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: 2008-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, 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

(2008/C 167/04)

Aid No: XA 111/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme:

Realizzazione manifestazioni zootecniche

Legal basis:

L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003 «Sostegno dell'economia agricola,
disciplina dell'agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di
prodotti geneticamente non modificati» articolo 43, lettera b).

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 214 del
1o febbraio 2008 criteri attuativi dell'articolo 43, lettera b), della
L.P.4/2003

Planned annual expenditure under the scheme: The annual
amount committed totals EUR 150 000

Maximum aid intensity: The provincial contribution will be
100 % of the eligible expenditure

Date of implementation: The scheme will be implemented
once the aid has been declared compatible with the Treaty by
the Commission

Duration of scheme: Aid will be granted until 31.12.2013 at
the latest

Objective of aid:

To promote and support the activity and image of
livestock
farmers through local, provincial, national and international
exhibitions to promote the various species and breeds farmed.
Other types of assemblies are area meetings and evaluation
meetings. Events that are commercial
in nature are excluded
from this initiative.

Article 15(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) 1857/2006 provides the
legal basis for the application of this aid scheme.

The following expenditure is eligible:

— staff costs, the cost of employing external expertise and
services and setting up the events funded by this initiative
and any costs incurred preparing the programme of events,

— organisational costs for the event equal to 15 % of the costs

specified under point (a).

The organisational costs allowed for livestock exhibitions refer
to the overall costs of the Provincial Stockbreeders Federation,
not broken down into individual cost centres and exclude
expenditure for: income tax, depreciation relative to shares in
goods financed with public funds, provisions, tax amnesties and

redemptions, payments to charities and donations, losses, repre-
sentation expenses and any revenue to cover eligible cost items

Sector(s) concerned: The livestock sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Trento
Dipartimento agricoltura e alimentazione
Servizio vigilanza e promozione delle attività agricole
Via G.B. Trener, 3
I-38100 Trento

Website:

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?
Item=0&Type=FulView

Aid No: XA 116/08

Member State: Italy

Title of aid scheme:

Decreto del direttore generale dello sviluppo rurale del Ministero
delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali prot. 2063 del 13
febbraio 2008 recante «Concessione di borse di studio per la
frequenza di master universitari da parte di giovani imprenditori
agricoli»

Legal Basis:

Legge 15 dicembre 1998, n. 441, recante «Norme per la diffu-
sione e la valorizzazione dell'imprenditoria in agricoltura».

Legge 27 dicembre 2006, n. 296 (legge finanziaria 2007), arti-
colo 1, comma 1068 e comma 1074

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 500 000

Maximum aid intensity:

The aid paid will be in accordance with the maximum intensity
provided for in Article 15(2) 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)

Date of implementation:

The scheme will enter into force on the date of the publication
of the registration number of the exemption request on the
website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for
Agriculture and Rural Development

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Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Five years

Date of implementation:

Objective of aid:

To provide study grants to enable young farmers,
including
family workers as defined in Article 230a of the Civil Code, to
attend university masters courses pursuant to Article 15(2)(a) 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)

Sector concerned: Young farmers

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali
Dipartimento delle Politiche di sviluppo — Direzione generale
dello sviluppo rurale
Via XX Settembre n. 20
I-00187 Roma

Website:

http://www.politicheagricole.it/SviluppoRurale/AiutiStato/Dispo-
sizioniNazionali/05-20080213_BandoC_2063_SR_OIGA.htm

Il Direttore generale
Salvatore PETROLI

The scheme will enter into force from the date of publication of
the exemption request on the
the registration number of
website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for
Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Five years

Objective of aid:

To grant aid to cover the actual costs of providing farmers
with replacement services in the event of their participation in
training courses or in case of illness, within the meaning of
Article 15(2)(a)(iii) and (b) 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)

Sector concerned: Young farmers

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali
Dipartimento delle politiche di sviluppo — Direzione Generale
dello sviluppo rurale
Via XX Settembre n. 20
I-00187 Roma

Website:

http://www.politicheagricole.it/SviluppoRurale/AiutiStato/Dispo-
sizioniNazionali/08-20080213_BandoC_2066_SR_OIGA.htm

Il Direttore generale
Salvatore PETROLI

Aid No: XA 117/08

Member State: Italy

Title of aid scheme:

Decreto del direttore generale dello sviluppo rurale del Ministero
delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali prot. 2066 del 13
febbraio 2008 recante «Concessione di contributi a copertura
delle spese sostenute da giovani
imprenditori agricoli per i
servizi di sostituzione»

Legal basis:

Aid No: XA 119/08

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen

Legge 15 dicembre 1998, n. 441, recante «Norme per la diffu-
sione e la valorizzazione dell'imprenditoria in agricoltura»

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

Legge 27 dicembre 2006, n. 296 (legge finanziaria 2007), arti-
colo 1, comma 1068 e comma 1074

Gewährung von Beihilfen und finanziellen Unterstützungen der
Tierseuchenkasse Nordrhein-Westfalen

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 4 000 000

Legal basis:

Maximum aid intensity:

This aid will be calculated in compliance with the maximum
intensity provided for by Article 15(3) of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the appli-
cation 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)

§§ 66 ff. Tierseuchengesetz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(analog)

§§ 11 ff. Ausführungsgesetz zum Tierseuchengesetz des Landes
Nordrhein-Westfalen

§§ 2, 2a Durchführungsverordnung zum Tierseuchengesetz und
Ausführungsgesetz zum Tierseuchengesetz

Beihilferichtlinien der Tierseuchenkasse Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company:
Aid totalling approximately EUR 6 million per year

Maximum aid intensity:
100 %. The aid granted under indents 2 and 3 is to be paid in
kind

Date of implementation: 23.2.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December
2013

Objective of aid:
Aid to combat animal diseases under Article 10 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006:

— aid to compensate for livestock losses resulting from infec-

tious diseases and their treatment,

Sector(s) concerned: All holdings in North Rhine-Westphalia
with horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, bees or farmed
game

Name and address of the granting authority:

Landwirtschaftskammer Nordrhein-Westfalen–Tierseuchenkasse
Nevinghoff 6
D-48147 Münster

Website:

http://www.landwirtschaftskammer.de/fachangebot/tierseuchen-
kasse/leistungen/beihilfen/index.htm

Other information:

E-mail address of the North Rhine-Westphalia Animal Diseases
Fund:

— aid for measures to prevent, detect and combat animal

tierseuchenkasse@lwk.nrw.de

diseases,

— aid in the form of payment of the costs of laboratory tests

to detect animal diseases

Annette VOM SCHLOSS
Geschäftsführerin
Tierseuchenkasse Nordrhein-Westfalen