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: Belgium, Italy, 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 132/05)

Aid No: XA 78/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Catalunya

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

Ayudas compensatorias por los costes de erradicación de la
plaga de la mosca mediterránea de la fruta (Ceratitis capitata
Wiedemann)

Legal basis:

Resolución AAR/985/2007, de 2 de abril, por la que se esta-
blece la retirada o la destrucción obligatoria de mandarinas en
campos de cítricos para evitar la difusión de la plaga de la
mosca mediterránea de la fruta (Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann).

Resolución AAR/2532/2007, de 7 de agosto, por la que se
incrementa la cuantía de las indemnizaciones que establece la
Resolución AAR/985/2007, de 2 de abril, para la retirada o la
destrucción obligatoria de mandarinas en campos de cítricos
para evitar la difusión de la plaga de la mosca mediterránea de
la fruta (Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann).

Resolución AAR/…/2008, de …, por la que se modifican las
bases de la Resolución AAR/985/2007, de 2 de abril, para la
retirada o la destrucción obligatoria de mandarinas en campos
de cítricos para evitar la difusión de la plaga de la mosca medite-
rránea de la fruta (Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 274 337,05

individual

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to compensate farmers for
losses caused by the Mediterranean fruit fly infestation (Ceratitis
capitata Wiedemann) in accordance with Article 10(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Eligible costs are those resulting from losses caused by the with-
drawal and destruction of mandarins and also for a plan of
compulsory measures for combating the above-mentioned infes-
tation

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural holdings
mandarins

that produce

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://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/DAR/menuitem.3645c7090
47c363053b88e10b031e1a0/?vgnextoid=06dfe407f0287110
VgnVCM1000008d0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=06dfe407f02
87110VgnVCM1000008d0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default

Aid No: XA 90/08

Member State: Belgium

Region: Vlaanderen

Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving an indivi-
dual aid:

Maximum aid intensity: Gross aid intensity shall not exceed
100 %.

Vlaams Fokkerijcentrum vzw

The amount of the aid is EUR 0,13 per kilogram of mandarins
withdrawn or destroyed. The resulting sum is to be reduced by
the amount received from the insurance taken out by the benefi-
ciary SME and the costs not incurred on account of the infesta-
tion, which in other circumstances would have been paid out

Date of application: January 2008

Legal basis:

Decreet van 21 december 2007 houdende de algemene uitga-
venbegroting van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor het begro-
tingsjaar 2008.

Besluit van de Vlaamse Regering van 2 september 2005 betref-
fende de uitbouw van fokkerijstructuren in Vlaanderen.

Duration of
31.12.2008

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Ministerieel besluit houdende de organisatie van de uitbouw van
fokkerijstructuren in Vlaanderen

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 96 750

individual

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % to cover the costs of
consultancy services provided by third parties,
the fees for
services which do not constitute a continuous or periodic
activity nor relate to the enterprise's usual operating expendi-
ture, such as routine tax consultancy services, regular legal
services, or advertising.

Up to 100 % to cover costs concerning the organisation of and
participation in forums to share knowledge between businesses,
competitions, exhibitions and fairs

Other information: —

Jules Van LIEFFERINGE
Secretaris-generaal

Aid No: XA 91/08

Member State: Belgium

Region: Vlaanderen

Date of implementation: Aid may be granted as from 1 March
and, at the earliest, 15 days after submission of an application.

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

Aid can be granted by means of an implementing decree. These
decrees are drawn up annually. A draft implementing decree has
yet to be drawn up, and will include a ‘standstill’ clause

Verbond voor Eieren, Pluimvee en Konijnen vzw

Legal basis:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The subsidy
will be granted in the period to 31.12.2008

Objective of the aid: Vlaams Fokkerijcentrum vzw (VFc) is a
recognised not-for-profit association which provides advice to
recognised breeders' associations in the cattle, pig, poultry,
horse, sheep and goat, and farmyard animal sectors. This advice
relates to the technical and organisational aspects of breeding.

VFc takes part in exhibitions with a view to sharing knowledge.

The measure comes under Article 15 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 and fulfils the conditions thereof.

Article 15(2)(c): concerning consultancy services provided by
third parties, the fees for services which do not constitute a
continuous or periodic activity nor relate to the enterprise's
usual operating expenditure, such as routine tax consultancy
services, regular legal services, or advertising.

Article 15(2)(d): concerning the organisation of and participa-
tion in forums to share knowledge between businesses, competi-
tions, exhibitions and fairs

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock

Name and address of the granting authority:

Departement Landbouw en Visserij
Duurzame Landbouwontwikkeling
Ellips, 6e verdieping
Koning Albert II laan, 35, bus 40
B-1030 Brussel

Website:

Decreet van 21 december 2007 houdende de algemene uitga-
venbegroting van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor het begro-
tingsjaar 2008.

Koninklijk besluit van 2 juni 1998 betreffende de zoötechnische
en genealogische voorschriften voor de verbetering en de
instandhouding van de pluimvee- en konijnenrassen

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 21 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 100 %
to cover the costs of consultancy services provided by third
parties and the fees for services which do not constitute a
continuous or periodic activity and do not relate to the enterpri-
se's usual operating expenditure, such as routine tax consultancy
services, regular legal services or advertising

Date of implementation: Aid may be granted from 1 March
and, at the earliest, 15 days after notification.

Aid can be granted by means of an implementing decree. These
decrees are drawn up annually. A draft implementing decree has
yet to be drawn up, and will include a ‘standstill clause’

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The grant
period will run until 31.12.2008

Objective of aid: The registered association Verbond voor Eieren,
Pluimvee en Konijnen vzw (VEPEK) has indicated that it will use
the aid to provide consultancy services to participants from
enterprises active in primary production in the poultry and
rabbit sectors with regard to animal health, food safety, food
quality, animal welfare, environmental problems and economic
and breeding issues.

http://www2.vlaanderen.be/ned/sites/landbouw/info/steun/eu.html

The aid is granted under Article 15 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 and meets the criteria thereof.

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Article 15(2)(c): concerning consultancy services provided by
third parties, the fees for services which do not constitute a
continuous or periodic activity nor relate to the enterprise's
usual operating expenditure, such as routine tax consultancy
services, regular legal services or advertising

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Departement Landbouw en Visserij
Duurzame Landbouwontwikkeling
Ellips, 6e verdieping
Boulevard du Roi Albert II 35, boîte 40
B-1030 Brussel

Website:

http://www2.vlaanderen.be/ned/sites/landbouw/info/steun/eu.html

Other information: —

Jules Van LIEFFERINGE
Secretaris-generaal

Aid No: XA 92/08

Member State: Belgium

Region: Vlaanderen

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

Date of implementation: Aid may be granted from 1 March
and, at the earliest, 15 days after notification.

Aid can be granted by means of an implementing decree. These
decrees are drawn up annually. A draft implementing decree has
yet to be drawn up, and will include a ‘standstill clause’

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The grant
period will run until 31.12.2008

aid:

The

registered

Objective of
association Vlaamse
Bedrijfspluimvee- en Konijnenhouders vzw (VBPKH) has indicated
that it will use the aid to provide consultancy services to enter-
prises active in primary production in the poultry and rabbit
sectors with regard to the legislation on the recognition of
specialist poultry farms, the performance of rabbit bloodlines
and the identification and registration of holdings, poultry
diseases and waste.

The aid is granted under Article 15 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 and meets the criteria thereof.

Article 15(2)(c): concerning consultancy services provided by
third parties, the fees for services which do not constitute a
continuous or periodic activity nor relate to the enterprise's
usual operating expenditure, such as routine tax consultancy
services, regular legal services or advertising

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Departement Landbouw en Visserij
Duurzame Landbouwontwikkeling
Ellips, 6e verdieping
Koning Albert II laan, 35, bus 40
B-1030 Brussel

Vlaamse Bedrijfspluimvee- en Konijnenhouders vzw

Website:

Legal basis:

http://www2.vlaanderen.be/ned/sites/landbouw/info/steun/eu.html

Decreet van 21 december 2007 houdende de algemene uitga-
venbegroting van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor het begro-
tingsjaar 2008.

Koninklijk besluit van 2 juni 1998 betreffende de zoötechnische
en genealogische voorschriften voor de verbetering en de
instandhouding van de pluimvee- en konijnenrassen.

Ministerieel besluit van 17 maart 2005 houdende de erkenning
en subsidiëring van organisaties in het kader van de aanmoedi-
ging en de verbetering van de pluimvee- en konijnenfokkerij

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 10 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 100 %
to cover the costs of consultancy services provided by third
parties and the fees for services which do not constitute a
continuous or periodic activity and do not relate to the enterpri-
se's usual operating expenditure, such as routine tax consultancy
services, regular legal services or advertising

Other information: —

Jules Van LIEFFERINGE
Secretaris-generaal

Aid No: XA 94/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Lombardia

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

Misure regionali straordinarie di sostegno degli allevamenti
suinicoli colpiti o ‘sospetti di contaminazione’ dalla malattia
vescicolare dei suini — Indennizzi per mancato reddito

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Legal basis:

Therefore:

— Deliberazione della Giunta regionale della Lombardia n.
6395 del 27 dicembre 2007 ‘Misure regionali straordinarie
di sostegno degli allevamenti suinicoli colpiti o’ sospetti di
contaminazione ‘dalla malattia vescicolare dei suini’.

— Legge regionale 7 febbraio 2000, n. 7, ‘Norme per gli inter-
venti regionali in agricoltura’, art. 17 ‘interventi sugli abban-
doni ed abbattimenti’.

— Decreto della D.G. Sanità 26 giugno 2007 n. 6929 ‘Ulteriori
misure straordinarie per prevenire la diffusione della malattia
vescicolare del suino in Lombardia’, punto 5 del Capo I
(Norme generali) relativo alle dotazioni minime di biosicur-
ezza negli allevamenti.

— Decreto della D.G. Sanità 27 agosto 2007 n. 9348 ‘Sostitu-
zione dell'allegato 2 del D.D.S n. 8064 del 19 luglio 2007.
Ulteriori misure straordinarie per prevenire la diffusione
della malattia vescicolare del suino’.

— Provvedimento della D.G. Sanità prot. H1.2007.0046390
del 29 ottobre 2007 ‘Malattia vescicolare dei suini — inter-
vento straordinario’

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 10 million

individual

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the
registration number
for exemption on the
the request
website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture
and Rural Development

for

— For the farms affected or which are suspected of being
contaminated located in the inner part (2 km) of the protec-
tion zone (stamping out), compensation shall be granted for
the waiting period ordered by the competent health authori-
ties, for up to a maximum of six months. For breeding
farms compensation shall be granted for the entire period of
suspension of farm activities ordered by the health authori-
ties. For fattening farms compensation shall be granted on
the basis of
the number of days of closure (from the
30th day of being placed in the waiting period) using the
FADN gross margin.

— For farms in the outer part (2 to 3 km) of the protection
zone, breeding animals will not be taken into account, and
the period of mandatory inactivity of farms will be consid-
ered only in respect of potentially unsold animals. For
closed-cycle and fattening farms the aid which may be
granted is determined by the actual depreciation of
the
commercial value. The same method will be used for open
cycle farms, but
the mandatory
the number of days of
movement ban will run from the 30th day of being placed
the farm must carry out the
in the protection zone.
slaughter and destruction of
the animals due to over-
crowding, for animal welfare or to prevent the spread of the
disease (determined by the competent health authorities), a
contribution based on the market value (according to
ISMEA tables) and a reimbursement of the costs of slaugh-
tering and destroying the animals shall be made.

If

The contribution due will be calculated on the basis of structural
data and economic indicators from the FADN network as
published by INEA (National Agricultural Economic Institute),
and on the basis of average national prices for the purposes of
reimbursement for the animals slaughtered under Law No 218
of 2 June 1988, for the week referred to by order of the relevant
Health Authority

Duration of
31.12.2008

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Sector(s) concerned: Pig farming

Objective of aid: Compensation for damage
epizootic disease.

caused by

The legal basis is Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The aid is planned to cover eligible damage resulting from the
depopulation period or the slaughter of animals due to over-
crowding for animal welfare or to prevent the spread of the
disease.

The periods when farming is suspended for health reasons and
the number of animals present and slaughtered will be certified
by way of declarations of the competent regional health authori-
ties.

