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: 2008-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, State aid, animal disease, animal production, control of State aid, disease prevention, exchange of information

C 180/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.7.2008

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 438/07

Member State: Eire/Ireland

(2008/C 180/08)

Aid No: XA 54/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Galicia

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

Participants in the An Bord Bia Beef Quality Assurance Scheme
and An Bord Bia Lamb Quality Assurance Scheme

Legal basis: An Bord Bia Acts 1994 to 2004

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

Annual expenditure: EUR 2,3 million

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: 7 May 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December
2011

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to encourage parti-
cipation in recognized independently certified Quality Assurance
Schemes through the payment of third party inspection and
certification costs of Quality Assurance schemes within the
parameters of Article 14(2)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: (Beef/Sheepmeat)

Name and address of the granting authority: An Bord Bia,
Clanwilliam Court
Lower Mount Street
Dublin 2
Ireland

Website:

http://www.bordbia.ie/Industry/Producers/

Other information: The schemes, which are managed by Bord
Bia and certified to EN 45001 standard meet the full require-
ments of Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005

Title of aid scheme:
Ayudas a Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria (ADSG)

Legal Basis:
Orden de … de … de …, por la que se establecen las bases
reguladoras de las ayudas a las entidades reconocidas como
Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria (ADSG) de Galicia y se
convocan para el año 2008

Annual
EUR 3 591 332

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the total cost of the ADSG
Programme

Date of implementation: 1 January 2008

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2008

Objective of aid: The aid is aimed at improving the health
status of Galician livestock holdings through the implementa-
tion of common programmes for the prevention and control of
animal diseases.
The subsidies relate both to the cost of contracting veterinary
technicians and to expenditure on equipment.
The scheme is in keeping with Article 10 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, which states that aid to compensate farmers for
the costs of prevention of animal diseases are compatible with
the common market

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock production

Name and address of the granting authority:
Xunta de Galicia. Consellería de Medio Rural
Dirección General de Producción, Industrias y Calidad Agroali-
mentaria

Website:
http://mediorural.xunta.es/externos/borrador_orde_axudas_-
adsg_2008.pdf

Other information:
E-mail address:
dxpica.mediorural@xunta.es
Maria.soledad.castro.diaz@xunta.es