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: 2008-05-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Slovenia, Spain, State aid, 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 127/13)

Aid No: XA 33/08

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Member State: Czech Republic

Region: Whole of the Czech Republic

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Vzdělávání ekologických zemědělců a šíření informací
o ekologickém zemědělství

Legal basis: Zákon č. 242/2000 Sb., o ekologickém zemědělství
a o změně zákona č. 368/1992 Sb., o správních poplatcích, ve
znění pozdějších předpisů

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

individual

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % of the eligible expenses

Date of implementation: 25.1.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31.12.2013

Ministerstvo zemědělství
Těšnov 17
CZ-117 05 Praha 1

Website:

‘Ekologické zemědělství a biopotraviny’ (Biological agricultural
production and bio food) programme

http://www.mze.cz/Index.aspx?deploy=539&typ=2&-
ch=73&ids=539&val=539

http://81.0.228.70/attachments/konecna_verze_Progrumu_E-
Z_odeslana_MZP.doc

(see page 18, measure 4 and page 19, measure 6)

Other information:

The Czech Republic confirms that the aid is designed solely for
small and medium-sized enterprises active in agricultural
production and that
limits will be
complied with. In connection with the application of the aid,
the recipients will receive no direct payment and the informa-
tion supplied and presentations made will be of an impartial
nature, with no reference made to bio-products

the relevant

financial

Objective of aid:

Prague, 11 January 2008.

The primary objective is to provide aid to small and medium-
sized enterprises.

M. Jiří TRNKA
Director of Environmental Policy and Renewable Energy Resources
Ministry of Agriculture

issues

farmers of

surrounding organic

The secondary objective is to increase awareness amongst
farming,
organic
including the marketing and sale of bio-products, and to ensure
high-quality training and advice for organic farmers, as well as
accessibility to good-quality, up-to-date information on organic
farming, including the distribution of such information to the
target group. Such information would include, for example, the
results of research showing the environmental and health bene-
fits of organic farming and eating organic food.

The eligible expenditure in question is in conformity with
Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Economic sector(s) concerned: Organic farming, plant and
animal production (A0011 — Growing of crops; market
gardening; horticulture, A0012 — Farming of animals, A0013
— Growing of crops combined with farming of animals (mixed
farming))

Aid No: XA 48/08

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Jezersko

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Podpore programom razvoja podeželja v občini
Jezersko 2007–2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodelitvi pomoči za ohranjanje in
razvoj kmetijstva, gozdarstva in podeželja v občini Jezersko

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

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

2007: EUR 9 225

2008: EUR 9 483

2009: EUR 9 720

2010: EUR 9 915

2011: EUR 10 114

2012: EUR 10 367

2013: EUR 10 626

Maximum aid intensity:

— aid for

investment

in agricultural holdings for primary
production: up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured
areas and up to 40 % in other areas,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Economic Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Jezersko
Zg. Jezersko 65
SLO-4206 Zg. Jezersko

Website:

— aid for conservation of traditional buildings: for non-produc-
tive features, up to 100 % of eligible costs; for productive
assets on farms, up to 75 % of eligible costs in less-favoured
areas and up to 60 % in other areas,

— aid for land reparcelling: up to 50 % of actual

legal and

administrative costs incurred,

http://www.jezersko.si/data/pravilniki/Pravilnik_kmetijske_pomo-
ci_Jezersko_07.pdf

Other information:

The measure for 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, storm and floods.

— aid towards the payment of insurance premiums: the differ-
ence 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 for insuring livestock against disease,

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)

— provision of technical support in the agricultural sector: up
to 100 % of costs concerning education and training of
farmers, consultancy services, the organisation of and parti-
cipation in forums
to exchange knowledge,
farms
competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publications, such as
catalogues and websites, and the costs of
replacement
services; the aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised
services and must not involve direct payments of money to
producers

for

Date of implementation: January 2008

Duration of
31.12.2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs:

Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting aid for preserving and
developing agriculture, forestry and rural areas in the munici-
pality of Jezersko includes measures constituting State aid in
accordance with the following Articles of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the appli-
cation 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):

Milan KOCJAN
Mayor

Aid No: XA 49/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Catalunya

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Ayudas para programas de auditoría y asesoramiento
de las explotaciones de ovino y caprino

Legal basis: Orden AAR/487/2007, de 20 de diciembre, por la
que se aprueban las bases reguladoras de las ayudas para
programas de auditoría y asesoramiento de las explotaciones de
ovino y caprino, y se convocan las correspondientes al año
2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 250 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is variable, possibly
up to 100 %

Date of implementation: 29.12.2007

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings for primary

production,

Duration of
31.12.2009

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

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Objective of the aid:

Provision of
Article 15(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

in the agricultural

technical

support

sector,

Moreover, aid aimed at defraying operating and management
costs will be temporary — based on the date the cooperative
was established — and degressive, i.e. subject to the percentages
indicated below:

To establish a line of aid for audit and advice programmes
for sheep and goat
farms which are defined as small or
medium-sized enterprises in accordance with Recommendation
2003/361/EC, with the aim of improving the production, tech-
nical-economic and health conditions of the farms involved in
those programmes.

the groups,
This aid is to be used to subsidise the fees of
cooperatives, professional organisations and natural and legal
persons who provide advice or audit services to the producers,
so that the latter receive help in kind. No direct cash payments
will be made to the producers.

Subsidised advisory services will be available to all sheep and
goat producers.

— 35 % of the costs concerned for cooperatives established in

2004,

— 40 % of the costs concerned for cooperatives established in

2005,

— 45 % of the costs concerned for cooperatives established in

2006,

— 50 % of the costs concerned for cooperatives established in

2007

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

If the service is provided by a producer group or professional
organisation, it is not necessary to be a member to have access
to the service

Duration of
31.12.2008

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Sector(s) concerned: Sheep and goats

Name and address of the granting authority:

Departamento de Agricultura, Alimentación y Acción Rural
Gran Vía de les Corts Catalanes, 612-614
E-08007 Barcelona

Website:

http://www.gencat.net/darp/c/serveis/ajuts/ajut3.htm

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 55/08

Member State: Spain

Objective of aid:

The aid is aimed at promoting the development of
livestock
thereby,
in the province of Salamanca and,
cooperatives
boosting the creation and maintenace of cooperative livestock
bodies.

It is also aimed at increasing the presence of the said coopera-
tives at
fairs and exhibitions organised by the Diputación
Provincial at the Exhibition Centre, implying that the importance
of these installations and of the activities taking place should
extend to Autonomous Community and national level.

The aid scheme falls within the scope of Articles 9 and 15 of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Eligible activities: participation in fairs and exhibitions organised
by the Diputación de Salamanca, operational and management-
related activities and the provision of technical assistance to the
Salamancan livestock sector.

Eligible expenditure is taken to mean:

Region: Castilla y León (provincia de Salamanca)

A. For the participation in fairs organised by the Diputación,

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Subvenciones dirigidas a cooperativas de ganaderos
que tengan como fin la utilización de cebaderos y/o la comercia-
lización de carne, anualidad 2008

Legal basis: Proyecto de bases reguladoras de la convocatoria de
subvenciones dirigidas a cooperativas de ganaderos que tengan
como fin la utilización de cebaderos y/o la comercialización de
carne, 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 45 000 (forty-five thousand EUR)

Maximum aid intensity:

expenditure relating to:

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

hosts and participation fees;

2. publications related to the activity;

3. travelling expenses.

4. technical symposia held in the Exhibition Centre during

the fairs.

B. For operational and management-related activities, expendi-

ture relating to:

1. the cost of renting premises for headquarters;

2.

legal and administrative expenses;

The grant may not exceed 50 % of the eligible expenditure or
EUR 8 000 per applicant.