The loss of income will be dealt with in various ways for the
farms using stamping out measures (2 km from the outbreaks)
where the slaughter of animals and the suspension of farm
activities have taken place, and the farms in the buffer zone (2 to
3 km from the outbreaks) where all animal movement will be
stopped, which entails higher maintenance costs and a deprecia-
tion of the commercial value of animals.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Lombardia — Direzione generale agricoltura
Via Pola, 12/14
I-20124 Milano

Website:

www.agricoltura.regione.lombardia.it

click on ‘Further information’ and then ‘State aid’

Other information: —

Dr.ssa Enrica GENNARI
Il Dirigente della Struttura Raccordo con le Politiche Nazionali e
Comunitarie

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Aid No: XA 95/08

Member State: Belgium

Region: Vlaanderen

Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving an indivi-
dual aid:

Steun aan de controleorganisaties in de biologische productie-
methode (productie)

Legal basis:

Koninklijk Besluit van 17 april 1992 inzake de biologische
productiemethode en aanduidingen dienaangaande op land-
bouwproducten en levensmiddelen, artikel 8bis; gewijzigd bij
het KB van 10 juli 1998 en 3 september 2000.
(B.s.
20.5.2000).

Referentie: Belgisch staatsblad 20.5.2000, dossier nr. 1992-04-
17/32

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Subsidy
of EUR 58 000. The aid is granted for two purposes:

1. EUR 18 000 for supplying data for the report referred to in

Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91; and

2. EUR 40 000 for carrying out spot-checks, taking samples
and conducting analyses on producers' premises. The produ-
cers benefit indirectly from this amount at a maximum rate
of EUR 150 each

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 100 %

Date of implementation: The aid will start as from 1.3.2008

Aid can be granted by means of an implementing decree. These
decrees are drawn up annually. A draft implementing decree has
yet to be drawn up, and will include a ‘standstill’ clause

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid, total-
ling EUR 58 000, will be granted for activities between
1.3.2008 and 31.12.2008

Objective of the aid:
‘Aid to encourage the production of
quality agricultural products’ on the basis of Article 14(2)(e) 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 agricultural products and amending Regulation
(EC) No 70/2001.

All costs concern compulsory controls on organic production
that are undertaken by recognised inspection bodies on behalf
of the competent authorities.

Eligible costs are as follows:

1. costs incurred by the recognised organic inspection bodies in
supplying data with the correct form and content for the
purposes of the report referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2092/91;

2. costs incurred by the recognised organic inspection bodies in
carrying out spot-checks, taking samples and having them
analysed; and

3. costs incurred by the recognised organic inspection bodies as
a result of this measure, including the additional administra-
tion and accounting changes.

The objective of the aid is to support organic farming by paying
for the costs of controls.

Regarding the costs in point 1 above, further clarifications are
given below in response to the question posed by the Commis-
sion.

Under Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, the Commis-
sion asks each year for a report on the supervision of organic
production,
(cultivated area,
number of animals, number of inspections and analyses carried
out, number of undertakings by NACE code, etc.).

containing the

relevant data

In order to produce a thorough report, the Flemish authorities
have since 2005 set additional requirements for the inspection
bodies.

Because the recognised inspection bodies are expected to supply
at least the data required under Article 15, in the form stipu-
lated by the national authorities, the amount of EUR 18 000 is
to be divided between them. This amount covers the costs
arising from the changes they have to make to their IT systems
and the additional administrative burden of collecting the
required data.

This amount is to be paid to the inspection bodies in order to
avoid the additional burden and costs being passed on to the
producers

Sector(s) concerned: Organic farming

Name and address of the granting authority:

Departement Landbouw en Visserij
Duurzame Landbouwontwikkeling
Ellips, 6e verdieping
Koning Albert II laan 35, bus 40
B-1030 Brussel

Website:

http://www2.vlaanderen.be/landbouw/nieuws/07/1003.html.

Other information: Without this aid, the national authorities
will not be in a position to provide the Commission with a
thorough report.

Without the aid, organic farmers in Flanders will be at a disad-
vantage vis-à-vis farmers in other Member States as a result of
being subject to additional inspections, sampling and analyses

Jules Van LIEFFERINGE
Secretaris-generaal