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: 2008-06-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, France, Hungary, Spain, State aid, agricultural holding, 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 159/04)

Aid No: XA 99/08

Member State: Hungary

Region: Entire country

The eligible costs of the programme were determined taking
2007 actual expenditure into account. The maximum amount
payable as support is determined by the Decree

Economic sector(s) concerned: Bovines, pigs, sheep, goats,
horses, poultry and certain pet animals

Title of the aid scheme or name of the company receiving
an individual aid: A tenyésztésszervezési feladatok támogatása
a törzskönyvezés, a teljesítményvizsgálat és a tenyészérték megá-
llapítás igazgatási, illetőleg vizsgálati költségeihez történő hozzá-
járulás formájában

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium
H-1055 Budapest
Kossuth Lajos tér 11

Legal basis:

— A tenyésztésszervezési

lének részletes
rendelet.

feladatok támogatása igénybevéte-
(……) FVM

szóló …/2008.

feltételeiről

— Az állattenyésztésről szóló 1993. évi CXIV. törvény

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
HUF 780 million

individual

Maximum aid intensity:

Aid up to a rate of 100 % of the administrative costs of estab-
lishing and maintaining herdbooks, 70 % of the costs of testing
to determine genetic quality and productivity of livestock, and
50 % of performance testing costs for the purpose of approving
breeds.

The Decree lays down the maximum aid payable per item

Website:

http://www.fvm.hu/main.php?folderID=2253&articleID=1198
&ctag=articlelist&iid=1

Budapest, 28 January 2008.

Dr. Máhr András
Szakállamtitkár

Aid No: XA 100/08

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: Σχέδιο για αντιμετώπιση του Ιού της Τριστέζας των
εσπεριδοειδών

Date of implementation: After Commission position

Legal basis: Απόφαση Υπουργικού Συμβουλίου

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Activities
completed up to 31.12.2008

Objective of the aid:

Maintenance and improvement of the genetic quality of live-
stock, and support for organisational activities relating to live-
stock breeding.

The provisions pursuant to Article 16(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 are applied to support for keeping herdbooks.
Support
the genetic quality or
productivity of livestock is in accordance with the provisions of
Article 16(b).

to determine

tests

for

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid
granted to the company: CYP 20 000 for compensation for
producers

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the costs of health checks
and laboratory tests and of the destruction of crops

Date of implementation: January 2008

Duration of
31.12.2012

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: Eradication of the citrus tristeza virus and
destruction of infected trees and groves against compensation
for producers (Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

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Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture — Citrus fruit

Name and address of granting authority:

Ινστιτούτο Γεωργικών Ερευνών, Υπουργείου Γεωργίας, Φυσικών
Πόρων και Περιβάλλοντος
Τ.Κ. 220016
CY-1516 Λευκωσία

Website:

http://greek.ari.gov.cy/content/TRISTEZA.pdf

Other information:

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

The aid provided for in the Order will be paid for from heading
12.02.01.542.20.4 — T2349 of the expenditure budget of the
regional government and is put at EUR 100 000.

For their part, the eradication and control measures, which will
be paid for from budget heading 12.02.101.542.20.2, are put at
about EUR 1 145 000

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % of the market value of
the plant material destroyed, based on the following scale:

Compensation will be given per tree in order to rid the citrus
groves of the tristeza virus, which is spread by natural carriers

Tomatoes

EUR 3 000/ha

Tomatoes for industrial use

EUR 1 800/ha

Ιωάννης Παπαστυλιανού — Yannis Papastilianou
Διευθυντής
Ινστιτούτου Γεωργικών Ερευνών
Υπουργείου Γεωργίας, Φυσικών Πόρων και Περιβάλλοντος

Aid No: XA 104/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Régimen de ayudas por la que se adoptan medidas
fitosanitarias para la erradicación y control del organismo
nocivo Tuta Absoluta (Meyrick)

Legal basis:

Proyecto de Orden de la Conselleria d'Agricultura, Pesca i
Alimentació, por la que se adoptan medidas fitosanitarias para
la erradicación y control del organismo nocivo Tuta Absoluta
(Meyrick)

Council Directive 2000/29/CE of 8 May 2000 on protective
measures against
the introduction into the Community of
organisms harmful to plant or plant products and against their
spread in the Community.

Ley no 43/2002, de 20 de noviembre, de Sanidad Vegetal.

Real Decreto no 58/2005, de 21 de enero, por el que se adoptan
medidas de protección contra la introducción y difusión en el
territorio nacional y de la Comunidad Europea de organismos
nocivos para los vegetales o productos vegetales, así como para
la exportación y tránsito hacia países terceros.

Real Decreto no 1190/1998, de 12 de junio, por el que se
regula los programas nacionales de erradicación o control de
organismos nocivos de los vegetales aún no establecidos en el
territorio nacional.

Ley no 38/2003, de 17 de noviembre, General de Subvenciones.

Decreto Legislativo de 26 de junio de 1991, por el que se
aprueba el Texto Refundido de la Ley de Hacienda Pública de la
Generalitat Valenciana

Potatoes

Peppers

Aubergines

EUR 1 500/ha

EUR 3 000/ha

EUR 1 900/ha

Date of implementation: This Order will enter into force on
the day of
the
Autonomous Community of Valencia

its publication in the Official Gazette of

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The Order will
expire on 31.12.2008

Objective of the aid:

The Order officially declares the presence of the Tuta absoluta
(Meyrick) organism in the provinces of Castellon and Valencia.

It provides for compensatory aid in cases where the experts take
the view that the best and most effective solution consists in the
immediate destruction of the plants.

The aid is intended to compensate for the plants destroyed as a
consequence of the measures taken to eradicate the organism.

Article 10: Aid in respect of animal and plant diseases and pest
infestations

Sector(s) concerned: Tomatoes and potatoes, as well as other
wild or cultivated solanaceous plants

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
C/ Amadeo de Saboya, no 2
E-46010 Valencia

Website:

http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/
ayudas_erradicacion_control_tuta.pdf

Valencia, 29 November 2007.

El Director general de investigación y tecnologia agroalimentaria
P.S.
Secretario Autonómico de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
(Decreto no 121/2007, de 27 de julio del Consell, artículo 3)
Fdo.: Vicente Riera Balbastre

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Aid No: XA 105/08

Website:

Member State: Kingdom of Spain

Region: —

Title of aid scheme: Ayudas para la renovación del parque
nacional de maquinaria agrícola

Legal basis: Proyecto de Real Decreto por el que se modifica el
Real Decreto no 1539/2006, de 15 de diciembre, por el que se
regula la concesión de ayudas para la renovación del parque
nacional de maquinaria agrícola (ayuda no N 36/07 con Deci-
sión de la Comisión de compatibilidad de 22 de marzo de
2007)

expenditure planned under

Annual
the aid scheme:
EUR 10 million per year, as provided for in the General State
Budget

Maximum aid intensity:

The maximum aid per beneficiary and set of calls for applica-
tions for the year concerned will not exceed EUR 12 000 for
the purchase of new tractors, EUR 30 000 for the purchase of
automotive harvesting equipment or 30 % of the investment in
other automotive machines and machinery which is towed.

Furthermore, the aid may not exceed the limits applicable under
Article 4(9) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of
15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of
the EC Treaty to State aid for small and medium-sized enter-
prises active in the production of agricultural products and
amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001. The percentages for
eligible investments laid down in Article 4(2) of the aforemen-
tioned Regulation may also not be exceeded

http://www.mapa.es/ministerio/pags/normas/PlanRenove
TA-31-01-08.pdf

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 108/08

Member State: France

Region: —

Title of aid scheme: Aides à l'assistance technique dans le
secteur agricole des départements d'Outre-mer (DOM)

Legal basis:

— Articles L621-1 à L621-11, articles R621-1 à R621-43 et

articles R684-1 à R684-12 du code rural

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

— Projet de décision du directeur de l'ODEADOM relatif à un
régime d'aides à l'assistance technique dans le secteur agri-
cole des DOM

Planned
EUR 797 740

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

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

Duration of the aid scheme: Until 31.12.2013

Date of
Official State Gazette of the Royal Decree governing the aid

implementation: As from the publication in the

Objective and type of aid:

Duration of scheme: Until 2009. This can be extended on an
annual basis, subject to the provisions of
the General State
Budget, but in no case beyond 31.12.2013

Objective of the aid:

To promote tractor and automotive agricultural machinery
renewal in Spain, by replacing older machines with new tractors
and machinery equipped with modern technology,
thereby
improving working conditions, increasing energy efficiency and
protecting the environment.

The aid is granted on the basis of Article 4(4)(b) of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006.

The aid is granted for the scrapping of tractors and automotive
machinery, provided that new tractors
and automotive
machines, or new towed machinery as specified in the Royal
Decree, are also purchased. The eligible costs are determined
according to the horsepower (CV) of the scrapped tractors and
automotive machines

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
Dirección General de Agricultura
Subdirección General de Medios de Producción Agrícolas
C/ Alfonso XII, no 62 -3a planta
E-28071 Madrid

The aid is intended for technical support measures in the over-
seas departments and is financed from the budget of
the
Overseas Departments Agricultural Economy Development
Office (ODEADOM). This aid cannot be cumulated with any
similar aid that could potentially be financed by the POSEI
France programme.

One of the characteristics of agriculture in the overseas depart-
ments is local experts' lack of training in production techniques.
Therefore ODEADOM intends to finance ad hoc expert or advi-
sory missions and training missions for technical specialists so
as to enable producers or their organisations to obtain the
expert opinions and advice necessary for the launch, follow-up
and evaluation of such measures.

The aims of the scheme include: making sectoral programmes
for developing agricultural production in the
more relevant
the performance of
overseas departments by providing for
evaluations and analyses; increasing the effectiveness and profes-
involved in
sionalism of
farmers and technical
producer organisations or groups;
and
providing necessary advice on the development, follow-up and
evaluation of quality assurance measures; facilitating measures
to increase awareness of produce from the overseas depart-
ments, and promoting the image of agricultural produce from
these departments
in production areas and third-country
markets.

specialists
financing studies

This aid will permit the financing of measures for technical
interchange among professionals in the overseas departments
and/or those in metropolitan France.

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In accordance with Article 15(3)
of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 the aid must be granted in kind by means of
subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of
money to producers.

The aid will concern measures referred to in Article 15 of the
abovementioned Regulation, in particular:

(a) concerning education and training of

farmers and farm
workers: costs of organising the training programme; travel
and subsistence expenses of participants; cost of the provi-
sion of replacement services during the absence of
the
farmer or the farm worker;

(b) concerning farm replacement services, the actual costs of
the replacement of a farmer, the farmer's partner, or a farm
worker, during illness and holidays;

(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 oper-
ating expenditure, such as routine tax consultancy services,
regular legal services, or advertising;

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

the rent of exhibition premises;

(e) provided that individual companies, brands or origin are not
named:
factual
the vulgarisation of scientific knowledge;
information on quality systems open to products from other
countries, on generic products and on the nutritional bene-
fits of generic products and suggested uses for them where
their origin is indicated, provided that the references corre-
spond exactly to those references which have been registered
by the Community;

(f) publications

such as catalogues or websites presenting
factual information about producers from a given region or
producers of a given product, provided the information and
presentation is neutral and that all producers concerned
have equal opportunities to be represented in the publica-
tion

Sectors concerned:
Fruit and vegetables (subsistence and market-garden crops, roots
and tubers, fresh fruit, citrus fruit, dry fruit), semi-permanent
fruit crops, viticulture, horticulture, herbs, medicinal plants,
plants used for perfume extraction, stimulant plants and rice.

Ruminants sector and intensive production sector.

Sugar-cane and sugar sector

Name and address of the granting authority:
ODEADOM
12, rue Henri Rol-Tanguy
TSA 60006
F-93555 Montreuil Cedex

Website:
http://www.odeadom.fr/?page_id=12#5