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: 2008-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, State aid, agricultural product, 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

(2008/C 275/04)

Aid No: XA 218/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Dobrna

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Programi razvoja podeželja v občini Dobrna 2007–
2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči v občini
Dobrna

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

2007: EUR 12 100

2008: EUR 12 100

2009: EUR 12 250

2010: EUR 12 250

2011: EUR 12 400

2012: EUR 12 400

2013: EUR 12 400

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 40 % of eligible costs.

The purpose of the aid is to invest in the restoration of farm
features, to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural
production, to invest in permanent crops and to improve
farmland and provide private access ways on farms.

2. Conservation of traditional buildings:

— up to 60 % of actual costs for investment in non-produc-
tive heritage features and productive heritage features,
provided that the investment does not lead to an increase
in production potential.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— the difference between the amount of co-financing of
insurance 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.

4. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 100 % of costs of education and training of
farmers, consultancy services, the organisation of forums,
competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publications, catalo-
gues and websites, and for disseminating scientific
knowledge. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsi-
dised services and must not involve direct payments of
money to producers

Date of implementation: June 2007 (or the date on which the
Rules enter into force)

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: Chapter III of the Rules on granting State aid in
the municipality of Dobrna includes 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
and amending Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

agricultural products

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture — plant produc-
tion and livestock farming

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Dobrna
Dobrna 19
SLO-3204 Dobrna

Website:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200771&dhid=91192

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)

Martin BRECL
Župan

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Aid No: XA 220/07

Member State: France

Regions: Local authorities (Regions, Departments) that want to
supplement State aid or grant similar aid themselves

Title of aid scheme: Aides à l'appui technique en faveur des
productions de fruits, de légumes, de la viticulture et de l'horti-
culture ornementale

Legal basis: Articles L 621-1 et s. du Code rural

Annual expenditure planned under the aid scheme: The
annual aid budget, subject to budgetary allocations, is estimated
at EUR 1 000 000 in respect of VINIFLHOR and an unspecified
amount in respect of local authorities

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % of eligible costs. The aid
shall be granted in kind by means of subsidised services and
must not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: Starts on the date the exemption
form is received by the Commission

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Six years

Objective of aid: This aid scheme falls under Article 15 of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The first aim of this aid for
technical support, given the sharp increase in the cost of energy,
is to encourage producers that use glasshouses to integrate the
most appropriate energy strategy into their facilities and produc-
tion tools. As part of this, technical-economic audits and energy
surveys may be subsidised. However technical support may
change over the six-year period as operators in the above-
mentioned sectors face changing production or market condi-
tions. Therefore aid for technical support may be granted to
cover
replacement services, sporadic
consultancy services, in particular for restructuring or produc-
tion diversification projects, participating in fairs, exhibitions
and competitions and for disseminating economic or scientific
information (including the costs of editing publications and
creating websites)

the costs of

training,

information:

Other
supplement
VINIFLHOR funding must do so under the same conditions as
those laid down by the office and must comply with the ceilings
for aid

authorities

Local

that

Aid No: XA 221/07

Member State: Hungary

Region: All of Hungary

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

— A tenyésztésszervezési

feladatok támogatása a törzsköny-
vezés, a teljesítményvizsgálat és a tenyészérték megállapítás
igazgatási,
illetőleg vizsgálati költségeihez történő hozzá-
járulás formájában

Legal basis:

— A 2007. évi tenyésztésszervezési feladatok támogatása igény-
bevételének részletes feltételeiről szóló …/2007. (…) FVM
rendelet

— Az állattenyésztésről szóló 1993. évi CXIV. törvény

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
HUF 780 million

individual

Maximum aid intensity:

Aid at a rate of up to 100 % of the administrative costs of the
establishment and maintenance of herd books, 70 % of costs of
tests to determine the genetic quality or yield of livestock, and
the purposes of
50 % of performance testing costs
approving breeds.

