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: 2008-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Ireland, Slovenia, Spain, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, exchange of information, silviculture, 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 109/04)

Aid No: XA 259/07

Name and address of the granting authority:

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Freistaat Bayern

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

Richtlinie zur Durchführung des Beihilfeprogramms für die
durch die klassische Geflügelpest — Aviäre Influenza — betrof-
fenen landwirtschaftlichen Betriebe

Legal basis:

Richtlinie zur Durchführung des Beihilfeprogramms für die
durch die klassische Geflügelpest — Aviäre Influenza — betrof-
fenen landwirtschaftlichen Betriebe.

Den Richtlinien liegen die Verwaltungsvorschriften zu Art. 23
und 44 der Haushaltsordnung des Freistaats Bayern (BayHO)
zugrunde. Die Zuwendungen werden ohne Rechtspflicht
im
Rahmen der verfügbaren Haushaltsmittel bewilligt

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the enterprise:
EUR 3,2 million for the years 2007 to 2009

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 50 %; maximum EUR 50 000
per holding and per calendar year

Date of implementation: Awarded when needed

Duration of
31 December 2009

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid:

The purpose of the aid is to make up for losses sustained by
poultry holdings located in restricted areas and at observation
sites and holdings which are subject to monitoring. The aid
does not constitute compensation; it is granted for non-insur-
able damage (e.g. loss of production, output restrictions, damage
to assets caused by contamination) arising directly as a result of
instructions given by the authorities.

Legal basis
No 1857/2006

for

aid: Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC)

Sectors concerned: Agricultural and forestry enterprises

Alle dem Bayerischen Staatsministerium für Landwirtschaft und
Forsten unterstellten Ämter für Landwirtschaft und Forsten in
Bayern:

Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Landwirtschaft und Forsten
D-80539 München

Questions should be sent to:

Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Landwirtschaft und Forsten
Referat B 1
Ludwigstr. 2
D-80539 München
Tel. (49-89) 21 82 22 22

Internet address:

http://www.stmlf.bayern.de/agrarpolitik/programme/26373/rili-
gefl.pdf

Other information: None

Aid No: XA 301/07

Member State: Ireland

Region: Entire Member State

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

Scheme of Payment to Private Veterinary Practitioners (PVP's)
for testing of animals

Legal basis:

The Central Fund (Permanent Provision) Act, 1965

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 really 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:

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(EUR)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Private Veterinary
Practitioners

11,5 million

11,5 million

11,5 million

11,5 million

11,5 million

11,5 million

11,5 million

Maximum aid intensity: Circa 20 % of the costs of testing are
covered by this measure

Date of implementation: 1 November 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The Scheme of
Payment to Private Veterinary Practitioners (PVP's) for testing of
animals 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 ensure that a comprehensive testing programme is in place
providing for the testing of all animals at least once every year
in order to achieve total eradication of TB and BR.

This aid is provided in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 — Aid in respect of animal and
plant disease and pest infestations

Sector(s): Bovine animals

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Internet address:

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/animal_health/ERAD/ERAD_comp_
scheme07.doc

Aid No: XA 302/07

Member State: Ireland

Region: Entire Member State

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

Income Supplement 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:

(EUR)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Income supplement (TB)

2,095 million

2,095 million

2,095 million

2,095 million

2,095 million

2,095 million

2,095 million

Income supplement (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 %

Date of implementation: 1 November 2007

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The Income
Supplement scheme is implemented on an on going basis as it
is directly linked to the level of TB and Brucellosis disease in
these two
Ireland. This scheme will remain in place until
diseases have been eradicated

Objective of aid:

Sector(s) concerned: Bovine animals

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Internet address:

To compensate farmers for losses arising from the disclosure
and removal of animals deemed to be Tuberculosis or Brucel-
losis reactors.

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/animal_health/ERAD/ERAD_comp_
scheme07.doc

To discourage the non-disclosure of disease.

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Aid No: XA 305/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Región de Murcia

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

Ayudas a entidades representativas del asociacionismo agrario
de producción y comercialización de los productos agrarios

Legal basis:

Proyecto de Orden de la Consejería de Agricultura y Agua por la
que se convocan y se aprueban las bases reguladoras de las
ayudas a entidades representativas del asociacionismo agrario de
producción y comercialización de los productos agrarios

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 650 000, which amounts to the sum of EUR 3 900 000
for the six-year period (2008-2013)

individual

The aid will consist of a subsidy of up to 70 % of the
proven expenditure, with a maximum of EUR 30 000/year.

— Participation in trade fairs, attendance and technical visits,
for which a prerequiste is that a programme containing
details of
the intended objectives be submitted with the
application. For participation in trade fairs, the costs of
travel, board and lodging of the staff running the stand,
floor costs, costs of assembling and hiring the stand,
publishing costs and the costs of hiring hostesses etc. will be
taken into consideration; for attendance at trade fairs and
technical visits, the costs of travel, board and lodging of the
the bodies and
staff employed, and fellow producers of
farmers of the region who so request, will be taken into
consideration (in accordance with Article 15(2)(d) of the
Regulation).

Up to 20 people per beneficiary body may attend the trade
fairs, with a maximum of two per associate body and three
per organisation. The aid will consist of a subsidy of up to
70 % of
the proven expenditure, with a maximum of
EUR 130 000/year

Maximum aid intensity: 70 %, with a maximum of
EUR 220 000 per year and per beneficiary

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural production, both arable and
livestock

Date of implementation: January 2008

Name and address of the granting authority:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until December
2013

Objective of aid:

Consejería de Agricultura y Agua
Dirección General de Industrias y Asociacionismo Agrario
Plaza Juan XXIII, s/n
E-30071 Murcia

The measures constitute technical support to primary producers
and hence are included in Article 15 of the Regulation. The aim
of the measures is to make it easier for producers to gain access
to information concerning new technologies used in agricultural
production, and they will be carried out by federations, unions
of agricultural co-operatives and associations of agricultural
producer organisations which comply with Commission Recom-
mendation 2003/361/EC concerning the definition of micro,
small and medium-sized enterprises.

The planned aid granted may not exceed EUR 220 000/year per
the attached proposed
beneficiary, as stated in Article 4 of
Order and may consist of:

— Aid for carrying out sectoral and statistical studies, setting
up databases, printing,
costs,
concerning topics relating to aspects of the Murcian agri-
cultural sector (in accordance with Article 15(2)(c) of the
Regulation).

copying

binding

and

Internet address:

http://www.carm.es/neweb2/servlet/integra.servlets.ControlPu-
blico?IDCONTENIDO=5089&IDTIPO=100&RASTRO=c428$m

Other information:

Although the aid is intended to be granted to professional agri-
cultural organisations and other representative bodies of the
agricultural sector (as it is believed that this will ensure the
training activities and
widest and best possible delivery of
activities to disseminate technological knowledge throughout
the agricultural production sector), it should be borne in mind
that the final recipients of the aid will be all of the farmers and
livestock owners in the Region of Murcia

Expenditure on collecting information, sorting and drawing
up data for the study of the agricultural sector, together with
software acquisition costs for setting up databases, and
printing, copying and binding costs, shall be eligible for aid.
A subsidy of up to 70 % of the proven expenditure may be
granted, with a maximum of EUR 60 000/year.

— Consultancy services which do not constitute a continuous
or periodic activity, nor relate to the association's usual
operating expenditure,
routine tax consultancy
such as
services, regular legal services or advertising, provided to
associate bodies and farmers in the Region of Murcia
requesting it (in accordance with Article 15(2)(c) of
the
Regulation).

Aid No: XA 315/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Ig

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

Ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini
programsko obdobje 2007–2013

Ig za

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Legal basis:

Pravilnik o dodeljevanju pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj
Ig za programsko obdobje
kmetijstva in podeželja v občini
2007–2013

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

2007: EUR 36 304,46

2008: EUR 37 500

2009: EUR 39 000

2010: EUR 40 000

2011: EUR 42 000

2012: EUR 43 000

2013: EUR 43 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

increased, the farmer must contribute at least 60 % of
costs, or 50 % in less favoured areas, in connection with
the increase in capacity. Where the beneficiary is a young
farmer, this contribution shall be at least 55 %, or 45 %,
respectively

Date of implementation: October 2007 (the aid will not be
granted until the summary is published on the Commission's
website)

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

The Rules 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 agri-
cultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
(OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— up to 50 % in less-favoured areas and 40 % in other

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

areas.

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

ings,

— up to 100 % for investment in non-production facilities,
up to 75 % for investment in production facilities in
less-favoured areas and up to 60 % in other areas.

3. 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 to insure livestock against disease.

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs.

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

— up to 100 % of eligible costs.

6. Provision of technical support:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs.

7. Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest:

— up to 100 % of

the real costs where the relocation
simply consists of the dismantling, removal and re-erec-
tion of existing facilities. Where the relocation results in
the farmer benefiting from more modern facilities, the
farmer must contribute at least 50 % of the increase in
the value of the facilities concerned after relocation in
less-favoured areas, and at least 60 % in other areas.
Where the beneficiary is a young farmer, this contribu-
tion shall be at least 55 %, or 45 %, respectively. Where,
the relocation, production capacity is
as a result of

— Article 6: Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest,

— 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 in the agricultural

sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Občina Ig
Govekarjeva cesta 6
SLO-1292 Ig

Website:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200789&dhid=91694

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, storms 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)

Janez CIMPERMAN
Mayor