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: 2008-04-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Denmark, State aid, agricultural product, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Official Journal of the European Union

23.4.2008

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

Aid No: XA 333/07

Member State: Denmark

Region: —

(2008/C 101/10)

Internet address: www.fa-fonden.dk

Other information: —

Title of the scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Produktionsregnskaber. Støttemodtager er Det Danske
Fjerkræråd

Legal basis: Lov om administration af Det Europæiske Fælless-
kabs forordninger om markedsordninger for landbrugsvarer m.
v.
lovbekendtgørelse nr. 297 af 28.
april 2004

(Bemyndigelsesloven),

jf.

Aid No: XA 395/07

Member State: Cyprus

Region: The aid is granted by central government

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
DKK 1 406 000

individual

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Δικαίωμα συμμετοχής στο σχέδιο έχει ο επίσημα αναγνωρ-
ισμένος Κυπριακός Σύνδεσμος Εκτροφέων Βοοειδών της φυλής
Holstein-Friesian

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: 1 October 2007

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: Until
30 September 2008

Purpose of the aid:

The purpose of the scheme for the keeping of records of the
production of broilers and eggs for human consumption and
the monitoring of productivity is to provide individual produ-
cers with reliable information for monitoring the development
of their own production in the light of the broader economic
context. It also aims to ensure that the sector is kept fully
informed of productivity issues and the economic situation in
the various lines of production involved.

The final beneficiaries are farmers producing eggs for human
consumption and broilers. The scheme applies only to small
and medium-sized enterprises.

The scheme comes under Article 15(2)(c). It concerns expendi-
ture on consultancy services

Economic sectors concerned: Poultry

Legal basis:

α) Προϋπολογισμός

2007.

Άρθρο
120229.04207 — Άλλες Γεωργοκτηνοτροφικές Επιχορηγήσεις
με το τίτλο: Προώθηση δημιουργίας και λειτουργίας Συνδέσμων
Εκτροφέων Βοοειδών.

Γεωργίας.

Τμήμα

β) Απόφαση

Υπουργικού

ημερ.
12.12.2006 και Ενημέρωση του Υπουργικού Συμβουλίου για
την τροποποίηση της ενίσχυσης με ενημερωτικό σημείωμα το
οποίο κατατέθηκε στις 7.11.2007

Συμβουλίου Αρ.

64.742,

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual
budget of EUR 42 105 (CYP 24 000)

Maximum aid intensity:

(a) CYP 3 000 to cover part of the administrative expenditure
incurred in setting up and maintaining the herd book for
the animals concerned;

(b) CYP 21 000 to cover up to 70 % of expenditure on deter-
livestock that has

mining the genetic quality or yield of
been incurred by or for third persons

Name and address of the granting authority:

Date of implementation: December 2007

Fjerkræafgiftsfonden
Axeltorv 3
DK-1609 København V

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2010

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Objective of aid:
The purpose of the aid is to provide financial support to the
Cyprus Holstein-Friesian Livestock Farmers' Association to
enable it to fulfil its obligations. The eligible activities that will
receive State aid are as follows:

(a) coverage of part of the administrative expenditure incurred
in setting up and maintaining the official herd book for the
Holstein-Friesian breed; and

(b) coverage of up to 70 % of the cost of implementing the
programme for genetic improvement and evaluation of the
animals.

The plan is based on Article 16(a) and (b) (entitled ‘Support for
the livestock sector’) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Cow farming

Name and address of the granting authority:
Τμήμα Γεωργίας, Υπουργείο Γεωργίας
Φυσικών Πόρων και Περιβάλλοντος
Λευκωσία, Κύπρος
Τel. 22 40 85 19, fax 22 78 14 25
e-mail: doagrg@da.moa.gov.cy

Internet address: www.moa.gov.cy/da

Other information: —
Christodoulos FOTIOU
Deputy Director
Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment

Aid No: XA 396/07

Member State: Cyprus

Region: The aid is granted by central government

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Οικονομική Ενίσχυση στους Συνδέσμους Προστασίας
Φυτών

Legal basis: Απόφαση Υπουργικού Συμβουλίου με ημερομηνία
5.12.2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual
budget of CYP 100 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid may extend to 50 % of the
market value of phytopharmaceutical substances and other
means of plant protection for Olive Protection Associations and
to 30 % for other Plant Protection Associations. Aid of 30 % to
all Plant Protection Associations for expenditure on labour,
transport and controls

Date of implementation: December 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2013

Objective of aid:

The purpose of the aid is to provide financial support to Plant
Protection Associations in their procurement of appropriate
services and means of plant protection for the Associations'
member-producers.

The aid is granted on the basis of Article 10 of Exempting Regu-
small and
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 and only concerns
medium-sized enterprises, as defined in Commission Recom-
mendation 2003/361/ΕC of 6 May 2003, which may be natural
or legal persons involved in the primary production of agri-
cultural products (farmers).

The grant covers the following:

(a) drawing-up of an operational programme for the control of

pests and diseases;

(b) supply of phytopharmaceutical, biological or biotechnolo-

gical means for the control of pests and diseases;

(c) purchase of equipment for the control of pests and diseases;

(d) setting-up of spraying service stations

Sector(s) concerned: Plant production

Name and address of the granting authority:
Τμήμα Γεωργίας του Υπουργείου Γεωργίας, Φυσικών Πόρων και
Περιβάλλοντος
Λεωφόρος Λουκή Ακρίτα
CY-1412 Λευκωσία

Internet address: www.moa.gov.cy/da

Other information: —
Christodoulos FOTIOU
Deputy Director
Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment