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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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 214/02)

Aid No: XA 140/08

Member State: Latvia

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Atbalsta shēma “Atbalsts produktīvu ilggadīgo stādī-
jumu ierīkošanai”

Legal basis: Ministru kabineta noteikumi ‘Noteikumi par valsts
atbalstu lauksaimniecībai 2008. gadā un tā piešķiršanas kārtību’
6. pielikuma 3. programma 20.–34. punkts

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

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2008: LVL 400 000

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2009: LVL 450 000

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2010: LVL 500 000

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2011: LVL 550 000

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2012: LVL 600 000

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2013: LVL 650 000

Maximum aid intensity:

The aid intensity is 40 %.

The eligible items of expenditure related to the establishment of
productive permanent plantings are as follows:

1. purchase of plants;

2. purchase and installation of a planting support system;

3. purchase and erection of fences and fence supports.

The aid amounts to 40 % of the costs of establishing a planting,
subject to the maximum amount indicated in the following
table:

Maximum amount of aid and minimum number of plants

Table

Crop

Minimum number of
plants per hectare

Maximum amount of aid
(LVL/ha)

No

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

Apples grown on cloned rootstocks, with different
numbers of plants per hectare

Pears

Sweet cherries

Plums

Sour cherries

Blackcurrants

Redcurrants, whitecurrants

Gooseberries

Blueberries (bilberries)

10.

Raspberries

11.

Sea buckthorn

1 200
660
400

400

500

660

660

3 000

2 500

2 000

2 000

5 000

1 000

2 415
1 265
805

920

1 150

1 150

805

230

460

805

2 530

805

690

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No

Crop

Minimum number of
plants per hectare

Maximum amount of aid
(LVL/ha)

12.

Grapes

13.

Strawberry nursery stock

14.

Raspberry nursery stock

15.

Apple tree nursery rootstock

16.

Japanese quince

17.

Cranberries

1 000

10 000

5 000

20 000

2 000

300 000

1 100

690

1 035

1 380

460

2 300

Date of implementation: 1.4.2008

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2011: LVL 140 000

Duration of
30.12.2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2012: LVL 160 000

Objective of aid:

The objective of the aid is to ensure the efficiency of fruit and
berry production by making it a competitive and multifunc-
tional sector.

The aid is granted under Article 4 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

Economic sector(s) concerned:

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2013: LVL 180 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Aid for the production and use of quality seed is granted at a
rate of 100 % in respect of consultancy services provided by
third parties for the fees for services which do not constitute a
continuous or periodic activity nor relate to the enterprise's
usual operating expenditure.

The aid is intended for small and medium-sized enterprises
active in the primary production of agricultural products.

Aid is granted to the State Plant Protection Service for the
following services provided in 2008:

The aid is intended for the plant production sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Latvijas Republikas Zemkopības ministrija
LV-1981 Rīga

Internet address:

1. field inspections in respect of persons entered in the Seed
Growers and Seed Merchants Register: in the case of cereals
if the inspection area exceeds 10 hectares, and in the case of
fodder plants, oil plants and fibre plants if the inspection
area exceeds 5 hectares;

2. average sampling of batches of seeds intended for certifica-

http://www.zm.gov.lv/doc_upl/6.pielikums.doc

tion and analysis of the samples;

Other information: Aid will not be granted retroactively in
respect of activities which have already been carried out by the
beneficiary

3. registration of areas under cereals exceeding 10 hectares;

4. printing and issuing labels;

Aid No: XA 141/08

Member State: Latvia

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Atbalsta shēma ‘Atbalsts kvalitatīvas sēklas sagatavo-
šanai un izmantošanai’

Legal basis: Ministru kabineta noteikumi ‘Noteikumi par valsts
atbalstu lauksaimniecībai 2008. gadā un tā piešķiršanas kārtību’
3. pielikuma IX atbalsta programma 53.–58. punkts

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

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2008: LVL 80 000

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

5. assessment of 50 samples of winter wheat for dwarf bunt
(figure proportionate to the number of batches of winter
wheat seed for certification per region in 2007)

Date of implementation: 1.4.2008

Duration of
30.12.2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid:

The objective of the aid is to increase the production and use of
quality seed for cereal, fodder, oil and fibre crops.

The aid is granted under Article 15(2)(c) of Article 15(2)(c) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Economic sector(s) concerned:

The scheme is intended for small and medium-sized enterprises
active in the primary production of agricultural products.

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2010: LVL 120 000

The aid is intended for the plant production sector

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Name and address of the granting authority:

2. operating expenditure in respect of providing services;

Latvijas Republikas Zemkopības ministrija
LV-1981 Rīga

Internet address:

http://www.zm.gov.lv/doc_upl/3.pielikums.doc

Other information:

Aid for the production and use of quality seed for small and
medium-sized enterprises active in the primary production of
agricultural products will be granted in accordance with Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006: pursuant to Article 15(3) the aid
will be granted in kind in the form of subsidised services and
will not involve direct payments of money to producers, and
pursuant to 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 primary production of agricultural products and is
granted in the form of services provided by the State Plant
Protection Service.

No aid remains in the intermediary enterprise; all aid is passed
on to the final beneficiaries.

Aid will not be granted retroactively in respect of activities
which have already been carried out by the beneficiary

Aid No: XA 146/08

Member State: Latvia

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Atbalsta shēma ‘Atbalsts lauksaimniecības izstādei’

Legal basis: Ministru kabineta noteikumi ‘Noteikumi par valsts
atbalstu lauksaimniecībai 2008. gadā un tā piešķiršanas kārtību’
4. pielikuma III atbalsta programma 54.–57. punkts

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

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2008: LVL 40 000

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2009: LVL 42 000

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2010: LVL 44 000

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2011: LVL 46 000

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2012: LVL 48 000

3. ploughing competitions (expenditure related to the organisa-
tion and conduct thereof, transport of ploughing machinery
and participants to and from the competition venue);

4. presentation of field trials and dissemination of the results of

such trials

Date of implementation: 1.4.2008

Duration of
30.12.2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid:

The objective of the aid is to organise an agricultural exhibition
at which there will be field trials and demonstration activities
for farmers, agricultural machinery will be demonstrated and
animals shown, information will be provided on the potential
for rural diversification, and ploughing competitions will be
organised.

The aid is granted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006

Economic sector(s) concerned:

The scheme applies to small and medium-sized enterprises
active in the primary production of agricultural products.

The aid is intended for the animal production and plant produc-
tion sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Latvijas Republikas Zemkopības ministrija
LV-1981 Rīga

Internet address:

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

Other information:

Aid for demonstration activities on holdings and at agricultural
exhibitions for small and medium-sized enterprises active in the
primary production of agricultural products will be granted in
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: pursuant to
Article 15(3) the aid will be granted in kind in the form of
involve direct payments of
subsidised services and will not
money to producers and pursuant to Article 15(4) the aid will
be accessible to all those eligible in the area concerned, based
on objectively defined conditions. No aid remains in an inter-
mediary enterprise; all aid is passed on to the final beneficiaries.

Aid will not be granted retroactively in respect of activities
which have already been carried out by the beneficiary

Total amount under the aid scheme in 2013: LVL 50 000

Aid No: XA 161/08

Maximum aid intensity:

Member State: Italy

Aid for an agricultural exhibition is granted at a rate of 100 %
in respect of the following expenditure:

tests,
1. selection and assessment of
preparation of animals for
transport of
animals; preparations for exhibiting animals; compliance
with sanitary requirements to ensure visitor safety; awards;

animals; diagnostic

the exhibition;

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: ‘Programma di aiuti per la prevenzione, il controllo e
l'eradicazione della malattia denominata “Apple proliferation”
(Scopazzi del melo). Indennizzo per le perdite di reddito dovute
all'abbattimento e alla distruzione degli impianti infetti’

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Legal basis:

Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale n. 2391 del 31 ottobre
2007

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale n. 2392 del 31 ottobre
2007

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale n. 684 del 18 marzo
2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 3 million

individual

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 70 % of eligible expenditure

Date of implementation: From 15.12.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid may be
granted up to 31.12.2009

Objective of aid: To compensate farmers for the loss of income
caused by compulsory felling and destruction of infected trees
Applicable
(EC)
No 1857/2006

provisions: Article

of Regulation

10

Degree of aid: Up to 70 % of eligible expenditure

Sector(s) concerned: NACE Code: A 01.24 (Growing of pome
fruits and stone fruits)

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:
Provincia autonoma di Trento
Servizio Aziende agricole e territorio rurale
Via G.B. Trener, 3
I-38100 Trento

Internet address:

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/ricerca_delibere.asp

(insert the number and the year of the reference decision you
want to consult)

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 198/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Galicia

Title of aid scheme: Compensaciones complementarias por la
aplicación de programas de erradicación de enfermedades de los
animales

Legal Basis: Orden de ... de ... de 2008, por la que se establecen
las compensaciones complementarias por
la aplicación de
programas de erradicación de enfermedades de los animais, e
Galicia y se convocan para el año 2008

Annual expenditure planned under
EUR 880 000

the aid scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the compensation for lost
revenue

Date of implementation: 1.1.2008

Duration of scheme: Until 31.12.2013

Objective of aid: The purpose of the aid is to provide compen-
sation for lost business on holdings on which contagious
diseases are detected. The objective is to establish mechanisms
to repair and provide compensation for the damage actually
suffered by proprietors from the imposition of compulsory
measures under animal-disease prevention and eradication
programmes, in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, which lays down that aid to compensate
farmers for losses caused by the application of measures to
eradicate animal diseases is compatible with the common
market

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock production

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

Internet address:
http://mediorural.xunta.es/externos/borrador_orde_lucro_2008.pdf

Other information:
E-mail address:

dxpica.mediorural@xunta.es

maria.soledad.castro.diaz@xunta.es