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: 2008-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, France, Slovenia, 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

Aid No: XA 334/07

Member State: Denmark

Region: —

(2008/C 132/06)

Aid No: XA 341/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Občina Radlje ob Dravi

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

Konsulentrådgivning fra Landscentret, Fjerkræ.

Støttemodtager er Dansk Landbrugsrådgivning, Landscentret

Legal basis: Lov om administration af Det Europæiske Fælless-
kabs forordninger om markedsordninger for landbrugsvarer m.
v.
lovbekendtgørelse nr. 297 af 28.
april 2004

(Bemyndigelsesloven),

jf.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
DKK 2 862 000 in 2007-2008

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: 1.10.2007

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Dodeljevanje državnih pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj
kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Radlje ob Dravi

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju pomoči za ohranjanje in
razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Radlje ob Dravi za
programsko obdobje 2007–2013

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

2007: EUR 31 309,79

2008: EUR 31 967,30

2009: EUR 32 638,61

2010: EUR 33 324,02

2011: EUR 34 023,82

2012: EUR 34 738,32

2013: EUR 35 467,82

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: Until
30.9.2008

Maximum aid intensity:

Objectives of aid:

The aim of the project is to provide impartial and highly quali-
fied general technical advice. It is also designed to maintain a
high level of skill
in the production of eggs for human
consumption, hatching eggs and broilers and knowledge about
poultry buildings, equipment and environmental matters.

The final beneficiaries are poultry farmers. The project concerns
only small and medium-sized enterprises.

The scheme comes under Article 15(2)(c). It concerns expendi-
ture on consultancy services

Economic sectors concerned: Poultry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Fjerkræafgiftsfonden
Axeltorv 3
DK-1609 København V

Internet address: www.fa-fonden.dk

Other information: —

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas,

— up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas,

— up to 60 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas and up
to 50 % of eligible costs in other areas, where the invest-
ment is made by young farmers within five years of
setting up.

The purpose of the aid is to invest in the restoration of farm
features, to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural
production, to invest in permanent crops and in farmland
improvement and pasture management.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— up to 100 % of actual costs as regards investment in

non-productive features,

— up to 75 % of actual costs as regards investment in
productive assets on farms in less-favoured areas, or 60 %
in other areas,

— additional aid may be granted at a rate of up to 100 % to
cover the extra costs incurred by using traditional mate-
rials necessary to maintain the heritage features of build-
ings.

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3. Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest:

— up to 100 % of the actual costs, where relocation simply
consists of the dismantling, removal and re-erection of
existing facilities,

— where the relocation results in the farmer benefiting
from more modern facilities, the farmer must contribute
at least 60 %, or 50 % in less-favoured areas, of the
increase in the value of the facilities concerned after relo-
cation. If the beneficiary is a young farmer, this contribu-
tion shall be at least 55 % or 45 % respectively,

— where the relocation results in an increase in production
capacity, the contribution from the beneficiary must be
at least 60 %, or 50 % in less-favoured areas, of the
expenses relating to this increase. If the beneficiary is a
young farmer, this contribution shall be at least 55 % or
45 % respectively.

4. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— the amount of municipal co-financing is the difference
between the
insurance
premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of
the eligible costs of an insurance premium for insuring
crops and fruit and for insuring livestock against disease.

co-financing of

amount of

5. Aid for land reparcelling:

for

State

constituting

the programming period 2007-2013
Radlje ob Dravi
includes measures
in accordance
aid
with the following Articles 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 enterprises active in the production of agri-
cultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
(OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

— Article 6: Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

— Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agri-

cultural products,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

— up to 100 % of actual

legal and administrative costs

incurred.

6. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

Občina Radlje ob Dravi
Mariborska cesta 7
SLO-2360 Radlje ob Dravi

Web address:

— up to 100 % of actual costs incurred;

this is to be
provided in the form of subsidised services and must not
involve direct payments of money to producers.

http://www.medobcinski.si/index.php?action=showIzda-
ja&year=2007&izdajaID=422

7. Provision of technical support:

— up to 100 % of costs concerning education and training,
consultancy services provided by third parties, the organi-
sation of
forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs,
publications and websites and replacement services. The
aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services
and must not
involve direct payments of money to
producers

Date of implementation: November 2007 (No aid will be allo-
cated until the summary is published on the European Commis-
sion's website)

Duration of
31.12.2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

No 472, page 905

Other information:

The measure concerning 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.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 relating to 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)

Objective of the aid:

Principal objective: to support agricultural and rural develop-
ment:

Aid No: XA 343/07

Member State: France

— To support SMEs

Region: Département des Bouches-du-Rhône

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

Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting aid for preserving and
developing agriculture and rural areas in the municipality of

Title of aid scheme: Aide à l'assainissement des exploitations
agricoles touchées par le feu bactérien grâce à la mise à disposi-
tion de main d'œuvre par l'intermédiaire du groupement d'em-
ployeurs REAGIR

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Legal basis:

Name and address of the granting authority:

— Article 10 du règlement (CE) no 1857/2006 du 15 décembre

2006

— Délibérations du Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône en

date des 28 septembre et 24 octobre 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Overall
budget of EUR 500 000 maximum with a payment in two
instalments to the group of employers: 50 % on the signature of
the agreement, with the remainder being paid on production of
the balance sheet of the operation

Maximum aid intensity:

The General Council's aid will
take the form of partially
defraying the costs for the provision of labour to clean up the
infected orchards.

The provision of labour will be calculated in relation the surface
area to be treated, on the basis of at most two rounds of cutting
the infected branches and, depending on the season, burning
them.

A limit of 3 000 hours, corresponding to a maximum aid
amount of EUR 44 700 per agricultural holding, will be
imposed.

The Department will pay a maximum of 65 % of the financing
needed to cover
i.e. a maximum of
EUR 29 055 per agricultural holding, with the remaining 35 %,
i.e. EUR 15 645 to be paid by the owners of the holding

the costs of

labour,

Date of implementation: On receipt of an acknowledgement
of receipt from the Commission

Duration of the aid scheme: Autumn-winter 2007-2008

Objective and type of aid:

To enable the small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises
of the Bouches-du-Rhône which reported fire blight to the State,
to clean up their pome fruit orchards.

Particularly favourable climate conditions have meant that since
spring 2007 there has been an exceptional spread of fire blight,
which is an incurable disease that causes the brutal withering of
all or part of the vegetation affected. Depending on the intensity
of
from 1 to 10 rounds of cutting and
waste-elimination a year may be needed during the period for
combating the disease.

the outbreak,

Of the 120 farmers who reported the disease to the State, via
the Regional Plant Protection Service (Service Régional de Protec-
tion des Végétaux), 25 have requested aid for cleaning up their
orchards, representing a total surface area of 418 ha to be
cleaned up. The clean up should be done before the trees shed
their leaves. This ad hoc aid will be provided as soon as the
clean-up operations have been carried out.

As the capped aid is awarded in the form of subsidised services,
not paid directly to the producers,
the
measure
is based on Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 concerning ‘aid in respect of animal and plant
diseases and pest infestations’

the application of

concerned:

Sectors
the
Bouches-du-Rhône department with pome fruit orchards (pear
trees and apple trees)

agricultural

holdings

The

of

Monsieur le Président du Conseil général
Direction de l'Agriculture et du Tourisme
Hôtel du Département
52, avenue de Saint-Just
F-13256 — Marseille Cedex 20

Internet address: http://www.cg13.fr

Aid No: XA 345/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Daños producidos en las producciones e infraestruc-
tura del sector agrario por las inundaciones acaecidas en la isla
de El Hierro los días 26, 27 y 28 de enero de 2007

Legal basis: Orden de la Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería,
Pesca y Alimentación, de 29 de octubre de 2007, por la que se
convocan las ayudas por los daños producidos en las produc-
ciones e infraestructura del sector agrario, previstas en el
Decreto territorial no 34/2007, de 13 de febrero, de ayudas,
subvenciones y medidas de carácter excepcional para reparar los
daños producidos por las inundaciones acaecidas en la isla de El
Hierro los días 26, 27 y 28 de enero de 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 1 801 077,84

individual

Maximum aid intensity: Generally, up to 90 % of the damage
caused by the floods. However,
in the case of marketing aid
intended to remedy flood damage to facilities for processing or
the amount of aid must
marketing agricultural products,
comply with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1998/2006 of 15 December 2006 on de minimis support

Date of implementation: Following publication of the afore-
mentioned Order of 29.10.2007

Duration of
31.12.2008

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid:

Aid for losses due to adverse climatic events. Article 11 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The following costs are eligible under the aid scheme:

— damage to agricultural production,

— damage to livestock production,

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— compensation for damage to structures and means of
production on agricultural holdings, livestock holdings and
apiaries that is not covered by insurance,

— animal deaths not covered by insurance.

Aid for agricultural and livestock production is conditional on
the beneficiaries having suffered losses exceeding 30 % of their
production, and on such holdings having valid policies which
are covered by the combined agricultural
insurance plan for
2007. Production the relevant insurance contract period for
which had not begun on the date of the incident will also be
admitted, provided that the aforementioned insurance had been
taken out in the previous marketing year. So too will production
not included in the combined agricultural insurance plan, unless
guaranteed by another form of insurance.

As regards damage to facilities, the aid will determined on the
basis of the cost approved by the Directorate-General for Agri-
culture, based on the maximum-cost modules established to
that end.

As regards aid intended to remedy the flood damage to infra-
structure for agricultural processing and marketing, the benefici-
the requirements in Regulation (EC)
aries must also meet
No 1998/2006,
the total
including the requirement
de minimis aid received by any undertaking should not exceed
EUR 200 000 over any period of three fiscal years

that

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

2007: EUR 70 000

2008: EUR 70 000

2009: EUR 70 000

2010: EUR 75 000

2011: EUR 75 000

2012: EUR 75 000

2013: EUR 80 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in farms for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas and up
to 40 % of eligible costs for investment in other areas.

The purpose of the aid is to invest in the restoration of farm
features, to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural
production, to invest in permanent crops and in farmland
improvement and pasture management.

Sector(s) concerned: All those eligible for aid under the Regu-
lation

2. For conserving traditional buildings:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación
Gobierno de Canarias
C/ José Manuel Guimerá no 10 — 3a planta
E-38071 Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Internet address:

http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agricultura/otros/ayudas/
inundacionHierro.htm

Other information:

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2 November 2007.

Ildefonso Socorro QUEVEDO
Director-General for EU-Related Economic Affairs

— for investment in productive assets on farms up to 75 %
of the eligible costs in less-favoured areas or 60 % in
other areas, provided it does not entail an increase in the
production capacity of the farm,

— up to 100 % of eligible costs for investment for the
purposes of conserving non-productive heritage located
on farms (sites of archaeological or historical interest),

— additional aid at a rate of up to 100 % to cover the extra
costs incurred by using traditional materials necessary to
maintain the heritage features of buildings.

3. Payment of insurance premiums:

Aid No: XA 376/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Pesnica

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Dodelitev državnih pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj
kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Pesnica

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči, pomoči
de minimis in izvajanju drugih ukrepov razvoja podeželja v
občini Pesnica

— the amount of municipal
amount of

the difference
between the
insurance
premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of
eligible costs of insurance premiums for insuring crops
and fruit and insuring livestock against disease.

support
co-financing of

is

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of actual

legal and administrative costs

incurred.

5. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

— up to 100 % of costs incurred in the form of subsidised
services; this must not involve direct payments of money.

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6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

— up to 100 % of the costs concerning the education and
training of farmers, consultancy services, the organisation
of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publica-
tions, catalogues and websites. The aid is to be granted in
the form of subsidised services and must not involve
direct payments of money to producers

premiums,

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

— Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agri-

cultural products,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Date of implementation: December 2007 (The aid will not be
granted until a summary has been published on the European
Commission's website)

Duration of
31.12.2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:
Občina Pesnica
Pesnica pri Mariboru 39a
SLO-2211 Pesnica pri Mariboru

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

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

Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting State aid and de minimis
aid and on implementing other rural development measures in
the programming period
the municipality of Pesnica for
aid
constituting
includes measures
2007-2013
under 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 and amending
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3-22):

State

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

Internet address:
http://www.izit.si/muv/index.php?action=showIzda-
ja&year=2007&izdajaID=427

No 582, page 1147

Other information:
The measure concerning 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.

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)

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

Venčeslav SENEKOVIČ
Mayor of the municipality of Pesnica