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: 2008-09-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, Spain, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, exchange of information, 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

(2008/C 227/05)

Aid No: XA 163/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Ayudas a entidades asociativas para proyectos colec-
tivos de implantación de sistemas de trazabilidad en las explota-
ciones agrarias

Legal basis: Orden Foral de la Consejera de Desarrollo Rural y
Medio Ambiente, por la que se establecen las normas que
regulan la concesión de ayudas a entidades asociativas para
proyectos colectivos de implantación de sistemas de trazabilidad
en las explotaciones agrarias

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 200 000/year

individual

Maximum aid intensity:

Up to 40 % of eligible expenditure for investments on agri-
cultural holdings.

Up to 75 % of eligible expenditure on encouraging the produc-
tion of quality agricultural products

Date of application: 14 April 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 April 2008
to 31 December 2011

Objective of aid:

The principal objective is to ensure the introduction and
improvement of systems guaranteeing food safety throughout
the production chain. The secondary objectives are to:

— enable producers to identify problem batches in the event of

a food alert,

— permit the health authorities to deal with food crises rapidly,

Sector(s) concerned: The animal and plant-production sectors
listed in Annex I

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gobierno de Navarra
Departamento de Desarrollo Rural y Medio Ambiente
C/ Tudela, 20
E-31003 Pamplona

Website:

http://www.cfnavarra.es/agricultura/COYUNTURA/AyudasEstado/
pdfs/STNO08028 %20OF.pdf

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 164/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Ayudas a explotaciones ganaderas por la inmoviliza-
ción de ganado o el vacío sanitario obligatorio en el marco de
campañas de saneamiento ganadero, en el año 2008

Legal basis: Orden Foral de la Consejera de Desarrollo Rural y
Medio Ambiente, por la que se establecen las bases por las que
se regulan las ayudas a explotaciones ganaderas por la inmovili-
zación de ganado o el vacío sanitario en el marco de campañas
de saneamiento ganadero, y se aprueba la convocatoria para el
año 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 150 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity will in no
case exceed 100 % of the accredited losses

Date of implementation: 15 April 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 15 April 2008
to 31 December 2008

— provide consumers in an efficient manner with correct and
adequate information regarding the origin of products.

Objective of aid:

Article 4(4)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: Aid for
investments in agricultural holdings. Eligible costs: the purchase
of IT hardware and software.

The principal objective of the aid is to provide compensation
losses suffered by agricultural holdings following
for financial
the compulsory immobilisation of
livestock provided for in
eradication programmes.

Article 14(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: Aid to
promote the production of quality products. Eligible costs: the
cost of training personnel to apply traceability systems

Article 10(2): Aid to compensate farmers for losses caused by
animal diseases. Eligible costs: Article 10(2)(a)(ii). Aid for
income losses due to quarantine obligations

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Sector(s) concerned: Animal production and health

— practical

Name and address of granting authority:

Gobierno de Navarra
Dirección General de Agricultura y Ganadería
Servicio de Ganadería
C/ Tudela, 20
E-31003 Pamplona (Navarra)

Website:

http://www.cfnavarra.es/agricultura/COYUNTURA/AyudasEstado/
pdfs/STNO07085 %20OF.pdf

Other information:

Dirección General de Agricultura y Ganadería
C/ Tudela, 20
E-31003 Pamplona
Tel. (34) 848 42 29 33
E-mail: izabalzv@cfnavarra.es
Gobierno de Navarra

Aid No: XA 166/08

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

recommendations, with guidelines on how to
improving

recommended measures

for

implement
the
energy efficiency,

— suggestions for possible use and production of renewable

energy, including an economic assessment,

— documents setting out

the advice and recommendations

given, and

— details of funding opportunities.

Other services (e.g.
investment advice) provided to the agri-
cultural holdings in question are not eligible for funding under
these aid rules.

The consultancy services are to be provided by publicly or
privately owned specialist bodies which must be recognised by
the Länder or authorised by the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
(Reconstruction Loan Corporation)
to give energy advice to
small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of
agricultural products.

The scheme is based on Article 15(2)(c) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006.

It complies with Article 15(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

Region: All the German Länder as aid-granting authorities

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural sectors

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Grundsätze für die einzelbetriebliche Förderung land-
wirtschaftlicher Unternehmen: Förderung der einzelbetrieblichen
Energieberatung

Legal basis: Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbes-
serung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes“

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Approxi-
mately EUR 1,1 billion for all measures under the GAK frame-
work plan

Maximum aid intensity: 80 %, subject
EUR 1 500

to a maximum of

Date of implementation: 20 April 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December
2010

Objective of aid:

Aid may be granted for energy advice given to individual enter-
prises with the aim of improving energy efficiency,
including
through the production and use of renewable energy.

Such consultancy services consist of:

— analysis of present energy consumption levels and costs,

— evaluation of the present situation, including an economic
assessment and, in particular, identification of weaknesses,

Name and address of the granting authority: The aid will be
granted by the relevant Land authorities

Website:

http://www.bmelv.de/cln_044/nn_751002/SharedDocs/downloads/
04-Landwirtschaft/Foerderung/GAK/Foerderungsgrundsaetze/2008/
Energieberatung,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/
Energieberatung.pdf

Other information:

Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und
Verbraucherschutz
Referat 521
D-53123 Bonn
Dr. SCHWEIZER

Aid No: XA 169/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual 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
presentazione delle domande, modalità attuative e condizioni di
ammissibilità relativamente all'articolo 25 [Alpicoltura]

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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 25

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

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 6 million

individual

Maximum aid intensity: The aid will be granted up to 80 % of
eligible expenditure, with varying intensity depending on the
type of subsidy (see,
the attached Decisions
in particular,
(Deliberazioni) constituting the legal basis)

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 December 2013

Objective of aid: The aid is aimed at bringing up to standard
mountain or other pastures and proteting them by planning
and improvement needed to ensure and improve their manage-
ment, including related infrastructure, in accordance with Arti-
cles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Degree of aid: Up to 80 % of eligible expenditure with varying
intensity depending on the type of subsidy. Aid for simple
replacement investments is not eligible

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.01.50 (Mixed farming)

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

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 170/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual 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
presentazione delle domande, modalità attuative e condizioni di
ammissibilità relativamente all'art. 44 [Agevolazioni per l'apicol-
tura]

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 44

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

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

individual

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

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

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

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Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid may be
granted up to 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: The aid is aimed at stepping up the competi-
tiveness and income of agricultural holdings by supporting
material
in accordance
investments for their modernisation,
with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

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

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

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

Sector(s) concerned: NACE Codes: A.01.49 (Raising of other
animals), A.01.50 (Mixed farming)

deliberazioni)

Other information: —