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: 2008-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, Slovenia, Spain, 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 106/07)

Aid No: XA 295/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

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

Ayudas a la creación y desarrollo de las asociaciones promotoras
de denominaciones de calidad de productos agroalimentarios

Legal basis:

Orden foral de la consejera de desarrollo rural y medio
ambiente, por la que se establecen las normas reguladoras para
la concesión de ayudas a la creación y desarrollo de las asocia-
ciones promotoras de denominaciones de calidad de productos
agroalimentarios, y se aprueba la convocatoria para el año 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 150 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 70 % of the value of eligible expendi-
ture on aid to producer associations.

70 % of the value of eligible expenditure on encouraging the
production of quality agricultural products.

70 % of the value of eligible expenditure on technical support
in the agricultural sector

Date of implementation: 1 November 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 November
2007to 31 December 2007

Objective of aid: 1. The primary objective of the aid is to
encourage the creation and development of non-profit associa-
tions promoting quality designations for agri-food products.
2. The following secondary objectives may be highlighted: to
offer the consumer added value, enhancing guarantees in terms
the agri-food
of
products and respect for the environment. Article 9(2)(b) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: aid to producer associations
responsible for the supervision of protected geographical indica-
tions and designations. Eligible costs: those relating to introduc-
tion and development.

the quality, safety and wholesomeness of

Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: eligible costs:
those relating to encouraging quality agricultural products.

Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: eligible costs:
those relating to technical support required by the producer
associations

Sector(s) concerned: Animal and plant-production sectors in
Annex I with quality labels

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gobierno de Navarra
Departamento de Desarrollo Rural y Medio Ambiente
C/ Tudela, 20
E-31003 Pamplona

Website:

http://www.cfnavarra.es/agricultura/COYUNTURA/AyudasEs-
tado/pdfs/STNO07064%20OF.pdf

Other information:

Gobierno de Navarra
Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural y Medio Ambiente
C/ Tudela, 20
E-31003 Pamplona
Tel. (34) 848 42 29 33
E-mail: izabalzv@cfnavarra.es

Aid No: XA 297/07

Member State: Spain

Regions: —

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

Subvenciones para fomentar la producción de productos agroali-
mentarios de calidad diferenciada de origen animal

Legal basis:

Proyecto de Real Decreto no … /2007, de ... de ... , por el que se
establecen las bases reguladoras para la concesión de las subven-
ciones para fomentar la producción de productos agroalimen-
tarios de calidad diferenciada de origen animal

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

EUR 2 404 000 for 2007. In accordance with estimates for
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013,
it is planned to
increase this amount to up to EUR 5 600 000 for each financial
year

Maximum aid intensity:

ceilings

The subsidies granted to finance the eligible activities will not
exceed the
in Article 14 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006. In other words, the total amount of subsidy
granted by the public administrations may be up to 100 per
cent of the cost of each of the eligible activities and may in no
case exceed the budgetary amounts available. The eligible
activities are:

(a) technical support for market research and for the concep-
tion and design of agri-food products which are of differen-
tiated quality and animal origin;

(b) introduction
programmes;

of

differentiated-quality

production

(c) personnel training specifically relating to the differentiated-

quality production programme;

(d) certification of

the quality-production programmes intro-

duced

Date of implementation:

Following the publication and entry into force of the draft Royal
Decree establishing the regulatory framework for the granting of
subsidies to encourage the production of agri-food products
which are of differentiated quality and animal origin

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Until 31 December 2013. Proposals for aid will be invited
annually

Objective of aid:

To encourage the production and marketing of agri-food
products which are of differentiated quality and animal origin.
The purpose of encouraging such programmes is to increase the
range of quality agri-food products which meets consumer
demand and enhances consumer confidence in the consumption
of agri-food products of livestock origin.

This falls under the following letters of Article 14(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006:

— Article 14(2)(a): Technical support for market research and
for the conception and design of agri-food products which
are of differentiated quality and animal origin,

— Article

14(2)(b):
production programmes,

Introduction

of

differentiated-quality

Sector(s) concerned:

The purpose of the aid is to encourage agri-food products of
differentiated quality and animal origin, such as meat, milk,
eggs, honey and land snails for human consumption, obtained
from production animals which come from holdings partici-
pating in differentiated-quality production programmes and
which have been reared in accordance therewith. Consequently,
the livestock sectors affected are those for beef and veal, dairy
cattle, sheep meat, milk ewes, goat meat, goat milk, pigs, horse
meat, poultry meat, laying poultry, bees and snails

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
Paseo Infanta Isabel, 1
E-28014 Madrid

Website:

http://rasve.mapa.es/Publica/InformacionGeneral/Legislacion/
DOCUMENTOS/LEGISLACION/RD %20AYUDAS %
20PROGRAMAS %20AGROALIMENTARIOS %20DE %
20CALIDAD.DOC

Other information:

The subsidies will be compatible with any others which may be
granted by other public administrations, national/international
public bodies attached or subordinate thereto, or by other
private natural or legal persons. Nonetheless, the amount of
subsidy, either on its own or in competition with one or more
of the other aids or subsidies which may be granted by any
other administration, public body, or natural or legal person,
may not exceed the aforementioned limits and may in no case
exceed the limits in Article 14 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.

In any event, if the expenditure actually incurred were less than
that initially budgeted, or other aid were obtained which, when
cumulated, exceeded the financing percentages, the decision will
be modified and the aid reduced in proportion to that granted
in the relevant decision, whereby, provided there is budgetary
availability, the amounts may be readjusted in line with the
applications received, which will have to justify the activities

Carlos ESCRIBANO MORA
Director General for Livestock Farming

Aid No: XA 360/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Makole

— Article 14(2)(c): Personnel training specifically relating to the

differentiated-quality production programme,

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

— Article 14(2)(d): Certification of

the quality-production

programmes introduced

Sofinanciranje programov za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva ter
podeželja v občini Makole

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Legal basis:

Date of implementation:

Pravilnik o sofinanciranju programov za ohranjanje in razvoj
kmetijstva ter podeželja v občini Makole

November 2007 (The aid will not be allocated before the
summary is published on the European Commission's website)

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

2007: EUR 4 000

2008: EUR 9 500

2009: EUR 12 000

2010: EUR 12 000

2011: EUR 12 000

2012: EUR 12 000

2013: EUR 12 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in LFAs,

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

Support is to be granted for investment in the modernisation
of farms (restoration of farm features and purchase of equip-
ment to be used in agricultural production), and in perma-
nent crops, farmland improvement and pasture management.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— up to 100 % in the case of non-productive features,

— up to 60 %, or up to 75 % in LFAs, in the case of invest-

ment in productive assets on farms,

— 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 maintain the heritage features of build-
ings.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

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

Duration of scheme of individual aid award:

Until 31 December 2013

Objective of the aid:

To support SMEs

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

The draft Rules on the co-financing of programmes for the
preservation and development of agriculture and rural areas in
the municipality of Makole includes measures constituting 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
and amending Regulation (EC)
of
No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

agricultural products

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

— 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

Economic sector(s) concerned:

Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Makole
Makole 42
SLO-2321 Makole

Website:

http://ls.lex-localis.info/UradnoGlasiloObcin/VsebinaDokumenta.
aspx?SectionID=675bf220-56a8-46d2-8ac7-f3fcf248a65b

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

Other information:

— up to 100 % of actual

legal and administrative costs

incurred.

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

— up to 100 % of actual costs incurred;

this is to be
provided in the form of subsidised services and must not
involve direct payments of money.

6. Provision of technical support:

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

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)

Alojz GORČENKO
Mayor municipality of Makole

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Aid No: XA 382/07

Member State: Ireland

Region: Entire Member State

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

Hardship Grant Scheme (Bovine TB and Brucellosis)

Legal basis: Diseases of Animals Act 1966

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company:
Overall amounts of aid payable under this scheme is dependent
on the level of disease which, in turn, determines the numbers
of reactors disclosed and holdings restricted with Bovine TB and
Brucellosis. In view of this, it is not possible to predict the level
of expenditure over the period 2007-2013. Accordingly, the
figures given below for planned expenditure are based on
current disease levels and expected expenditure in 2007:

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

(EUR)

«Hardship Grant»(TB)

0,695 million

0,695 million

0,695 million

0,695 million

0,695 million

0,695 million

0,695 million

«Hardship Grant» (BR)

0,005 million

0,005 million

0,005 million

0,005 million

0,005 million

0,005 million

0,005 million

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Aid No: XA 409/07

Date of implementation: 1 November 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

The Hardship Grant scheme is implemented on an on going
basis as it is directly linked to the level of TB and Brucellosis
disease in Ireland. This scheme will remain in place until these
two diseases have been eradicated.

Objective of aid:

To compensate farmers for losses arising from the disclosure
and removal of animals deemed to be Tuberculosis or
Brucellosis reactors. The Hardship Grant is designed to cover
additional feed costs arising during restriction periods running
from 1 November to 30 April.

To discourage the non-disclosure of disease.

This aid is provided in accordance with Article 10(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 — Aid in respect of animal and
plant disease and pest infestations

Sector(s) concerned: Bovine animals

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department of Agriculture and Food
Maynooth Business Park
Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Ireland

Website:

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/animal_health/ERAD/ERAD_-
comp_scheme07.doc

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Dobje

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

Programi razvoja podeželja v občini Dobje 2007–2013

Legal basis:

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

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

2007: EUR 11 433

2008: EUR 13 147

2009: EUR 15 120

2010: EUR 17 388

2011: EUR 19 996

2012: EUR 22 995

2013: EUR 26 445

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings:

— the gross aid intensity must not exceed 40 % of eligible

costs.

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.

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2. Aid for conservation of traditional buildings:

— up to 60 % of actual costs for investment in productive
and non-productive heritage features, provided that the
investment does not entail any increase in production
capacity.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

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

4. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

farmers, consultancy services,

— up to 100 % of costs concerning education and training
of
the organisation of
forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publications,
catalogues and websites, and the dissemination of scien-
tific knowledge. The aid is to be granted in the form of
subsidised services and must not involve direct payments
of money to producers

Date of implementation:
November 2007 (The aid will not be granted until a summary
has been published on the European Commission's website)

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs:
Chapter III of the draft Rules on granting State aid in the muni-
cipality of Dobje 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: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Dobje
Dobje pri Planini 26
SLO-3224 Dobje pri Planini

Website:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200795&dhid=92096

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)

Franc SALOBIR
Mayor