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: 2008-02-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, State aid, 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

(2008/C 32/04)

Aid No: XA 212/07

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

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Municipality of Logatec

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Podpore programom razvoja kmetijstva in podeželja v
občini Logatec 2007-2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči za ohran-
janje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Logatec
(2. Poglavje)

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

2007: EUR 22 500

2008: EUR 24 750

2009: EUR 27 300

2010: EUR 30 030

2011: EUR 33 000

2012: EUR 36 300

2013: EUR 40 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings:

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

Support is granted for investment in farm features for agri-
cultural production, investment in pastures and land and for
private access ways on farms.

— up to 100 % of eligible costs; this is to be provided in
the form of subsidised services and must not involve
direct payments of money to producers.

4. Provision of technical support.

— up to 100 % of eligible costs for the organisation and
implementation of education and training programmes,
consultancy services provided by third parties, the organi-
sation of
farms to exchange knowledge,
competitions, exhibitions and fairs, and the funding of
publications, such as catalogues and websites. The aid is
to be granted in the form of subsidised services and must
not involve direct payments of money to producers

forums for

Date of implementation: August 2007

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: Chapter II of the Rules on granting State aid for
conservation and agricultural and rural development
in the
municipality of Logatec includes measures constituting State aid
in accordance with the following Articles of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the appli-
cation 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 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

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

2. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

cultural products,

— up to 10 % of eligible costs of insurance premiums for

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

insuring crops and fruit,

sector

— the difference between the amount of co-financing of
insurance premiums from the national budget and up to
50 % of eligible costs for insuring livestock against
disease.

Economic Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture — Aid is granted
for investment in livestock farming, except for the breeding of
warm-blooded horses, poultry or rabbits. Aid is granted for
breeding small ruminants in less-favoured areas

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Name and address of granting authority:

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

Občina Logatec
Tržaška cesta 15
SLO-1370 Logatec

Web address:

http://dokumenti.obcina-logatec.com/PRAVILNIKI/Pravilnikkme-
tijstvo.pdf

Other information: The measure for 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 lightning,
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)

Aid No: XA 219/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Municipality of Straža

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Podpora programom razvoja kmetijstva in podeželja v
občini Straža 2007-2013

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

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company: The
amount of
annual
the period 2007-2013 is
EUR 48 752

budget planned

for

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings:

— municipal support, in line with the Decree on co-finan-
cing of insurance premiums for agricultural production
for the current year, adopted by the Slovenian Govern-
ment, brings the amount of aid up to a maximum of
50 % of eligible costs for insurance premiums to insure
crops and fruit and livestock against disease.

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs incurred in legal and

administrative procedures.

5. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 100 % of costs for education and training for
farmers, consultancy services, the organisation of forums,
competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publications, catalo-
gues and websites, replacement services and the dissemi-
nation of scientific knowledge. The aid is to be granted in
the form of subsidised services and must not involve
direct payments of money to producers

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2013

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: Chapter II of the draft Rules on the conservation
and promotion of the development of agriculture and rural
areas in the municipality of Straža for the programming period
2007-2013 includes measures
aid in
accordance with the following Articles of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

constituting

State

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

— up to 40 % of eligible costs for investment.

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

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:

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Economic Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture — Plant produc-
tion and livestock farming

Name and address of the granting authority:

— up to 100 % for non-productive features and up to 60 %
for on-farm productive features, provided that the invest-
ment does not lead to an increase in production poten-
tial,

— additional aid may be granted up to 100 % to cover the

Občina Straža
Ulica Talcev 9
SLO-8351 Straža

Web address:

extra costs incurred by using traditional materials.

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200771&dhid=91211

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Other information: The measure for 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 lightning,
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)

Municipality of Straža
Mayor
Alojz KNAFELJ

Aid No: XA 222/07

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: All regions

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Richtlinie über die Förderung der Beratung land-
wirtschaftlicher Unternehmen vor und während einer Umstel-
lung des Betriebes auf ökologischen Landbau

Legal basis: Richtlinie über die Förderung der Beratung land-
wirtschaftlicher Unternehmen vor und während einer Umstel-
lung des Betriebes auf ökologischen Landbau; Bundeshaushalts-
gesetz, Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschriften zu §§ 23, 44
Bundeshaushaltsordnung

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Up to
EUR 1 million in total

Maximum aid intensity: Aid is awarded in the form of a grant
providing part-funding for a specific project. The amount of aid
granted will correspond to 50 % of the costs of consultation,
subject to a maximum of EUR 2 000 (net) per consultation type
to conversion; consultation during the
(consultation prior
conversion process). The funding can be granted once for a
consultation before conversion and once for a consultation
during the conversion process. The grant is not paid directly to
the recipient of the aid

Date of
implementation: The guidelines were signed on
13 August 2007. They enter into force the day after their
promulgation in the Federal Gazette. The guidelines can only be
promulgated once the summary of the aid has been published
by the European Commission The funding guidelines are effec-
tive for consultations beginning on or after this date

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The guidelines
are effective until 31 December 2010

Objective of the aid: Consultation services for conventional
agricultural
enterprises on the opportunities offered by
converting to organic farming and the consequences of such a
conversion play an important role in:

