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: 2008-09-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, State aid, 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 226/03)

Aid No: XA 168/08

Member State: Germany

Region: Hessen

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

Förderung der Erzeugung von landwirtschaftlichen Erzeugnissen
hoher Qualität

Legal basis:

— Richtlinien zur Förderung der Erzeugung von landwirtschaf-

tlichen Erzeugnissen hoher Qualität,

— Hessischer Agrar-Marketingvertrag

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 850 000 per year

individual

Maximum aid intensity: For primary producers, in accordance
with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, up to 100 %.

For processing and marketing firms, in accordance with Article 5
of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, up to 50 % of the costs of:

(a) market research activities, product conception and design,
including the preparation of applications for recognition of
geographical indications and designations of origin or certi-
ficates of specific character in accordance with the relevant
Community regulations;

(b) the introduction of quality assurance schemes, procedures to
guarantee traceability and ensure that authenticity and
marketing requirements are complied with and procedures
for carrying out environmental audits;

(c) education and training for farmers and farm workers and
to apply the schemes and

training to enable personnel
procedures referred to in point (b);

(d) the charges levied by recognised certifying bodies for the

initial certification of quality assurance systems;

(e) compulsory control measures, unless Community legislation

requires enterprises to bear such costs;

(f) participation in food quality schemes, provided that

the
products in question are agricultural products intended
exclusively for human consumption, subject to a maximum
of EUR 3 000 per enterprise;

(g) consultancy services provided by third parties;

(h) participation fees, travel, publications, rental of exhibition
premises and symbolic prizes relating to organisation of and
participation in competitions, exhibitions, fairs and forums
for knowledge-sharing between businesses;

(i) disseminating scientific knowledge, in a form that can be
understood by all, factual
information on quality systems
open to products from other countries and generic informa-
tion about products,
their nutritional benefits and their
suggested use, without mentioning specific companies or
brands or indicating the product's origin;

(j) publishing catalogues or websites presenting factual

infor-
mation about producers from a given region or producers
of a given product, provided that this information is impar-
tial and is presented impartially and all producers concerned
are given an equal opportunity to be included in the publi-
cation.

In accordance with Articles 14(5) and 15(3) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, only the costs of consultancy services provided
by third parties will be subsidised, with the exception of aid
granted in respect of point (f). The aid does not involve direct
payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the
scheme

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31.12.2013

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Objective of aid: The purpose of the aid is to encourage the
production of high-quality agricultural products, in accordance
with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and Article 5
of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, and to provide technical
support in the agricultural sector, in accordance with Article 15
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. It will be granted to primary
producers and to firms active in the processing and marketing
of such products.

The scheme is designed to facilitate and encourage participation
in recognised food quality schemes operated by the Community
or the Federal State of Hessen. It is intended to generate added
value in rural areas, open up new markets and increase the
supply of high-quality agricultural products that have undergone
the appropriate quality assurance process. The aim is also to
implement and extend food quality schemes, i.e. organic labels,
‘verified quality’ labels, protected indications of origin, such as
PDO/PGI and TSG, and quality schemes for wine. The aid
should significantly increase the proportion of products grown,
processed and marketed under food quality schemes run at
Community or Land level. At the same time, this should ensure
that consumers have a better supply of high-quality food.

In accordance with the guidelines for encouraging the produc-
tion of high-quality agricultural products, aid will be granted for
the following:

— the introduction of quality assurance schemes, procedures to
guarantee traceability and ensure that authenticity and
marketing requirements are complied with and procedures
for carrying out environmental audits,

— education and training for farmers and farm workers and
to apply the schemes and

training to enable personnel
procedures referred to in the previous bullet point,

— the cost of the charges levied by recognised certifying bodies
for the initial certification of quality assurance systems,

— the costs of compulsory control measures.

Under the Agri-Marketing Agreement in Hessen, the following
are eligible:

— the costs of market research activities, product conception
and design,
including the preparation of applications for
recognition of geographical indications and designations of
origin or certificates of specific character in accordance with
the relevant Community regulations,

— participation in food quality schemes,

— charges for consultancy services provided by third parties,

— participation fees, travel costs, publication costs, rental of
exhibition premises and symbolic prizes relating to organisa-
tion of and participation in competitions, exhibitions, fairs
and forums for knowledge-sharing between businesses,

— dissemination of scientific knowledge, in a form that can be
understood by all, factual
information on quality systems
open to products from other countries and generic informa-
their nutritional benefits and their
tion about products,
suggested use, without mentioning specific companies or
brands or indicating the product's origin,

