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: 2008-02-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, Slovenia, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to agriculture, 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 43/03)

Aid No: XA 228/07

Member State: France

Regions: All regions, as these activities may be financed by any
local or regional authority wishing to do so (regional councils,
general councils)

Title of aid scheme: Aides à la promotion des produits
animaux et des produits d'origine animale

Legal basis:

— Article 15, paragraphe 2, du règlement (CE) no 1857/2006

d'exemption agricole

— Article L 621-1 et suivants du code rural

lation (EC) No 1857/2006), which are also referred to in
chapter IV K of the agricultural guidelines of 27 December
2006 and in point 152(b) of the agricultural guidelines

Sectors(s) concerned: SMEs
products sector

in the livestock and animal

Name and address of the granting authority:

Office national interprofessionnel de l'élevage et de ses
productions
12, rue Henri Rol-Tanguy
TSA 30003
F-93555 Montreuil Sous Bois Cedex

Website address:

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

— Articles L 1511-1 et suivants du code général des collecti-

vités territoriales

Detailed information on the aid scheme will be published on
this website, under the heading ‘Information/Aides nationales’,
as soon as the scheme is implemented (January 2008)

under

subject

expenditure

planned
the
to budgetary resources,

Annual
scheme:
from the
EUR 4 million,
National Inter-trade Office for Livestock and Livestock Products
(Office national interprofessionnel de l'élevage et de ses produc-
tions) and an unspecified amount from the local and regional
authorities

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity could reach 100 %
in the case of the activities specified in Article 15(2)(c) to (f),
referred to above. Under no circumstances will the aid intensity
exceed 100 % of the subsidised activities

Date of implementation: 1.1.2008

Duration of scheme: Six years (2008-2013)

Objective of the aid: The objective of the aid is to support
information and promotional campaigns for the products in
question, to raise awareness of these products, to make scientific
knowledge accessible to the general public, to facilitate informa-
tion campaigns on high-quality production systems, to facilitate
the organisation of trade fairs, exhibitions and forums, to encou-
rage professionals to attend these fairs, and to develop public
relations and related activities.

Other information: The local and regional authorities will
ensure compliance with the aid limits stipulated in Article 15 of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, which is the framework for this
aid scheme. Regional or local authorities supplementing the
funding provided by the Office for Livestock must therefore
verify the cumulation of aid with aid from the departmental
directorates for agriculture and forestry

Aid No: XA 229/07

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid:

Dairy Farmer Milk Market Development Scheme

Support will be provided for activities falling within the scope
of Article 15(2) of the agricultural exemption Regulation (Regu-

Legal basis: Milk Development Council Order 1995

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scheme or
Annual
overall
to the
individual
company: 15 September 2007-31 March 2008: GBP 300 000

expenditure planned under
aid
amount of

the
granted

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 50 %

Other information:

Further and more detailed information relating to eligibility and
rules for the scheme can be found in the web links above. There
will be no direct payments of money to producers this complies
with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Date of
15 September 2007

implementation: The

scheme will

start

on

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will begin on 15 September 2007. It will close on 31 March
2008. The last payments will be made on 30 September 2008.
than
invoices
All
31 December 2008

services will be received no later

for

Objective of aid: This aid is in line with Article 9 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 and the eligible costs will be:

1. rental of office premises;

2. acquisition of office equiptment (including computer hard-

ware and software);

3. administrative staff costs;

4. overheads;

5. relevent legal and administrative fees.

Mr Neil Marr
Agricultural State Aid
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Room 816, Area 8D
9 Millbank
C/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
Westminster SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom

Aid No: XA 230/07

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

The aid also falls in line with Article 15 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 and the eligible costs are:

Region: Land Brandenburg

1. consultancy services to improve the marketing and supply
chain for milk which do not constitute a continuous or peri-
odic activity nor relate to usual operating expenditure

Title of aid scheme: Hilfsprogramm für landwirtschaftliche
und gartenbauliche Unternehmen, die durch die Wetterunbilden
im Frühjahr und im Sommer 2007 in ihrer Existenz gefährdet
sind

Sector(s)
involved in the production of milk

concerned: The

scheme

applies

to businesses

Legal basis: Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Name and address of the granting authority:

The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:

Milk Development Council
Trent Lodge
Stroud Road
Cirencester GL7 6JN
United Kingdom

The organisation operating the scheme is:

Milk Development Council
Trent Lodge
Stroud Road
Cirencester GL7 6JN
United Kingdom

Website address:

Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt
und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Brandenburg zum Ausgleich
von Verlusten infolge von Wetterunbilden — Hilfsprogramm für
landwirtschaftliche und gartenbauliche Unternehmen, die durch
die Wetterunbilden im Frühjahr und im Sommer 2007 in ihrer
Existenz gefährdet sind vom 30.8.2007.

http://www.mluv.brandenburg.de/cms/media.php/2317/rl_un-
wett.pdf

Annual
expenditure
EUR 5 million in 2007

planned

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: 30 %

Date of implementation: 1.11.2007-31.12.2007

Duration of scheme: 17.9.2007-31.12.2007

http://www.mdc.org.uk/default.aspx?DN=0963897f-fa62-4704-
b085-607718ee51eb

Alternatively, you can visit the UK's central register for exempted
agricultural State aids at:

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

in order to compensate them for the effects of

Objective of aid: The Land government awards grants to agri-
is under
cultural and horticultural enterprises whose survival
threat,
the
adverse climatic events of spring and summer 2007. In the case
of horticultural enterprises, these are restricted to the growing
areas of Wesendahl/Werneuchen, Havelland and the Elbe-Elster
district.

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Exceptionally heavy rainfall in the months of May, June and July
2007 meant that the capacity of receiving waters in almost all
areas of the Land was exceeded. In these three months, rainfall
levels as high as 366,1 mm, 393,4 mm and 451,8 mm were
recorded. These exceptional levels were more than twice as high
as the long-term averages for the 1961-1990 period (e.g. 208 %
in the case of the Menz weather station). This means that the
three month period from May to July in the years 1961-1990
accounted for less than a third of annual precipitation (31,8 %
in the case of the Menz station), while 66,1 % of annual precipi-
tation fell during these three months in 2007. The water table
in low-lying areas of Brandenburg rose by over a metre as a
result of the rainfall. Sustained waterlogging, clogged soil and
floods meant that cultivated land became inaccessible. As a
result, grain crops,
field forage crops and grassland had to
remain unharvested. Total crop failures were registered for late
crops like maize and potatoes.

Farmers in the affected areas were unable to begin autumn
sowing.

In the horticultural sector, the combination of a mild winter,
very high spring temperatures, a dry April and late frosts led to
considerable reductions in fruit yield and, in some cases, to total
crop failures. Due to the tendency towards earlier springs, which
has resulted in fruit trees blossoming 2 to 3 weeks earlier, late
frosts had a greater negative effect than usual on yields.

The government of Brandenburg has classified the adverse
climatic events described above as a natural disaster.

In accordance with the attached guidelines, grants can be
awarded to agricultural and horticultural enterprises in order to
is not threatened by these events.
ensure that their survival
There is no automatic entitlement to a grant. Rather, awards will
be decided upon within the due discretion of
the granting
authority and in accordance with the available budget. Grants
are not intended to provide complete compensation for losses,
but to offer liquidity support to enterprises affected by the
adverse climatic events of spring and summer 2007, in order to
ensure their survival

Sector(s) concerned:

— Agriculture (crop production)

— Horticulture (fruit production)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg
Steinstraße 104-106
D-14480 Potsdam

Website address: www.ilb.de

E-mail: postbox@ilb.de

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 231/07

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Freistaat Bayern

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual award: Richtlinie für die Durchführung der nebenberu-
flichen sozialen Betriebshilfe in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft
durch das Kuratorium Bayerischer Maschinen- und Betriebshilfs-
ringe e.V. (KBM) und die Maschinen- und Betriebshilfsringe (MR)

Legal basis: Bayerisches Agrarwirtschaftsgesetz (BayAgrarWiG)
vom 8. Dezember 2006

individual aid granted to the company:

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
EUR 1,2 million granted to the machinery and labour rings and
the umbrella organisation KBM for relief services, in accordance
with Article 15(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 50 %

Date of
exemptions

implementation: Annual

implementation following

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31.12.2010

Objective of the aid: To ensure the provision, throughout the
region, of part-time relief workers by machinery and labour
rings providing social assistance in the agriculture and forestry
sectors. The aid serves to substantially ease severe hardship in
social emergencies

Aid legislation basis: Article 15(2)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

Economic sectors: Agriculture and forestry — subsidised
service provision

Aid legislation basis for forestry: No 179 of the framework
scheme (OJ C 319, 27.12.2006, p. 1)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (LfL)
Abteilung Förderwesen und Fachrecht
Menzinger Straße 54
D-80638 München

Any enquiries should be made to:

Bayerisches Staatsministerium für
Landwirtschaft und Forsten
Referat B 1
Ludwigstr. 2
D-80539 München
Tel. (49-89) 2182-2222

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Website address:

http://www.servicestelle.bayern.de/bayern_recht/recht_db.html?
http://by.juris.de/by/AgrarWiG_BY_rahmen.htm

http://www.stmlf.bayern.de/agrarpolitik/programme/26373/
rilikbmsozbh.pdf

that the investment does not entail any increase in the
production capacity of the farm,

— additional aid may be granted up to 100 % to cover the
extra costs incurred by using traditional materials neces-
sary to maintain the heritage features of buildings.

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 233/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Municipality of Škofja Loka

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Programi razvoja kmetijstva, gozdarstva in podeželja v
občini Škofja loka 2007–2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju pomoči za ohranjanje in
razvoj kmetijstva, gozdarstva in podeželja v občini Škofja Loka
za programsko obdobje 2007–2013 (Poglavje II.)

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of indivi-
dual aid granted to the company:

2007: EUR 53 871

2008: EUR 53 871

2009: EUR 53 871

2010: EUR 53 871

2011: EUR 53 871

2012: EUR 53 871

2013: EUR 53 871

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

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

— up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas,

— up to 60 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas, and up
to 50 % of eligible costs in other areas, in the case of
investments made by young farmers within five years of
setting up.

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

3. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of actual

legal and administrative costs

incurred.

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

— up to 100 % of actual costs incurred in the form of
subsidised services; this must not involve direct payments
of money to producers.

5. Aid for providing technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 100 % of costs for education and training, consul-
tancy services provided by third parties and the organiza-
tion of forums, competitions, exhibitions, fairs, publica-
tions and websites. The aid is to be granted in the form
of
involve direct
payments of money to producers

subsidised services and must not

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

Duration of
31.12.2013

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 draft Rules on granting State
aid for conservation and development of agriculture, forestry
and rural areas in the municipality of Škofja Loka for the period
2007-2013 includes measures constituting State aid in accord-
ance 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 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

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

2. Aid for conserving traditional buildings:

cultural products,

— for investment in non-productive features, up to 100 %

of actual costs,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

— for investment in productive assets on farms, up to 60 %
of actual costs, or 75 % in less-favoured areas, provided

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture — plant and
animal production

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Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Škofja Loka
Poljanska c. 2
SLO-4220 Škofja Loka

Website address:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200773&-
dhid=91276

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:

Igor Draksler
Mayor