— judging more accurately whether and under what circum-
stances converting to organic farming methods is viable,

thereby helping companies to avoid making bad business
decisions,

— improving the prospects of an impending conversion to
organic farming methods by increasing management know-
how,

— reinforcing the will of

to organic
farmers
farming, thereby increasing the overall number of enter-
prises using organic production methods.

to convert

Consultation on production methods or commercial matters
during the conversion of an agricultural enterprise from conven-
tional to organic farming plays an important role in:

— judging more accurately how the production of certain
goods should be adapted to the changed framework condi-
tions of the individual enterprise, thereby helping to opti-
mise the necessary adaptation processes and minimise bad
decision-making on the part of the enterprise,

— increasing the probability of the conversion being a success
by ensuring the continual development of management
know-how in a complex subject area,

— optimising the development of the business both during and
after
the conversion, as laid down in Regulation (EEC)
No 2092/91, thereby encouraging farmers to continue using
the new production methods in the long-term and poten-
tially helping to ensure that enterprises do not convert back
to conventional methods after
the obligatory five-year
period of organic production, laid down in Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005, has elapsed.

and the general

Aid will be granted to enterprises in accordance with these
guidelines
regulations on
sections 23 and 44 of the Federal Budget Code (BHO) in order
to provide them with an incentive to engage external consulting
services. The granting conditions correspond to the conditions
laid out in Article 15(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

administrative

Economic sectors: Conventional and organic agricultural enter-
prises operative in all sub-sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)
Deichmanns Aue 29
D-53179 Bonn

Web address:

http://www.bundesprogramm-oekolandbau.de/foerderrichtlinien/
umstellungsberatung/

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 223/07

Member State: Hungary

Region: All of Hungary

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Állami program keretében egyes növényegészségügyi
vizsgálatok költségeihez nyújtott nemzeti támogatás.

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Legal basis:

Aid No: XA 224/07

— egyes növényegészségügyi vizsgálatok támogatásáról szóló

…/2007. ( ) FVM rendelet;

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

— a növényvédelemről szóló 2000. évi XXV. törvény;

Region: Municipality of Šentjur

— a növényegészségügyi

feladatok végrehajtásának részletes

szabályairól szóló 7/2001. (I. 17.) FVM rendelet;

— a gyümölcs szaporítóanyagok előállításáról és forgalomba

hozataláról szóló 64/2004. (IV. 27.) FVM rendelet;

— a szőlő szaporítóanyagok előállításáról, minősítéséről és
(XII. 28.) FVM

szóló 87/2006.

forgalomba hozataláról
rendelet;

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Podpore programom razvoja podeželja v občini
Šentjur 2007-2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči za ohran-
janje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Šentjur

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

— a növényvédelmi

igazgatási

szolgáltatási díjakról

szóló

165/2004. (XI. 22.) FVM rendelet.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total
annual aid: HUF 150 million

Maximum aid intensity: Aid at a rate of 80 % of the invoice
value of eligible expenditure

Maximum eligible expenditure for each type of test is set out in
Regulation No 165/2004 of 22 November 2004 of the Agri-
culture and Rural Development Ministry

2007: EUR 38 117

2008: EUR 40 617

2009: EUR 46 700

2010: EUR 53 700

2011: EUR 61 770

2012: EUR 71 000

2013: EUR 81 600

Date of implementation: September 2007, after Commission
position

Maximum aid intensity:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2013

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to ensure the
production of quality seeds and propagating materials of high
biological value and to better safeguard plant health for the
maintenance of plant species.

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production

— up to 40 % of eligible costs for investment.

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

The provisions of Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
are applied.

2. Conservation of traditional buildings:

Aid may be claimed for the costs of plant health services,
the above-
supported by invoices,
mentioned checking and testing as required by national plant
health programmes

incurred in carrying out

Sector(s) concerned: The sectors concerned are the production
including in the areas of
of seed and propagating materials,
arable crops, horticulture and licensed nurseries

— up to 60 % of actual costs for investment to preserve
non-productive heritage features located on farms (sites
of archaeological and historical interest) and to protect
productive heritage features on farms, such as farm build-
ings, provided the investment does not
lead to an
increase in production potential.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium
HU-Kossuth tér 11, Budapest

Web address:

— 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 and for insuring livestock against disease.

support
co-financing of

is

http://www.fvm.hu/main.php?folderID=1846&articleID=10790&c-
tag=articlelist&iid=1

4. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

Budapest, 27 August 2007

András MÁHR
State Secretary with special responsibility

— up to 100 % of costs of education and training of
farmers, consultancy services, the organisation of forums,
competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publications, catalo-
gues and websites, and for disseminating scientific knowl-
edge. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised
services and must not involve direct payments of money
to producers

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

Economic Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture — Plant produc-
tion and livestock farming

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: Chapter III of the draft Rules on granting State
aid for the conservation and development of agriculture and
rural areas in the municipality of Šentjur includes measures
constituting State aid in accordance with the following Articles
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Arti-
cles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-
sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural
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 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Name and address of granting authority:
Občina Šentjur
Mestni trg 10
SLO-3230 Šentjur

Web address:
http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200774&dhid=91305

Other information: The measure for 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 lightning,
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)

Signature of person responsible
Mayor
Štefan TISEL