— publication of catalogues and websites presenting factual
information about producers from a given region or produ-
cers of a given product, provided that this information is
impartial and is presented impartially and all producers
concerned are given an equal opportunity to be included in
the publication

Sector(s)
concerned: Agriculture
farming), horticulture and viticulture

(livestock

and

arable

Name and address of the granting authority:

Richtlinien zur Förderung der Erzeugung von landwirtschaftlichen
Erzeugnissen hoher Qualität:

— Kreisausschüsse der 16 Landkreise in Hessen,

— Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt, Weinbauamt Eltville

Hessischer Agrar-Marketingvertrag:

Marketinggesellschaft
GUTES AUS HESSEN GmbH (MGH)
Homburger Straße 9
D-61169 Friedberg

Website:

Richtlinien zur Förderung der Erzeugung von landwirtschaftlichen
Erzeugnissen hoher Qualität:

http://www.hmulv.hessen.de/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/slimp.CM
Reader/HMULV_15/HMULV_Internet/med/c19/c1970f6c-c853-c8
11-1737-3744e9169fcc,22222222-2222-2222-2222-22222222
2222,true.pdf

Hessischer Agrar-Marketingvertrag:

http://www.hmulv.hessen.de/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/slimp.CM
Reader/HMULV_15/HMULV_Internet/med/4a3/4a370f6c-c853-c8
11-1737-3744e9169fcc,22222222-2222-2222-2222-22222222
2222,true.pdf

http://www.hmulv.hessen.de/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/slimp.CM
Reader/HMULV_15/HMULV_Internet/med/f93/f9370f6c-c853-c8
11-1737-3744e9169fcc,22222222-2222-2222-2222-22222222
2222,true.pdf

Other information:

Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt,
ländlichen Raum und
Verbraucherschutz, Referat VII 9 — Joachim Dippel (joachim.
dippel@hmulv.hessen.de)

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Aid No: XA 171/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Sector(s) concerned: NACE Codes: A.01.41 (Raising of dairy
cattle), A.01.42 (Raising of other cattle and buffaloes); A.01.43
(Raising of horses and other equines), A.01.45 (Raising of sheep
and goats), A.01.46 (Raising of swine/pigs), A.01.47 (Raising of
poultry), A.01.49 (Raising of other animals), A.01.50 (Mixed
farming)

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

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

L.P. 28.3.2003, n. 4 «Sostegno dell'economia agricola, disciplina
dell'agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di prodotti
geneticamente non modificati» — Art. 3 — Termini di presenta-
zione delle domande, modalità attuative e condizioni di ammis-
sibilità relativamente all'art. 42 (Agevolazioni per la zootecnia)

Legal basis:

1. L.P. 28.3.2003, n. 4 «Sostegno dell'economia agricola, disci-
plina dell'agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di
prodotti geneticamente non modificati», articolo 42

2. Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale n. 3006 del 21
dicembre 2007, avente per oggetto: L.P. 28.3.2003, n. 4
«Sostegno dell'economia agricola, disciplina dell'agricoltura
biologica e della contrassegnazione di prodotti geneticamente
non modificati» — Art. 3 — Termini di presentazione delle
domande, modalità attuative e condizioni di ammissibilità
relativamente agli artt. 17 (Premio d'insediamento), 25 (Alpi-
coltura), 42 (Agevolazioni per la zootecnia), 44 (Agevola-
zioni per l'apicoltura) e 46, — 1o e 3o comma (Agevolazioni
per le produzioni vegetali)

3. Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale n. 122 del 25 gennaio
2008 avente per oggetto la modifica alla deliberazione n.
3006 del 21 dicembre 2007

4. Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale n. 876 del 4 aprile
2008 avente per oggetto la modifica alla deliberazione n.
3006 del 21 dicembre 2007

Provincia autonoma di Trento
Servizio Aziende agricole e territorio rurale
Via G.B. Trener, 3
I–38100 Trento

Website:

1. www.trentinoagricoltura.net

2. http://www.consiglio.provincia.tn.it/banche_dati/codice_provin-
ciale/clex_ricerca_per_campi.it.asp (per quanto riguarda le leggi
provinciali)

3. http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/

(per quanto riguarda le

deliberazioni)

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 184/08

Member State: Poland

Region: Województwo śląskie

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

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 7 million

individual

Zakład Doświadczalny Instytutu Zootechniki Grodziec Śląski
Sp. z o.o

Maximum aid intensity: Aid will be granted up to 50 % of
eligible expenditure. This percentage may be increased to 55 %
for investments made by young farmers within five years of
setting-up

Date of implementation: From the date of the publication of
the final number assigned to the aid on the official website of
the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
of the European Commission

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid may be
granted up to 31.12.2013

Objective of aid: The aid is aimed at stepping up the competi-
tiveness and income of agricultural holdings by supporting
material investments for their modernisation

Degree of aid: Aid will be granted up to 50 % of eligible
expenditure. This percentage may be increased to 55 %
for investments made by young farmers within five years of
setting-up

Legal basis:

Ustawa z dnia 27 kwietnia 2001 r. Prawo ochrony środowiska
(Dz.U. 62, poz. 627, z późniejszymi zmianami) — art. 405, art.
406 pkt. 7 i 9, art. 409

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid is
to take the form of a non-reimbursable grant of PLN 6 723.
The grant will be paid by 15 June 2008. The gross value of the
aid (GGE) is PLN 6 723

Maximum aid intensity: The gross aid intensity is 25,53 %

Date of implementation: The aid will be granted following
receipt of
and an identification number,
confirming that the European Commission has received this
summary information concerning individual aid

a notification,

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: April 2008 to
15 June 2008 (estimated)

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Objective of aid: The aid will be used for the thermal moderni-
sation of the repair shop building at Zakład Doświadczalnego
Instytutu Zootechniki Grodziec Śląski Sp. z o.o. by:

(a) removing the solid-fuel fired boiler and installing a biomass-
fired boiler, as well as installing a chipper for chipping
energy-crop willow;

(b) modernising the central heating system.

The repair shop building where the modernisation is to take
place is used in the autumn-spring period for maintaining and
repairing machinery and equipment used on the holding.

During that period, low outdoor temperatures mean that it is
necessary to heat the building. The system currently used to
supply the building with energy has been based on a custom-
built solid-fuel boiler and a central heating system comprising
gilled-tube radiators without thermostatic valves. This arrange-
ment has meant that, in addition to burning low-quality coal in
the boiler, it has also been possible to burn refuse and other
waste. Moreover, the fact that the boiler is not automated and
requires continuous servicing by a member of staff (it has no
fuel feeder or reservoir) has made it difficult to regulate the
indoor temperature.

The boiler which it is planned to install will be fully automated
and this, together with the installation of a fuel reservoir, will
minimise the need to service the boiler. The type of fuel used
will have the additional advantage of reducing emissions of
pollutants into the atmosphere. The boiler is to be fired using
energy-crop willow which will come from the facility's own
plantation. The chipper which it is planned to purchase to chip
the energy-crop willow means that the investor will be 100 %
self-sufficient in fuel throughout the heating period. Further-
more, the use of radiators fitted with thermostatic valves will
make it possible to regulate the temperature separately in
different parts of the repair shop, if necessary.

To sum up, the use of renewable fuel
in conjunction with a
modern energy source will make it possible to reduce emissions
of pollutants into the atmosphere by the following amounts:

Description

SO2

Ecological effect (kg/year)

123

CO

623

BaP

0,2

CO2

28 571

(b) agricultural crops linked to animal production;

(c) manufacture of prepared animal feeds

Name and address of the granting authority:

Fundusz Ochrony Środowiska

Wojewódzki
Wodnej w Katowicach
Ul. Plebiscytowa 19
PL-40-035 Katowice

i Gospodarki

Website:

The rules governing the granting of the aid from the Fund can
be found at the following address:

http://www.wfosigw.katowice.pl/img/male/zasady_08.doc

The aid is granted on the basis of Table 2, point 2.3(j) ‘Zasad …’.

A specimen of the application to be used by beneficiaries when
applying for aid is available at the following address:

http://www.wfosigw.katowice.pl/wnioski1/WNIOSEKB2_3a.htm

The investor makes his choice of aid scheme by completing
either Annex A1 or A2 in Part A of the application

Other information: The gross value of the aid (gross aid inten-
sity) has been calculated using the definition in Article 2(6) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The aid intensity is the ratio of the gross grant equivalent to the
eligible costs.

The gross grant equivalent is PLN 6 723.

The eligible costs amount to: PLN 26 329,14.

The gross value of the aid is 6 723/26 329,14 = 25,53 %

Beneficiary's website:

www.zdgrodziec.edu.pl

A technical description of the boiler which it is planned to
install
is attached, together with the results of measurements
performed on the boiler produced by the Finnish firm, Ala
Talkkari, on the basis of which the Smok I GC 25 kW boiler
was designed

The aid will be granted pursuant to Article 4(3)(d) of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 for investment aimed at improving the
natural environment. Eligible expenditure will
include invest-
ment costs related to the purchase and installation of the heat
source (and the purchase of the chipper) and the modernisation
of the central heating system

Aid No: XA 190/08

Member State: Finland

Region: —

Economic sector(s) concerned: The aid is made available to
enterprises engaged in activities in the sector involving:

Title of aid scheme or name of the enterprise receiving
individual aid:

(a) animal production: pigs, beef and dairy cattle, fish, sheep;

Kuolleiden eläinten (sika,
keräily ja hävittäminen

siipikarja, nauta,

lammas, vuohi)

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Legal basis:

(b) for the amounts over 500 kg: EUR 8/100 kg,

Regulation (EC) No 774/2002 of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules
concerning animal by-products not
intended for human
consumption.

