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: 2008-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Italy, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, agricultural production, 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

(2008/C 118/10)

Aid No: XA 4/08

Member State: Italy

Title of aid scheme:

Aiuti di Stato alle Unioni nazionali riconosciute tra associazioni
di produttori agricoli e alle forme associate di organizzazioni di
produttori riconosciute, per la realizzazione di programmi di
attività a beneficio delle piccole e medie imprese associate attive
nella produzione di prodotti agricoli, volti alla realizzazione di
sistemi per promuovere la produzione e la commercializzazione
di prodotti agricoli, ai sensi del regolamento (CE) n. 1857/2006

Legal basis:

Decreto legislativo 18 maggio 2001, n. 228, concernente l'or-
ientamento e la modernizzazione del settore agricolo, a norma
della legge 7 marzo 2001, n. 57.

systems, and the cost of initial certification of quality assur-
ance and similar systems;

(c) the cost of compulsory control measures undertaken
pursuant to national or Community legislation by or on
behalf of
the competent authorities, unless Community
legislation requires enterprises to bear such costs;

(d) the cost of training personnel to apply schemes and systems

as referred to in point (b) above;

(e) general instruction and training;

(f) consultancy services provided by third parties, the cost of
services which are not continuous or periodic and which
are not related to the enterprise's usual operating expendi-
ture;

Legge 7 marzo 2003, n. 38, recante disposizioni in materia di
agricoltura, ed in particolare l'art. 1, lett. q), sulla costituzione e
il funzionamento di efficienti organizzazioni dei produttori e
delle loro forme associate.

(g) registration costs, travel expenses, publication costs, the cost
of hiring stands in connection with the organisation of and
participation in competitions, exhibitions, trade fairs and
forums to share knowledge between enterprises;

Decreto legislativo 27 maggio 2005 n. 102, sulla regolazione
dei mercati agroalimentari, a norma dell'articolo 1, comma 2,
lettera c), della legge 7 marzo 2003, n. 38

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The funds
for the 2008 financial year are approximately EUR 2,5 million

Maximum aid intensity: Government support may not exceed
80 % of costs incurred in respect of programmes of activities to
benefit small and medium-sized enterprises active in the produc-
tion of agricultural products, as indicated in Article 1 of the
Decree

Date of implementation: The date of implementation will be
the date of publication of the Decree in the Official Gazette of
the Italian Republic

Duration of scheme:

Year 2008

Objective of aid:

To enhance agricultural production,
cles 14 and 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

in accordance with Arti-

In particular, in accordance with Article 1(1) and (2) of Direc-
torial Decree No 813/TRAV of 22 November 2007, aid may be
granted to support the following activities:

(a) the cost of market research activities;

(b) the cost of introducing and implementing quality assurance
systems, systems for hazard analysis and critical control
points (HACCP),
traceability systems, systems to ensure
compliance with marketing standards, environmental audit

(h) the dissemination of scientific knowledge,

information on
the quality systems open to products from other countries,
on generic products and on the nutritional benefit of
generic products and suggested uses for them, provided that
individual companies, brands and origins are not named;

(i) publications

such as catalogues or websites presenting
factual information about producers from a given region or
producers of a given product, provided the information and
presentation is neutral and that all producers concerned
have equal opportunities to be presented in the publications

Sector concerned: Small and medium-sized enterprises active
in the production of agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali
Dipartimento delle filiere agricole e agroalimentari
Direzione generale della trasformazione agroalimentare e dei
mercati
Ufficio TRAGR V
Via XX Settembre, 20
I-00187 Roma

Website:

http://www.politicheagricole.it, under ‘Settori Agroalimentari’ and
sub-section ‘Norme e documenti in evidenza’

Salvatore PETROLI
The Director-General

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Aid No: XA 50/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Castilla y León (provincia de Salamanca)

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

Subvenciones dirigidas a las denominaciones de origen, indica-
ciones geográficas protegidas, asociaciones
con marca de
garantía, asociaciones de vinos de calidad producidos en región
determinada de la provincia de Salamanca y a las entidades
asociativas que promuevan el reconocimiento de alguna de estas
figuras de calidad, anualidad 2008

Legal basis:

Proyecto de bases reguladoras de la convocatoria de subven-
ciones dirigidas a a las denominaciones de origen, indicaciones
geográficas protegidas, asociaciones con marca de garantía,
asociaciones de vinos de calidad producidos en región determi-
nada de la provincia de Salamanca y a las entidades asociativas
que promuevan el reconocimiento de alguna de estas figuras de
calidad, anualidad 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: The
annual expenditure planned under the scheme for 2008 is
EUR 60 000 (sixty thousand euros)

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum amount of the grant
may not exceed 50 % of the eligible expenditure or EUR 12 000
per applicant

Date of implementation: From the day following the publica-
tion of the call for grant proposals in the Boletín Oficial de la
Provincia de Salamanca

Duration of
31.12.2008

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid:

This grant is aimed at encouraging the production and sale of
quality agricultural products from the province of Salamanca
with a denomination of origin, protected geographical indica-
tion, guarantee mark or with the status of quality wines
produced in a specified region.

