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: 2008-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, aid to agriculture, 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

(2008/C 268/04)

Aid No: XA 241/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme:

Objective of aid: Through the incentives for the eradication
from livestock farms of animal diseases and other diseases,
provided that it is made compulsory under current legislation or
included in a
regional
programme, to improve the health of livestock, and thus of live-
stock products, in order to protect that of consumers.

specific Community, national or

Incentivi per il risanamento degli allevamenti da epizoozie e
altre malattie

The aid to compensate farmers for the costs specified in point 1
will be granted in kind by means of subsidised services and will
not involve direct payment of money to producers.

Legal basis:

Legge regionale 22 aprile 2002, n. 3 «Incentivi regionali per l'at-
tuazione degli interventi sanitari a favore del bestiame di inter-
esse zootecnico» e successive modificazioni e integrazioni [in
l'articolo 2 comma 1 lettera a), comma 2 e
particolare,
comma 4 bis] e deliberazione della Giunta regionale del
13 giugno 2008, n. 1814 «Precisazioni in merito alla conces-
sione 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 3 300 000

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity:

1. 100 % of the costs for the prevention and eradication of
animal diseases and other diseases, veterinary controls, tests
of any kind, the purchase and administration of vaccines and
medicines as well as the slaughter and destruction of animals
under a Community, national or regional public programme;

2. 100 % to compensate the losses suffered by farmers in rela-
tion to the prevention and eradication of animal diseases and
other diseases under a Community, national or regional
public programme

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

As regards the aid to compensate farmers for the losses suffered
for the prevention and eradication of animal diseases and other
diseases, the amount of compensation will be calculated only on
the basis of the market value of animals that have died following
animal diseases or other diseases or that have been slaughtered
following an order by the Authorities under a compulsory
public prevention or eradication programme or on the basis of
the loss of profit due to quarantine obligations and restocking
difficulties.

The aid will be limited to losses caused by animal diseases or
other diseases for which an outbreak has been formally recog-
nised by the public authorities.

Any amount received under insurance schemes and costs not
related to animal diseases and other diseases that would have
been incurred in any case will be deducted from the maximum
amount of eligible costs and losses.

Payment will be in relation to animal diseases and other diseases
covered by Community or national
legislative, regulatory and
administrative requirements and in the framework of a Com-
munity, national or regional public programme for the preven-
tion, control and eradication of animal diseases and other
diseases. The latter will be clearly indicated in the programme,
which will contain a description of planned measures.

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

The aid will not relate to a disease in respect of which Com-
munity legislation provides for specific charges for control
measures.

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The aid will not relate to measures in respect of which Com-
munity legislation provides that the cost is to be borne by the
agricultural holding, unless the cost of such aid measures is
entirely offset by compulsory charges on producers.

The aid must be granted in respect of animal diseases and other
diseases listed by the Office International des Épizooties (OIE) or
appearing in the Annex to Council Decision 90/424/EEC.

The aid schemes will be launched within three years after the
expenses or losses have been incurred and aid will be disbursed
within four years of the same.

The costs for veterinary controls and tests of any kind, the
purchase and administration of vaccines and medicines,
the
costs for slaughtering stock, the costs of making good the loss
of profit due to the obligations imposed under the programme
will be eligible.

Legal basis:

in
Legge regionale 4 settembre 2001, n. 21 «Disposizioni
materia di allevamento zootecnico e relativi prodotti» e succes-
sive modificazioni e integrazioni [in particolare,
l'articolo 4
comma 1 lettera b) e comma 1ter, l'articolo 5 comma 2 e l'art.
6 comma 3] e deliberazione della Giunta regionale del
13 giugno 2008, n. 1814 «Precisazioni in merito alla conces-
sione 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 100 000

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity:

Reference to Community legislation: Article 10 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006.

— 100 % of the following eligible expenditure:

Please note that Article 2(4a) of Law No 3/2002 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:

1. dissemination of scientific knowledge;

2. organisation of and participation in congresses, exhibi-

tions, trade fairs and markets;

3. market research and opinion surveys provided that the
results thereof are made available and accessible to all
operators and that
favour
certain companies/holdings or productions,

the methods used do not

Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta
Assessorato Agricoltura e Risorse naturali — Dipartimento Agri-
coltura — Direzione investimenti aziendali e sviluppo zootec-
nico
Loc. Grande Charrière, 66
I-11020 Saint-Christophe (Aosta)

— 70 % of the eligible expenditure for non-compulsory quality
checks on products and production processes, i.e. fixed costs
arising from participation in recognised Community or
national food quality systems for agricultural products for
human consumption up to a maximum of EUR 3 000 per
year for a maximum period of 5 years

Website:

http://www.regione.vda.it/gestione/sezioni_web/allegato.asp?pk_alle-
gato=1349

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

Emanuele DUPONT
Il Coordinatore del Dipartimento Agricoltura

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

Aid No: XA 242/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme:

Incentivi per azioni promozionali indirette dei prodotti zootec-
nici

Objective of aid: Through aid for indirect promotion to foster
the activities listed above in compliance with relevant Com-
munity legislation.

In particular, the incentives will be granted in kind by means of
subsidised services, will not involve direct payments of money
to producers and will be accessible to all eligible entities in the
area in question on the basis of objectively defined criteria. If
the indirect promotional activities are organised by producers'
organisations, membership of these organisations is not a prere-
quisite for access to such services, and the non-members' contri-
butions towards the association's or organisation's administra-
tive costs are limited to the costs of the service provided. The
aid will not be granted for expenditure for investment.

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In addition, as regards non-compulsory quality checks on
products and production processes, the incentives will not be
granted to cover the costs of checks carried out by the produ-
cers themselves or of routine checks on the quality of milk, nor
where Community legislation provides that the costs of these
checks should be borne by producers without specifying their
actual amount. The aid may be granted only to cover the costs
of services provided by third parties and/or for checks carried
out by or on behalf of third parties. It may involve, however,
direct payments of money to producers.

Reference to Community legislation: Article 15(1), (2)(d) and (e),
(3) and (4), Article 14(1), (2)(a) and (f), (3), (4), (5) and (6), and
Article 16(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

sive modificazioni e integrazioni [in particolare,
l'articolo 2
comma 1 lettera b) e comma 1 bis, l'articolo 3 e l'articolo 6
comma 1 lettera b)] e deliberazione della Giunta regionale del
13 giugno 2008, n. 1814 «Precisazioni in merito alla conces-
sione 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 160 000

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: 70 % of eligible expenditure

Please note that Article 4(1b) of Law No 21/2001 makes
explicit reference to Articles 14 and 15 and thus to all the
conditions set out previously and laid down therein

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

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 Agri-
coltura — Direzione investimenti aziendali e sviluppo zootec-
nico
Loc. Grande Charrière, 66
I-11020 Saint-Christophe (Aosta)

Website:

http://www.regione.vda.it/gestione/sezioni_web/allegato.asp?pk_alle-
gato=1348

Emanuele DUPONT
Il Coordinatore del Dipartimento Agricoltura

Aid No: XA 243/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme:

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

livestock,

Objective of aid: Through incentives for tests to determine the
the organisation and
genetic quality or yield of
management of the reproduction of animals entered in herd
books and population registers, to reimburse livestock farmers'
associations the expenses incurred in carrying out the checks on
the animals entered in the herd books of local bovine breeds
and implementing the animal reproduction management plan.

The aid shall not involve direct payments of money to produ-
cers.

Eligible costs are those relating to the test to determine the
genetic quality of breeding animals or the yield of
livestock
carried out by or on behalf of third parties, excluding checks
carried out by the livestock owner.

Reference to Community legislation: Article 16(1)(b) and (3)
and Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Please note that Article 2(1a) of Law No 21/2001 makes explicit
reference to the above-mentioned Articles 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)

Incentivi per i test di determinazione della qualità genetica o
della resa del bestiame, organizzazione e gestione riproduttiva
degli animali iscritti nei libri genealogici o nei registri anagrafici

Name and address of the granting authority:

Legal basis:

Legge regionale 4 settembre 2001, n. 21 «Disposizioni
in
materia di allevamento zootecnico e relativi prodotti» e succes-

Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta
Assessorato Agricoltura e Risorse naturali — Dipartimento Agri-
coltura — Direzione investimenti aziendali e sviluppo zootec-
nico
Loc. Grande Charrière, 66
I-11020 Saint-Christophe (Aosta)

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Website:

http://www.regione.vda.it/gestione/sezioni_web/allegato.asp?pk_alle-
gato=1348

Emanuele DUPONT
Il Coordinatore del Dipartimento Agricoltura

Aid No: XA 244/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme:

Please note that Article 2(1a) of Law No 21/2001 makes explicit
reference to the above-mentioned Articles 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 Agri-
coltura — Direzione investimenti aziendali e sviluppo zootec-
nico
Loc. Grande Charrière, 66
I-11020 Saint-Christophe (Aosta)

Website:

Incentivi per l'introduzione a livello di azienda di metodi e
tecniche innovative in materia di riproduzione animale

http://www.regione.vda.it/gestione/sezioni_web/allegato.asp?pk_alle-
gato=1348

Legal basis:

Emanuele DUPONT
Il Coordinatore del Dipartimento Agricoltura

in
Legge regionale 4 settembre 2001, n. 21 «Disposizioni
materia di allevamento zootecnico e relativi prodotti» e succes-
sive modificazioni e integrazioni
l'articolo 2
comma 1 lettera f) e comma 1 bis, l'articolo 3 e l'articolo 6
comma 1 lettera c)] e deliberazione della Giunta regionale del
13 giugno 2008, n. 1814 «Precisazioni in merito alla conces-
sione 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»

[in particolare,

Planned
EUR 120 000

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % 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

Aid No: XA 249/08

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).

Aiuti a favore delle aziende colpite da tubercolosi bovina nel
periodo 1 gennaio 2007-31 dicembre 2008. Spesa Assessorato
Igiene, Sanità e dell'Assistenza Sociale 300 000 EUR Spesa
Assessorato Agricoltura e Riforma Agro-Pastorale 440 000 EUR

Duration of scheme: Aid may be granted until 31 December
2011

Legal basis:

Objective of aid: Through the incentives for the introduction
at farm level of innovative animal breeding techniques or prac-
tices, with the exception of costs relating to the introduction or
performance of artificial
the
scheme are as follows: to identify the gene responsible for meat
tenderness, to determine the quality and quantity of semen, to
plan mating for the achievement of the objectives of selective
programmes, and inbreeding control and monitoring. The aid
will not involve direct payments of money to producers and
will last until 31 December 2011.

the objectives of

insemination,

The costs relating to planned mating and semen monitoring
programmes as well as inbreeding control programmes will be
eligible.

Reference to Community legislation: Article 16(1)(c) and (3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

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

Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 13/26 del 4 marzo
2008 recante «Aiuti a favore delle aziende colpite da tubercolosi
bovina nel periodo 1 gennaio 2007-31 dicembre 2008 (L.R. 11
marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23) Spesa Assessorato Igiene, Sanità
e dell'Assistenza Sociale 300 000 EUR. Spesa Assessorato Agri-
coltura e Riforma Agro-Pastorale 440 000 EUR».

Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 34/19 del 19 giugno
2008

Modifica della deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 13/26 del
4 marzo 2008 — recante «Aiuti a favore delle aziende colpite
da tubercolosi bovina nel periodo 1 gennaio 2007-31 dicembre
2008 (L.R. 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23). Direttive di attua-
zione».

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The total
financial allocation for the aid, covering losses that occurred in
2007 and 2008, amounts to EUR 740 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. aid for slaughtered bovine animals:

— 100 % of the amount calculated in accordance with the
procedure detailed in point 2 of the implementing rules
laid down in Annex A)
to Regional Executive Order
(DGR) No 34/19 of 19 June 2008;

2. aid for loss of income:

— 100 % of the loss of income calculated according to the
procedure detailed in point 2 of the implementing rules
laid down in Annex B)
to Regional Executive Order
(DGR) No 34/19 of 19 June 2008

Date of implementation: Both aid schemes apply to losses
sustained by enterprises since 1 January 2007

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2008

Objective of aid: Aid for slaughtered animals is applied within
the meaning of Article 10(2)(a)(i) of
the Regulation and is
intended to provide cattle farmers in the region who had to
slaughter animals infected with tuberculosis, from 2007-2008,
with additional compensation intended to bridge the difference
between the rates established by the Ministerial Decree of
10 October 2006 and the value of the animal as listed in the
fortnightly bulletins produced by ISMEA (Institute for Studies,
Research and Information on the Agricultural Market), net of any
monies received from sale of the meat where applicable.

Any sums received by farmers through voluntary or subsidised
insurance schemes will be deducted from the aid amount.

income

loss of

Aid for
is granted within the meaning of
Article 10(2)(a)(ii) of the Regulation and is intended to provide
compensation for cattle farmers in the region whose farms
losses
are centres of outbreak of bovine tuberculosis,
resulting from the application of
the following restrictive
measures imposed by the health authorities under the plan to
eradicate bovine tuberculosis,
in the period from 1 January
2007-31 December 2008:

for

— prohibition to breed (decreased veal calf birth-rates = reduced

meat production = loss of income),

— prohibition to restock (this leads to difficulty in rebuilding
the herd following compulsory slaughter, so reduced veal

calf birth-rates = reduced meat production = loss of
income).

Any sums received by farmers through voluntary or subsidised
insurance schemes will be deducted from the aid granted

Sector concerned: Animal production: cattle

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
Assessorato igiene e sanità e dell'Assistenza sociale
Via Roma 223
I-09123 Cagliari (concede l'aiuto per i capi abbattuti)

Assessorato dell'agricoltura e riforma agro-pastorale
Via Pessagno 4
I-09125 Cagliari (concede l'aiuto per la perdita di reddito)

Website:

For the text of ‘Deliberazione n. 13/26 del 4 marzo 2008’, please
refer to:

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_73_20080306104
215.pdf

For Annex A:

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_73_20080306104
235.pdf

For Annex B:

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_73_20080306104
251.pdf

For the text of ‘Deliberazione n. 34/19 del 19 giugno 2008’, please
refer to:

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_72_20080619175
155.pdf

For Annex A (DGR No 34/19):

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_72_20080624122
917.pdf

For Annex B:

http://www.regione.sardegna.it/documenti/1_72_20080624123
014.pdf

Stefania MANCA
Direttore ad interim
Servizio sostegno delle imprese agricole e sviluppo delle compe-
tenze