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: 2008-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, Spain, State aid, agricultural production, 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 161/09)

Aid No: XA 120/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Castilla y León

Title of aid scheme: Ayudas a los agricultores profesionales, a
las explotaciones asociativas prioritarias, y a las cooperativas
agrarias para la adquisición de maquinaria y equipos destinados
a la prestación de servicios a terceros en la actividad agraria;
Ayudas a las inversiones colectivas

Legal basis:

Orden de la Consejería de Agricultura y Ganadería, por la que se
establecen las bases reguladoras de la concesión de las subven-
ciones destinadas a la mejora de las estructuras de producción y
modernización de las explotaciones agrarias.

Orden de la Consejería de Agricultura y Ganadería, por la que se
convocan ayudas, cofinanciadas por el Fondo Europeo Agrícola
de Desarrollo Rural (FEADER), para la mejora de las estructuras
de producción de las explotaciones agrarias en aplicación del
Reglamento (CE) no 1698/2005 del Consejo y ayudas finan-
ciadas por la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León, para la
realización de otras inversiones en las explotaciones agrarias.

No 19/1995 of 4 July 1995 on the modernisation of agri-
cultural holdings and Law No 45/2007 of 13 December
2007 on the sustainable development of rural areas and,
where amended, in accordance with the definitions in any
further national and/or Autonomous Community legislation.

2. Aid for joint investments: 50 % of the investment approved
for subsidised investments in mountain areas and 40 % for
less-favoured areas.

The total volume of the investments approved for all benefi-
ciaries of the joint investment may not exceed the following
limits:

(a) EUR 300 000 per approved investment;

(b) EUR 1 500 per hectare of pasture or mountain pasture

improved or equipped;

(c) EUR 15 000 per hectare irrigated or with improved irri-

gation

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will be implemented
from 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
may remain in force until 31.12.2013

The information set out in this form refers exclusively to aid
provided for in Chapter III

Objective of aid:

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: The
subsidy planned for the two Chapter III aid schemes in 2008 is
EUR 4 500 000

Global objective: To improve the structures and the diversifica-
tion of the rural economy by means of incentives to invest in
agricultural holdings in Castile-Leon with the aim of reducing
production costs.

Maximum aid intensity:

The two Chapter III aid schemes under the first piece of legisla-
tion provide for the following maximum aid:

1. Aid to professional farmers, priority associated holdings and
to agricultural cooperatives for the purchase of machinery
and equipment intended for the provision of services to third
parties in the agriculture industry: 30 % of the amount of
the investment, which may not exceed EUR 50 000 in the
case of natural persons, or EUR 200 000 in the case of a
priority associated holding or an agricultural cooperative.

The definition of the terms ‘agricultural holding’,
and ‘professional

‘priority’
is to be as laid down in Law

farmer’

The measure is based on Article 4 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, Investment in agricultural holdings.

Eligible investments:

The aid is intended for:

— investment in machinery and new equipment, but not for

the purchase of tractors or other vehicles,

— in all the less-favoured areas aid is available for investment

pursuing any of the following objectives:

— fodder production,

including the storage, conservation

and distribution of fodder,

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— the improvement and equipping of pastures which are

Maximum aid intensity: 70 %

farmed jointly,

— small-scale fodder-production water

supply measures
compatible with
environment,
protection of
including small-scale irrigation works, and the construc-
tion or repair of shelters necessary for transhumance,
provided it is economically justified,

the

— in all the mountain areas aid is also available for investment

pursuing any of the following objectives:

— the construction of water points, including catchments

and related works,

— the construction or improvement of access roads to
their

irrespective of

pastures or mountain pastures,
exploitation regime,

— The construction or improvement of livestock housing,
together with their corresponding installations and
services, including for livestock on transhumance

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

The aid is to be granted by the Dirección General de Industrializa-
ción y Modernización Agraria de la Consejería de Agricultura y Gana-
dería, and the Government of Castile-Leon will be responsible
for its management

C/ Rigoberto Cortejoso, 14
E-47014 Valladolid

Website:

The full text of the aid scheme is available on the website of the
Castile-Leon Government at:

http://www.jcyl.es/AyudaEstado20072013

Direct links:

http://www.jcyl.es/jcyl/ayudasestado/basesReguladoraSubv
MejoraEstructurasAgrarias.doc

http://www.jcyl.es/jcyl/ayudasestado/ConvocatoriaAyudAgric
ProfesionExplotAsociativasCoopAgraInversColectiva.doc

Other information: Management of the aid will be subject to
the Order and must comply with Article 19 of the Regulation
as regards cumulation

Aid No: XA 122/08

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: —

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

Date of implementation: 1.1.2008

Duration of the scheme or the individual aid: Aid can be
requested during the period 1 May 2008 up to and including
30 May 2008. The last payments will be made on 31 December
2008 at the latest

Objective of aid: In accordance with Article 11(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006, subsidies can be granted to farmers
for losses resulting from adverse climatic events which can be
assimilated to natural disasters. By means of this amendment of
Regeling LNV-subsidies the Dutch authorities intend to make a
one-off payment to small and medium-sized farms as compen-
sation for the damage they sustained as a result of extreme frost
in 2005. The amount of
the compensation is calculated in
accordance with the procedure set out in Article 11(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006. Further details of the calculation
method are provided in part 2 of the explanatory memorandum
to the ‘Amendment of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and
Food Quality subsidy scheme and the Decision inviting applica-
tions for subsidies from the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and
Food Quality 2008’, Government Gazette 38, Friday 22 February
2008, page 10

Sector(s) concerned: Fruit sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
Bezuidenhoutseweg 73
2500 EK Den Haag
Nederland

Website:

www.overheid.nl/op/

Explanation: on the website:

http://www.overheid.nl/op/

under part 2a, the following should be entered under ‘zinsdeel’:
‘Regeling LNV-subsidies’ or ‘Openstellingsbesluit LNV-subsidies’.
The aid Regulation is the first search result.

www.hetlnvloket.nl/portal

Explanation: on the website:

http://www.hetlnvloket.nl/portal

Click on the tab ‘subsidies’. The aid Regulation is shown in the
search results

Other information:

In accordance with Article 11(3)
of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 any insurance payments and costs received as a
factors other than the adverse climatic events are
result of
the
deducted from the losses taken into consideration for
granting of aid.

Legal basis: Artikel 2:68 van de Regeling LNV-subsidies, artikel
71a van het Openstellingsbesluit LNV-subsidies 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 5 625 000

individual

This condition is fulfilled. At
the time this frost damage
occurred it was not possible to effect frost damage insurance.
This insurance was only made available after approval by the
European Commission (aid measure N 124/07). Other costs
resulting from adverse climatic conditions are not taken into
consideration in the granting of aid.

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In accordance with Article 11(4)
No 1857/2006, crop damage is calculated at farm level.

of Regulation (EC)

This condition is fulfilled. The compensation is dependent on
the assessed crop damage per individual farm.

In accordance with Article 11(7)
of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, the public authorities officially assimilate the
adverse climatic circumstances with a natural disaster.

The Dutch authorities have assimilated the extreme frost
damage of 2005 with a natural disaster for the fruit sector.
Consequently, it was decided to make a one-off compensation
payment for the sector under this aid measure. For further
documentation refer to Parliamentary Documents II 2005/06,
30 300, No 20.

Finally, the Dutch authorities confirm that the other conditions
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are fulfilled