This aid scheme falls within the scope of Articles 14 and 15
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.

Participation in fairs organised by the Diputación or agri-food
fairs attended by the Diputación de Salamanca, carrying out
studies that promote the recognition of a quality mark or the
improvement of the quality of products that bear a quality mark
and activities promoting food quality are considered as eligible
activities.

Eligible expenditure is taken to mean:

A. For participation in fairs organised by the Diputación or in
agri-food fairs attended by the Diputación de Salamanca,
expenditure relating to:

1. registration, space and stand rental, security, hosts and

participation fees;

2. publications related to the activity;

3. travelling expenses.

B. For aid for carrying out studies, expenditure relating to:

1. studies aimed at the conception and recognition of a
quality mark (denomination of origin, protected geogra-
indication, guarantee mark or quality wine
phical
produced in a specified region) of agricultural products
from the province of Salamanca;

2. other studies aimed at improving the quality of agri-
cultural products from the province of Salamanca that
already bear one of
the quality marks listed in the
previous point.

C. For the promotion of food quality, expenditure relating to:

1. expenditure for attending fairs of national character:
space and stand rental, safety, hosts, participation fees,
travelling expenses and publications
related to the
activity;

2. presentation of quality products at national and provin-
cial level: only the rental of the installations where the
presentation is made, travelling expenses and publications
related to the activity may be subsidised;

3. publications such as catalogues or websites presenting
information about producers from a given region or
producers of a given product, provided that this informa-
tion and the presentation are neutral and that all produ-
cers concerned are afforded the same opportunity to
feature in the publications

Sector(s) concerned: Agri-food sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Excma. Diputación Provincial de Salamanca
C/ Felipe Espino no 1
E-37002 Salamanca

Website:

http://www.lasalina.es/areas/eh/Subvenciones2008/Proyectos-
Convocatorias/SubvDenominaciones.pdf

Other information:

This grant will be compatible with any other grant, aid,
resources or revenue for the subsidised activity that may be
awarded by any national or European Union authority or public
or private body or international organisation. If the applicant
has been awarded another grant — for the same purpose —
which is incompatible with that awarded by the Diputación,
Article 33 of Royal Decree No 887/2006 of 21 July establishing
the Rules implementing the General Law on Subsidies shall
apply.

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However, in no case may the amount of subsidies awarded by
the Diputación be such a quantity that this amount, on its own
or together with other grants, aid, revenue or resources, exceeds
the cost of the subsidised activity.

Likewise, the grant will be incompatible with any other grant,
aid, resource or revenue for the subsidised activity that
is
awarded by the Diputación de Salamanca — either by a direct
award procedure or by a competitive procedure — which could
result in coinciding eligible expenditure.

Salamanca, 20 December 2007.

Isabel JIMÉNEZ GARCÍA
President of the Diputación de Salamanca

Aid No: XA 65/08

Member State: Estonia

Region: Estonia

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

Põllumajandusliku nõuandesüsteemi korraldamine ja arenda-
mine

Legal basis:

Euroopa
seaduse § 54

Liidu

ühise

põllumajanduspoliitika

rakendamise

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

Planned overall expenditure of up to EUR 330 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: 30.1.2008

Duration of
31.12.2008

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid:

provision of technical support for agricultural producers.

Aid will be granted in accordance with Article 15. The eligible
costs are in accordance with Article 15(2), points (a), (c) and (f)
farm workers, consultancy services provided by
(training of
third parties, and publications such as catalogues or websites
presenting information on the farm advisory system).

The aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services and
does not involve direct payments to producers

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural producers

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Põllumajandusministeerium
Lai 39/41
EE-Tallinn

Website: http://www.agri.ee/?id=26782

Aid No: XA 66/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Sardegna

Title of aid scheme:

Legge 488/99 art. 59 — Finanziamenti per lo sviluppo dell'agri-
coltura biologica. Decreti MiPAAF n. 92725 del 29 dicembre
2003 e n. 91024 del 2 luglio 2004. «Programma di sviluppo
dell'agricoltura biologica Regione Sardegna». Bilancio 2007.
Importo 767 411,86 EUR

Legal basis:

Legge 488/99 art. 59 — Finanziamenti per lo sviluppo dell'agri-
coltura biologica. Decreti MiPAAF n. 92725 del 29 dicembre
2003 e n. 91024 del 2 luglio 2004.

Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 39/8 del 3 ottobre 2007
recante Legge 488/99 art. 59 — Finanziamenti per lo sviluppo
dell'agricoltura biologica. Decreti MiPAAF n. 92725 del 29
dicembre 2003 e n. 91024 del 2 luglio 2004. Approvazione e
del programma di spesa per l'attuazione del «Programma di
2007 UPB
sviluppo
S06.04.011 Cap. SC06.1058 — c.d.r. 00.060103 AS. Importo
767 411,86 EUR

dell'agricoltura

biologica».

Bilancio

Planned annual expenditure under the scheme: The total
planned expenditure for 2007 is EUR 767 411,86

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of costs actually incurred by
the agency, LAORE, for technical assistance to organic farmers

Date of implementation: From the date on which the exemp-
tion number for the aid is published on the website of the
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development. The
costs of technical assistance provided as from this date will be
deemed eligible

Duration of scheme: 3 years

Objective of aid: The aim of the aid is to provide undertakings
with a range of services and consumers with information which,
in addition to and in synergy with the measures for organic
producers in the 2007-2013 rural development programme,
will help to forge a clear identity for organic production and
lead to the emergence of a genuine organic sector.

The aid for the costs of providing technical assistance to organic
farmers is granted pursuant to Article 15 of the Regulation

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Sector(s) concerned: Organic production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Autonoma della Sardegna — Assessorato dell'agricol-
tura e riforma agro-pastorale
Via Pessagno, 4
I-09125 Cagliari

Website:

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/regione/giunta/delibere.html

(click on ‘2007’, ‘ottobre’ and then, on the calendar on the right,
on 3 October)

Further information:

Laore is the agency responsible in Sardinia for the implementa-
tion of programmes and for rural development in agriculture.
The agency promotes the integrated development of rural areas
and the environmental compatibility of farming activity, empha-
sising multifunctional farming, local specificities, quality produc-
tion and competitiveness.

Laore provides technical assistance and agricultural extension
services to farmers.
Its institutional remit and activities are
governed by its founding law (Law No 13 of 8 August 2006)
and Articles of association

Stefania MANCA
Director of Production Services

Aid No: XA 67/08

Member State: Italy

Objective of aid: To promote the reparcelling of land. Refer-
ence to Community legislation: Article 13 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

concerned: Livestock (cattle,

Sector(s)
sheep and goats,
poultry and rabbits, small traditional pig holdings, horses and
other small-scale livestock holdings), fruit (apples, pears, nuts,
small fruit and other traditional fruit, with a particular focus on
traditional forms of cultivation that are in danger of dying out),
wine, fodder crops, cereals, vegetables, medicinal plants, floricul-
ture, bee-keeping and other animal and crop sectors deemed
eligible

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta
Assessorato agricoltura e risorse naturali
Dipartimento agricoltura
Loc. Grande Charrière, 66
I-11020 Saint-Christophe (Aosta)

Website:

http://www.regione.vda.it/gestione/sezioni_web/allegato.asp?
pk_allegato=1247

Emanuele DUPONT
Coordinator, Agriculture Department

Aid No: XA 121/08

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Scotland

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

Region: Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Discover Bute Landscape Partnership Scheme

Title of aid scheme: Ricomposizione fondiaria

Legal basis:

Legal basis:

interventi regionali

Art. 52 del Titolo III
in
(disciplina degli
materia di agricoltura e di sviluppo rurale. Modificazioni alle
leggi regionali 16 novembre 1999, n. 36, e 28 aprile 2003, n.
18) della legge regionale 12 dicembre 2007, n. 32 «Disposizioni
per la formazione del bilancio annuale e pluriennale della
Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta (Legge finanziaria per gli anni
2008/2010). Modificazioni di leggi regionali»

Bute Conservation Trust — The Companies Act 1985

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

July 2008-March 2009: GBP 546 800

April 2009-March 2010: GBP 477 850

April 2010-March 2011: GBP 668 850

Annual
EUR 0,4 million

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

April 2011-March 2012: GBP 428 500

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the legal and administrative
costs, including those for carrying out surveys

implementation: The day following that of

Date of
the
Commission's formal notice, with an identification number, that
it has received the summary

Duration of scheme: Under the scheme, aid may be granted
until 31 December 2013 and for six months thereafter

Maximum aid intensity:

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

The maximum aid intensity for the capital works will be up to
is awarded for the conservation of
100 % where a grant
non-productive heritage features. However, the maximum rate
of grant will be reduced in line with the rates set out in Article 5
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 where the aid is productive

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Date of implementation:

The scheme will start on 1.7.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will begin on 1.7.2008. It will close on the 30.6.2012. The last
payment will be made by 30.9.2012

Objective of aid: To conserve and to enhance the landscape
character of the Isle of Bute. To preserve and to improve access
to the natural and built heritage. To encourage existing and new
audiences to visit Bute to improve the economy of the island

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

Name and address of the granting authority:

Bute Conservation Trust
Eaglesham House
Rothesay
Isle of Bute PA20 9HQ
United Kingdom

The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:
Bute Conservation Trust
The organisation operating the scheme is:
Bute Conservation Trust
www.discover-bute.com

Website:
http://www.discover-bute.com/articles.html
Alternatively, you can go to the UK's central website for
exempted agricultural State aids at:
http://defraweb/farm/policy/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm
Check on the link Discover Bute

Other information:
Further and more detailed information relating to eligibility and
rules for the scheme can be found in the web links above.
Signed and dated on behalf of the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (UK competent authority)