Maa- ja metsätalousministeriön asetus eläimistä saatavien sivu-
tuotteiden hävittämisestä syrjäisillä alueilla sekä kuolleiden
lemmikkieläinten hävittämisestä (1374/2004)

Valtionavustuslaki (2001/688)

Valtioneuvoston asetus valtionavustuksesta eläimen omistajalle
sikojen ja siipikarjan raatojen hävittämisestä aiheutuviin kustan-
nuksiin (59/2004)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The budget
for 2008 is EUR 4,7 million. The total budget for 2008-2013 is
a maximum of EUR 28 million

Maximum aid intensity: 60 %

— pigs and poultry delivered direct to the processing plant:

EUR 0,04/kg,

— cattle, under one year: EUR 116,36 per animal,

— cattle one year and older: EUR 132,03 per animal,

— sheep and goats: EUR 100,91 per animal.

costs budgeted for 2008 for

The
are
EUR 4,7 million, unless the owner's contribution to the costs of
destruction of cattle changes. The total budget for 2008-2013 is
a maximum of EUR 28 million.

aid scheme

the

The aid does not involve direct payments to producers

Date of implementation: 26.5.2008

Aid No: XA 192/08

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31.12.2013

Member State: Netherlands

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to compensate
producers for the costs of the collection and destruction of
fallen stock (pigs, poultry, cattle, sheep and goats) in accordance
with Article 16(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Region: Provincie Limburg

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

Sector(s) concerned: NACE code — A0012 — Farming of
animals

Stimulering Agro-Innovatie Limburg 3

Name and address of the granting authority:

Legal basis:

Elintarviketurvallisuusvirasto Evira
Mustialankatu 3
FI-00790 Helsinki

Website:

http://wwwb.mmm.fi/el/laki/h/default.html

http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2001/20010688

Other information: The objective of the aid is to reduce the
costs to producers of the collection of fallen stock and to make
collection of fallen stock a more attractive method of disposal,
thereby reducing the risk of fallen stock being disposed of illeg-
ally by burial in the collection area.

— Artikel 5 Algemene Subsidieverordening Provincie Limburg

(http://portal.prvlimburg.nl/psonline/popups/document.jsp?
document=25948)

— Artikel 1 e.v. Nadere Subsidieregels voor de bevordering van

de economische ontwikkeling

(http://portal.prvlimburg.nl/psonline/documenten/22586/
040401-0245.doc)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The avail-
able budget is EUR 487 500 (EUR 162 500 a year)

The aid intensity is 40-60 % depending on the species. The
maximum costs of the aid by species are as follows:

Maximum aid intensity: The voucher has
EUR 6 500, 75 % of which is eligible for subsidy

a value of

— pigs and poultry, collected from the holding:

Date of implementation: 22.5.2008

(a) amounts of at least 150 kg: EUR 40/collection;

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31.12.2010

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Objective of aid: The scheme concerns technical support for
agriculture. Under Article 15(2)(c) and (3) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, 100 % support may be granted for consultancy
services provided by third parties and the costs of services that
do not constitute a continuous or periodic activity and do not
relate to the enterprise's usual operating expenditure. The aid is
granted in the form of subsidised services to producers and
therefore satisfies the condition that it may not involve direct
payments of money to farmers.

The aid involves so-called ‘knowledge vouchers’. The vouchers
can be exchanged for subsidised consultancy services by any
holding or organisation involved in agricultural production
implementing a plan having an economic or business impact
primarily on Limburg's agri-food sector.

The voucher has a value of EUR 6 500, 75 % of which is
eligible for subsidy

Sector(s) concerned: Small and medium-sized enterprises, as
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, in all sectors of
primary agricultural
livestock or crop) or horticultural
production

(i.e.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Limburg
Postbus 5700,
6202 MA Maastricht
Nederland

Website:

For more information on the vouchers, see:

http://www.limburg.nl/nl/html/algemeen/beleid/Europa/Kennisge-
vingenStaatssteun/KennisgevingenStaatssteun.asp

Other information: —