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: 2008-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, France, Lithuania, Spain, State aid, agricultural product, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

11.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 259/9

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

Aid No: XA 231/08

Member State: Spain

(2008/C 259/08)

Website:

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

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Valencia, 2 June 2008.

Name of company receiving an individual aid:

La directora general de producción agraria
Laura Peñarroya FABREGAT

Asociación empresarial de productores de porcino de la Comu-
nidad Valenciana

Legal basis:

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: EUR 15 000 in 2008

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: As from the publication of the iden-
tification number of the request for exemption on the website
of
for Agriculture and
Rural Development

the Commission's Directorate-General

Duration of individual aid award: 2008

Objective of aid: Training, promotion and dissemination of
livestock farming in the light of market requirements as regards
food safety,
in the
pigmeat sector in the Community of Valencia (Article 15 of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

traceability and environmental

impact,

Sector(s) concerned: Pig farmers

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
Amadeo de Saboya, 2
E-46010 Valencia

Other information: The text of the decision granting the aid is
attached

Aid No: XA 232/08

Member State: Republic of Lithuania

Region: —

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

Parama
XA 289/07) pakeitimas

ūkiams modernizuoti 2007–2013 m.

(schemos

Legal basis:

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro 2008 m. gegužės 23 d.
įsakymas Nr. 3D-297 „Dėl žemės ūkio ministro 2007 m.
rugpjūčio 24 d.
įsakymo Nr. 3D-389 „Dėl paramos ūkiams
modernizuoti 2007–2013 metais taisyklių“ pakeitimo“ (Žin.,
2008, Nr. 61-2322) (décret no 3D-297)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: The
planned annual budget is LTL 10,5 million, or EUR 3,04 million
at the official exchange rate

farmers are to
Maximum aid intensity: Under these rules,
receive aid covering 20 % of the purchase costs of new tractors
or new combine harvesters, whilst young farmers who are
under 40 years of age at the time of submitting their application
and have been established for no more than five years before
purchasing the tractor or combine harvester concerned (herein-
after ‘young farmers’) are to receive aid covering 25 % of the
purchase costs.

The total maximum investment aid for a tractor per aid reci-
pient and per application is LTL 10 000 (LTL 15 000 for a
young farmer), and for a harvester — LTL 40 000 (LTL 50 000
for a young farmer).

C 259/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.10.2008

The maximum amount of aid granted to cover part of the
purchase costs of a tractor or combine harvester may not
exceed 40 % of the eligible investments (or 50 % for young
farmers). The total aid sought for the cost of the purchase of a
tractor or a harvester may not be paid for the same eligible
expenditure if cumulation of such aid would result
in the
maximum aid intensity referred to in Article 19 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 being exceeded. All investment aid received
in respect of a tractor or combine harvester must be aggregated.
This includes the State aid received under the above-mentioned
rules and any other financial assistance received in respect of a
new tractor or combine harvester indicated in the applicant's
payment request.

Economic
products

sector(s):

Primary production of

agricultural

Name and address of the granting authority:

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija (ministère de l'Agri-
culture)
Gedimino pr. 19 (Lelevelio g. 6)
LT-01103 Vilnius

Website:

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

The maximum intensity of
the investment aid may not
exceed the sum indicated in Article 4(9) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, i.e. EUR 400 000.

Other information: —

The amount of aid may be modified depending on the number
of beneficiaries and the funding requirement

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

Duration of the aid scheme or the individual aid: Until
31 December 2013

Objective of aid:

— aid to SMEs,

— acquisition of machinery and equipment,

— to reduce production costs,

— to improve the competitiveness of the farms,

— to facilitate the acquisition of agricultural machinery by

farmers.

Article 4(4)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 shall apply.

Eligible expenditure:

1. special rural support programme funds are to be used to
cover part of the purchase costs of new tractors (hereinafter
‘tractors’)
towed combine
harvesters used in agricultural production (hereinafter
‘combine harvesters’), except sugar-beet harvesters, exclusive
of VAT;

and new self-propelled or

2. aid shall not be granted to applicants who bore the total or
partial purchase costs for a tractor or combine harvester
before the application was submitted to the intervention
Agency. The portion of costs incurred after an application
has been submitted up to the appropriate deadline as stipu-
lated by point 7 shall not be reimbursed;

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerijos sekretorius
Kazys SIVICKIS

Aid No: XA 248/08

Member State: Belgium

Region: Vlaanderen

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

Overheidstoelage voor de ophaling en verwerking van krengen
van landbouwdieren

Legal basis:

Besluit van de Vlaamse Regering van 15 december 2006, betref-
fende de ophaling en verwerking van dierlijk afval, artikel 3, § 2
en § 3

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company: The
amount of
amount of the allowance depends on the actual cost per tonne
and the total number of
livestock farmers each year. The
maximum amount of aid to be granted is EUR 10 000 000
per year

Maximum aid intensity: Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
allows a contribution of 100 % towards the costs of
the
removal and 75 % towards the costs of the processing of farm
animals.

The Flemish Region provides aid of 50 % of the total cost of the
removal and processing of farm animal carcases

Date of implementation: The aid scheme has been in force
since 1 January 2008. It is of a compensatory nature, as referred
to in the last paragraph of point 16 of the ‘Community guide-
lines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007
to 2013’

3.

in accordance with Article 4(7) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, aid may not be granted for simple agri-
cultural machinery replacement investments

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid scheme
is to remain in force up to and including 30 June 2014

11.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 259/11

Objective of aid: To prevent
farm
animal carcases and thus avert the associated risks for human
and animal health and the environment.

the illegal dumping of

The aid scheme meets all the requirements of Article 16 of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: The livestock sector (livestock farmers)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Openbare Vlaamse Afvalstoffenmaatschappij (OVAM)
Stationsstraat 110
B-2800 Mechelen

Website:

http://www.ovam.be/jahia/Jahia/pid/l 510

Other information: —

Henny DE BAETS
Administrateur-generaal

Aid No: XA 260/08

Member State: France

Region: Centre

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

Encouragements à la production de produits agricoles de qualité
et assistance technique aux exploitations

Legal basis:

— Articles 14 and 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,

— Code général des collectivités territoriales (partie législative),

articles L 1511-1 et L 1511-2,

— Communication du Président du Conseil régional du Centre
sur la stratégie de développement de l'agriculture et de la
forêt de la région Centre, présentée en séance plénière de
juin 2006,

— Délibération de

la

commission permanente

régionale

no 07.08.55 du 12 octobre 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 2 200 000 per year up to 2012 and EUR 2 000 000
in 2013

individual

Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Articles 14 and 15
of the Regulation, the aid may cover up to 100 % of all or part
of the specified eligible costs

Date of implementation: 2008, subject to publication of the
registration number of the exemption request on the website of
the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture
and Rural Development

scheme or

Duration of
individual aid award: Up to
31 December 2013, the date up to which the Exemption Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 applies

Objective of aid: As part of
its policy on agreements on
support for sectoral projects, the setting-up of businesses and

sector,

in the agricultural

employment
the promotion of
regional products and regional development, the Centre region
of France could potentially be asked to help to provide technical
support for agricultural holdings. As a result, it would like to set
up a framework for technical support dedicated to schemes
implemented under these support agreements.

Only the measures stipulated in the agreements on support for
sectoral projects, the regulation on new regional development
agreements, the policy for supporting setting-up and employ-
ment, the agreement with agricultural vocational training part-
ners and within the framework of supporting product promo-
tion will be eligible.

The objectives of the aid scheme envisaged by the Centre region
are: to improve and redeploy production and improve quality.

In accordance with Articles 14 and 15 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, the following expenditure may be subsidised:

— non-recurrent diagnosis and advice geared to the following
subjects: adjustment of holdings to market problems, the
organisation of work, environmental management and
energy, and handling the means of production once a
holding has been taken over or set up,

— replacement services for farmers who are less than 50 years
old and have been in business for less than five years, to
enable them to take part in training or to replace farmers
during their holidays,

— measures relating to the joint promotion of official quality
labels and regional agricultural products or products from
specific cultivation areas within the region, provided that the
is not based on comparisons with
information material
other products and only emphasises the intrinsic qualities of
the product. Such joint promotion measures consist of
organising and/or participating in forums, exhibitions and
(advertisements,
trade fairs and producing publications
point-of-sale promotion, websites,
etc.) giving factual,
unbiased information on products from the Centre region.

All this aid is to be granted in kind in the form of subsidised
services. There will be no direct payments to the beneficiaries,
in accordance with Articles 14 and 15 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 (the Exemption Regulation).
It will also be
ensured that all producers have access to the services proposed
by the recipient organisation, without discrimination and on
equal terms, and with no membership or affiliation obligation

Sector(s) concerned: All SME agricultural holdings in the
Centre region

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil régional du Centre
9, rue St Pierre Lentin
F-45041 Orléans cedex 1
Tel. (33) 238 70 30 30
Fax (33) 238 70 31 18

Website:

http://www.regioncentre.fr/jahia/webdav/site/portail/shared/agri-
culture/docs/Region-Centre-Agriculture-Reglement-cadre-exploi-
tations.pdf