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: 2008-04-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, Slovenia, State aid, United Kingdom, agricultural holding, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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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 100/06)

Aid No: XA 223/07

Member State: Hungary

Region: All of Hungary

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

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium
H-Budapest, Kossuth tér 11.

Állami program keretében egyes növényegészségügyi vizsgálatok
költségeihez nyújtott nemzeti támogatás

Legal basis:

Website:

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

— egyes növényegészségügyi vizsgálatok támogatásáról szóló

Budapest, 27 August 2007.

…/2007. ( ) FVM rendelet;

— a növényvédelemről szóló 2000. évi XXV. törvény;

— a növényegészségügyi

feladatok végrehajtásának részletes

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

András MÁHR
State Secretary with special responsibility

— a gyümölcs szaporítóanyagok előállításáról és forgalomba

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

Aid No: XA 237/07

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

szóló 87/2006.

forgalomba hozataláról
rendelet;

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Tržič

— 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

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

Podpore programom razvoja podeželja v občini Tržič 2007–
2013

Legal basis:

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

Pravilnik o dodelitvi pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva,
gozdarstva in podeželja v občini Tržič (II. poglavje)

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

Date of implementation: September 2007, after Commission
position

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.

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

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

incurred in carrying out

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

2007: EUR 14 000,00

2008: EUR 25 200,00

2009: EUR 25 900,00

2010: EUR 26 600,00

2011: EUR 27 300,00

2012: EUR 28 000,00

2013: EUR 28 700,00

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

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

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The purpose of the aid is to invest in the restoration of farm
features, to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural
production, to invest in permanent crops, to improve farm-
land and to provide private access ways on farms.

— Article : Aid for land reparcelling,

— Article : Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

2. Aid for conserving traditional landscapes and buildings:

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

of eligible costs,

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

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Tržič
Trg svobode 18
SLO-4290 Tržič

Website:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200766&dhid=90869

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

Other information:

— 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

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 50 % of actual

legal and administrative costs

incurred.

5. Aid for providing technical support for primary production:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs for education and training
for
farmers, consultancy services provided by third
parties, to organise forums, competitions, exhibitions and
fairs, for the funding of publications, such as catalogues
and websites, and replacement
farmers
during leave and illness. The aid is to be granted in the
form of subsidised services and does not involve direct
payments of money to producers

services

for

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)

Borut SAJOVIC
Mayor

Aid No: XA 238/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Železniki

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

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

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

Podpore programom razvoja kmetijstva in razvoja podeželja v
občini Železniki 2007–2013

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Legal basis:

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting aid for
the conservation and development of agriculture, forestry and
rural areas in the municipality of Tržič includes measures consti-
tuting State aid in accordance 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 agricultural products and amending Regulation
(EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

Pravilnik o dodelitvi pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva,
gozdarstva in podeželja v občini Železniki

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

2007: EUR 40 110

2008: EUR 40 511

2009: EUR 40 916

2010: EUR 41 325

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

2011: EUR 41 738

ings,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

2012: EUR 42 155

2013: EUR 42 577

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Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

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

the aid is to restore farm features,

to
The purpose of
purchase equipment for improving livestock buildings used
for agricultural production, to invest in permanent crops, to
improve farmland, to manage pastures and to arrange access
ways on farms.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

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

— up to 60 % of eligible costs, or 75 % in less-favoured
areas, for investment in productive features, provided that
lead to an increase in the
the investment does not
production capacity of the farm.

3. 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

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 50 % of actual costs incurred in legal and adminis-

trative procedures.

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

— up to 100 % of costs for farmers' education and training,
forums,
consultancy services and the organization of
competitions, exhibitions, fairs, publications, catalogues
and websites and replacement services. The aid is to be
granted in the form of subsidised services and does not
involve direct payments of money to producers

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 buid-

ings,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Železniki
Češnjica 48
SLO-4228 Železniki

Website:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200766&dhid=90880

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)

Mihael PREVC
Mayor

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

Aid No: XA 239/07

Member State: Slovenia

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Region: Območje občine Kidričevo

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 aid for
conservation and development of agriculture, forestry and rural
areas in the municipality of Železniki includes measures consti-
tuting State aid in accordance 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

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

Podpore programom razvoja kmetijstva in podeželja v občini
Kidričevo 2007–2013

Legal basis:

Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči za ohranjanje in
razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Kidričevo

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

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

2007: EUR 42 000

2008: EUR 48 430

2009: EUR 50 198

2010: EUR 52 001

2011: EUR 53 841

2012: EUR 55 716

2013: EUR 57 630

Maximum aid intensity:

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: The draft Rules on granting State aid for conser-
vation and development of agriculture and rural areas in the
municipality of Kidričevo include 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-

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

cultural products,

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

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

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

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in other areas, if the invest-
ment is made by young farmers within five years of
setting up and is contained in the business plan.

Support is granted for investment in farm features for agri-
cultural production, investment in pastures and management
of agricultural land on farms.

sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Občina Kidričevo
Ulica Borisa Kraigherja 25
SLO-2325 Kidričevo

Website:

2. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

http://ls.lex-localis.info/KatalogInformacij/VsebinaDokumenta.
aspx?SectionID=0ae06c34-32d9-4b2c-9cd5-8d8e5001ffa2

— municipality support in line with the Decree on co-finan-
cing of insurance premiums for agricultural production
for the current year brings the balance of aid to up to
50 % of eligible costs of
the calculated insurance
premium.

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

— aid of up to 100 % of costs is granted. The aid does not

involve direct payments of money to producers.

4. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs for the organisation of
training programmes, consultancy services provided by
third parties, the organisation of forums for farms to
exchange knowledge, competitions, exhibitions and fairs,
the dissemination of scientific knowledge, replacement
services and the funding of publications,

— the aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services
involve direct payments of money to

and does not
producers

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

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)

Jože MURKO
Mayor of the municipality of Kidričevo

Aid No: XA 240/07

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Scotland

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

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Shetland Rural Development Scheme

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Legal basis:

Local Government
Council (ZCC) Act 1974

in Scotland Act 2003; Zetland County

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
GBP 60 000,00 (Sixty Thousand Pounds) total

individual

— to reduce production costs,

— to improve or redeploy production,

— to improve quality,

— to preserve and improve the natural environment, hygiene

conditions and animal welfare standards

Year

Total planned expenditure

Maximum expenditure per
eligible beneficiary

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to the production of
agricultural products

2007-2008

GBP 60 000 (EUR 88 619) GBP 25 000 (EUR 36 924)

Name and address of the granting authority:

2008-2009

GBP 60 000 (EUR 88 619) GBP 25 000 (EUR 36 924)

The organisation responsible for the scheme is:

2009-2010

GBP 60 000 (EUR 88 619) GBP 25 000 (EUR 36 924)

2010-2011

GBP 60 000 (EUR 88 619) GBP 25 000 (EUR 36 924)

2011-2012

GBP 60 000 (EUR 88 619) GBP 25 000 (EUR 36 924)

Shetland Islands Council
Economic Development Unit
6 North Ness Business Park
Lerwick
Shetland ZE1 0LZ
United Kingdom

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 50 % in line with
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Website:

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will start on 1 October 2007 and will close on 31 March 2012

Objective of aid: The scheme will be pursued in accordance
with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The scheme
will provide assistance towards improving the infrastructure of
crofting and eligible small/medium scale agricultural businesses
operating in Shetland. By aiding and developing agricultural
production of crofting and similar scale agricultural businesses,
the principle aim of SRDS is to sustain the economic basis and
way of
life, and so help retain population in a particularly
fragile, remote and vulnerable area. Objectives of the scheme
will be as follows:

http://www.sdt.shetland.org/Schemesinnotificationprocess.aspx

Other information:

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

Duncan KERR
Agricultural State Aid
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Area 8D, 9 Millbank
C/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
Westminster
London SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom