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: 2008-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, Lithuania, 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

Aid No: XA 215/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme:

(2008/C 228/09)

Website:

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?Item=
9&Type=FulView
http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/viewAllegatoDeli.asp?
Item=9

Attività di selezione finalizzata al miglioramento qualitativo del
bestiame attraverso il programma di rilevamento del carattere
BCS

Aid No: XA 216/08

Legal basis:

L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003 «Sostegno dell'economia agricola,
disciplina dell'agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di
prodotti geneticamente non modificati» art. 43, lettera b)

Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 214 del
1o febbraio 2008, modificata con delibera n. 1012 del 18 aprile
2008, criteri attuativi dell'art. 43, lettera b) della L.P.4/2003

Planned annual expenditure under the scheme: The annual
amount committed is EUR 600 000

Maximum aid intensity: The provincial contribution will be
70 % of the cost of the tests carried out

Date of implementation: The scheme will be implemented as
from the date on which the identification number of the request
for exemption is published on DG AGRI's website

Duration of scheme: Aid may be granted until 31 December
2013 at the latest

Objective of aid: Improvement in livestock quality by the selec-
tion of young livestock registered in the Genealogical Books for
breeds farmed in the Province of Trento, with a view to
improving ‘functional characteristics’ (negative correlation with
production), such as the animals' fertility, vitality, yield and capa-
city to adapt
to a mountain environment, by means of
determining animals' BCS. The reference Article for implementa-
tion of the aid scheme is Article 16(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, which Article provides for exemptions

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Trento
Dipartimento Agricoltura e alimentazione
Servizio Vigilanza e promozione delle attività agricole
Via G.B. Trener, 3
I-38100 Trento

Member State: Republic of Lithuania

Region: —

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

Parama veislininkystei (Schemos Nr. XA 67/07 pakeitimas)

Legal basis:

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro 2008 m. birželio 2 d.
įsakymas Nr. 3D-302 „Dėl paramos veislininkystei
taisyklių
patvirtinimo“

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
LTL 28 000 000, or EUR 8 109 360 at the official exchange
rate

individual

Maximum aid intensity:

— up to 100 % of the administrative costs of establishing and

maintaining herd books,

— up to 70 % of the costs of tests performed by or on behalf
of third parties to determine the genetic quality or yield of
livestock, with the exception of controls undertaken by the
owner of the livestock and routine controls of milk quality,

— up to 40 % of the costs of introducing innovative animal-
farm level, with the
insemination, until

breeding techniques or practices at
exception of costs relating to artificial
31 December 2011,

— up to 100 % of the costs of organising and participating in
competitions, exhibitions, fairs and forums, educational and
training activities and the dissemination of scientific know-
ledge (conferences,
seminars, professional and scientific
events, publishing of publications)

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will enter into force
after the Commission has officially published this summary
information

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Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual aid award: Up to

Name and address of the granting authority:

In the case of aid for the costs of
introducing innovative
animal-breeding techniques or practices at farm level, with the
exception of costs relating to artificial
insemination, up to
31 December 2011

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija
Gedimino pr.19 (Lelevelio g.6)
LT-01103 Vilnius

Website:

Objective of aid: Aid to SMEs:

http://www.zum.lt/lt/teisine-informacija/isakymai/4065/

— to encourage livestock farmers to take part in evaluations of
breeding stock on the basis of their offspring and in other
selection programmes,

State Secretary of
Lithuania
Vidmantas KANOPA

the Ministry of Agriculture of

the Republic of

— to increase the productivity of

livestock and improve its
genetic potential, and to develop herds with high breeding
values,

— to collect data on animal productivity and breeds and
develop breeding and animal selection software using a
single computer network,

— to modernise animal-productivity and meat-quality evalua-

tion technology,

Aid No: XA 217/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

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

— to encourage livestock farmers to rear animals of high

breeding value and to improve their breeding values,

Asociación de ovino-caprino lechero valenciano, ASOCVAL

— to preserve and improve livestock breeds and their gene

Legal basis:

pool in Lithuania,

— to carry out an assessment of breeding animals, organise
forums, competitions and training
animal
activities (conferences, seminars, professional and scientific
events, publishing of publications).

shows,

fairs,

Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are
applicable

Eligible expenditure:

1. the administrative costs of establishing and maintaining herd

books;

2. the costs of tests performed by or on behalf of third parties
to determine the genetic quality or yield of livestock, with
the exception of controls undertaken by the owner of the
livestock and routine controls of milk quality;

3. the

of

costs

introducing

animal-breeding
techniques or practices at farm level, with the exception of
costs relating to the introduction or performance of artificial
insemination;

innovative

Resolución de la Consellera de Agricultura Pesca y Alimenta-
ción, que concede la subvención basada en una línea nominativa
descrita en la ley 15/2007 de presupuestos de la Generalitat

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 18 000 in 2008

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registra-
tion number of
the exemption request is published on the
website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for
Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2008

Objective of aid: Technical consultancy services for sheep and
goat dairy farmers with regard to milk testing, quality control
during the milking process,
feed, breeding and handling
(Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006). The eligible
costs are those relating to the training scheme for farmers,
which includes direct costs incurred as a result of setting up the
programme and fees for services provided by third parties
(maintaining IT applications, analysis of samples and technical
advice for farmers)

4. the costs of organising and participating in competitions,
fairs and forums, educational and training
exhibitions,
activities and the dissemination of
scientific knowledge
(conferences, seminars, professional and scientific events,
publishing of publications)

Sector(s) concerned: Animal husbandry (cattle farming, horse
farming, pig farming, sheep farming, goat farming)

Sector(s) concerned: Sheep and goat dairy farmers

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
C/ Amadeo de Saboya, no 2
E-46010 Valencia

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Other information: —

Website:

http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/
ASOCVAL.pdf

Valencia, 2 June 2008

Director-General for Agricultural Production
Laura PEÑARROYA FABREGAT

Aid No: XA 218/08

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Schleswig-Holstein

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

Beihilfen zu den Impfungen von Rinder-, Schaf- und Ziegenbe-
ständen gegen den Serotyp 8 des Virus der Blauzungenkrankheit
— BTV8

Legal basis:

(EG-Blauzungenbekämpfung-Durchführungsverordnung) for the first
basic immunisation of herds of cattle, sheep and goats against
bluetongue virus serotype 8.

The measure is linked to the prevention of bluetongue and is
therefore compatible with the common market within the
meaning of Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty

Economic sectors: Agriculture.

The cattle, sheep and goat farmers eligible for aid are running
small and medium-sized enterprises active in the primary
production of agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume
Schleswig- Holstein
Mercatorstraße 3
D-24106 Kiel

Website:

http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/MLUR/DE/Landwirtschaft-
FischereiLaendlicherRaum/03__Foerderprogramme/01__ZPLR/
PDF/BTV8__Beihilfe__Rili,templateId=raw,property=publica-
tionFile.pdf

Richtlinien für die Gewährung von Beihilfen zur Impfung gegen
den Serotyp 8 des Virus der Blauzungenkrankheit
(BTV8-
Beihilfe-Richtlinien)

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

Aid No: XA 223/08

Member State: Italy

— vaccine: EUR 1 426 000,

— veterinary vaccination: EUR 1 million

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of costs of vaccine.

The amount of aid per veterinary vaccination is EUR 0,50.

The fees charged for vaccination by veterinarians are EUR 12,78
herd fee, EUR 7,67 per callout, EUR 2,05 per animal for cattle
and EUR 1,02 per animal for sheep and goats.

The aid intensity is therefore considerably below the maximum
100 %. Livestock owners are not paid direct but their costs are
settled with the vaccine manufacturer and the veterinarians
carrying out the vaccinations

Date of implementation: The aid will be granted from the
time of Internet publication of the summary information on the
aid scheme

Duration of
31 December 2008

scheme or

individual aid award: Up to

Objective of aid: The exemption is justified by Article 10(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The purpose of the measure is to compensate for the costs of
the vaccinations mandatory under Section 4(1)(a) of
the
Implementing Ordinance
EU Bluetongue Control Measures

Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme:

Aiuti destinati alla lotta contro le epizoozie, le zoozie e le fito-
patie

Legal basis:

Livello nazionale:

— Legge 9/6/1964 n. 615 «Bonifica sanitaria degli allevamenti

dalla tubercolosi e brucellosi».

Livello provinciale:

— L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003 «Sostegno dell'economia agricola,
disciplina dell'agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione
di prodotti geneticamente non modificati». Capo IX «Eventi
calamitosi»; art. 52 «Altri eventi naturali».

— Deliberazione n. 2682 di data 16 dicembre 2005 che ha
approvato il «Piano provinciale di controllo della tubercolosi,
brucellosi, leucosi bovina enzootica negli allevamenti bovini
della provincia di Trento».

— Deliberazione n. 1541 del 13 giugno 2008 avente per
oggetto: «Disciplina relativa alla concessione degli indennizzi
per i danni agli allevamenti colpiti da tubercolosi, brucellosi
e leucosi bovina enzootica»

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Maximum aid intensity: Aid amounting to 90 % of the esti-
mated loss is provided for.

The payments under this aid scheme will be made direct to the
farmer that suffered the loss; alternatively, where the farmer has,
by means of a signed document, authorised collection by
another, payments can be made to the relevant
farming
cooperative, which provides for the physical collection of the
milk from the holding and its subsequent processing

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The scale of
the loss and the relevant public support were estimated using
data on the epidemic verified by the health authorities; based on
the information currently available and an aid period that runs
for three years, overall expenditure is estimated at EUR 450 000

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will start on the date
of publication in the Regional Official Gazette of notice of a
successful outcome to the European Commission's scrutiny of
the scheme for compatibility with Articles 87 and 88 of the
Treaty

Duration of scheme: Aid may be granted up to 31 December
2010

the aid scheme is to enable
Objective of aid: The aim of
farmers in the Province whose herds have been hit by bovine
tuberculosis to receive compensation for earnings lost as a result
of:

— the loss of animals, limited to their replacement period (four

months),

— the extra costs incurred by the farmer in having to keep

non-infected animals on the farm,

— the extra costs incurred by the farmer in having to isolate
the fresh milk concerned, both during its refrigeration on
the holding and during transport,

— the reduced payment per kg/litre of milk supplied as a result

of having to change its use (UHT).

The aid comes under Article 10 and 11 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: NACE Codes: A.01.41 (Raising of dairy
cattle), A.01.42 (Raising of other cattle and buffaloes)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Trento
Dipartimento Agricoltura e alimentazione
Via G.B. Trener, 3
I-38100 Trento

Website:

http://www.consiglio.provincia.tn.it/banche_dati/codice_provin-
ciale/clex_ricerca_per_campi.it.asp

(you need only enter the number and year of the Provincial law
you wish to consult)

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

(you need only enter the number and year of the Decision you
wish to consult)

Other information: The compensatory payments provided for
under this aid scheme are made as part of a public programme
for the prevention and control of epidemic animal diseases. To
this end the Provincial Government approved the ‘Provincial
Plan for the control of tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic
bovine leukosis in bovine herds in the Province of Trento’ by
means of Decision No 2682 of 16 December 2005