 pripažinimo
netekusiais galios“

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro 2007 m. balandžio
13 d. įsakymas Nr. 3D-346 „Dėl paramos teikimo už šalutinių
gyvūninių produktų, neskirtų vartoti žmonėms, pašalinimą ir
sunaikinimą taisyklių patvirtinimo ir žemės ūkio ministro
2006 m. gegužės 26 d. įsakymo Nr. 3D-217 bei žemės ūkio
ministro 2006 m. spalio 3 d. įsakymo Nr. 3D-385 pripažinimo
netekusiais galios“

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
LTL 10 000 000 in accordance with the official EUR exchange
rate (EUR 2 898 550)

individual

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % of the costs of removal
and destruction of fallen stock where there is an obligation to
perform TSE tests on the fallen stock.

Up to 100 % of costs for the removal of fallen stock.

Up to 75 % of costs for the destruction of such fallen stock.

Date of implementation: 1 August 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid: Until 31 December
2013

Objective of aid: Aid for SMEs

To provide aid for enterprises and farmers operating in the live-
stock sector in order to ensure a consistent programme of
control and safe removal of all fallen stock.

Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
applies.

Eligible expenses:

1. expenditure for the removal and destruction of fallen stock
where there is an obligation to perform TSE tests on the
fallen stock;

2. expenditure for the removal and destruction of fallen stock
where there is no obligation to perform TSE tests on the
fallen stock.

Sectors(s) concerned: Primary production of agricultural
products

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/Isakymai/dsp_isakymas.cfm?IsakymasID=
3409&langparam=LT

http://www.zum.lt/min/Isakymai/dsp_isakymas.cfm?IsakymasID=
3409&langparam=LT

Other information: After the new rules on State aid for the
removal and destruction of animal by-products not intended for
human consumption had entered into force on 1 May 2007, it
became clear that certain amendments to the rules were needed,
the main one being the payment of an advance for the current
month to enterprises processing animal by-products.

Under the new aid scheme, the time taken to verify the data
submitted by enterprises processing animal by-products has
considerably increased; for this reason the State aid allocated to
compensate for expenditure on animal products removed and

destroyed is paid 40-45 calendar days after incurring this expen-
diture.

As enterprises experience financial difficulties when removing
and destroying animal by-products using their own resources,
the rules provide for an advance to be paid for the current
month to enterprises processing animal by-products.

XA Number: XA 195/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje Mestne občine Ptuj

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Dodeljevanje državnih in drugih pomoči, ter ukrepov
za programe razvoja podeželja mestne občine Ptuj 2007-2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih in drugih
pomoči, ter ukrepov za programe razvoja podeželja v mestni
občini Ptuj

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

2007: EUR 26 357

2008: EUR 26 910

2009: EUR 27 475

2010: EUR 28 053

2011: EUR 28 642

2012: EUR 29 243

2013: EUR 29 857

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in farms for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible investment in less-favoured areas,

— up to 40 % of eligible investment in all other areas,

— up to 60 % of eligible investment in less-favoured areas,
or 50 % in other areas, where the investment concerns
young farmers within five years of their setting-up.

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

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— up to 60 % of eligible costs, or up to 75 % in
less-favoured areas, as regards investment to conserve the
cultural heritage of productive assets (farm buildings),
provided that
it does not entail any increase in the
production capacity of the farm,

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— up to 100 % of eligible costs as regards investment for
the purposes of conserving non-productive assets on
farms (sites of archaeological or historical interest),

— additional aid at a rate of up to 100 % to cover the extra
costs incurred by using traditional materials necessary to
maintain the heritage features of buildings.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— municipality support, in line with the Decree on co-fi-
nancing of insurance premiums for agricultural produc-
tion for the current year, brings the balance of aid to up
to 50 % of eligible costs for insurance premiums to
insure crops and fruit and to insure livestock against
disease.

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of eligible administrative and legal costs,

including inspection costs.

5. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural

products:

— aid is granted at a rate of up to 100 % of costs in the
form of subsidised services and must not involve direct
payments of money to producers.

6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— aid is granted at a rate of up to 100 % of costs
concerning the education and training of farmers, consul-
tancy and replacement services to cover for absence due
to illness or holidays, the organisation of forums, compe-
titions, exhibitions and fairs, publications, catalogues and
websites. The aid is granted in the form of subsidised
services and must not involve direct payments of money
to producers.

7. Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest:

— up to 100 % of actual costs, where the relocation simply
consists of the dismantling, removal and re-erection of
existing buildings,

— where the relocation results in the farmer benefiting
from more modern facilities, the farmer must contribute
the
at least 60 %, or 50 % in less-favoured areas, of
increase in the value of the facilities concerned after relo-
cation. If the beneficiary is a young farmer, his contribu-
tion is at least 55 % or 45 % respectively,

— where the relocation results in an increase in production
capacity, the contribution from the beneficiary must be
at least equal to 60 %, or 50 % in less-favoured areas, of
the expenses relating to this increase. If the beneficiary is
a young farmer, this contribution is at least 55 % or
45 % respectively.

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

development programmes

Reference to Articles of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: Chapter II of the draft Rules
on granting State aid and other aid and measures to support
rural
in the municipality of
includes measures constituting State aid in accordance
Ptuj
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 agri-
cultural products and amending 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 6: Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest,

— 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 live-
stock farming

Name and address of granting authority: Mestna občina Ptuj,
Mestni trg 1, SLO-2250 Ptuj

Web address: Indicate the internet address where the full text
of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under which indivi-
dual aid is granted outside of an aid scheme can be found.

http://www.lex-localis.info/KatalogInformacij/VsebinaDokumen-
ta.aspx?SectionID=44ac4dc2-c7bb-440b-a127-f75db8c4cc65

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 concerning 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).

Signature of person responsible:

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

Klavdija PETEK
Head of Department for Economics