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: 2008-10-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Italy, Spain, State aid, agricultural production, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, 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

Aid No: XA 219/08

Member State: Denmark

Region: Denmark

(2008/C 266/04)

Website:

www.kartoffelafgiftsfonden.dk/Regnskab_budget/Budget08_1.pdf

Other information: —

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

Legal basis:

Lov om administration af Det Europæiske Fællesskabs forord-
ninger om markedsordninger for landbrugsvarer m.v. (Bemyndi-
gelsesloven), cf. lovbekendtgørelse nr. 297 af 28. april 2004.

Article 15(2)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
DKK 500 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 44 %

Date of implementation: 30 June 2008 or as soon as possible
after the Commission has registered the scheme under Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2008

Objective of aid:

the potato and other

An analysis of the Danish public's consumption of and attitude
towards
food accompaniments and
the drawing-up of a strategy for the generic marketing of pota-
toes. Aid is provided under Article 15(2)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006.

Expenditure covers a market analysis, a marketing plan, the
printing of a report and travel expenses

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Kartoffelafgiftsfonden
Grindstedvej 55
DK-7184 Vandel

Aid No: XA 225/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Castile-La Mancha

Title of aid scheme: Ayudas para el asesoramiento en sanidad
vegetal

Legal basis: Orden de 15-04-2008, de la Consejería de Agricul-
tura, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de las ayudas
para el asesoramiento en sanidad vegetal y se convocan para la
campaña 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 1 300 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 75 % of the cost of the advisory
services

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

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: To grant aid for technical advice on plant
health and more specifically for drawing up and improving
plant health programmes and addressing technical plant health
issues, optimising the use of plant health products by combining
treatments and engaging in integrated control, with a view to
complying with the rules on food safety and hygiene and produ-
cing healthier food. Aid will be granted in accordance with
Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, in kind, via the
advisory services for small and medium-sized agricultural enter-
prises provided by producer groups, partially compensating the
latter for the costs entailed in the provision of advice as regards
staff and training expenses, and the costs of acquiring field
material, literature and equipment

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Sector(s) concerned: Primary producers of the Region's main
crops

Name and address of the granting authority:

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Consejería de Agricultura
C/ Pintor Matías Moreno, no 4
E-45004 Toledo

Website:

Provisionally:

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

Website:

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

http://www.jccm.es/agricul/agricultura_ganaderia/sanidad_vegetal/
ayudas/CLM_Ayudas%20ASV-Para_UE.pdf

Valencia, 2 June 2008.

After publication:

http://www.jccm.es/cgi-bin/docm.php3

Toledo, 26 May 2008.

La Secretaria General Técnica

Rosa Natividad ZAMBUDIO

Aid No: XA 226/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Valencia

Name of company receiving an individual aid: Asociación de
Ganaderos de Caprino de Raza Murciano-Granadina de la
Comunidad Valenciana

Legal basis: Resolución de la Consellera de Agricultura, Pesca y
Alimentación, que concede la subvención basada en una línea
nominativa descrita en la ley 15/2007 de presupuestos de la
Generalitat

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 12 000 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
for Agriculture and
of
Rural Development

the Commission's Directorate-General

Duration of individual aid award: 2008

Objective of aid: A plan for the promotion and preservation of
the Murciano-Granadina goat involving maintenance of the herd
book (Article 16), training of farmers and the dissemination,
and greater awareness, of the breed (Article 15). The scheme
will cover the costs of the services provided, the consumables
required for monitoring milk production and carrying out
analyses, of services provided by third parties (maintenance of
the computer software, compilation of genealogical charts,
analysis of samples,
technical advice to farmers) and those
relating to the producer training programme

Sector(s) concerned: Owners of goat
whose stock includes Murciano-Granadina goats

farms in the region

La directora general de Producción Agraria

Laura Peñarroya FABREGAT

Aid No: XA 233/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia Autonoma di Trento

Title of aid scheme: Iniziative per la valorizzazione dell'Agri-
coltura

Legal basis:

1. L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003 «Sostegno dell'economia agricola,
disciplina dell'agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione
di prodotti geneticamente non modificati» articoli 47 e 49

2. Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 1010 del
18 aprile 2008, modificata con deliberazione n. 1390 del
30 maggio 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The annual
amount committed totals EUR 1,5 million

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 the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Develop-
ment

Duration of scheme: The aid must be granted not later than
31 December 2013

Objective of aid:

(a) to develop and improve the efficiency and professionalism
of agriculture in the Province of Trento as well as to market
organic products;

(b) Articles 10 and 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
provide the legal basis for the application of this aid scheme

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural 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

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

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?
Item=76&Type=FulView

http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/viewAllegatoDeli.asp?
Item=76

Aid No: XA 235/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme: Incentivi per servizi di assistenza tecnica
finalizzata all'utilizzo delle risorse alimentari locali, quali prati e
pascoli, e all'impiego di
tecniche e di mezzi di produzione
rispettosi dell'ambiente e attenti al benessere animale, purché
essa non rientri nella normale gestione aziendale

Legal basis: Legge Regionale 4 settembre 2001, n. 21 «Disposi-
zioni in materia di allevamento zootecnico e relativi prodotti» e
successive modificazioni e integrazioni (in particolare, l'articolo
2 comma 1 lettera c) e comma 1bis, l'articolo 3 e l'articolo 6
comma 1 lettera a) e deliberazione della Giunta regionale del 13
giugno 2008, n. 1814 «Precisazioni in merito alla concessione
degli incentivi previsti per il settore della zootecnia dalle Leggi
Regionali 4 settembre 2001, n. 21 e 22 aprile 2002, n. 3, e
successive modificazioni e integrazioni»

Planned
EUR 6,8 million

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of eligible expenditure

Date of implementation: As from the publication of the regis-
tration number of the request for exemption on the website of
the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural
Development

Duration of scheme: Under the scheme, aid may be granted
until 31 December 2013 and for six months thereafter

for

Objective of aid:
Through incentives
to
technical
provide holdings with technical assistance aimed at the use of
local food resources, such as fields and pastures, and of environ-
ment-friendly production techniques and means geared towards
animal welfare, provided such services do not
fall under
everyday business management.

assistance

services,

The aid is to be granted in kind in the form of subsidised
services and does not involve direct payments of money to
producers. These services will be provided by the livestock asso-

ciation, various bodies or directly by the competent services of
the regional administration.

The aid is accessible to all those eligible in the area concerned,
based on objectively defined conditions. If the services are orga-
nised by producers' organisations, membership of these organi-
sations is not a prerequisite for access to such services, and the
non-members' contributions towards the association's or organi-
the
sation's administrative costs are limited to the costs of
service provided.

The costs for the following activities are eligible:

(a) training for livestock farmers and their employees, with
associated with organising the
regard only to costs
programme, travel and accommodation expenses incurred
by the participants and the cost of relief services to replace
livestock farmers and their employees in their absence;

(b) farm relief services to replace livestock farmers or one of
their workers in the event of illness or in holiday periods;

(c) the provision of specialist advice, other than ongoing or
regular advice, not connected with the normal running costs
of the undertaking;

(d) publications, such as catalogues and websites, provided that
the information and the way in which it is presented are
neutral and that all producers concerned have an equal
opportunity to be featured.

Reference to Community legislation: Article 15(1), (2)(a), (b), (c)
and (f), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Please note that Article 2(1a) of Law No 21/2001 makes explicit
reference to the above-mentioned Article and thus to all the
conditions set out previously and laid down therein

Sector(s) concerned: Species as listed in Regional Law No 17
of 26 March 1993 establishing the regional register of livestock
and livestock farms (bovine, equine, pig, sheep and goat and
other livestock species)

Name and address of the granting authority:
Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta
Assessorato Agricoltura e Risorse naturali
Dipartimento Agricoltura
Direzione investimenti aziendali e sviluppo zootecnico
Loc. Grande Charrière, 66
I-11020 Saint-Christophe (Aosta)

Website:
http://www.regione.vda.it/gestione/sezioni_web/allegato.asp?
pk_allegato=1348

Saint-Christophe

Il Coordinatore del Dipartimento Agricoltura
Emanuele DUPONT