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: 2008-07-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, aid to agriculture, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, 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

Aid No: XA 115/06

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Provincie Noord-Brabant

(2008/C 187/05)

Aid No: XA 54/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Galicia

Title of aid scheme:

Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving an indivi-
dual aid:

Ayudas a Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria (ADSG)

Dhr. N. van Deursen, Keizersven 42 te Elzendorp

Legal basis:

Legal basis:

Volgens AWB (art. 4:23 lid 3 sub d) en provinciale ASV (art.
33) aangemerkt als incidentele subsidie

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 20 000 in 2006

individual

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

Maximum aid intensity: 15,1 %

Date of implementation: 1.1.2008

Date of implementation: 9.11.2006

Duration of scheme: Until 31.12.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December 2006

Implementation and demonstration of
Objective of aid:
non-statutory environmental measures for the improvement of
air quality

Articles used (from Articles 4 to 12) and eligible costs
under the scheme or individual aid: Article 4(2)(b),
(3)(d)
and (4)(a)

Economic sector(s): Animal husbandry, in particular primary
pig farming

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Noord-Brabant
Brabantlaan 1, Postbus 90151
5200 MC 's-Hertogenbosch
Nederland

Website:

http://wettenbank.sdu.nl/wettenbank.sdu.nl/demo/awb_main.
html

http://www.brabant.nl/Beleid/Regels %20en %20kaders/Alge-
mene %20subsidieverordening.aspx?docindexid={6E5EE4A7-
1D3F-480A-900D-975DD48879C6}

Other information: —

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

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Aid number: XA 98/08

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Not applicable

Title of aid scheme:

Stimuleringsprogramma Agro-Biodiversiteit
Bodembeheer „SPADE”

en Duurzaam

Legal basis:

Wet tot vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie
(XIV) voor het
van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
jaar 2008. Wet tot vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het
Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieu-
beheer (XI) voor het jaar 2007

Aid type: Aid scheme

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

Overall amount of ad hoc aid: EUR 0 paid over 0 years

Annual overall amount under the scheme: EUR 1 200 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: 1.3.2008, 00.00

Duration: 31.12.2011, 00.00

Objective of aid: Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned: A — Agriculture, hunting and
forestry

Name of the granting authority:

1. Ministerie van LNV

2. Ministerie VROM

Address of the granting authority:

1. Postbus 20401

2500 EK Den Haag
Nederland

2. Postbus 20951

2500 EZ Den Haag
Nederland

Website:

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

Other information:

On the http://www.overheid.nl/op/ website, please tick the box
next to ‘Kamerstukken Eerste en Tweede Kamer’ under ‘1 selecteer
publicatiesoort(en)’ and, under ‘2 specifieke publicatie’, enter the
‘publicatienummer’ as 31200 and the ‘volgnummer kamerstuk’ as 2.
Then click on ‘Kamerstuk 2007-2008, 31200 XIV, nr. 2, Tweede
Kamer’. The information relating to this aid scheme can be
found on page 50 of that document. The aid complies with
Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The aim of the
SPADE programme is to pool knowledge in the field of sustain-
able soil management and functional agro-biodiversity and to
make it available, free of charge, to small and medium-sized
enterprises active in the primary production of agricultural

products. Agro-biodiversity covers all the elements of biodiver-
sity that are relevant for agricultural production as well as all
those that together make up the agro-ecosystem. Sustainable
soil management focuses on more responsible use of the soil,
which involves regarding the soil as a dynamic ecosystem.
Knowledge about functional agro-biodiversity and sustainable
soil management will be made available with the aim of
encouraging farmers to put this knowledge into practice in their
daily work. This knowledge will be placed on the www.spade.nl
website and will also be available from specially appointed
advisers (knowledge brokers). SPADE is an initiative run by
LTO-Nederland
agriculture
and horticulture) and carried out on LTO's behalf by the
Zuidelijke Land- en Tuinbouworganisatie (ZLTO, Southern Agri-
culture
and Horticulture Organisation). LTO-Nederland is
making EUR 600 000 available for SPADE. The Ministry of
Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and the Ministry of
Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment are to grant aid
amounting to a maximum of EUR 1 200 000 in total (up to
EUR 600 000 per year)
to ZLTO for the SPADE initiative.
Contracts for setting up and managing the website and for
provision of knowledge brokers will be awarded by ZLTO in
accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2004/18/EC

(the Dutch

organisation

for

Aid No: XA 118/08

Member State: Italy

Title of aid scheme:

Decreto del direttore generale dello sviluppo rurale del ministero
delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali prot. 2064 del 13
febbraio 2008 recante «Concessione di un premio e di un
contributo per la partecipazione del giovane imprenditore agri-
colo (o di un proprio collaboratore) a forum per lo scambio di
conoscenze tra imprese, a concorsi, mostre e fiere»

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), art.
1, comma 1068 e comma 1074

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 400 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid will be comply with the
maximum intensity provided for in Article 15(3) 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)

Date of implementation: The scheme will enter into force
from the date of publication of the registration number of the
exemption request on the website of the European Commis-
sion's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Develop-
ment

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Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Five years

Objective of aid: To encourage farmers and farm workers to
take part in forums to share knowledge between businesses,
and in competitions,
to
exhibitions
Article 15(2)(d) 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)

and fairs, pursuant

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, 20
I-00187 Roma

Website:

http://www.politicheagricole.it/SviluppoRurale/AiutiStato/Dispo-
sizioniNazionali/06-20080213_BandoC_2064_SR_OIGA.htm

Il Direttore generale
Salvatore PETROLI

Aid No: XA 126/08

Member State: Slovak Republic

Region: —

Title of aid scheme:

Schéma štátnej pomoci na úhradu škôd spôsobených usmrtením
zvierat v dôsledku nariadeného opatrenia

Legal basis:

The legal bases for granting aid are:

— Article 10(2) to (8) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001,

— § 45 zákona č. 39/2007 Z. z. z 12. decembra 2006

o veterinárnej starostlivosti,

— zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení neskor-

ších predpisov

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The planned
annual volume of funding under the scheme from 2008 is:
SKK 50 million.

The total planned budget for making good losses caused by the
compulsory slaughter of animals over the period 2008-2013 is:
SKK 300 million

Maximum aid: Grants are made to stock farmers to make good
in full (up to 100 %) eligible damage minus insurance payouts
connected with the presence of an animal disease

Date of implementation: March 2008

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: To
31.12.2013

Objective: The aid is aimed at helping small and medium-sized
enterprises in the livestock farming sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: primary production of
agricultural products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty

the

Name and address of the granting authority:

Granting authority and scheme administrator:

Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR
Dobrovičova ul. č. 12
SK-Bratislava 812 66
Tél.: (421-2) 59 26 61 11

Website:

www.land.gov.sk

Other information:

State aid in the form of compensation is granted to livestock
farmers to make good damage resulting from the compulsory
slaughter of animals which meets all the conditions laid down
in the State aid scheme to make good losses caused by the
compulsory slaughter of animals.

The scheme is published at:

http://www.land.gov.sk/index.php?navID=153&id=528

Applications for grants must be lodged with the Ministry within
ten days of receipt of the notice of the termination of compul-
sory slaughter issued by the veterinary administration, otherwise
the claim to compensation for eligible costs expires.

The owner of the animals is entitled to compensation for the
full market value of the slaughtered animals minus any insur-
ance payouts.

The scheme does not involve aid in the form of subsidised
services under Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Ľubomír MIČEK

PhD. generálny riaditeľ sekcie rozvoja vidieka
Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR