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: 2008-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, animal production, control of State aid, exchange of information, livestock farming, small and medium-sized enterprises, zootechnics

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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 274/02)

Aid No: XA 236/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme:

Incentivi per il pagamento di premi assicurativi

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 2,
comma 1, lettera g), e comma 1 bis, l'articolo 3 e l'articolo 6,
comma 1, lettera d)] 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 1,5 million

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity:

1. 80 % of the cost of insurance premiums, where the policy
specifies that it provides cover only against losses caused by
adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural
disasters;

2. 50 % of the cost of insurance premiums, where the policy

specifies that it provides cover against:

Objective of aid: We intend, through incentives to cover the
insurance expenses borne by agricultural associations to protect
their members against damage to animal
farms by chance
infectious and non-infectious diseases, to promote the
events,
insurance policies against the risks for animal
taking-out of
farms resulting from adverse weather conditions and animal
diseases.

Aid will not hamper the functioning of the internal market for
insurance services, will not be limited to only one insurance
company or insurance group comprising various companies and
will not be depend on taking out an insurance contract with a
company established in Valle d'Aosta.

Reference to Community legislation: Article 12 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)

(a) losses referred to in point 1 and other losses caused by

Website:

climatic events; and/or

(b) losses caused by animal diseases

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

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

Saint-Christophe

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

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Aid No: XA 237/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme:

Incentivi per le rassegne e i concorsi zootecnici

Legal basis:

Reference to Community legislation: Article 15(1),
and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

(2)(d),

(3)

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)

Legge regionale 4 settembre 2001, n. 21 «Disposizioni
in
materia di allevamento zootecnico e relativi prodotti» e succes-
sive modificazioni e integrazioni [in particolare,
l'articolo 2,
comma 1, lettera e), 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»

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:

Planned
EUR 280 000

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

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

Maximum aid intensity: 70 % of eligible costs

Saint-Christophe

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

Objective of aid: To grant aid in the form of incentives for
zootechnical competitions and reviews to cover eligible costs
related to the organisation of and participation in such events.

The following costs are eligible:

1. registration fees;

2. travel costs;

3. costs of publications;

4. the rent of exhibition premises;

5. symbolic prizes awarded up to a value of EUR 250 per prize

and winner.

The aid is to be granted in kind in the form of subsidised
services, does not involve direct payments of money to produ-
cers and is accessible to all eligible entities in the area involved
on the basis of objectively defined criteria. The organisation of
these events by producers' organisations does not imply that
membership of these organisation is a prerequisite for access to
the service, and the non-members' contributions towards the
association's or organisation's administrative costs are limited to
the costs of the service provided.

Emanuele DUPONT
Il Coordinatore del Dipartimento Agricoltura

Aid No: XA 238/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme:

Incentivi per l'effettuazione di controlli sanitari e di qualità sui
prodotti della filiera zootecnica

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
particolare l'articolo 2, comma 1, lettera d), comma 2 e comma
4 bis] 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 regio-
nali 4 settembre 2001, n. 21 e 22 aprile 2002, n. 3, e succes-
sive modificazioni e integrazioni»

Planned
EUR 800 000

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: 70 % of eligible expenditure

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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

Objective of aid: We intend, through incentives for health and
quality checks on the products of the livestock sector, to guar-
antee the improvement of product quality and health so as to
protect the health of the consumer.

In particular, the incentives must be granted in kind by means
of subsidised services, must not
involve direct payments of
money to producers and are accessible to all eligible subjects of
the area involved on the basis of objective criteria. If the services
are organised by producers' organisations, membership of these
organisations is not a prerequisite for access to such services,
and the non-members' contributions towards the association's
or organisation's administrative costs are limited to the costs of
the service provided.

The incentives will not cover the cost of checks undertaken by
producers themselves, nor apply where Community legislation
provides that the cost of checks is to be borne by producers,
without specifying the actual level of charges. The aid must be
granted only in relation to the costs of services provided by
third parties and/or for checks carried out by or on behalf of
third parties. The aid will not be granted for
investment
expenses or routine checks on milk quality.

Costs arising from the following are eligible:

— initiatives for the introduction of quality assurance schemes,
systems based on hazard analysis and critical control points,
traceability systems, systems to assure respect of authenticity
and marketing standards, or environmental audit systems,

— mandatory

inspections,

unless Community

legislation

requires such costs to be borne by the farmers themselves.

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

(4),

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:

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_alle-
gato=1349

Saint-Christophe

Emanuele DUPONT
Il Coordinatore del Dipartimento Agricoltura

Aid No: XA 239/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme:

Incentivi per la rimozione e la distruzione dei capi deceduti

Legal basis:

l'articolo 2, comma 1,

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
particolare,
lettera d bis), comma 2 e
comma 4 bis] 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 450 000

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity:

— 100 % of the costs incurred in removing fallen stock,

— 75 % of the costs of destroying the carcasses

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

Objective of aid: Through incentives for the removal and
destruction of fallen stock, to avoid environmental and health
risks caused by incorrect disposal.

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The aid does not involve direct payment of money to producers.
It is granted to livestock farmers' associations carrying out the
removal and destruction of fallen stock on behalf of livestock
farms. In other words, the service will be provided to producers
by the local livestock farmers' association.

Costs relating to the collection,
carcasses are eligible.

transport and disposal of

Reference to Community legislation: Article 16(1)(d), (2) and (3)
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

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:

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_alle-
gato=1349

Saint-Christophe

Emanuele DUPONT
Il Coordinatore del Dipartimento Agricoltura

Aid No: XA 240/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme:

Incentivi per la tenuta dei libri genealogici e dei registri anagra-
fici e relativi controlli funzionali

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 1,65 million

annual

expenditure

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of eligible expenditure (70 %
for functional checks)

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

Objective of aid: Through incentives for the maintenance of
herd books and registers and the corresponding functional
checks, to finance the costs of these activities, which are consid-
ered essential for the maintenance and development of animal
husbandry and the improvement of local breeds in the Region.

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

The administrative costs related to the establishment and main-
tenance of herd books and the corresponding functional checks
are eligible.

Reference to Community legislation: Article 16(1)(a) and (b)
and (3) 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)

Legal basis:

Website:

Legge regionale 4 settembre 2001, n. 21 «Disposizioni
in
materia di allevamento zootecnico e relativi prodotti» e succes-
sive modificazioni e integrazioni
[in particolare l'articolo 2,
comma 1, lettera a), e comma 1 bis, 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 conces-

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

Saint-Christophe

Emanuele DUPONT
Il Coordinatore del Dipartimento Agricoltura