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: 2008-08-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Italy, State aid, agricultural product, control of State aid, 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

(2008/C 203/05)

Aid No: XA 41/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme:

Agevolazioni per la qualità dei prodotti — comma 3: contributo
sui costi di avviamento alle associazioni produttori riconosciute
che operano nel settore biologico

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» art. 47, comma 3.

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 3126 del 28
dicembre 2007 modificata con deliberazioni n. 1059 del 24
aprile 2008 e n. 1193 del 9 maggio 2008 criteri attuativi
dell'art. 47 della L.P. 4/2003

Annual expenditure planned: The planned annual expenditure
amounts to EUR 50 000

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=7&Type=FulView

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/viewAllegatoDeli.asp?
Item=7

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?
Item=5&Type=FulView

Aid No: XA 42/08

Member State: Italy

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % the first year of setting up,
80 % the second year, 60 % the third year, 40 % the fourth year
and 20 % the fifth year

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme:

Date of implementation: As from the publication of the iden-
tification number of the request for exemption on the website
of
for Agriculture and
Rural Development

the Commission's Directorate-General

Duration of scheme: Aid will be granted until 31 December
2013 at the latest

Objective of aid: To facilitate the establishment of associations
in the organic farming sector promoting, at consumer level,
knowledge
and marketing
members' products produced in accordance with specific regula-
tions and/or rules laid down by the association itself.

and use of organic products

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) 1857/2006 provides the legal basis
for the application of this aid scheme

Agevolazioni per la qualità dei prodotti — comma 4 — contri-
buti sulle spese per il controllo e la certificazione del processo
produttivo del metodo di produzione biologico

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» art. 47, comma 4.

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 3126 del 28
dicembre 2007 modificata con deliberazioni n. 1059 del 24
aprile 2008 e n. 1193 del 9 maggio 2008 criteri attuativi
dell'art. 47 della L.P. 4/2003

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The planned
annual expenditure amounts to EUR 250 000

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural and food processing sectors,
only for organic products

Maximum aid intensity: 90 % of the expenditure incurred

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Date of implementation: As from the publication of the iden-
tification number of the request for exemption on the website
of
for Agriculture and
Rural Development

the Commission's Directorate-General

Duration of scheme: Aid will be granted until 31 December
2013 at the latest

Objective of aid: To facilitate the performance of monitoring
and certification activities relating to organic production by
reducing the overall costs for producers.

Article 14 of Regulation (EC) 1857/2006 provides the legal
basis for the implementation of the aid scheme

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural and food processing sectors,
only for organic products

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=7&Type=FulView

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/viewAllegatoDeli.asp?
Item=7

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?
Item=5&Type=FulView

Aid No: XA 43/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme:

fourth year, 40 % in the fifth year and 25 % in the sixth year.
No aid will be granted after the sixth year

Date of implementation: As from the publication of the iden-
tification number of the request for exemption on the website
of
the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

Duration of scheme: Aid will be granted until 31 December
2013 at the latest

Objective of aid: Provide incentives for the improvement of
the quality of agricultural products, increase the value of agri-
cultural production and facilitate sectoral adjustments to the
demand of consumers, who always favour quality, in particular
the local origin of food production.

Article 14(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 provides the
legal basis for the implementation of this aid scheme

Sector(s) concerned: Farming sector, only in relation to
geographical
indication products covered by Regulation (EC)
No 1898/2006 (PDOs/PGIs) or Regulation (EC) No 1216/2007
(TSGs)

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=7&Type=FulView

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/viewAllegatoDeli.asp?
Item=7

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?
Item=5&Type=FulView

Agevolazioni per la qualità dei prodotti — comma 1, lettera a):
spese per i programmi di controllo nel processo produttivo a
garanzia delle denominazioni di origine e delle attestazioni di
specificità

Aid No: XA 135/08

Member State: Finland

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» art. 48, comma 1 lett.
a).

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 3126 del 28
dicembre 2007 modificata con deliberazioni n. 1059 del 24
aprile 2008 e n. 1193 del 9 maggio 2008 criteri attuativi
dell'art. 48 della L.P. 4/2003

Planned annual expenditure under the scheme: The planned
annual expenditure amounts to EUR 50 000

Maximum aid intensity: Aid to monitoring costs will cover
100 % of the actual monitoring costs in the first year, reduced
to 85 % in the second year, 70 % in the third year, 55 % in the

Area: Areas affected in 2007 by adverse weather conditions

Title of aid scheme:

Tuki epäsuotuisten sääolojen aiheuttamien menetysten korvaa-
miseksi maatalousyrityksille vuonna 2007

Legal basis:

Laki satovahinkojen korvaamisesta (1214/2000)

Valtioneuvoston asetus
2003)

satovahinkojen korvaamisesta

(270/

Maa- ja metsätalousministeriön asetus satovahinkojen korvaami-
sesta (364/2003)

Planned annual expenditure under the scheme: Estimated
annual expenditure in 2008 is EUR 1,6 million

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Maximum aid intensity: 70 %

Duration of aid scheme: 9 April 2008-31 December 2008

Purpose of the aid: —

Sector(s) concerned: NACE code A0011 — Growing of field
crops, market gardening, horticulture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö
PL 30
FI-00023 Valtioneuvosto

Body responsible for implementing the aid:

Maaseutuvirasto
PL 256
FI-00101 Helsinki

Website:

http://www.mavi.fi/fi/index/viljelijatuet/satojatulvavahingot/sato-
vahingot.html

http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2000/20001214

http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2003/20030270

http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/2003/20030364

Other information: The aid is being paid in respect of damage
in 2007. The estimated cost of crop failure compensation for
each crop in 2007 is EUR 1,6 million.

Under Article 2(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, compen-
sation is paid only if a farmer loses more than 30 % of each
crop eligible for compensation. Compensation is equal to 90 %
of the amount of damage over and above the farmer's personal
liability (i.e. 30 % of a standard harvest). The farmer's own liabi-
lity also amounts to at least 30 % of the total loss for each indi-
vidual plant species eligible for compensation. For comparing
the size of the crop in the year in which the loss occurred, the
arithmetical average of the harvests in the five years preceding
that year is used, not counting the largest and smallest harvests.
If five-year harvest data is unavailable, the standard harvest is
calculated as the arithmetical average of the harvests in the
preceding three years. The average selling prices in the year in
which the loss occurred are used as the basis for calculating the
value of the harvest for which compensation is to be paid.
Using this background information, the loss is calculated sepa-
rately for each individual farmer. The aid scheme accordingly
satisfies Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Any insurance compensation received for harvest losses and
losses and costs occasioned by anything other than adverse
weather conditions are deducted from the gross eligible losses.

The total area covered by the aid is about 8 000 ha. The crop
failures affected 29 different plant species, for each of which the
farmer himself is liable for at least 30 % of the extent and value
of the harvest losses.

This supplementary notification replaces the one sent to the
Commission on the same subject on 17 March 2008