Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises
Date: 2008-05-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, Spain, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, forestry holding, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid
to small and medium-sized enterprises

Aid No

Member State

Region

(2008/C 111/07)

XA 7051/07

Portugal

Região Autónoma dos Açores

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Aumento do valor dos produtos florestais.
Regime de auxílios integrado na Medida 1.7 — Aumento do valor dos produtos
agrícolas e florestais, do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural da Região
Autónoma dos Açores

Legal basis

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of indi-
vidual aid granted to the company

Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended by Regulations (EC) No 364/2004
and (EC) No 1857/2006.
A Medida 1.7 do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural da Região Autónoma dos
Açores has as its basis Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and will be
the subject of national
this
programme by the Commission

implementing regulations following approval of

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 85 000

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

—

—

—

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001

Yes.
The aid to be awarded is
subject to a maximum limit
of 75 % of
eligible
investment costs

the

Date of implementation

2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2013

Objective of aid

Support for undertakings in the forestry sector
increasing the value of
with the objective of
forestry products. The aid only covers
the
activities of processing and marketing forestry
products

Yes

Economic sector(s) concerned)

Forestry sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Autoridade de Gestão do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural da Região
Autónoma dos Açores

Direcção Regional dos Assuntos Comunitários da Agricultura
Vinha Brava
P-9700-240 Angra do Heroísmo — Açores
Tel. (351) 295 40 42 80
Fax (351) 295 40 36 31
E-mail: draca@azores.gov.pt

Large individual aid grants

No

The Managing Authority

(Fátima Amorim)

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XA 7052/07

Portugal

Região Autónoma dos Açores

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Cooperação para a Promoção da Inovação.
Regime de auxílios integrado na Medida 1.8 — Cooperação para a Promoção da
Inovação, do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural da Região Autónoma dos
Açores

Legal basis

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of indi-
vidual aid granted to the company

Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended by Regulations (EC) No 364/2004
and (EC) No 1857/2006.
A Medida 1.8. do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural da Região Autónoma dos
Açores has as its basis Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and will be
the subject of national
this
programme by the Commission

implementing regulations following approval of

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 672 269

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

—

—

—

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 5(a) of Regulation
(EC) No 70/2001

Yes.
The aid intensity will vary
between 45 % and 100 % of
the amount of eligible costs,
with a differentiation of the
aid level according to the
research and development
to which the costs
stages
includes
relate.
If a project
research
different stages of
and
the
development,
permissible aid intensity shall
be established on the basis
of
the weighted average of
the respective permissible aid
intensities, calculated on the
basis of
the eligible costs
involved

Date of implementation

2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2013

Objective of aid

Promote cooperation between operators from the sectors and public/private
partnerships for the development, transfer and dissemination of new products,
processes and technologies

Economic sector(s) concerned

Agri-food and forestry sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Autoridade de Gestão do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural da Região
Autónoma dos Açores

Direcção Regional dos Assuntos Comunitários da Agricultura
Vinha Brava
P-9700-240 Angra do Heroísmo — Açores
Tel. (351) 295 40 42 80
Fax (351) 295 40 36 31
E-mail: draca@azores.gov.pt

Large individual aid grants

No

The Managing Authority

(Fátima Amorim)

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XA 7057/07

Spain

Galicia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Ayudas para la promoción, modernización y dimensionamiento del asociacio-
nismo agrario

Legal basis

Orden de 17 de agosto de 2007 por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras
de las ayudas para la promoción, modernización y dimensionamiento del asocia-
cionismo agrario en Galicia y se convocan ayudas para el año 2007 (DOG
no 164, del 24.8.2007, corrección errores DOG 29/11/07)

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of indi-
vidual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount
2007

EUR 0,2 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

Pursuant to Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regu-
lation

Date of implementation

24.8.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

From 1.1.2007 to 31.12.2013

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sector(s) concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

No

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— Processing and marketing of agricultural

Yes

products

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Xunta de Galicia
Consellería do Medio Rural
Dirección general de producción, industrias y calidad agroalimentaria
dxpica.mrural@xunta.es

Edificio Administrativo San Caetano s/n
E-15781 Santiago de Compostela

Large individual aid grants

Pursuant to Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XA 7060/07

Spain

Cataluña

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Ayudas para la incentivación de la eficiencia energética en invernaderos agrícolas
y explotaciones de porcino

Legal basis

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of indi-
vidual aid granted to the company

Orden AAR/388/2007, de 23 de octubre, por la cual se aprueban las bases regu-
ladoras de las ayudas para la incentivación de la mejora de la eficiencia energé-
tica en invernaderos agrícolas y en explotaciones de porcino, y se convocan las
correspondientes al año 2007 (DOGC núm. 4997 de 29.10.2007)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,478 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

—

—

—

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)
Article 5 of the Regulation

to (6) and

Yes

Date of implementation

30.10.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2008

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All industrial sectors

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other industrial sectors

Yes

Yes

— Processing and marketing of agricultural

Yes

products (*)

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Departamento de Agricultura, Alimentación y Acción Rural

Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 612-614
E-08007 Barcelona

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

(*) As defined in Article 2(k) of the Regulation.