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: 2008-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, State aid, agricultural holding, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, exchange of information, 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 99/04)

Aid No: XA 256/07

Objective of aid:

Member State: Slovak Republic

Region: —

Title of aid scheme: Schéma štátnej pomoci na kontrolu úžit-
kovosti, testovanie a odhad plemennej hodnoty zvierat

Legal basis:

The legal bases for the granting of aid are:

— § 5 nariadenia vlády SR č. 369/2007 Z. z. z 8. augusta
2007 o niektorých podporných opatreniach v pôdohospo-
dárstve,

The objective of the aid is to support small and medium-sized
enterprises in the livestock-farming sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: primary production of agri-
cultural products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority:

Granting authority:

Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR
Dobrovičova ul. č. 12
SK-812 66 Bratislava
Tel. (421) 259 26 61 11

— zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení neskor-

Website:

ších predpisov,

— Article 16(1)(b) and (3) 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

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

http://www.land.gov.sk/index.php?navID=153&id=411

Scheme administrator:

Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra (ďalej len „platobná agen-
túra“)
Dobrovičova ul. č. 12
SK-812 66 Bratislava
Tel.: (421) 259 26 61 11

The anticipated volume of funding under the scheme for 2007
is SKK 2,5 million.

Website:

The anticipated volume of funding under the scheme for each
year from 2008 onwards is SKK 70 million.

http://www.land.gov.sk/apa/index.php?p=DP_metpok

Further information:

The total budget anticipated for the monitoring of
livestock
productivity and for the testing and assessment of the breeding
value
is
of
SKK 420 million

2008-2013

livestock

during

period

the

Maximum aid intensity:

Aid may be granted to livestock farmers at a rate of up to 70 %
of the value of subsidised services for tests to determine the
genetic quality or productivity of livestock, with the exception
of checks undertaken by the owner of the livestock and routine
checks on milk quality

Date of implementation: September 2007

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013

State aid is granted in the form of subsidised services, via an
accredited breeders' organisation or a recognised stock-farming
organisation.

Grants are applied for by accredited breeders' organisations or
recognised stock-farming organisations. Aid may be granted
only to small and medium-sized enterprises, pursuant to Annex I
to Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January
2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to
State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Applications for grants are to be submitted, in response to an
invitation issued by the paying agency, to the relevant regional
office of the paying agency by 31 January of the calendar year
concerned.
In 2007, applications are to be submitted by
30 September.

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On the basis of the applications received, the paying agency
adds together all the eligible grant applications received in the
relevant calendar year. If the total for such applications exceeds
the paying
the amount of
agency sets a conversion coefficient by means of which the
grant entitlement is re-calculated for each applicant.

funding available in the budget,

Grants will be made on the basis of a grant-award contract
concluded between the paying agency and the applicant. The
accredited breeders' organisation or recognised stock-farming
organisation takes
received into account when
providing the service, up to 70 % of the value of the service,
but not exceeding the amount of the grant.

the grant

Approved: Ľubomír Miček,

Ph.D., Director-General, Rural
Development Division, Ministry of Agriculture of
the Slovak Republic

Aid No: XA 257/07

Member State: Slovak Republic

Region: —

Title of aid scheme: Schéma štátnej pomoci na odstraňovanie
a likvidáciu živočíšnych vedľajších produktov

Legal basis:

The legal bases for the granting of aid are:

— § 6 nariadenia vlády SR č. 369/2007 Z. z. z 8. augusta
2007 o niektorých podporných opatreniach v pôdohospo-
dárstve,

— zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení neskor-

ších predpisov,

— Article 16(1)(d), (2) and (3) 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

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

(including stillborn and unborn animals) on a farm or any
premises, or during transport, but have not been slaughtered
for human consumption;

(b) 75 % of the value of subsidised services for the disposal of
category 2 animal by-products, i.e. carcasses, carcasses being
defined as dead animals which have been killed by eutha-
nasia with or without a definitive diagnosis or have died
(including stillborn and unborn animals) on a farm or any
premises or during transport, but have not been slaughtered
for human consumption

Date of implementation: September 2007

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid:

The objective of the aid is to support small and medium-sized
enterprises in the livestock-farming sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: primary production of agri-
cultural products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority:

Granting authority:

Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR
Dobrovičova ul. č. 12
SK-812 66 Bratislava
Tel. (421) 259 26 61 11

Website:

http://www.land.gov.sk/index.php?navID=153&id=413

Scheme administrator:

Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra (ďalej len „platobná agen-
túra“)
Dobrovičova ul. č. 12
SK-812 66 Bratislava
Tel. (421) 259 26 61 11

Website:

http://www.land.gov.sk/apa/index.php?p=DP_metpok

The anticipated volume of funding under the scheme for 2007
is SKK 20 million.

Other information:

The anticipated volume of funding under the scheme for each
year from 2008 onwards is SKK 80 million.

The total budget anticipated for the removal and disposal of
category 2 animal by-products (carcasses) during the period
2008-2013 is SKK 480 million

Maximum aid intensity:

Aid may be granted to livestock farmers up to:

(a) 100 % of the value of subsidised services for the removal of
category 2 animal by-products, i.e. carcasses, carcasses being
defined as dead animals which have been killed by eutha-
nasia with or without definitive diagnosis or have died

State aid is granted in the form of subsidised services, via an
enterprise authorised to handle, process or market animal
by-products.

Applications for grants are to be submitted, in response to an
invitation issued by the paying agency, by 31 January of the
relevant calendar year, to the paying agency's head office. In
2007, applications are to be submitted by 30 September.

On the basis of the applications received, the paying agency
adds together all the eligible grant applications received in the
relevant calendar year. If the total for such applications exceeds
the amount of
the paying
agency sets a conversion coefficient by means of which the
grant entitlement is re-calculated for each applicant.

funding available in the budget,

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Grants will be made on the basis of a grant-award contract
concluded between the paying agency and the applicant. The
enterprise takes the grant received into account when billing the
service provided, i.e. the removal of category 2 animal by-pro-
ducts — carcasses, to livestock farmers, up to 100 % of the
value of the service, but not exceeding the amount of the grant.
Aid may be granted only to small and medium-sized enterprises,
pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of
Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and
medium-sized enterprises.

to Annex

I

The enterprise provides the aid in the course of the relevant
calendar year in the form of a discount on the services invoiced.

Approved: Ľubomír Miček,

Ph.D., Director-General, Rural
Development Division, Slovak Republic Ministry of
Agriculture

Aid No: XA 258/07

Member State: Slovak Republic

Region: —

Title of aid scheme: Schéma štátnej pomoci na platby poist-
ného v poľnohospodárstve

(a) 80 % of the annual premium paid, if the insurance policy

covers losses caused by natural disasters;

(b) 50 % of the annual premium paid, if the insurance policy
covers losses caused by adverse climatic events, harmful
organisms or agents or animal diseases listed in Annexes 1
and 3-5 to Act No 39/2007 Coll. on veterinary care (Act
No 39/2007 Coll.)

Date of implementation: September 2007

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid:

The objective of the aid is to reduce the risks incurred by small
and medium-sized enterprises active in the primary production
of agricultural products as a result of natural disasters, adverse
climatic events, harmful organisms or agents or animal diseases
listed in Annexes 1 and 3-5 to Act No 39/2007 Coll., by
covering the annual insurance premiums

Economic sector(s) concerned: Primary production of agri-
cultural products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority:

Granting authority:

Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR
Dobrovičova ul. č. 12
SK-812 66 Bratislava
Tél. (421) 259 26 61 11

Legal basis:

The legal bases for the granting of aid are:

Website:

— § 16 nariadenia vlády SR č. 369/2007 Z. z. o niektorých

podporných opatreniach v pôdohospodárstve,

— zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení neskor-

ších predpisov,

— Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the applica-
tion of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small
and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of
agricultural products
amending Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001

and

http://www.land.gov.sk/index.php?navID=153&id=412

Scheme administrator:

Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra (ďalej len „platobná agen-
túra“)
Dobrovičova ul. č. 12
SK-812 66 Bratislava
Tel. (421) 259 26 61 11

Website:

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

http://www.land.gov.sk/apa/index.php?p=DP_metpok

The anticipated volume of funding under the scheme for 2007
is SKK 30 million.

The anticipated volume of funding under the scheme for each
year from 2008 onwards is SKK 100 million.

total budget

The
premiums during the period 2008-2013 is SKK 600 million

anticipated to cover

annual

insurance

Maximum aid intensity:

The maximum gross intensity of aid which may be granted to
livestock farmers is:

Other information:

I

to Annex

Aid may be granted only to small and medium-sized enterprises,
pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Arti-
cles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-
sized enterprises. Aid will be granted on a one-off basis at the
specified gross intensity.

Approved: Ľubomír Miček,

Ph.D., Director-General, Rural
Development Division, Slovak Republic Ministry of
Agriculture

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Aid No: XA 339/07

3. Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest:

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Urban Municipality of Koper

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid:

Ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v Mestni občini
Koper 2007-2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči za ohran-
janje in razvoj kmetijstva ter podeželja v Mestni občini Koper
(II. Poglavje)

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

2007: EUR 169 004

2008: EUR 172 000

2009: EUR 175 000

2010: EUR 178 000

2011: EUR 183 000

2012: EUR 186 000

2013: EUR 190 000

Maximum aid intensity:

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

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

4. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

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

co-financing of

amount of

5. Aid for land reparcelling:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 100 % of actual

legal and administrative costs

incurred.

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

2. Aid for conserving traditional buildings:

— for non-productive features, up to 100 % of actual costs,

— for productive assets on farms, up to 60 % of actual
costs, or 75 % in less-favoured areas, provided that the
investment does not entail any increase in the production
capacity of the farm,

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

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

7. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 100 % of costs in the form of subsidized services
for education and training of
farmers, consultancy
services, the organisation of forums, competitions, exhi-
bitions and fairs, publications, catalogues and websites,
and for disseminating scientific knowledge

Date of implementation: August 2007

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

— additional aid may be granted at a rate of up to 100 % to
cover the extra costs incurred by using traditional mate-
rials necessary to preserve the heritage features of build-
ings.

Objective of the aid:

To support SMEs

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Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs:

Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting State aid for preserving
and developing agriculture and rural areas in the [urban] muni-
cipality of Koper 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 of the Commission Regulation: Investment in agri-

cultural holdings,

— Article 5 of the Commission Regulation: Conservation of

traditional landscapes and buildings,

— 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

Aid No: XA 348/07

Member State: Hungary

Region: Entire country

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid:

Állami program keretében egyes állatbetegségek megelőzéséhez,
illetve leküzdéséhez kapcsolódóan igénybe vehető nemzeti
támogatások

Legal basis:

A földművelésügyi és vidékfejlesztési miniszter …/2007. ( ) FVM
rendelete az egyes állatbetegségek megelőzésével, illetve leküzdé-
sével kapcsolatos támogatások igénylésének és kifizetésének
rendjéről

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

Total annual aid: HUF 5 billion

Maximum aid intensity:

The amount of the aid may not exceed the maximum eligible
costs, excluding VAT, stated in the invoice. The decree lays
down maximum eligible costs for each animal disease

Date of implementation: December 2007. After the Commis-
sion has adopted its position

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2013

Name and address of granting authority:

Objective of aid:

Mestna občina Koper
Verdijeva 10
SLO-6000 Koper

Website:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200770&dhid=91144

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)

Timotej PIRJEVEC
Head of Social Affairs and Development Department

Close monitoring or eradication in livestock of
the animal
diseases specified in the Annex to the decree, and prevention of
the listed zoonoses.

With reference to the aid provided in respect of monitoring
animal diseases and prevention and elimination of infections,
we apply the provisions in Article 10 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006. In the case of TSE tests, we apply the provisions
relating to Article 16(1)(g).

Aid may be claimed for the costs of animal health services,
supported by invoices, relating to examinations concerning
animal diseases,
implementation of monitoring
programmes, medical treatments or immunisations

controls,

Sector(s) concerned: The decree specifies,
disease, the range of species eligible for aid

for each animal

Name and address of the granting authority:

Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium
H-Kossuth tér 11.
Budapest

Website:

http://www.fvm.hu/main.php?folderID=851