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: 2008-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: 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 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 205/08

Member State: Netherlands

Region: —

(2008/C 214/03)

Website:

https://bedrijfsnet.pve.agro.nl/scrapie/

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

Tegemoetkoming in de genotyperingskosten bij schapen

Legal basis:

— Artikel 4, 16 en 17 van de Verordening van het
Productschap Vee en Vlees van 14 mei 2008 houdende
regels ter zake van de erkenning van fokprogramma's,
gericht op terugdringing TSE-gevoeligheid bij schapen, en, in
het geval wordt deelgenomen aan een overeenkomstig deze
verordening erkend fokprogramma, regels ter zake van de
erkenning van een bepaalde TSE-resistente status van het
bedrijf, de daarmee samenhangende bedrijfscertificering en
regels ter zake van een te verkrijgen tegemoetkoming in de
kosten (Verordening fokken op terugdringing TSE-gevoe-
ligheid bij schapen (PVV) 2008)

— Artikel 99 van de Regeling preventie, bestrijding en moni-
toring van besmettelijke dierziekten, zoönosen en TSE's

— Article 12 of Commission Decision 2007/782/EC of
30 November 2007 approving annual and multi-annual
national programmes and the financial contribution from
the Community for the eradication, control and monitoring
of certain animal diseases and zoonoses, presented by the
Member States for 2008 and following years (OJ L 314,
1.12.2007, p. 29)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 0,10 million

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Date of implementation: 12.6.2008

Other information: In order to be able to select for resistance
to TSEs in the sheep population, sheep farmers can take part in
breeding programmes recognised by the Livestock and Meat
Marketing Board. Under the above-mentioned Ordinance, sheep
farmers who take part in such breeding programmes can receive
a contribution towards the costs of genotyping tests to deter-
mine sheep's genetic susceptibility to TSEs. The contribution will
be at most 50 % of the test costs, up to a maximum of EUR 10
and
comprise
per
medium-sized agricultural enterprises; accordingly, only SMEs
are eligible for this aid.

Sheep farms

exclusively

small

test.

The contribution towards the costs is not paid directly to sheep
farmers, but comprises a reduction in the test costs which the
laboratory charges to sheep farmers. The Livestock and Meat
Marketing Board pays the amount of
the reduction to the
laboratory.

The aid satisfies the conditions of Article 16(1)(b) of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006.

In so far as implementing the aid measure is concerned, the
above-mentioned Ordinance will not enter
into force until
10 working days after this information has been submitted to
the Commission in accordance with Article 20(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 and not until after the necessary amend-
ment to Articles 99 to 101 of the Regulation on the prevention,
control and monitoring of infectious animal diseases, zoonoses
and TSEs has entered into force on 1 June 2008. That amend-
ment provides for joint management on the basis of which the
Livestock and Meat Marketing Board inter alia promotes coo-
peration with regard to the granting of subsidies. The amended
text of Articles 99 to 101 is enclosed

Duration of
28.2.2009

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: Aid to SMEs

Sector(s) concerned: NACE code A00122 — Farming of
sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules and hinnies

Name and address of the granting authority:

Aid No: XA 206/08

Member State: Estonia

Region: Estonia

Productschap Vee en Vlees
Postbus 460
2700 AL Zoetermeer
Nederland

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

Kindlustustoetus

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Legal basis:

1) Maaelu ja põllumajandusturu korraldamise seadus § 63

lõige 1

2) Põllumajandusministri määrus „Kindlustustoetuse taotlemise
ja taotluse menetlemise kord ning kindlustustoetuse periood”

Annual
EEK 10 million

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 1,5 million

individual

Maximum aid intensity: An aid ceiling of 40 % of the value of
the investment for the first purchase of new machinery has
been set. This ceiling may be increased to 50 % for beneficiaries
situated in mountain or less-favoured areas. A ceiling of 30 % of
the value of the investment has been set for used goods, which
may be increased to 35 % in mountain and less-favoured areas

Maximum aid intensity: 80 %

Date of implementation: 1.7.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31.12.2013

Objective of aid: To enable farmers to reduce the risks arising
from natural factors, animal and plant diseases and the sudden
spread of pests, thereby increasing the economic capacity of the
sector. Insurance premium aid is limited to 80 % of paid in-
surance premiums.

