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 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: 2008-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Latvia, Spain, State aid, agricultural production, aid to agriculture, 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 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 213/03)

Aid No: XA 123/08

Member State: Latvia

Region: —

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

Atbalsta
segšanai“

shēma

„Atbalsts

apdrošināšanas prēmiju daļējai

Legal basis:

Ministru kabineta noteikumi „Noteikumi par valsts atbalstu lauk-
saimniecībai 2008. gadā un tā piešķiršanas kārtību“ 9. pielikums
1. programma

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

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2008: LVL 150 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2009: LVL 150 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2010: LVL 150 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2011: LVL 150 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2012: LVL 150 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2013: LVL 150 000

Maximum aid intensity: Aid for compensation of insurance
premium acquisition costs may attain 50 % in accordance with
contracts concluded with insurance companies and insurance
policy holders, but may not exceed LVL 25 per unit (hectare or
livestock unit), LVL 50 for potatoes and vegetables, and LVL 150
for fruit trees and berry plants

Date of implementation: 10 March 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 December
2013

Sector(s) concerned: The
to small and
medium-sized enterprises active in the production of primary
agricultural products.

scheme applies

The aid is intended for the plant and livestock production
sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Zemkopības ministrija
LV-1981 Rīga

Internet address:

http://www.zm.gov.lv/doc_upl/9.pielikums.doc

Other information: State aid co-financing can cover up to 50 %
losses
of eligible insurance premium acquisition costs
resulting from adverse weather conditions
to
fires caused by lightning,
natural disasters (lightning strikes,
floods, gales, hail and spring frost) and for losses resulting from
animal and plant diseases.

for
tantamount

Aid for the compensation of insurance premium acquisition
costs incurred by small and medium-sized enterprises active in
the production of primary agricultural products may cover up
to 50 % in accordance with Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006. The aid does not constitute a barrier to the
operation of the internal market for insurance services and is
not
limited to insurance provided by a single insurance
company or group of companies, nor is it made subject to the
condition that
the insurance contract be taken out with a
company established in the Member State concerned.

No aid will be granted retroactively in respect of activities which
have already been carried out by the beneficiary

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to reduce the
production risk in the plant and livestock production sectors by
partially compensating the insurance policy acquisition costs
incurred by small and medium-sized enterprises active in the
production of primary agricultural products.

Aid No: XA 124/08

Member State: Latvia

Region: —

Aid for compensation of insurance premium acquisition costs
incurred by small and medium-sized enterprises active in the
production of primary agricultural products
is granted in
accordance with Article 12(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid:

Atbalsta shēma „Atbalsts Latvijas un ārvalstu sadarbības projek-
tiem”

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Legal basis:

Ministru kabineta noteikumi „Noteikumi par valsts atbalstu lauk-
saimniecībai 2008. gadā un tā piešķiršanas kārtību“ 5. pielikums

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

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2008: LVL 100 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2009: LVL 100 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2010: LVL 100 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2011: LVL 100 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2012: LVL 100 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2013: LVL 100 000

producers, and in accordance with Article 15(4) the aid will be
accessible to all those eligible in the area concerned, based on
objectively defined conditions.

The aid is intended for small and medium-sized enterprises
active in the production of primary agricultural products in the
form of services provided by rural and farmers' associations and
foundations, scientific institutes etc.

The intermediary enterprise does not receive any aid. All aid is
granted to the final beneficiaries.

No aid will be granted retroactively in respect of activities which
have already been carried out by the beneficiary

Maximum aid intensity: All of the aid is granted by Latvia as
State co-financing for Latvian and foreign cooperation projects.

Aid No: XA 136/08

Member State: Latvia

The aid is granted for the following project implementation
measures:

Region: —

1. project management;

2. organisation of seminars and international events;

3. preparation and printing of

informative materials and

conduct of the necessary research;

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid:

Atbalsta shēma „Atbalsts informācijas izplatīšanai, apmācībai,
dalībai kursos,
semināros, konferencēs, kongresos ārzemēs,
konferencēm Latvijā un Latvijas zinātnieku starptautiskās sadar-
bības veicināšanai“

4. field trips

Date of implementation: 10 March 2008

Legal basis:

Duration of scheme or individual aid: 30 December 2013

Objective of the aid: The aid is intended as part of the co-
financing provided by Latvia for cooperation projects between
Latvia and foreign countries.

The aid, which constitutes part of the co-financing provided by
Latvia for cooperation projects between Latvia and foreign coun-
tries, is granted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006

to small and
Sector(s) concerned: The
medium-sized enterprises active in the production of primary
agricultural products.

scheme applies

The aid is intended for the plant and livestock production
sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Zemkopības ministrija
LV-1981 Rīga

Internet address:

http://www.zm.gov.lv/doc_upl/5.pielikums.doc

Other information: The aid, which constitutes part of the co-
financing provided by Latvia for cooperation projects between
Latvia and foreign countries, will be granted to small and
medium-sized enterprises active in the production of primary
agricultural products, in accordance with Article 15(3) and (4)
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. In accordance with Article
15(3), the aid will be granted in kind by means of subsidised
involve direct payments of money to
services and will not

Ministru kabineta noteikumi „Noteikumi par valsts atbalstu lauk-
saimniecībai 2008. gadā un tā piešķiršanas kārtību“ 4. pielikuma
I un II atbalsta programma

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

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2008: LVL 330 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2009: LVL 350 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2010: LVL 370 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2011: LVL 390 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2012: LVL 400 000

Total amount of the aid scheme in 2013: LVL 420 000

Maximum aid intensity: Aid will be granted to cover at most
30 % of expenditure incurred by the applicant and related to
attendance at events:

1. for individual candidates — not more than LVL 400;

2. for group trips (with at least five participants) — not more

than LVL 1 000 per group.

Aid is to cover all expenditure incurred in organising the
training programme ‘Animal carcass classification’.

Aid is to cover all expenditure on publications (for educational
or information purposes) designed to meet the needs of rural
entrepreneurs

Date of implementation: 10 March 2008

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Duration of scheme or individual aid: 30 December 2013

Annual
EEK 2 000 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

Objective of the aid: The objective of the aid is to facilitate
public education on and awareness of the agricultural sector.

The aid is granted under Article 15 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: The
to small and
medium-sized enterprises active in the production of primary
agricultural products.

scheme applies

The aid is intended for the plant and livestock production
sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Zemkopības ministrija
LV-1981 Rīga

Internet address:

http://www.zm.gov.lv/doc_upl/4.pielikums.doc

Other information: Aid for the promotion of cooperation
between rural and farmers' associations and foundations will be
granted to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the
production of primary agricultural products, in accordance with
Article 15(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
In
accordance with Article 15(3), the aid will be granted in kind by
means of
involve direct
payments of money to producers, and in accordance with
Article 15(4) the aid will be accessible to all those eligible in the
area concerned, based on objectively defined conditions.

subsidised services and will not

The intermediary enterprise does not receive any aid. All aid is
granted to the final beneficiaries.

No aid will be granted retroactively in respect of activities which
have already been carried out by the beneficiary.

The aid is intended for small and medium-sized enterprises
active in the production of primary agricultural products in the
form of services provided by rural and farmers' associations and
foundations, scientific institutes etc.

Aid No: XA 137/08

Member State: Republic of Estonia

Region: Republic of Estonia

Title of aid scheme:

Põllumajandustootjate ühistegevuse teabetoetus

Legal basis:

Maaelu ja põllumajandusturu korraldamise seadus § 64 ja 66

Maximum aid intensity: EEK 300 000

Date of implementation: 19.3.2008

Duration of the scheme: March 2008-December 2008

Objective of aid: Provision of technical support to farmers.

The aid is granted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006.