for

The Regulation lays down the maximum aid amount per item

Date of
position

implementation: August 2007, after Commission

Sectors(s) concerned: Fruit, vegetables, wine and ornamental
horticulture

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2007

Name and address of the granting authority:

Objective of aid:

Office National Interprofessionnel des Fruits, des Légumes, des
Vins et de l'Horticulture (VINIFLHOR)
TSA 40004
F-93555 Montreuil sous Bois Cedex

Website:

www.viniflhor.fr

Heading: fruit and vegetables

Sub-heading: French rules, sub-heading: State aid

The objective of the aid is to maintain and improve the genetic
quality of livestock and to support the provision of organisa-
tional activities relating to livestock farming.

provisions

of Article

(EC)
The
No 1857/2006 are applied to support for keeping herd books.
Support for tests to determine the genetic quality or yield of
livestock is in accordance with the provisions of Article 16(b).

of Regulation

16(a)

The eligible costs of the programme were determined taking
2007 expenditure into account; the maximum amount which
can be taken into account is determined by the Regulation

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Sector(s) concerned: Bovine animals, pigs,
horses, poultry and certain pets

sheep, goats,

Name and address of the granting authority:

Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium
Kossuth Lajos tér 11.
H-1055 Budapest

Website:

http://www.fvm.hu/main.php?folderID=1846&articleID=10860
&ctag=articlelist&iid=1

Budapest, 10 August 2007.

Dr. Máhr ANDRÁS
szakállamtitkár

Aid No: XA 242/07

Member State: Slovak Republic

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Schéma štátnej pomoci poskytovanej formou odpus-
tenia alebo zníženia povinnosti zaplatiť poplatok z omeškania
podľa § 574 Občianskeho zákonníka a odpustenia alebo
zníženia úroku z omeškania podľa § 18, ods. 2 zákona č. 580/
2004 Z. z. o zdravotnom poistení v znení neskorších predpisov
– poskytovanie štátnej pomoci malým a stredným podnikom
pôsobiacim v prvotnej výrobe poľnohospodárskych výrobkov

Legal basis:

— § 574 Občianskeho zákonníka

— § 18 zákona č. 580/2004 Z. z. o zdravotnom poistení

v znení neskorších predpisov

— zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení neskor-

ších predpisov

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 Decem-
ber 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises
active
products
and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358,
16.12.2006, p. 3)

agricultural

production

the

of

in

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
SKK 100 million in the second half of 2007; SKK 200 million
for each year from 2008 to 2013

individual

Maximum aid intensity:
(a) 50 % of eligible investments in less-favoured areas or in
areas referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Regulation
(EC) No 1698/2005, as designated by Member States in
accordance with Articles 50 and 94 of that Regulation;

accordance with Articles 50 and 94 of that Regulation, and
50 % in other regions, in the case of investments made by
young farmers within five years of setting up;

(d) 75 % of eligible investments in regions referred to under (a)
and 60 % in other regions where investments result in extra
costs relating to the protection and improvement of the
environment, the improvement of hygiene conditions of
livestock enterprises or the welfare of farm animals. This
increase may be granted only for investments which go
beyond the minimum Community requirements in force, or
for investments made to comply with newly introduced
minimum standards. The increase must be limited to extra
eligible costs that are necessary and must not apply in the
case of investments which result in an increase in produc-
tion capacity.

The maximum amount of aid granted to an individual enterprise
must not exceed EUR 400 000 over any period of three fiscal
years, or EUR 500 000 if
the enterprise is situated in a
less-favoured area or in an area referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii)
or (iii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, as designated by
Member States in accordance with Articles 50 and 94 of that
Regulation

Date of implementation: September 2007

Duration of
31 December 2013

the scheme or

the individual aid: Until

the aid:

Investment projects of

focusing on investment

Objective of
small and
medium-sized enterprises active in the primary production of
agricultural products,
in agricultural
enterprises, under Article 4 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 agri-
cultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Economic sector(s) concerned: Primary production of agri-
to the Treaty establishing the
cultural products
European Community)

(Annex I

Name and address of the granting authority:

Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa, a. s.
Mamateyova 17
SK-850 05 Bratislava 55

Website:

http://www.vszp.sk/showdoc.do?docid=483

Further information: —

Aid No: XA 255/07

Member State: Slovak Republic

(b) 40 % of eligible investments in other regions;

Region: —

(c) 60 % of eligible investments in less-favoured areas or in
areas referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Regulation
(EC) No 1698/2005, as designated by Member States in

Title of aid scheme: Schéma štátnej pomoci na založenie
a vedenie plemennej knihy a plemenárskej evidencie stáda

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Legal basis:

The legal bases for the granting of aid are:

— § 4 nariadenia vlády SR č. 369/2007 Z. z. z 8. augusta
2007 o niektorých podporných opatreniach v pôdo-
hospodárstve,

— zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení neskor-

ších predpisov,

— Article 16(1)(a) and (3) 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
amending Regulation (EC)
agricultural products
No 70/2001

and

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

The anticipated volume of funding under the scheme for 2007
is SKK 22 million.

The anticipated volume of funding under the scheme for each
year from 2008 onwards is SKK 30 million.

The total budget anticipated for the establishment and mainte-
nance of herd-books and herd breeding records during the
period 2008-2013 is SKK 180 million

Maximum aid intensity: Aid may be granted to livestock
farmers at a rate of up to 100 % of the value of subsidised
services for the establishment and maintenance of herd-books
and herd-breeding records. The subsidy applies only to the
administrative costs of establishing and maintaining herd-books
and herd-breeding records

Date of implementation: September 2007

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to support small
and medium-sized enterprises in the livestock-farming sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Primary production of agri-
cultural products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority:

Granting authority:

Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR
Dobrovičova ulica 12
SK-812 66 Bratislava
Tel.: (421-2) 59 26 61 11

Website:
http://www.land.gov.sk/index.php?navID=153&id=410

Scheme administrator:
Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra (paying agency)
Dobrovičova ulica 12
SK-815 26 Bratislava
Tel.: (421-2) 59 26 61 11

Website:
http://www.land.gov.sk/apa/index.php?p=DP_metpok

Other information:
State aid is granted in the form of subsidised services, via a
recognised stock-farming organisation or an accredited breeders'
organisation.

Grants are applied for by recognised stock-farming organisations
or accredited breeders' organisations. Applications for grants are
in response to an invitation issued by the paying
submitted,
agency, by 31 January of the relevant calendar year, to the
paying agency's head office.
In 2007, applications are to be
submitted by 30 September.

On the basis of the applications received, the paying agency
adds together all the eligible grant applications received in the
relevant calendar year. If the total for such applications exceeds
the amount of
the paying
agency sets a conversion coefficient by means of which the
grant entitlement is re-calculated for each eligible applicant.

funding available in the budget,

Aid may be granted, pursuant to Annex I to Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001, to small and medium-sized enterprises
operating in the livestock sector, to cover up to 100 % of the
administrative costs of establishing and maintaining herd
records.

the grant

Grants will be made on the basis of a grant-award contract
concluded between the paying agency and the applicant. The
recognised stock-farming organisation or accredited breeders'
organisation takes
received into account when
providing the service, up to 100 % of the value of the service,
but not exceeding the amount of the grant. The grant is calcu-
lated by multiplying the number of animals recorded at the end
of the previous year by the rate set for the relevant species and
breed of livestock, as specified in Annex 3 to the Government
Regulation. The recognised stock-farming organisation or accre-
dited breeders' organisation provides aid to individual breeders
in the course of the relevant calendar year in the form of subsi-
dised services.

Approved: Ľubomír Miček, Director-General, Rural Development
Division, Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic