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: Slovenia, Spain, State aid, aid to agriculture, apiculture, control of State aid, equidae, exchange of information, sheep, 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 262/08

Member State: Spain

(2008/C 275/02)

Website:

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

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Valencia, 26 June 2008.

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

Laura Peñarroya FABREGAT
La directora general de Producción Agraria

Asociación Nacional de Criadores de Ovino de Raza Guirra

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 under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 24 000 in 2008

individual

Aid No: XA 263/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

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

Asociación criadores caballos de pura raza española de la
Comunidad Valenciana

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Legal basis:

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registra-
tion number of
the exemption request is published on the
website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for
Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2008

Objective of aid: Plan for the promotion and conservation of
the ovine breed ‘Guirra’, including the eligible costs of identi-
fying animals and technical advice for the maintenance of the
flock-book (Article 16),
training breeders in techniques for
assessing specimens, caring for and running sheep farms, and
publicising and increasing knowledge of the breed by organising
trade fairs and exhibitions and printing publications (Article 15)

Sector(s) concerned: Owners of sheep farms in the Comu-
nidad Valenciana with specimens of the ‘Guirra’ breed

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Other information: —

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 under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 100 000 in 2008

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registra-
tion number of
the exemption request is published on the
website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for
Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2008

Objective of aid: To implement the Plan to promote the use of
the thoroughbred horses bred in the Comunidad Valenciana
(Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).

The eligible costs are those relating to the materials needed for
maintaining the stud-book, services provided by third parties
(maintenance of the computer software, compilation of genealo-
gical charts and technical advice to farmers) (Article 16). They
also include the costs of
implementing the programme to
increase the use of thoroughbred horses and organising equidae
events for this purpose (Article 15)

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Sector(s)
thoroughbred horses

concerned: Breeders

and owners of

Spanish

Sector(s) concerned: Owners of Valencian bee farms and their
organisations

Name and address of the granting authority:

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

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

Other information: —

Website:

Other information: —

Website:

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

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

Valencia, 26 June 2008.

Laura Peñarroya FABREGAT
La directora general de Producción Agraria

Valencia, 26 June 2008.

Laura Peñarroya FABREGAT
La directora general de Producción Agraria

Aid No: XA 264/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

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

Centro Integrado Apícola Valenciano

Legal basis:

Resolución de la Consellera de Agricultura Pesca y Alimen-
tación, que concede la subvención basada en dos
líneas
nominativas descritas en la ley 15/2007 de presupuestos de la
Generalitat

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 50 000 in 2008

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registra-
tion number of
the exemption request is published on the
website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for
Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2008

Aid No: XA 266/08

Member State: Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Šentrupert

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

Ohranjanje in spodbujanje razvoja kmetijstva in podeželja v
občini Šentrupert

Legal basis:

Pravilnik o ohranjanju in spodbujanju razvoja kmetijstva in
podeželja v občini Šentrupert za programsko obdobje 2008–
2013

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

2008: EUR 20 000

2009: EUR 21 000

2010: EUR 22 500

2011: EUR 24 000

2012: EUR 25 000

2013: EUR 26 500

Objective of aid: To provide the following services to Valencian
beekeepers and their organisations:

Maximum aid intensity:

— tests, health checks and other methods of detecting diseases

1. Investment in agricultural holdings:

— up to 40 % of eligible costs.

in beehives,

— testing and systems
marketing standards
products.

compliance with the
to ensure
for honey and other beekeeping

2. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

The eligible costs covered by the aid are those referred to in
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 under Article 10 (health
checks granted in kind through subsidised services), and
Article 14(2)(b) (implementing systems to ensure authenticity
and compliance with marketing standards)

amount of

— the amount of municipal co-financing is the difference
between the
insurance
premiums from the national budget and the subsidy limit
(up to 50 %) applying to the eligible costs of insurance
premiums for crops, fruit and cases of disease among
animals.

co-financing of

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3. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of eligible legal and administrative costs

actually incurred.

Other information: The municipality's Rules meet the require-
ments of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 relating to the
measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general
provisions applicable (procedure prior to aid grant, cumulation,
transparency and monitoring of aid)

4. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs concerning education and
training, consultancy services and the organisation of
forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, the dissemi-
nation of scientific findings, publications, catalogues and
websites. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsi-
dised services and must not involve direct payments of
money to producers

implementation:

Date of
July 2008 (the aid will not be
granted until a summary has been published on the European
Commission's website)

8 July 2008.

Mateja JAZBEC
Direktorica občinske uprave

Aid No: XA 267/08

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Gorje

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

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Programi razvoja podeželja v občini Gorje 2008–2013

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Legal basis:

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: Chapter II of the draft Rules on preserving and
promoting the development of agriculture and rural areas in the
municipality of Šentrupert
the programming period
for
2008-2013 includes measures constituting State aid in accord-
ance 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 agri-
cultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
(OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

Pravilnik o dodelitvi pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva,
gozdarstva in podeželja v občini Gorje (II. poglavje)

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

2008: EUR 25 000

2009: EUR 25 000

2010: EUR 25 000

2011: EUR 25 000

2012: EUR 25 000

2013: EUR 25 000

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

Maximum aid intensity:

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas,

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

— up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas.

Name and address of the granting authority:

2. Conservation of traditional buildings:

Občina Šentrupert
Šentrupert 33
SLO-8232 Šentrupert

Website:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=200863&objava=2745

— up to 100 % of eligible costs for non-productive struc-

tures,

— up to 60 % of eligible costs, and up to 75 % in
less-favoured areas, for investment in productive struc-
tures, provided that the investment does not entail any
increase in the production capacity of the farm.

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3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— the amount co-financed by the municipality comprises
insurance
the difference between the co-financing of
premiums from the national budget and and the subsidy
limit (up to 50 %) applying to the eligible costs of insur-
ance premiums for crops,
fruit and cases of disease
among animals.

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

State aid in accordance with the following Articles of Commis-
sion 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 produc-
tion of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

— up to 50 % of actual

legal and administrative costs

incurred.

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

5. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

— up to 100 % of costs concerning education and training
the organization of
of
farmers, consultancy services,
forums, competitions, exhibitions,
fairs, publications,
catalogues and websites and the costs of replacement
services. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsi-
dised services and must not involve direct payments of
money to producers

implementation:

Date of
July 2008 (the aid will not be
granted until a summary has been published on the European
Commission's website)

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Reference to articles of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs: Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting aid for
preserving and developing agriculture, forestry and rural areas
in the municipality of Gorje includes measures constituting

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Občina Gorje
Zgornje Gorje 43
SLO-4247 Zgornje Gorje

Website:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=200856&objava=2373

Other information: The municipality's Rules meet the require-
ments of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 concerning the
measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general
provisions applicable (procedure prior to the aid grant, cumula-
tion, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Zgornje Gorje, 23 June 2008.

Peter TORKAR
Župan občine Gorje