Eligible costs:

1. education and training of farmers and farm workers:

(a) costs of organising training;

(b) travel and subsistence expenses of participants;

2. consultancy services provided by third parties,

fees for
services which do not constitute a continuous or regular
activity or relate to the business's usual operating expendi-
ture, such as routine tax consultancy services, regular legal
services or advertising;

3. organisation of and participation in meetings, competitions,
fairs and exhibitions to share knowledge between businesses:

(a) participation fees;

(b) travel costs;

(c) costs of printed matter;

(d) hiring of exhibition premises;

4. publication of catalogues or creation of websites presenting
factual information about the products of a given region or
the producers of a given product, provided the information
and presentation is neutral and that all producers concerned
have equal opportunities to be represented in the publica-
tion.

The aid is granted in the form of subsidised services and does
not involve direct payments to producers

Economic sectors concerned: Agricultural producers

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Maaelu Edendamise Sihtasutus
R.Tobiase 4
EE-10147 Tallinn

Internet address:

http://www.mes.ee/?id1=247&id=117

Other information: —

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Aid No: XA 138/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Andalucía

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid:

Subvención a los afectados en la zona regable del Bajo Guadal-
quivir para restituir los efectos de los graves daños causados por
tornados en naves e instalaciones de invernaderos en produc-
ción

Legal basis:

Resolución del Delegado de Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca en
Sevilla, por Delegación de competencias del Consejero de Agri-
cultura y Pesca mediante Orden de 29 de febrero de 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Two
million eight hundred thousand EUR (EUR 2 800 000)

Maximum aid intensity: 80 % of the replacement costs in
respect of the damage caused, subject to the limit applicable
under Article 11(6) of the Exemption Regulation.

In accordance with Article 11(3) of the Regulation, amounts
received under
incurred for
reasons other than as a result of the adverse climatic event will
be deducted from the maximum eligible loss

insurance schemes and costs

the damage occurred on 20 November 2007,

Date of implementation: Four months after the aid is granted,
which is expected to be between March and July 2008. Given
that
the aid
complies with the requirements of Article 11(10) of the Exemp-
tion Regulation: the aid will be introduced within three years of
the date on which the loss was incurred and will be paid within
four years of that date

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2008

Objective of aid: Compensation for damage caused to buildings
and farm equipment as a result of adverse climatic events, in
accordance with Article 11 of the Regulation, in order to make
it possible to re-establish minimum operating conditions in the
Lower Guadalquivir irrigation zone (Seville) and sustain the
rural economy

complies with the requirements of Article 11(5) of the Regu-
lation, which states that the ‘aid must be paid directly to the farmer
concerned’

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca de la Junta de Andalucía
C/ Tabladilla, s/n
E-41071 Sevilla

Internet address:

http:// www.cap.junta-andalucia.es

The full text of the draft Order can be found at:

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/agriculturaypesca/portal/www/
portal/com/bin/portal/Legislaciones/2008/propuesta_resolu-
cion_subvencion_tornado/propuesta_resol_definitiva_2.doc

Other information:

— Article 11(7) of the Regulation is complied with by virtue of
the fact that the damage was officially recognised as having
been caused by adverse climatic events, as set out in the
Order of the Ministry for the Office of the Prime Minister
PRE/3398/2007 of 23 November 2007 publishing the
Agreement of the Council of Ministers on the measures to
be taken, under Royal Decree 307/2005 of 18 March 2005
on subsidies to meet certain needs arising from emergencies
or natural disasters, for the benefit of victims of the flooding
caused by heavy rains and strong winds in the Autonomous
Community of Andalusia on 20 and 21 November 2007.
The fourth paragraph of the Annex to the above provision
states that ‘attention should also be drawn to the effects on
other places such as Écija, where a state of alert was declared
due to the condition of the river Genil, and Las Cabezas de
San Juan, where a tornado caused significant material
damage to houses, industrial facilities and street furniture’.

— The aid amount will cover 80 % of the cost of repairing the
damage to agricultural facilities and greenhouses that were
being used for production on the dates when the tornadoes
struck, the said damage being confirmed by experts from
the Ministry's provincial office

Sector(s) concerned: Farmers who own greenhouse installa-
tions and facilities which sustained confirmed damage. This

Javier Visus ARBESÚ
Head of the Department for European Legislation