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: 2008-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, livestock farming, 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 175/08)

Aid No: XA 79/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Aragón

Title of aid scheme:

Mejora de la ganadería

Legal basis:

La legislación general aplicable a las subvenciones públicas espe-
cialmente la Ley 38/2003, de 17 de noviembre, General de
Subvenciones (BOE no 18-11-2003) y Decreto 2/2007, de 26
de enero, del Gobierno de Aragón que establece un marco de
subvenciones en materia de agricultura y alimentación (B.O.A.
no 22-01-2007).

The measures and the characteristics of the aid comply with
Articles 4, 10(1), 15(2)(d) and 16(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 as the requirements of those Articles are
met:

Proyecto de Orden de 2007, del Departamento de Agricultura y
Alimentación, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de
las subvenciones para la mejora de la ganadería

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to associations, groups or
cooperatives in the livestock sector and to livestock farm
owners: The annual expenditure planned for all aid provided
for in the draft Decree will be EUR 380 000, distributed to the
different eligible activities as follows:

(a) testing for the genetic improvement of breeding lines with
the aim of improving the yield of livestock and the intro-
duction of innovative animal breeding techniques and prac-
tices at rabbit farms: EUR 90 000;

(b) programmes for the prevention and eradication of animal
diseases and pest infestations, provided that their funding is
planned within a public programme which describes the
measures which will be adopted for the prevention, control
or eradication of the diseases: EUR 200 000;

(c) joint acquisition of devices for identifying individual animals
which guarantee traceability systems and aim to reduce
costs and improve production and quality: EUR 77 000;

(d) organising livestock competitions: EUR 13 000

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity for each
of the activities detailed above, according to their corresponding
letter, will be:

(a) up to 70 % except in the case of the introduction of innova-
tive animal breeding techniques or practices at rabbit farms
where it will be up to 40 %;

(b) up to 100 %;

(c) up to 50 %;

(d) up to 100 %

Date of implementation: During 2008

Duration of the aid scheme: 6 years, until 31 December 2013

Objective of the aid: The overall objective of the planned aid
improve hygiene
is to improve production and reduce costs,
conditions, animal welfare and the natural environment, as well
as improve the quality of the livestock produced, in particular
the following:

(a) testing for the genetic improvement of the breeding lines
with the aim of improving the yield of livestock and the
introduction of innovative animal breeding techniques and
practices at rabbit farms — Article 16(1)(b) and (c) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Costs involved in carrying out the activity are eligible, speci-
fically the cost of the necessary laboratory equipment and
the cost of
hiring qualified staff
testing and introducing innovative animal breeding techni-
ques or practices, and the cost of training staff in the use of
these techniques or practices;

to complete the tests,

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(b) implementing programmes for the prevention of animal
diseases and pest
livestock farms in the
infestations at
Autonomous Community of Aragon, provided that these
are planned within a public programme, on a Community,
national or regional
level, for the prevention, control or
eradication of diseases — Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006.

Eligible costs: costs of preventing, controlling and eradi-
cating animal diseases and pest infestations, specifically the
cost of purchasing and administering vaccines, medicines
and plant protection products, the cost of the slaughter and
destruction of animals, as well as the cost of compensating
farmers for losses caused by animal diseases;

(c) purchasing devices to identify individual animals, which
guarantee the traceability and marketing systems — Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Eligible costs: cost of purchasing automated raceways with
electronic identification readers and automated opening
gates for the identification, classification and automated
handling of animals;

(d) organising livestock competitions

in the Autonomous
Community of Aragon — Article 15(2)(d) of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006.

The costs of organising the competitions are eligible, in par-
ticular the cost of hiring exhibition equipment, advertising
the competitions, feeding and accommodating the animals,
third-party liability insurance for personal
the cost of
damage, as well as the costs of those ensuring the animals
can take part in the competition, transport costs and rights
of participation

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Diputación General De Aragón
Po María Agustín, 36 — Edificio Pignatelli
E-50071 Zaragoza

Website: www.aragon.es via the link:

http://portal.aragob.es/pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/FONDOS_ES-
TRUCTURALES/AYUDASESTADO20072013/ORDEN++AYUDA
+GANADERIA+17+ENERO+08.DOC

Other information: Aid managed by the Directorate-General
for Food of the Department of Agriculture and Food

Zaragoza, 10 January 2008

El Director general de alimentación
Fdo.: Ramón Iglesias Castellarnau