3. office equipment;

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4. administrative staff costs;

Salamanca, 20 December 2007.

5. overheads (maintenance, repairs, conservation, supplies,

etc.).

Isabel JIMÉNEZ GARCÍA
President of the Diputación de Salamanca

C. For the provision of technical assistance, expenditure relating

to:

1. training activities:

the actual costs of organising the

training programme;

2. attendance at national

security, conference hosts, participation fees,
expenses and publications related to the activity;

fairs: space and stand rental,
travelling

3. 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;

4. 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 them

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Website:

Aid No: XA 56/08

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 asociaciones y federaciones
ganaderas con sede en la provincia de Salamanca, anualidad
2008

Legal basis: Proyecto de bases reguladoras de la convocatoria de
subvenciones dirigidas a asociaciones y federaciones ganaderas
con sede en la provincia de Salamanca, 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 32 000 (thirty-two thousand EUR)

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum amount of the grant
may not exceed 50 % of the eligible expenditure or EUR 8 000
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

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

Duration of
31.12.2008

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Other information:

Objective of aid:

The aid will be compatible with any other grant, aid, resources
or revenue assigned to the subsidised activity by a national or
European Union authority or public or private body or interna-
tional organisation, provided that the aid ceilings specified in
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are not exceeded (in particular,
in the case of the activities referred to in 3.B) of the regional
instrument concerned) and, more specifically, the operating and
management costs,
the total amount of public aid granted
within the scope of Article 9 of the Regulation must not exceed
EUR 400 000 per recipient).

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 887/2006 of 21 July
2006 laying down implementing rules in respect of the General
Law on Subsidies shall apply.

However, in no case may the amount of subsidies awarded by
the Diputación be such that, on its own or together with other
grants, aid, revenue or resources, it exceeds the cost of the subsi-
dised activity.

Likewise, the grant will be incompatible with any other grant,
aid, resource or revenue assigned to the subsidised activity by
the Diputación de Salamanca — either by a direct award proce-
dure or by a competitive procedure — covering the same
eligible expenditure

This aid is aimed at promoting the development of livestock
associations in the province of Salamanca and, thereby, boosting
the creation and maintenance of livestock associations.

In the same way, it aspires to increase the presence of the said
associations at fairs held by the Diputación Provincial in the Exhi-
bition Centre,
implying that the importance of these installa-
tions and of the activities taking place there should extend to
Autonomous Community and national level.

This aid scheme falls within the scope of Article 15 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Eligible activities: participating in fairs organised by the
Diputación de Salamanca and providing technical assistance to the
Salamancan livestock sector.

Eligible expenditure is taken to mean:

A. For the participation in fairs organised by the Diputación,

expenditure relating to:

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

stewards and participation fees;

2. publications related to the activity;

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3. travelling expenses;

Website:

4. technical congresses held in the Exhibition Centre during

the fairs.

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

B. For the provision of technical assistance, expenditure relating

to:

Other information:

1. training activities:

the actual costs of organising the

training programme;

2. expenditure for attendance at national fairs: space and
stand rental, security, conference stewards, participation
fees, travelling expenses and publications related to the
activity;

3. 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 can be subsidised;

4. publications such as catalogues or websites containing
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 them

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock sector

Name and address of the granting authority:
Excma. Diputación Provincial de Salamanca
C/ Felipe Espino no 1
E-37002 Salamanca

The grant will be compatible with any other grant, aid, resources
or revenue for the subsidised activity by a national or European
Union authority or public or private body or international orga-
nisation. 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 887/2006 of
21 July establishing the Rules implementing the General Law on
Subsidies shall apply.

However, in no case may the amount of subsidies awarded by
the Diputación be such that, on its own or together with other
grants, aid, revenue or resources, it exceeds the cost of the subsi-
dised 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 — covering the
same eligible expenditure

Salamanca, 20 December 2007.

Isabel JIMÉNEZ GARCÍA
President of the Diputación de Salamanca