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: 2008-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, 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 113/05)

Aid No: XA 260/07

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Scotland

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

Sheep Welfare Scheme

Legal basis:

Section 4 of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911

Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: 2007:
under GBP 10 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid will be limited to losses
caused by disease for which an outbreak has been formally
recognised by public authorities and will not exceed 100 % of
the costs associated with dealing with the requirements of the
scheme

Date of implementation: 15.10.2007 (or sooner if possible)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will run for ten weeks and will close on the 21.12.2007

Objective of aid: The Sheep Welfare Scheme will be open to
Scottish farmers facing animal welfare problems as a result of
export restrictions imposed following the outbreak of foot and
mouth disease in the United Kingdom. Producers will be respon-
sible for transporting eligible animals (namely light lambs under
25 kg live weight) to collection centres. The operators of the
collection centres will pay GBP 15 per head for eligible animals.
The animals will not enter the human food chain but will be
transported to abattoirs for slaughter and subsequent disposal.
Competitive tendering will be used to provide these services on
complies with
behalf of
Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 where the aid
must be limited to losses caused by diseases for which an
outbreak has been formally recognised by public authorities

the Scottish Government. This

Eligible costs: Under the Sheep Welfare Scheme, operators of
collection centres will be paid a total of GBP 15 per head for
each eligible animal.
In addition, the operators of collection
centres, abattoirs and renderers/incinerators will be paid for the

services involved in running the collection centres, transport,
slaughtering, rendering and incineration;
these costs will be
determined by competitive tender. This complies with Article 10
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 where the gross aid intensity
must not exceed 100 % and that the aid will be to compensate
for income losses due to quarantine obligations

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to the light lamb
sector of the farming industry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Scottish Government
Pentland House
47 Robb's Loan
Edinburgh EH14 1TY
United Kingdom
Contact Aileen Bearhop
Tel. (44-131) 244 64 03

Website:

www.scotland.gov.uk/sheepwelfarescheme

Signed and dated on behalf of the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (UK competent authority)

Duncan Kerr
Agricultural State Aid
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Area 8D, 9 Millbank
C/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
Westminster
London SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom

Aid No: XA 261/07

Member state: United Kingdom

Region: South East of England

Title of Aid Scheme:

The South East Collaboration Advisory Service

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Legal Basis:

Section 5 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

Information on this scheme can be accessed via the UK's central
web listing for exempted agricultural State aid schemes:

http://defraweb/farm/policy/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm

Expenditure planned under the scheme:

http://www.effp.com/x1907.xml

1 November 2007-31 March 2008: GBP 45 000

Then click on South East of England — Collaborative Advisory
Service

1 April 2008-31 March 2009: GBP 60 000

1 April 2009-31 March 2010: GBP 60 000

1 April 2010-31 March 2011: GBP 70 000

1 April 2011-31 October 2011: GBP 40 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity for technical support
measure will be up to 100 % in accordance with Article 15 of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Date of implementation: The scheme will start on 1.11.2007

Duration of scheme: The scheme will begin on 1.11.2007 and
the scheme will close on 31.10.2011. The final payment will be
made on 31.10.2011

Objective of aid:

Sectoral development. The scheme will provide an information
and advice service for farmers,
farmer controlled businesses
(FCBs) and other businesses within the agricultural supply chain
in the South East of England.

The scheme will provide advice on collaboration, to improve
farm business performance and efficiency and help improve the
marketing of agricultural produce.

The aid will be provided in line with Article 15 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 and the eligible costs will be consultancy
services.

It should also be noted that there will be no direct payment to
producers this is in line with Article 15

Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to the production of
agricultural products

Other information:

Aid for agricultural processing and marketing and non-agri-
cultural business activities will be provided in accordance with
Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 which governs the granting of
de minimis aid. De minimis aid is specific category of aid which
does not require authorisation by the European Commission.
limited to EUR 200 000 (approximately
Such support
GBP 120 000) over three years for each business and can cover
any type of activity.

is

The service provider for this scheme is English Farming and
Food Partnerships who were chosen and will be remunerated on
the basis of market principle in line with Article 15(3) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Signed and dated on behalf of the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (UK competent authority)

Duncan Kerr
Agricultural State Aid
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Area 8D, 9 Millbank
C/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
Westminster
London SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom

Aid No: XA 262/07

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Rheinland-Pfalz

Title of aid scheme:

Förderung der privaten Beratung in der Landwirtschaft

Name and address of the granting authority:

Legal basis:

SEEDA
SEEDA Chatham Maritime
The Observatory
Brunel
Chatham Maritime
Kent ME4 4NT
United Kingdom

Website:

www.seeda.co.uk

Verwaltungsvorschrift des Ministeriums für Wirtschaft, Verkehr,
Landwirtschaft und Weinbau

Annual
EUR 700 000 from 2008

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 80 % of proven consultancy
costs

Date of implementation: From 1.11.2007

Duration of scheme: Up to 1.12.2013

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Objective of aid:

The funding covers consultancy services (not including routine
in primary
consultancy services) on agricultural holdings
production. The objective of
the consultancy services is to
enhance enterprise skills and thus improve the farms' competi-
tiveness and ensure that production meets high environmental,
animal-welfare and quality standards.