Eligible costs are in line with Article 12 and the measure
complies with the other
requirements of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Aid to SMEs

NACE code A001 — Agriculture, hunting and related service
activities

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Põllumajandusministeerium,
Lai 39/41
EE-Tallinn

Website:

https://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=12805964

http://www.agri.ee/?id=10989

Aid No: XA 207/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

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

Date of
implementation: The aid arrangements will apply
from the date of publication, on the website of the European
for Agriculture and Rural
Commission's Directorate–General
Development, of
the exemption
request laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

the registration number of

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 2008 to
31.12.2013

Objective of aid: The main objective of the aid is to promote
the adaptation and reorganisation of existing structures, setting
up aid for investment in agricultural mechanisation projects for
production, which will help reduce unit costs in order to ensure
that
remain competitive,
sustainable and operational. The following secondary objectives
should be noted:

agricultural production systems

a) promoting the shared use of agricultural machinery in order
to save agricultural sector resources,
improving efficiency
and ensuring that activities are carried out achieving the
performance and speed required by modern agriculture;

b) promoting the use of more energy-efficient machinery, either
equipped, if necessary, with more energy-efficient engines, or
designed to carry out mechanical operations in a more
energy-efficient way;

c) ensuring that hi-tech, reliable and appropriate machinery is
introduced into the agricultural sector in order to meet the
requirements of new agriculture as regards both environ-
mental protection and the prevention of occupational
hazards.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: Investment in agri-
cultural holdings. Eligible costs: Article 4(4)(b) — aid for the
purchase of machinery and equipment,
including computer
software

Ayudas a las inversiones en maquinaria agrícola de las coopera-
tivas agrarias

Sector(s) concerned: Primary agricultural production

Legal basis:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Orden Foral de la Consejera de Desarrollo Rural y Medio
Ambiente, por la que se establecen las normas que regirán la
concesión de ayudas a las inversiones en maquinaria agrícola de
las cooperativas agrarias, y se aprueba la convocatoria para el
año 2008

Gobierno de Navarra
Departamento de Desarrollo Rural y Medio Ambiente
C/ Tudela, no 20
E-31003 Pamplona (Navarra)

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Website:

http://www.cfnavarra.es/agricultura/COYUNTURA/AyudasEstado/
pdfs/STN008004 %20OF.pdf

Other information:

Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural
C/ Tudela, no 20
E-31003 Pamplona
Tlf: (34) 848 422 933
E-mail: izabalzv@cfnavarra.es
Gobierno de Navarra

Aid No: XA 208/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León

Title of Aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid:

las
Ayudas destinadas a compensar a los agricultores por
pérdidas de producción en los cultivos y producciones de
verano, así como los daños ocasionados en las parcelas de
viñedo, causados por la plaga de topillo campesino (Microtus
arvalis) en el territorio de la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y
León

Legal basis:

Orden AYG/222/2008 por la que se establecen las normas regu-
ladoras para la concesión de las ayudas destinadas a paliar las
pérdidas de producción ocasionadas por la plaga de topillo
campesino en el
territorio de la Comunidad Autónoma de
Castilla y León

Orden AYG/…/2008, …, por la que se convocan las ayudas
destinadas a paliar las pérdidas de producción en los cultivos y
producciones de verano, así como los daños ocasionados en las
parcelas de viñedo ocasionadas por la plaga de topillo campe-
sino en el territorio de la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y
León declaradas indemnizables en virtud de la Orden AYG/
1401/2007 de 28 de agosto

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total
expenditure planned is EUR 1,5 million

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity per
farmer will be calculated on the basis of
losses
sustained on each plot of land belonging to the farm, where the
plague is confirmed as having affected more than 15 % of
normal production.

the actual

Once the affected plots have been determined, the market value
of the losses will be determined by multiplying the difference
between the expected and actual real production by the average
market price for the product concerned, the latter being calcu-
lated as the average of the prices for 2005, 2006 and 2007 (up
to and including September), and applying in each case an
exemption of 15 %.

In any event the aid intensity may not exceed 100 % of the
losses

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid scheme
covers 2008 only

the aid is stated under
Objective of aid: The objective of
Article 10(2) ‘Aid in respect of animal and plant diseases and
pest infestations’

Sector(s) concerned: Summer crops and produce: maize, beet,
potato, other horticultural crops,
lucerne seed, vines, and
sunflower and lucerne fodder that were not included in the
applications for valuation of
losses submitted in accordance
with Orden AYG/1191/2007

Name and address of the granting authority:

The aid will be granted by the Government of Castile-Leon and
managed by the Directorate-General for Agricultural Production
of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Farming, located at

C/ Rigoberto Cortejoso, no 14
E-47014 Valladolid

Website:

The full text of the aid scheme will be published in the Official
Gazette of Castile-Leon, available at:

http://www.jcyl.es/AyudaEstado20072013

Direct links:

http://www.jcyl.es/jcyl/ayudasestado/2008/topillos/BasesRegula-
dorasOrdenAYG_222_2008.pdf

http://www.jcyl.es/jcyl/ayudasestado/2008/topillos/Convocator-
iaAyudaPerdidasCultivosVerano.doc

Aid No: XA 209/08

Member State: France

Region: These actions may also be financed by any regional
authorities (regional or general councils) that wish to do so, in
addition to the aid from the National Guarantee Fund for Agri-
cultural Disasters (FNGCA), in accordance with the intervention
conditions laid down in the Rural Code

Title of aid scheme:

Compensation from the National Guarantee Fund for Agri-
cultural Disasters (FNGCA) for losses sustained by agricultural
holdings as a result of disasters

Legal basis:

Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Articles L.361-1 et suivants du Code rural

Articles D.361-1 et suivants du Code rural

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expenditure

Annual
scheme:
planned
EUR 180 million from the Fund (on a multiannual basis, but
the level of expenditure depends on the climatic claims experi-
ence and is, therefore, inherently unpredictable), and an unspeci-
fied amount from the regional authorities

under

the

Maximum aid intensity: The rate of compensation for losses
varies according to the nature of the loss and the production
involved. The rate of compensation from the FNGCA varies in
practice between 12 % and 45 % of the amount of the losses. In
all cases a ceiling of 75 % is laid down in the Rural Code.

If the regional authorities become involved, they will ensure that
the amount of aid does not exceed 80 % of the amount of
losses in plain areas or 90 % of
losses in
less-favoured areas respectively

the amount of

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the
registration number of the request for exemption on the site of
the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
of the Commission

Duration of scheme: Until the end of 2009

Objective of aid: Compensation for losses sustained by farmers
following an exceptional climatic phenomenon which has signi-
ficantly affected agricultural production and which may be clas-
sified as an agricultural disaster (or natural disaster).

Where a climatic phenomenon of exceptional
significance
occurs, the prefect of the department concerned may, if they
consider it necessary, order an enquiry to be carried out in
order to obtain the necessary information on the phenomenon
responsible for the loss, in particular regarding its exact nature,
exceptional character and the damage observed.

On the basis of the enquiry and the opinion of the departmental
committee of experts that they have called upon, the prefect
asks whether the event under consideration has been acknow-
ledged as an agricultural disaster.

After considering the matter and obtaining an opinion from the
National
the Minister of Agriculture
issues a decree acknowledging that an agricultural disaster has
effected specific property and a specific area.

Insurance Committee,

In order for an event to be acknowledged, a loss must be
observed which is significant in comparison with the calculated
reference value for a given area and a given production.

This reference value, called a scale [‘barème’] in the Rural Code,
is drawn up at departmental level and corresponds to the yield
over an average three year period based on the five previous
years, excluding the highest and the lowest values. The prices
included in the scale are those observed locally for the crop in
question during the season preceding that in which the scale
was drawn up.

Compensation is allocated by FNGCA subject to the budgets
available, and losses are calculated individually for each farm. To
be eligible for compensation from the Fund, losses per produc-
tion must exceed 30 % to 42 % where the production benefits
losses eligible for
from coupled CAP aid. The amount of
compensation is reduced by any amount received under an
insurance scheme and any costs not incurred as a result of the
climatic loss.

Compensation is paid directly to the producer having sustained
the losses

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural holdings, excluding large
enterprises, engaged in the primary production of fruit, vegeta-
fodder,
bles, vines, cereals, oil and protein-bearing plants,
perfumed, aromatic and medicinal plants and industrial crops

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche — Secrétariat Général
— Direction des affaires financières et de la logistique, sous-
direction du financement de l'agriculture, bureau du crédit et de
l'assurance
78, rue de Varenne
F-75349 Paris SP 07

Website:

http://agriculture.gouv.fr/sections/thematiques/exploitations-agri-
coles/assurance-recolte/assurance-recolte/downloadFile/FichierAt-
tache_3_f0/exploitations_fngca-080523.pdf?nocache=1211545
561.55

and:

http://agriculture.gouv.fr/sections/thematiques/exploitations-agri-
coles/assurance-recolte