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: 2008-06-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, Slovenia, State aid, agricultural product, control of State aid, 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 141/12)

Aid No: XA 263/07

Member State: Ireland

Region: Entire Member State

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

Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) — 2007 Progeny test
programme

Legal basis:

National Development Programme 2007-2013

Sector(s) concerned: Bovines — dairy and beef

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Website:

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/index.jsp?file=schemes/NDP_State_Aid/
index.xml

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 0,8 million in respect of eligible costs incurred in relation
to the 2007 program over the period 2007-2010

individual

Aid No: XA 269/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Municipality of Dobrovnik

Maximum aid intensity: 70 % of eligible costs

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

Date of implementation: 30 July 2007

Programi razvoja podeželja v občini Dobrovnik 2007–2013

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December
2010

Objective of aid: The aim of this program is to identify and
source the supply of Irish tested superior genetics to the beef
and dairy farmers and to build a knowledge base upon 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. This project represents a unique colla-
boration among all industry partners to cooperate in a progeny
testing programme that will ensure a viable future for two
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 and
semen assembly, data recording, data collection and the return
of data to ICBF

Legal basis:

Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči na področju razvoja
kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Dobrovnik

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

2007: EUR 4 000

2008: EUR 4 000

2009: EUR 4 000

2010: EUR 4 500

2011: EUR 4 500

2012: EUR 5 000

2013: EUR 6 000

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Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

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

to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas.

The purpose of the aid is investment to restore farm features,
to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural production
and to invest in improving farmland.

2. Aid for conservation of traditional buildings:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs for investment to conserve
the cultural heritage of productive assets (farm buildings),
provided that the investment does not entail any increase
in the production capacity of the farm,

— up to 50 % of eligible costs for investment to conserve
non-productive heritage located on agricultural holdings
(sites of archaeological or historical interest),

— additional aid is granted at a rate of up to 50 % to cover
the extra costs incurred by using traditional materials
necessary to conserve the heritage features of buildings.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— 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 for insuring livestock against disease.

support
co-financing of

is

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: The draft Rules on granting State aid for rural
development
in the municipality of Dobrovnik includes
measures constituting State aid in accordance 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 agricultural 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 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 granting authority:

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

Občina Dobrovnik, Dobrovnik 297, SLO-9223 Dobrovnik

— up to 100 % of actual

legal and administrative costs

incurred.

Website:

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

— the aid is granted to cover up to 50 % of costs in the
form of subsidised services and must not involve direct
payments of money to producers.

6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 100 % of costs concerning education and training
of farmers, consultancy services and the organisation of
forums, competitions, exhibitions,
fairs, publications,
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

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

http://www.dobrovnik.si/sl/novica.asp?vrsta_novice=3&id_no-
vice=485

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.

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)

Mayor
Marjan KARDINAR , univ. dipl. inž. agr.

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Aid No: XA 271/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Municipality of Vipava

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

Subvencioniranje obrestne mere v letih od 2007–2013 za
naložbe v kmetijstvu

Legal basis:

Pravilnik o subvencioniranju obrestne mere kreditov, najetih za
pospeševanje in razvoj kmetijstva iz sredstev odškodnin zaradi
spremembe namembnosti kmetijskih zemljišč in gozdov zaradi
gradnje HC Vipava-Razdrto

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

2007: EUR 30 000

2008: EUR 50 000

2009: EUR 50 000

2010: EUR 50 000

2011: EUR 60 000

2012: EUR 60 000

2013: EUR 60 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

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

to 40 % in other areas.

Support is granted for the improvement of farmland, the
construction and adaptation of livestock buildings for agri-
cultural production and investment in the purchase of equip-
ment and machinery for agricultural production

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

cultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
(OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Vipava, Glavni trg 15, SLO-5271 Vipava

Website:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200785&dhid=91593

Other information: The municipality's Rules meet the require-
ments 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 monitoring of aid)

Župan
mag. Ivan PRINCES, dr. vet. med.

Aid No: XA 272/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Osrednjeslovenska — Municipality of Škofljica

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

Programi za ohranjanje, spodbujanje in razvoj podeželja v
občini Škofljica 2007–2013

Legal basis:

Pravilnik o sofinanciranju programov za ohranjanje, spodbujanje
in razvoj podeželja v občini Škofljica

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

2007: EUR 48 000

2008: EUR 50 000

2009: EUR 55 000

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

2010: EUR 58 000

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: The Rules on the provision of interest rate subsi-
dies on loans to promote and develop agriculture from compen-
sation for the change in the intended use of farmland and
forests due to the construction of the Vipava-Razdrto express
road include measures constituting State aid in accordance
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-

2011: EUR 60 000

2012: EUR 60 000

2013: EUR 63 000

Maximum aid intensity:

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.

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The purpose of the aid is investment to restore farm features
and to purchase equipment
to be used for agricultural
production, to invest in permanent crops, to improve farm-
land and to manage pastures.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

of programmes for the preservation, promotion and develop-
ment of rural areas in the municipality of Škofljica includes
measures constituting State aid in accordance 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 agricultural products and amending
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— up to 100 % of actual costs for investment in non-pro-

ductive features,

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— up to 60 % of actual costs, or 75 % in less-favoured
areas,
in productive assets on farms,
provided that the investment does not entail any increase
in the production capacity of the farm,

investment

for

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

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

— 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,

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

— the amount of municipal co-financing is the difference
insurance
between the
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.

co-financing of

amount of

sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Škofljica, Šmarska cesta 3, SLO-1291 Škofljica

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

Website:

— up to 100 % of actual

legal and administrative costs

incurred.

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200784&dhid=91568

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

— up to 100 % of actual costs incurred;

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

6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

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

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.

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)

Mag. Lorena GORIČAN
Tajnica občine

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

Aid No: XA 281/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Region: —

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

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

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: Chapter II of the draft Rules on the co-financing

Tehnična podpora informiranju o generičnih lastnostih mesa

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Legal basis:

PROGRAM UKREPOV: Tehnična podpora informiranju o gener-
ičnih lastnostih mesa, številka: 3314-8/2007 iz dne 29. maja
2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: The
scheme will be implemented in 2007 for an amount of
EUR 176 340

Maximum aid intensity: The aid is to be granted to cover
100 % of the eligible costs of activities to provide information
on the generic properties of the agricultural product of meat; it
is to be provided as a subsidised service that is completely
financed from public funds

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

Duration of
31 December 2007

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs — Provision of tech-
nical support in the agricultural sector

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: The scheme includes measures constituting State

aid in accordance with Article 15(2)(e) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006: Provision of
in the agri-
cultural sector.

technical support

The purpose of the aid is to cover the costs of providing consu-
mers with factual
information on the generic properties of
meat, its nutritional benefits and its recommended use, and on
quality assurance schemes.

Individual companies, brands or origins are not to be named

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano RS
Dunajska 58
SLO-1000 Ljubljana

Website:

http://www.mkgp.gov.si/fileadmin/mkgp.gov.si/pageuploads/
saSSo/1ukrep_min.doc

Other information: —

Jernej KOVAČ
Vodja službe za odnose z
javnostjo in promocijo