The scheme is based on Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 (Provision of
in the agri-
cultural sector)

technical support

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural production sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion (ADD)
Willy-Brandt-Platz 3
D-54290 Trier

Website:

The draft administrative Regulation can be found at
following address:

the

http://www.add.rlp.de/add/broker?uMen=73170f8c-20d1-2ffa-
3b21-7113e9246ca9&uCon=a5e407a9-1158-411b-e592-6a
90fb0e2236&uTem=7a370f23-4693-aefb-e592-613e9246
ca93&_ic_overview=73170f8c-20d1-2ffa-3b21-7113e9246ca9

following

(by
Verwaltungsvorschrift)’

‘Medien-Download → Förderrichtlinien —

The final Land directives (administrative regulation, application
forms, etc.), when issued, will be available at: www.add.rlp.de
(under ‘Förderungen’)

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 434/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Castilla-La Mancha

Title of aid scheme:

Especial Sensibilidad Sanitaria a tuberculosis bovina en determi-
nados términos municipales de Castilla-La Mancha (publicado
en el DOCM del 12 de noviembre de 2007)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 1 000 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 20 %

Date of implementation: 31.1.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31.12.2010

Objective of aid: To compensate farmers for losses caused by
the slaughter of animals on their farms with aid for the replace-
ment of cattle on farms covered by National Disease Eradication
Programmes, and subject to depopulation in Special Health-Risk
Areas in the Autonomous Community of Castile-La Mancha, in
accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Cattle sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consejería de Agricultura
C/ Pintor Matías Moreno, no 4
E-45071 Toledo

Website:

Provisionally:

www.jccm.es/agricul/paginas/ayudas/ganaderia/orden_ayudas_
bovino_zess.pdf

After publication:

www.jccm.es/cgi-bin/docm.php3

Toledo,11 December 2007.

General technical secretariat

Signed: Rosa Natividad Zambudio

Aid No: XA 435/07

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Ayudas para reposición de ganado bovino en explotaciones
sometidas a programas comunitarios de erradicación de enfer-
medades de los animales, y que hayan sido objeto de vaciado
sanitario en Castilla-La Mancha

Region: Freistaat Bayern

Title of aid scheme:

Legal Basis:

Orden de 23 de noviembre de 2007, de la Consejería de Agri-
cultura, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras para la
reposición de ganado bovino en explotaciones sometidas a
programas comunitarios de erradicación de enfermedades de los
animales y que hayan sido objeto de vaciado sanitario en
Castilla-La Mancha.

Bezeichnung der Beihilferegelung: Grundsätze für die Förderung
von Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der genetischen Qualität
landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere in Bayern

Legal basis:

Grundsätze für die Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Verbes-
serung der genetischen Qualität landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere in
Bayern

Resolución de 30 de octubre de 2007, de la Dirección General
de Producción Agropecuaria, por la que se declara Zona de

Annual
EUR 17 million

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

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Maximum aid intensity: Up to 70 % of the costs incurred

Name and address of the granting authority:

Date of implementation: Annual

Duration of scheme: Indefinite, first payment in 2008

Objective of aid: The aid is designed to support
livestock
breeding measures to maintain and improve genetic quality and
genetic diversity. To this end, the service provider will carry out
tests and collect and analyse data. The service provider will be
paid at the market rate, with the costs covered partially by the
aid and partially borne by the farmer. The cost of routine milk
quality checks is not covered by the aid

Legal basis for aid: Article 16(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

Bayerisches Staatsministerium für
Landwirtschaft und Forsten, Ludwigstr. 2
D-80539 München

Queries may be addressed to:

Bayerisches Staatsministerium für
Landwirtschaft und Forsten
Referat B 1
Ludwigstr. 2
D-80539 München
Tel. (49-089) /2182-2222

Website:

http://www.stmlf.bayern.de/agrarpolitik/programme/26373/
grunds.pdf

Sector(s) concerned: Cattle, pig, sheep, goat and horse farming

Other information: —