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: 2008-05-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Italy, 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 129/05)

Legal basis:

Aid No: XA 22/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

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

Criteri e modalità per la concessione di aiuti per la produzione
di prodotti agricoli di alta qualità

Legal basis:

Articolo 4, comma 1, e articolo 5 quater della legge provinciale
14 dicembre 1999, n. 10, e successive modifiche

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 2 200 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: 1 January 2008

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of
No 1857/2006

aid: Article

14(1)

of Regulation

(EC)

Sector(s) concerned: Raising of dairy cattle, other cattle, horses
and other equine animals, sheep and goats, swine/pigs and
poultry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Bolzano
Ripartizione provinciale agricoltura
Via Brennero, 6
I-39100 Bolzano

Website:

http://www.provincia.bz.it/agricoltura/publ/publ_getreso.asp?
PRES_ID=94008

Head of Division
Martin PAZELLER

Aid No: XA 24/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

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

Criteri e modalità per la concessione di aiuti per il controllo in
agricoltura biologica

Articolo 17 della legge provinciale 20 gennaio 2003, n. 3

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 70 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 80 % of costs deemed eligible, up to
EUR 3 000 a year per beneficiary

Date of implementation: 1 February 2008

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: Article 14(2)(f)

Sector(s) concerned: Perennial crops (apples and wine grapes);
Livestock farming (cattle for dairy production and stock replace-
ment)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Bolzano
Ripartizione provinciale agricoltura
Via Brennero, 6
I-39100 Bolzano

Website:

http://www.provincia.bz.it/agricoltura/dema/dema_getreso.asp?
DRES_ID=2530

Head of Division
Martin PAZELLER

Aid No: XA 37/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

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

Criteri e modalità riguardanti gli aiuti per la lotta alle fitopatie

Legal basis:

Articolo 4, comma 1, lettera n), legge provinciale 14 dicembre
1998, n. 11, e successive modifiche

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 150 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 70 %

Date of implementation: 1 January 2008

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Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of
No 1857/2006

aid: Article

10(2)

of Regulation

(EC)

(c) the organisation of and participation in competitions, exhi-
bitions and fairs, and forums to share knowledge between
businesses, including participation fees, travel costs, costs of
publications, the hire of exhibition stands, and symbolic
prizes awarded in the framework of competitions up to a
value of EUR 250 per prize and per winner;

Sector(s) concerned: Growing of grapes, apples and stone fruit

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Bolzano
Ripartizione provinciale agricoltura
Via Brennero, 6
I-39100 Bolzano

Website:

http://www.provincia.bz.it/agricoltura/dema/dema_getreso.asp?
DRES_ID=2505

Head of Division
Martin PAZELLER

Aid No: XA 52/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme:

Assistenza tecnica e formazione

Legal basis:

Articolo 59 del titolo III (Disciplina degli interventi regionali in
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.»

Planned
EUR 0,1 million

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity and eligible costs: Aid may be
granted in the form of subsidised services, without direct
payments of money, for up to 100 % of costs for the following:

(a) training for farmers and farm workers, with regard only to
costs associated with organising the programme, travel and
accommodation expenses incurred by the participants and
the cost of relief services to replace the farmer and farm
workers in their absence;

(b) farm relief services to replace farmers or one farm worker in

the event of illness or in holiday periods;

(d) disseminating scientific knowledge and information on
quality systems open to products from other countries, on
generic products, on the nutritional benefits of
such
products and suggested uses for them, provided that no
reference is made to producers, brands or origins of
products other than those covered by Council Regulation
(EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of
geographical indications and designations of origin for agri-
cultural products and foodstuffs, and by Articles 54 to 58
of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999
on the common organisation of the market in wine,
in
which cases
references to the origin must correspond
exactly to those registered at Community level;

(e) publications, such as catalogues and websites, provided that
the information and the way in which it is presented are
neutral and that all producers concerned have an equal
opportunity to be featured;

(f) the provision of specialist advice, other than ongoing or
regular advice, not connected with the normal running costs
of the undertaking

Date of implementation: From the day following the date of
the Commission's formal acknowledgement, bearing an identifi-
cation number, of receipt of the summary

Duration of scheme: Aid may be granted under the present
scheme until 31 December 2013 and for six months thereafter

Objective of aid: To ensure that agricultural undertakings
receive appropriate technical assistance and training.

Reference to Community legislation: Article 15 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock (cattle, sheep and goats, poultry
and rabbits, small traditional pig holdings, equines and other
minor species), 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, flowers and nursery plants,
bee-keeping and other animal and crop sectors deemed eligible

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

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

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Website:

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

Saint-Christophe

Coordinator, Agriculture Department
Emanuele DUPONT

Aid No: XA 77/08

Member State: Republic of Cyprus

Region: All the territory controlled by the Republic of Cyprus

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

Ενίσχυση για την πληρωμή ασφαλίστρων

Legal basis:

Ο περί Γεωργικής Ασφάλισης (τροποποιητικός) Νόμος του 2007
και οι περί Γεωργικής Ασφάλισης (τροποποιητικοί) Κανονισμοί του
2007

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid
granted to the company: Approximately CYP 2,2 million
(average over the last three years)

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Date of implementation: 1 January 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June
2014

Objective of aid: Promotion of
production of small and medium-sized enterprises

insurance for the primary

Sector(s) concerned:

Agriculture — Crop production: deciduous trees (apple, pear,
apricot, plum, almond, cherry, peach)

Vines (table grapes and wine grapes)

Cereals (wheat, barley)

Unirrigated forage plants (vetch, oats, cereal mixtures with
legumes)

(oranges, mandarin varieties,

lemons, grapefruit,

Citrus fruit
bergamot)

Potatoes

Beans

Artichokes

Loquats

Name and address of granting authority:

Οργανισμός Γεωργικής Ασφάλισης, Ζήνωνος Χρ. Σώζου 29-31,
Λευκωσία, Κύπρος

Website: Under construction

Other information: Large enterprises are not entitled to insur-
ance premium subsidies

Giorgos FOTIOU
Director
Agricultural Insurance Organisation
12 December 2007