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: 2008-04-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Slovenia, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, exchange of information, livestock farming, silviculture, 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 108/09)

Aid No: XA 332/07

Member State: France

Region: Department of Sarthe

Title of aid scheme:

Aide en faveur du paiement des primes d'assurance contre la
grêle dans le secteur de l'arboriculture

Legal basis:

— Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

— Loi 64.706 du 10 juillet 1964

— Article L 361-8 du livre III (nouveau) du code rural

— Article L 122.7 du code des assurances

— Décret no 2007-134 du 30 janvier 2007 fixant les modalités
d'application de l'article L.361-8 du livre II (nouveau) du
code rural en vue de favoriser le développement de l'assur-
ance contre certains risques agricoles et notamment son
article 7

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 60 000

Maximum aid intensity: 5,1 %

Date of implementation: From confirmation of receipt of this
form by the Commission

Duration of scheme: 2007-2013

Objective of aid: To support holdings with orchards which do
not have the financial means to insure themselves against a
number of climate risks, thereby entitling them to have their
insurance premiums partly covered by the State, to at least
cover themselves against the risk of hail

Sector(s) concerned: Arboriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil général de la Sarthe
40, rue de Joinville
F-72072 Le Mans cedex 9

Internet address:

www.cg72.fr

Under the heading: services pratiques/guide des aides & subven-
tions

Aid No: XA 340/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Občina Veržej

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

Podpora programom razvoja kmetijstva in podeželja v občini
Veržej 2007–2013

Legal basis:

Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči na področju razvoja
kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Veržej (II. Poglavje)

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

2007: EUR 7 000

2008: EUR 7 000

2009: EUR 7 000

2010: EUR 7 000

2011: EUR 7 000

2012: EUR 7 000

2013: EUR 7 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— municipal support, in line with the national regulation
insurance premiums for agri-
on the co-financing of
cultural production for
the current year, brings the
amount of aid up to a maximum of 50 % of eligible
costs for insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit
and to insure livestock against disease.

2. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 50 % of costs in the form of subsidised services for
education and training of farmers and farm workers and
for organizing and participating in forums, competitions,
exhibitions and fairs. The aid is granted in the form of
subsidised services and does 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

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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 Veržej
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 agricultural products and amending
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— 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 Veržej
Ulica bratstva in enotnosti 8
SLO-9241 Veržej

Internet address:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200795&dhid=92113

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)

Aid No: XA 347/07

Member State: France

Regions: All these measures can be financed throughout French
territory, including overseas departments

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

Aides en faveur des éleveurs pour l'enlèvement et l'élimination
des animaux trouvés morts

Legal basis:

— Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

— Arrêté du 23 octobre 2007 modifiant l'arrêté du 17 juillet
2006 fixant les taux de la taxe d'abattage affectée au finance-
ment de l'élimination des déchets et sous-produits animaux

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 151
million

the aid:

In compliance with the
Maximum intensity of
limits set
in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,
i.e. 100 % of costs of removal of fallen stock, 75 % of the costs
of destruction of such carcasses, as provided for in (1)(d), and
aid of 100 % for the costs of removal and destruction of fallen
stock where there is an obligation to perform TSE tests on the
fallen stock concerned, as provided for in (1)(f).

Date of implementation: From when the Commission registers
the exemption sheet

Duration of scheme or individual aid:

2007-2013

Objective of aid: The aid is based on Article 16(1)(d) and (f) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. It pursues the objectives set out
in the operative provisions approved by the Commission in the
decision of 30 March 2004, namely to finance public-sector
rendering plants (Aid 515/03, OJ C 115 of 30.4.2004)

Sector(s) concerned: All livestock sectors (cattle, sheep, goat,
pig, equine and poultry breeding sectors)

Name and address of the granting authority:

— Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche, DGPEI,

3, rue Barbet de Jouy
F-75349 Paris 07 SP

interprofessionnel de l'élevage et de ses

— Office national
productions
12, rue Henri Rol-Tanguy
F-93555 Montreuil-sous-Bois cedex

Internet address:

http://www.office-elevage.fr/aides-nat/aides-nat.html

Aid No: XA 380/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Občina Oplotnica

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

Podpore programom razvoja podeželja v občini Oplotnica
2007–2013

— Code rural, articles L. 226-1 à L. 226-9 et articles R. 226-7

à R. 226-13

Legal basis:

— Arrêté du 23 octobre 2007 modifiant l'arrêté du 13 juillet
2006 pris pour l'application de l'article L.226-9 du code
rural (JORF du 31 octobre 2007)

Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči, pomoči de minimis in
izvajanju drugih ukrepov za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva ter
podeželja v občini Oplotnica

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

6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

2007: EUR 33 383,41

2008: EUR 35 000

2009: EUR 38 000

2010: EUR 39 000

2011: EUR 40 000

2012: EUR 43 000

2013: EUR 45 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 100 % of costs concerning education and training
of farmers, consultancy services and the organization of
forums, competitions, exhibitions,
fairs, publications,
catalogues and websites, and the cost of replacement
services. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsi-
dised 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

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

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

— 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. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

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

of actual 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,

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

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

The Rules on granting State aid and de minimis aid and imple-
menting other measures for preserving and developing agri-
culture and rural areas in the municipality of Oplotnica 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 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings;

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

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

cultural products,

— 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 insurance premiums for insuring crops
and fruit and insuring livestock against disease.

co-financing of

amount of

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of eligible legal and administrative costs.

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

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

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Oplotnica
Grajska cesta 1
SLO-2317 Oplotnica

Internet address:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200797&dhid=92166

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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)

Matjaž ORTER
Mayor

Aid No: XA 381/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Križevci

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

Pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini
Križevci za programsko obdobje 2007–2013

Legal basis:

Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči na področju razvoja
kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Križevci (II. Poglavje)

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

2007: EUR 14 600

2008: EUR 14 600

2009: EUR 15 000

2010: EUR 15 000

2011: EUR 15 000

2012: EUR 15 000

2013: EUR 15 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums: Municipal support,
in line with the national regulation on the co-financing of insur-
ance premiums for agricultural production for the current year,
brings the amount of aid up to a maximum of 50 % of eligible
costs for insurance premiums, including tax on insurance trans-
actions.

workers and the organization of forums, competitions, exhibi-
tions and fairs and participation in them; this is to take the
form of subsidised services and must not include any 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:

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

— 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 Križevci
Križevci pri Ljutomeru 11
SLO-9242 Križevci pri Ljutomeru

Internet address:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=2007102&dhid=92449

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)

Signature of person responsible

Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector: Up to 50 %
of costs concerning education and training of farmers and farm

Ozvald TUČIČ
Mayor of the Municipality of Križevci