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: Denmark, Slovenia, State aid, 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

Aid No: XA 335/07

Member State: Denmark

Region: —

(2008/C 106/11)

Aid No: XA 338/07

Member State: Denmark

Region: —

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

Sundhedsstyring i vildtopdræt

Støttemodtager er Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Veteri-
nærinstituttet

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.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
DKK 300 000 in 2007-2008

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Title of the scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Stikprøvekontrol, slagtekyllinger. 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.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
DKK 90 000 in 2007-2008

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Implementation date: 1 October 2007

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

Date of implementation: 1 October 2007

Objectives of aid:

Duration of
30 September 2008

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objectives of aid: The aim of the scheme is to help to ensure
that young game birds released for hunting are healthy and
constitute a viable stock of birds suitable for human consump-
tion. As mortality rates among young game birds are often
high, the scheme is designed to provide information about the
causes of death among the youngest groups of game birds.
Based on the data collected, advice is compiled about
the
management of game birds (primarily pheasants)
in the first
three weeks of
life, with a view to minimising production
losses. The final beneficiaries are game bird breeders. The
scheme comes under Article 15(2)(c). It concerns expenditure
on consultancy services

Economic sectors concerned: Game birds

Name and address of the granting authority:

Fjerkræafgiftsfonden
Axeltorv 3
DK-1609 København V

Internet address: www.fa-fonden.dk

Other information: —

To cover the cost of sample checks on broiler flocks under § 11
of bekendtgørelse nr. 1069 af 17. december 2001 om hold af
kyllinger og rugeægsproduktion (Order No 1069 of 17 December
2001 on chicken and egg production).

The final beneficiaries are farmers producing broilers and the
scheme concerns only small and medium-sized enterprises.

The scheme is covered by Article 10(1). It relates to expenditure
on health checks

Economic sectors concerned: Poultry (broilers)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Fjerkræafgiftsfonden
Axeltorv 3
DK-1609 København V

Website: www.fa-fonden.dk

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 374/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Miklavž na Dravskem polju

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Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Dodeljevanje državnih pomoči za programe razvoja
kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Miklavž na Dravskem polju

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči, pomoči
de minimis in izvajanju drugih ukrepov na področju razvoja
kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Miklavž na Dravskem polju

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

2007: EUR 22 000

2008: EUR 22 000

2009: EUR 22 000

2010: EUR 22 000

2011: EUR 22 000

2012: EUR 22 000

2013: EUR 22 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in farms for primary production:

3. Payment of insurance premiums:

— The amount of municipal co-financing is the difference
insurance
between the
premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of
the 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 a maximum of 70 % of eligible legal and adminis-

trative costs.

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

— Aid is granted at a rate of up to 70 % of costs incurred;
this is to be in the form of subsidised services and must
not involve direct payments of money to producers.

6. Provision of technical support:

— up to 70 % of the eligible costs concerning the education
farmers, consultancy services and the
and training of
organisation of
forums, competitions, exhibitions and
fairs, publications, catalogues and websites. The aid is to
be granted in the form of subsidised services and must
not involve direct payments of money to producers

— up to 50 % of eligible costs for investment in less-fa-

voured areas,

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

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

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

the investment

— up to 50 % of eligible costs for investment in other areas,
if
is made by young farmers within
five years of setting up. Such investments must be set out
in business plans. Young farmers must meet the condi-
laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC)
tions
No 1698/2005.

The purpose of the aid is investment to restore farm features,
to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural produc-
tion, to invest in permanent crops and in farmland improve-
ment and pasture management.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— up to 60 % of eligible costs, or up to 75 % in less-fa-
to conserve the
voured areas, as regards investment
cultural heritage of productive assets, provided that it
does not entail any increase in the production capacity of
the farm,

— up to 100 % of eligible costs for investment for the
purposes of conserving non-productive heritage located
on farms (sites of archaeological or historical interest),

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

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

Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting State aid and de minimis
aid and on implementing other agricultural and rural develop-
ment measures in the Municipality of Miklavž na Dravskem
polju 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 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 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

— additional aid at a rate of up to 100 % to cover the extra
costs incurred by using traditional materials necessary to
maintain the heritage features of buildings.

— Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agri-

cultural products,

— Article 15: Aid to provide technical support

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Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Miklavž na Dravskem polju
Nad izviri 6
SLO-2204 Miklavž na Dravskem polju

Website:

http://www.izit.si/muv/index.php?action=showIzda-
ja&year=2007&izdajaID=427

No 576, page 1131

Other information:

The measure concerning 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 the grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and moni-
toring of aid)

Leo KREMŽAR
Mayor of Miklavž na Dravskem polju

Aid No: XA 377/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Občina Moravske Toplice

to insure crops and fruit against adverse weather condi-
tions that can be classed as natural disasters and to
insure livestock against the risk of destruction due to
disease.

2. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs of education and training for
farmers and farm workers and to organise and participate
in forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs. 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: December 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 aid: To support SMEs

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

Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting State aid for agri-
cultural and rural development in the municipality of Moravske
Toplice 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 of agri-
cultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
(OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— Article 12: Payment of insurance premiums,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Podpora programom razvoja kmetijstva in podeželja v
občini Moravske Toplice 2007–2013

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči na
področju razvoja kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Moravske
Toplice (II. Poglavje)

Občina Moravske Toplice
Kranjčeva ulica 3
SLO-9226 Moravske Toplice

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

2007: EUR 12 000

2008: EUR 12 000

2009: EUR 12 000

2010: EUR 12 000

2011: EUR 12 000

2012: EUR 12 000

2013: EUR 12 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— municipal support,

in line with national rules on co-
financing of insurance premiums to insure agricultural
products for the current year, brings the maximum of aid
up to 50 % of eligible costs for insurance premiums paid

Website:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=2007104&dhid=92540

Other information:

The aid measure for the payment of insurance premiums to
insure crops and fruit includes the following adverse weather
conditions which may be classed as a natural disaster: 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)

For the Mayor
Martina VINK-KRANJEC

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Aid No: XA 379/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Ormož

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Finančna sredstva za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in
podeželja v občini Ormož

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči za ohran-
janje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Ormož za
programsko obdobje 2007–2013

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

2007: EUR 71 800

2008: EUR 80 000

2009: EUR 88 000

2010: EUR 96 000

2011: EUR 105 000

2012: EUR 115 000

2013: EUR 125 000

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

— up to 100 % of eligible costs; this is to be provided 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
summary has been published on the
a
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:
The draft Rules on granting State aid for preserving and devel-
oping agriculture and rural areas in the municipality of Ormož
for
the programming period 2007-2013 include 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 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 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

Maximum aid intensity:

premiums,

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agri-

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.

The purpose of the aid is to invest in agricultural holdings,
to manage farmland, to purchase equipment to be used for
primary production and to invest in permanent crops.

2. Provision of technical support:

— aid of up to 100 % of costs concerning education and
training of farmers, consultancy services, the organisation
of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publica-
tions, catalogues and websites, and the dissemination of
scientific knowledge. The aid is to be granted in the form
of
involve direct
payments of money to producers.

subsidised services and must not

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— the amount of municipal aid is 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.

sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:
Občina Ormož
Ptujska c. 6
SLO-2270 Ormož

Website:
http://www.ormoz.si/dokument.aspx?id=610

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)

Alojz SOK
Mayor of the municipality of Ormož