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: 2008-11-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovenia, Spain, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, livestock farming, 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 279/07)

Aid No: XA 269/08

Member State: Kingdom of Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Resolución de 7 de marzo de 2008 de la Consellería
de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se adjudican a
Agroalimed determinadas tareas

Legal basis: Proyecto de resolución de 7 de marzo de 2008, de
la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que
se adjudican a Agroalimed determinadas tareas

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 1 722 000

individual

Maximum intensity of aid: 100 % of the eligible expenditure

Name and address of the granting authority:

Fundación Agroalimed
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias
Ctra. