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: 2008-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Italy, Slovenia, State aid, agricultural holding, 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 264/07

Member State: Estonia

Region: Estonia

(2008/C 230/07)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Põllumajandusministeerium
Lai 39/41
EE-Tallinn 15056

Veterinaar- ja Toiduamet
Väike-Paala 3
EE-Tallinn 11415

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

Newcastle` haiguse likvideerimise kulude katmine Abja Muna
OÜ-le

Website:

Legal basis:

Loomatauditõrje seadus (RT I 1999, 57, 598; 97, 861; 2000,
82, 526; 2001, 3, 4; 88, 531; 93, 566; 2002 13, 80; 61, 375;
63, 387; 96, 566; 2004, 19, 135; 34, 236; 2005, 37, 286; 61,
477; 2006, 21, 162; 2007, 1,1; 12, 66; 11, 114)

https://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=1046235

Other information: —

Vabariigi Valitsuse 1. augusti 2000. a määrus nr 260

Aid No: XA 349/07

Eriti ohtlike loomataudide ennetamise ja tõrjega seotud kulude
hüvitamise tingimused ja kord (RT I 2000, 64, 420; 2006, 31,
241)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total
amount: EEK 550 000.

1. Under Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 the
receives up to EEK 237 200 by means of

producer
subsidised services via the Veterinary and Food Board.

2. Under Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 the

producer receives compensation of up to EEK 300 100

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

Date of implementation: 10 October 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2007

Objective of aid: The aid is granted under Article 10 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006.

of Regulation (EC)
In accordance with Article 10(1)
No 1857/2006, the Ministry of Agriculture grants aid to the
farmer via the Veterinary and Food Board. In accordance with
Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the Ministry of
Agriculture grants aid to the Veterinary and Food Board, which
in turn compensates the farmer for the costs incurred

Sector(s) concerned: NACE code A00124 (poultry)

Member State: Italy

Region: Sardegna

Title of aid scheme:

Legge regionale 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23 (aiuti per i
danni alla produzione agricola). Sostegno a favore degli alleva-
tori per fronteggiare la scrapie degli ovicaprini — Indennizzi per
la perdita di reddito — anni 2004-2007

Legal basis:

L.R. 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23.

Deliberazione della giunta regionale n. 25/34 del 3 luglio 2007
recante «Legge regionale 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23 (aiuti
per i danni alla produzione agricola) — Sostegno a favore degli
allevatori per fronteggiare la scrapie degli ovicaprini — Inden-
nizzi per la perdita di reddito — anni 2004-2007 — Direttive
di attuazione».

Deliberazione della giunta regionale n. 42/16 del 24 ottobre
2007: Modifica della deliberazione della giunta regionale n.
25/34 del 3 luglio 2007 recante «Legge regionale 11 marzo
1998, n. 8, articolo 23 (aiuti per i danni alla produzione agri-
cola) — Sostegno a favore degli allevatori per fronteggiare la
scrapie degli ovicaprini — Indennizzi per la perdita di reddito
— Anni 2004-2007 — Direttive di attuazione»

Planned annual expenditure under the scheme: The total
financial allocation for the aid, covering losses occurred in 2004,
2005, 2006 and 2007, amounts to EUR 2 million

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Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is fixed at
70 % of the loss, which is calculated taking into account the
value of lost production, net of intermediate costs not incurred
by the farmer (purchase of forage and veterinary costs), with a
distinction being made between non-purebred animals and
those registered in herd books. Please find below the details of
the calculation.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione autonoma della Sardegna
Assessorato dell'agricoltura e riforma agro-pastorale
Via Pessagno, 4
I-09125 Cagliari

Calculation of the aid payment
EUR/sheep and goats

Non-purebred
sheep and goats

Sheep and goats
registered in herd
books

Website:

Value of milk production

102,60

125,40

Value of lamb/kid

43,00

43,00

For the ‘Deliberazione n. 25/34 del 3 luglio 2007’:

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_72_20070703165
033.pdf

Marketable production

145,60

168,40

For the corresponding Annex:

Intermediate costs

- 29,12

- 33,68

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_72_20070703165
715.pdf

Loss of income

116,48

134,72

For the ‘Deliberazione n. 42/16 del 24 ottobre 2007 che modifica la
deliberazione n. 25/34 del 3 luglio 2007’:

Aid intensity

70 %

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_72_20071024111
304.pdf

Amount of aid payable for each
sheep/goat

81,53

94,30

For the corresponding Annex:

The value of the loss of milk production for each animal was
determined on the basis of the average price of goat milk as
monitored by ISMA in 2006, i.e. EUR 0,57/l, together with the
yearly productivity of Sardinian goats, that is an average of
180 litres for non-purebred goats and 220 litres for those regis-
tered in herd books.

