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: 2008-02-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: England, State aid, agricultural product, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 31/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.2.2008

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

(2008/C 31/09)

XA Number: XA 117/07

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery
Initiative (ECSFDI) 2007-2008

Legal basis: The scheme is a non-statutory service, participation
in which is voluntary. The Agriculture Act 1986 (Section 1)
provides the legal base for the provision by Government of
advice in connection with any agricultural activity

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: 1 July
2007-31 March 2008: GBP 6,22 million

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 100 %

Date of implementation: The scheme will start on 1 July
2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will begin on 1 July 2007. It will close on the 31 March 2008.
The last date for applications is 31 March 2008. The last date of
payment to Catchment officers will be made on 31 March 2008

in accordance with
Objective of aid: Technical Support
Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The aim of the
England Catchment Sensitive Farming Scheme is to raise aware-
ness in Difuse Water Pollution in Agriculture (DWPA) by means
of providing advice through seminars and on farm advice by
catchment officers. We hope to achieve and encourage early
voluntary action by farmers to tackle DWPA in forty priority
catchments. It will contribute to the achievement of domestic
and international environmental targets, in particular the Water
Framework Directive

Sector(s) concerned: The beneficiaries of the ECSFDI will be
involved in the production of agricultural products only. All
subsectors will be eligible

Name and address of the granting authority:

The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Water Quality Division
3/8 Whitehall Place
London SW1A 2HH
United Kingdom

The organisation operating the scheme is:

Natural England
Land Management & Advisory Services
Eastbrook
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
Cambs CB2 8DR
United Kingdom

Web address:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/environment/water/csf/pdf/state-
aid-ecsfdi.pdf

Alternatively, you can go to the UK's central website for
exempted agricultural State aids at:

http://defraweb/farm/policy/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm

Other information: Further and more detailed information
relating to eligibility and rules for the scheme can be found in
the web links above.

Signed and dated on behalf of the Department of Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (UK competent authority)

Neil Marr
Agricultural State Aid
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Area 1B
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom