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: 2008-05-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Ireland, Spain, State aid, 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 122/04)

Aid No: XA 250/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Aragón

Title of aid scheme:

Asistencia técnica al sector agrícola en materia de sanidad
vegetal y lucha integrada contra las plagas

Legal basis:

General legislation applicable to public subsidies, especially Ley
(BOE
38/2003, de 17 de noviembre, General de Subvenciones
no 18-11-2003) and Decreto 2/2007, de 26 de enero, del Gobierno
de Aragón que establece un marco de subvenciones en materia de agri-
cultura y alimentación (BOA no 22-1-2007).

aid

activity

The
in
Article 15(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and meet the
requirements therein.

characteristics

included

and

are

Proyecto de Orden de 2007 del Departamento de Agricultura y
Alimentación por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de
las subvenciones para la prestación de apoyo técnico al sector
agrario en materia de sanidad vegetal y lucha integrada contra
plagas

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: The
provision of the service to the holding's owner is valued at
EUR 20 or EUR 70, depending on the type of production of the
holding or agricultural enterprise

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: 1.1.2008

The latter is required to provide the service to all the producers
requesting it.

The objective of the aid accords with Article 15(2)(c) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The eligible expenditure will
relate to consultancy services
provided by third parties: the fees for services which do not
constitute a continuous or periodic activity or relate to the
enterprise's usual operating expenditure, such as routine tax
consultancy services, regular legal services, or advertising

Sector(s) concerned: Crop production subsector: the various
agricultural products grown by farmers on their holdings
(cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables,
trees, olive trees,
almond trees and vines)

fruit

Name and address of the granting authority:

Diputación General de Aragón
Paseo María Agustín no 36 — Edificio Pignatelli
E-50071 Zaragoza

Website:

www.aragon.es

via the link:
http://portal.aragob.es/pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/INF_UE/
AYUDASESTADO20072013/SANIDADVEGETAL.DOC

Other information:

The aid is managed by the Directorate-General for Food of the
Department of Agriculture and Food

Duration of aid scheme: 6 years, until 31.1.2013

Objective of aid:

Providing technical support on plant health and integrated pest
control and resolving technical queries raised by the owners of
agricultural holdings with SME status.

Aid No: XA 251/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Aragón

Title of aid scheme:

The activities are performed for producers by bodies having
legal personality and suitable technical capability, obtaining a
service which the Administration funds on the body's behalf.

Subvenciones en materia de fomento de estructuras asociativas
agrarias

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Legal basis:

— the legislation generally applicable to public subsidies, espe-
cially Ley 38/2003, de 17 de noviembre, General de Subven-
ciones
and Decreto 2/2007, de
26 de enero, del Gobierno de Aragón que establece un marco de
subvenciones en materia de agricultura y alimentación (BOA
no 22-1-2007),

(BOE no 18-11-2003)

— Article 9 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 enter-
prises active in the production of agricultural products and
amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 and Orden del Depar-
tamento de Agricultura y Alimentación por la que se aprueban las
bases reguladoras de las subvenciones en materia de fomento de
estructuras asociativas agrarias

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: The
planned annual budget allocation for the subsidy scheme is
EUR 700 000, to be distributed among the potential benefici-
in Article 9 of Regulation (EC)
aries. As provided for
No 1857/2006, each beneficiary may receive aid over a period
of five years, subject to an overall limit of EUR 400 000

Maximum aid intensity: During the period when the subsidies
may be granted, each beneficiary may,
in accordance with
Article 9(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, receive up to
EUR 400 000 in respect of the eligible expenditure referred to
in Article 9(3)

Date of implementation: During 2007 (Article 23 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Duration of
31.12.2013 (Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid:

The aid will be granted to producer groups in accordance with
Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and will cover:

(a) expenditure on renting suitable premises, namely those
where the body's daily administrative management takes
place;

(b) expenditure on acquiring furniture and office equipment,

including both hardware and software;

(c) expenditure on staff attached to the body's administration.
When the costs of the Managing Director, Business Director
or Technical Director are included under this item, aid will
be given for a single post per year, per beneficiary body;

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gobierno de Aragón
Departamento de Agricultura y Alimentación
Paseo María Agustín no 36 — Edificio Pignatelli
E-50071 Zaragoza

Website:

www.aragon.es

via the link:
http://portal.aragob.es/pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/INF_UE/
AYUDASESTADO20072013/ESTRUCTURASASOCIATIVAS.
DOC

Aid No: XA 326/07

Member State: France

Regions: All, as these measures may be financed by any
local councils)
regional or local authorities (regional councils,
wishing to do so

Title of aid scheme: Aid to promote animal products and
products of animal origin

Legal basis:

— Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on agri-

cultural exemptions,

— Article L 621-1 et suivants du code rural

— Articles L 1511-1 et suivants du code général des collecti-

vités territoriales

under

subject

expenditure

planned
the
to budgetary resources,

scheme:
Annual
EUR 6 million,
from the
National Inter-trade Office for Livestock and Livestock Products
interprofessionnel de l'élevage et de ses productions)
(Office national
and an unspecified amount from the local and regional authori-
ties

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity could reach 100 %
for the activities specified in Article 15(2)(c) to (f) of the Regu-
lation referred to above. Under no circumstances will the aid
intensity exceed 100 % of the subsidised activities

Date of implementation: 1.1.2008

(d) expenditure on the body's general, legal and administrative

Duration of scheme: Six years (2008-2013)

costs;

Objective of aid:

(e) in the context of expenditure on purchasing premises for
the body's administrative management, the corresponding
eligible expenses will be limited to rental costs at market
rates

Sector(s) concerned: This is a horizontal aid scheme which
may cover any agri-food sector or subsector in which producer
associations or groups operate

The objective of the aid is to support information and promo-
tional campaigns for the products in question, to raise aware-
ness of these products, to make scientific knowledge accessible
to the general public, to facilitate information campaigns on
high-quality production systems, to facilitate the organisation of
trade fairs, exhibitions and forums, to encourage professionals
to attend these fairs, and to develop public relations and related
activities.

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Aid will be granted for activities falling within the scope of
Article 15(2) of
the Regulation on agricultural exemptions
(Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006), which are also referred to in
Chapter IV K of the agricultural guidelines of 27 December
2006 and in point 152(b) of the agricultural guidelines

Sectors(s) concerned: SMEs
products sector

in the livestock and animal

Name and address of the granting authority:

interprofessionnel de

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

l'élevage

et de

ses

Website:

www.office-elevage.fr/aides-nat/aides-nat.htm

Detailed information on the aid scheme will be published on
this website, under the heading ‘Information/Aides nationales’,
as soon as the scheme is implemented (January 2008)

Other information: The local and regional authorities will
ensure compliance with the aid limits stipulated in Article 15 of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, which provides the framework
for this aid scheme. Regional or local authorities supplementing
the funding provided by the Office for Livestock must therefore
verify the cumulation of this aid with aid from the Depart-
mental Agriculture and Forestry Directorates

This form supersedes and replaces form XA 228/07, which
was approved with regard to the same subject

Maximum aid intensity: Aid of up to 50 % of the expenditure
incurred by the Agrupación de Defensa Sanitaria (Animal Health
Protection Group)
in contracting veterinary services for the
prevention and eradication of animal diseases

Date of implementation: 24.12.2007

Duration of
31.12.2007

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: To provide aid in kind to producers by
means of subsidised services in order to offset the cost of
preventing and eradicating animal diseases. Article 10(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: Aid in respect of animal
diseases

Sector(s) concerned: Animal production and health

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Gobierno de Navarra
Departamento de Desarrollo Rural y Medio Ambiente
C/Tudela no 20
E-31003 Pamplona

Website:

http://www.cfnavarra.es/agricultura/COYUNTURA/AyudasEs-
tado/pdfs/STNO07073%20OF.pdf

Other information:

Gobierno de Navarra
Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural
C/Tudela no 20
E-31003 Pamplona
Tel. (34) 848 42 29 33
Email: izabalzv@cfnavarra.es

Aid No: XA 431/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

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

Ayudas a las Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria por la realiza-
ción de programas sanitarios de prevención, lucha y erradica-
ción de enfermedades en vacuno, ovino y caballar, en al año
2007

Legal Basis:

Orden Foral de la Consejera de Desarrollo Rural y Medio
Ambiente, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras y la
convocatoria para la concesión de subvenciones a las Agrupa-
ciones de Defensa Sanitaria por la realización de programas
sanitarios de prevención, lucha y erradicación de enfermedades
en vacuno, ovino y caballar, en al año 2007

Aid No: XA 432/07

Member State: Ireland

Region: Member State

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

ICBF (Irish Cattle Breeding Federation) Dairy & Beef Progeny
Test Program 2008

Legal basis:

National Development Plan 2007-2013

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall
amount of EUR 1 359 118

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 96 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 70 % of eligible costs

Date of implementation: 1.1.2008

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Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Eligible costs
incurred from 1.1.2008 to 31.12.2011

Objective of aid:
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation will initiate a 4-year Dairy
and Beef progeny test program in 2008. The aim of
the
program is to identify and source the supply of Irish tested
superior genetics to beef and dairy farmers and to build a
knowledge base which farmers will be able to access in order to
make informed breeding decisions and thus produce better
quality animals. The key to Ireland building a competitive based
dairy and beef industry is the supply of Irish tested superior
genetics to the beef and dairy farmer. The project represents a
unique collaboration among all industry partners to cooperate
in progeny-testing programs that will ensure a viable future for
two of Ireland's most valuable farming sectors.

This aid is provided in accordance with Article 16(1)(b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 — Support for the Livestock sector.
Eligible costs will be those associated with herd recruitment,
linear scoring,
semen assembly, data recording, DNA testing,
data collection and the return of data to ICBF

Sector(s) concerned: Bovines — Dairy and Beef

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department of Agriculture
Fisheries and Food, Agriculture House
Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Ireland

Website:

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/NDP_State_Aid/