The estimated average value of each lamb/kid is EUR 43, based
on an average weight of 9-10 kg/animal at an average price of
EUR 4,5/kg as established on the basis of slaughter/farm gate
prices for lambs as listed in ISMEA's database for November and
December 2006.

The marketable production of the animal is represented by the
value of milk production plus the value of the lamb/kid

Date of implementation: Aid shall apply for all adult sheep
and goats culled, starting from 4 July 2004, on the basis of an
order by health authorities

Duration of scheme: December 2007

Objective of the aid: Aid shall be implemented pursuant to
Article 10 of the Regulation and is aimed at compensating
farmers for the loss of production from adult sheep and goats,
which, having shown symptoms of scrapie, a degenerative
disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats
have been culled on the basis of an order by health authorities

Sector concerned: Animal production: sheep and goats

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_72_20071024111
334.pdf

Other information: As scrapie cannot be diagnosed while the
animal is still alive (there is no test to identify it), the disease can
only be suspected on the basis of clinical symptoms, whereas
confirming tests are mostly performed on the brain and, to a
lesser extent, on the lymphatic organs removed from the
animal's carcass.

Consequently, control of the disease, when it is identified in a
herd, involves the selective culling of animals that are genetically
sensitive to scrapie, alongside other restrictive provisions, as
provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1492/2004 of
23 August 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eradica-
tion measures for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in
bovine, ovine and caprine animals.

In particular, Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1492/2004, regulates the intro-
duction of animals in farms where genetically sensitive animals
have been culled and completely destroyed, given that animals
without the required genetic characteristics cannot be intro-
duced in breeding farms.

In this respect, regional authorities recently launched specific
programmes aimed, on the one hand, at genetically improving
Sardinian herds and, on the other, at overcoming difficulties in
connections with restocking herds with genetically resistant
animals after culling.

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Among the programmes that have been launched, of particular
importance are the ‘2006 regional genetic selection plan for
increasing resistance to spongiform encephalopathies in ovine
animals’, aimed at increasing the frequency of the prion protein
allele (ARR) conferring genetic resistance to the onset of
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
(TSEs), and the
‘programme for the establishment and maintenance of a core
herd for the production of homozygotic rams resistant to the
PrP locus, to be used primarily in outbreak herds’, specially
aimed at producing homozygotic rams used to meet the needs
of outbreak herds.

2009: EUR 15 500

2010: EUR 17 000

2011: EUR 20 000

2012: EUR 22 000

2013: EUR 25 000

Maximum aid intensity:

In spite of these programmes being launched, the time needed
to restore herds and their production potential, remains long,
since the impact of the programmes, even when both are imple-
mented at the same time, may be seen only as from the year
following the culling when the new animals resulting from
internal
replacement, planned according to the appropriate
genetic selection schemes, become productive. Furthermore, it is
objectively still difficult to locate on the market animals that are
genetically suitable for restocking and have the required genetic
characteristics.

these difficulties prevent

Therefore, as
the replacement of
animals in the months after culling, the loss in production is
calculated on the basis of the values indicated under ‘Maximum
aid intensity’ taken over a one-year period, given also that the
Sardinian sheep is mostly bred for producing milk and that the
productivity of milk sheep in Sardinia is seasonal
(usually
between January and July)

Stefania MANCA
Director of the Production Division

Aid No: XA 356/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje Občine Selnica ob Dravi

Title of aid scheme:

Državne pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja
v občini Selnica ob Dravi 2007-2013

Legal basis:

Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči, pomoči de minimis
in izvajanju drugih ukrepov razvoja podeželja v občini Selnica
ob Dravi

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

2007: EUR 14 187

2008: EUR 15 000

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas,

— up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas,

— up to 60 % of eligible costs in LFAs, and up to 50 % of
eligible costs in other areas, in the case of investments
made by young farmers within five years of setting up.

Support is to be granted for investment in the restoration of
farm features and the purchase of equipment to be used in
agricultural production, and in respect of
in
permanent
and pasture
farmland improvement
management.

investment

crops,

2. Conservation of traditional buildings:

— up to 100 % of the real costs in the case of non-produc-

tive features,

— up to 60 %, or up to 75 % in LFAs, of the real costs in
the case of productive assets on farms, provided that the
investment does not entail any increase in the production
capacity of the farm,

— additional aid may be granted at a rate of up to 100 % to
cover
incurred by using traditional
materials necessary to maintain the heritage features of
buildings.

the extra costs

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— taking into account

the financing from the national
budget, municipal support brings the amount of aid up
to 50 % of eligible costs for
insurance policies for
insuring crops and fruit and livestock against disease.

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of eligible legal and administrative costs,

including inspection costs.

5. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs; this is to be provided in
the form of subsidised services and must not involve
direct payments of money to producers.

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6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 100 % of costs concerning education and training
of farmers, consultancy services and the organisation of
forums, competitions, exhibitions,
fairs, publications,
catalogues and websites. Aid is to be granted in the form
of
involve direct
payments of money to producers

subsidised services and must not

Date of implementation: November 2007 (the aid will not be
allocated before the summary is published on the European
Commission's website)

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 relating to the measures to be adopted by
the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps
preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and moni-
toring of aid)

Mayor of the municipality of Selnica ob Dravi
Jurij LEP

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Aid No: XA 363/07

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Region: Območje občine Sv. Andraž v Slov. goricah

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: Articles 8-13 of the draft Rules on granting State
aid and de minimis aid and implementing other rural develop-
ment measures in the municipality of Selnica ob Dravi include
measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following
Articles of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of
15 December 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 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

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

Finančne intervencije v kmetijstvo v Občini Sv. Andraž v Slov.
goricah

Legal basis:

Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči za ohranjanje in
razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Sv. Andraž v Slov.
goricah

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of indivi-
dual aid granted to the beneficiaries:

2007: EUR 4 173

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

2008: EUR 4 173

premiums,

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

— Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agri-

cultural products,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

2009: EUR 4 173

2010: EUR 4 173

2011: EUR 4 173

2012: EUR 4 173

2013: EUR 4 173

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Maximum aid intensity:

Name and address of the granting authority:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

Občina Selnica ob Dravi
Slovenski trg 4
SLO-2352 Selnica ob Dravi

Website:

http://www.izit.si/muv/index.php?action=showIzdaja&year=2007&
izdajaID=421

(stran 859, št. predpisa 447)

Other information: The measure for the payment of insurance
includes the following
premiums to insure crops and fruit
adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural
disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by lightning,
storm and floods.

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas,

— up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas,

— up to 60 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas in the
case of investments made by young farmers within five
years of setting up. Young farmers must meet the require-
ments of Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

The aid is provided in the form of grants and the co-finan-
cing of interest on loans.

Support is granted for investment in the modernisation of
agricultural holdings (investment
in plant processing and
animal production) and the management of pastures and
farmland.

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2. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— the amount of municipal
amount of

the difference
insurance
between the
premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of
eligible costs of insurance premiums for insuring crops
and fruit and for insuring livestock against disease.

support
co-financing of

is

production of agricultural products and amending Regulation
(EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

3. Provision of technical support:

sector

— up to 50 % of eligible costs concerning farmers' educa-
tion and training, consultancy services, the organisation
of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publica-
tions, catalogues and websites, and the dissemination of
scientific knowledge,

— the aid is granted in the form of subsidised services and
does not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: November 2007 (the aid will not be
granted until a summary has been published on the European
Commission's website)

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: The draft Rules on granting State aid for preser-
ving and developing agriculture and rural areas in the munici-
pality of Sv. Andraž v Slov. goricah include measures consti-
tuting State aid in accordance with the following Articles of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December
2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to
State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Sv. Andraž v Slov. goricah
Vitomarci 71
SLO-2255 Vitomarci

Website:

http://www.lex-localis.info/UradnoGlasiloObcin/VsebinaDokumenta.
aspx?SectionID=97cd483c-ae75-4180-a84d-3f07f9000a7c

Other information: The measure for the payment of insurance
premiums to insure crops and fruit
includes the following
adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural
disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by lightning,
storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 concerning the measures to be adopted by
the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps
preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and moni-
toring of aid)

Franci KREPŠA
Mayor