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: 2008-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, aid to agriculture, animal production, control of State aid, crop production, 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

Aid No: XA 102/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

(2008/C 173/04)

Other information: —

Pamplona, 24 April 2007

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

Ayudas a las asociaciones de criadores de ganado de Navarra
durante el año 2007

Legal basis:

Orden Foral del Consejero de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimen-
tación por la que se aprueban las ayudas a las asociaciones de
criadores de ganado de Navarra para el año 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
individual
EUR 600 000 for the 2007 financial year

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of administrative expenditure
on creating and maintaining herd books.

70 % of the costs of tests performed by, or on behalf of, third
parties to determine the genetic quality or performance of live-
stock

Date of implementation: 1.6.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1.6.2007 to
31.12.2013

Objective of aid: To offset the operating expenses of livestock
breeders' associations in Navarre. Article 16 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006: Support for the livestock sector. Eligible costs:
administrative and technical costs linked to the association's
operation in order
technical and
economic performance

to improve its members'

Aid No: XA 149/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

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

Ayudas a las inversiones en explotaciones agrarias para la
compra de maquinaria realizada por entidades en régimen
asociativo durante el periodo 2007-2010

Legal basis:

Orden Foral del Consejero de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimen-
tación por la que se aprueban las normas que regulan la conce-
sión de ayudas a las inversiones en explotaciones agrarias para
la compra de maquinaria realizada por entidades en régimen
asociativo durante el periodo 2007-2010 y se aprueba la convo-
catoria de ayudas para el año 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 350 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 35 % of the value of the investment
for the acquisition of new machinery.

Sector(s) concerned: Animal production sector and specifically,
improvement in the production of select livestock in Navarre

30 % of the value of the investment for the acquisition of used
goods

Name and address of the granting authority:

Date of implementation: 1.8.2007

Gobierno de Navarra. Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería
y Alimentación
C/Tudela, 20
E-21003 Pamplona

Website:

www.navarra.es

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1.8.2007 to
31.12.2010

Objective of aid:

1. to increase the efficiency of farming operations by encoura-
ging the pooling of high-capacity agricultural machinery;

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2. to enhance the use of machinery which, as appropriate, has

Name and address of the granting authority:

engines of new design and greater fuel efficiency;

3. to ensure that reliable, high-technology machinery is intro-
duced into agriculture which is suitable for meeting modern
agriculture's requirements;

4. to support the formation of cooperatives in the agri-food
sector. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: invest-
ment in agricultural holdings. Eligible costs: those relating to
the purchase of agricultural machinery

Gobierno de Navarra. Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería
y Alimentación.
C/Tudela, 20
E-21003 Pamplona (Navarra)

Website:

http://www.cfnavarra.es/agricultura/COYUNTURA/AyudasEstado/
pdfs/STNO07041 OF.pdf

Sector(s) concerned: Crop production

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