Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, State aid, beverage industry, control of State aid, energy production, food industry, investment aid

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid
to small and medium-sized enterprises

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 76/03)

XS 13/08

Romania

Toate cele 8 regiuni de dezvoltare ale României

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Stimularea IMM-urilor care procesează produse agricole în vederea obţinerii
unor produse alimentare, altele decât cele prevăzute în anexa I la Tratatul CE,
precum și a celor care desfășoară activităţi de procesare a produselor agricole în
vederea obţinerii și utilizării surselor de energie regenerabilă și a biocombustibi-
lilor

Legal basis

Programul Naţional de Dezvoltare Rurală 2007-2013

Prevederile art. 28 — Creșterea valorii adăugate pentru produsele agricole și forestiere
din Regulamentul (CE) nr. 1698/2005 al Consiliului (1), privind sprijinul pentru
dezvoltare rurală acordat din Fondul European Agricol pentru Dezvoltare Rurală
(FEADR)

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

EUR 118 125 000

Maximum aid intensity

— 40 % of total eligible expenditure relating to projects carried out in the

Bucharest-Ilfov region,

— 50 % of total eligible expenditure relating to projects carried out in the

other 7 development regions

Date of implementation

30.3.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

31.12.2008

Objective of aid

Investment aid granted to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

1. In the food and drinks industry

Bakery sector: manufacture of bread, fresh pastry goods and cakes, biscuits,
rusks and other similar products, macaroni, noodles, couscous and other
similar farinaceous products.

Confectionery and sugar confectionery: manufacture of cocoa-based products,
chocolate and sugar confectionery.

Dairy products sector: manufacture of ice cream.

for

special nutritional needs

food
Homogenised food preparations and dietetic products: manufacture of
products
(Council Directive 89/398/EEC
(OJ L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 27)): baby formula milk powder; milk and other
foods for small children; baby foods; low-calorie foods for weight control;
including
dietetic foods for specific medical purposes;
low-sodium or sodium-free dietary salts; gluten-free foods; foods intended to
meet the expenditure of intense muscular effort, especially for sportsmen;
foods
suffering from carbohydrate metabolism disorders
(diabetes).

low-sodium foods,

for people

Sector for other foods n.e.c.: manufacture of soups; powdered egg, etc.; manu-
facture of products enriched with vitamins, protein, etc.

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2. Manufacture and use of renewable energy and biofuels

— production of electricity, biogas, thermal energy and hot water from
renewable sources, by enterprises which produce and/or process agri-
cultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty,

— manufacture of biofuels — biodiesel and bioethanol — for transport, by
companies which produce and/or process agricultural products listed in
Annex I to the Treaty, in order to use and sell them

Ministerul Agriculturii și Dezvoltării Rurale, Direcţia Generală Dezvoltare Rurală
— AM PNDR
B-dul Carol I, nr. 24, sector 3
București
Tel. (40-21) 307 85 65
Fax (40-21) 307 86 06

The aid scheme implements measure 123 entitled Adding value to agricultural and
forestry products
in Annex 1 of Romania's National Rural Development
Programme for 2007-2013, financed by the European Agricultural Fund for
Rural Development under Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (1).

The complete text of this aid scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises is
published on the web page of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Develop-
ment at the following address:

http://www.mapam.ro/pages/page.php?self=03&sub=0305&lang=2

Name
authority

and

address

of

granting

Miscellaneous

(1) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1.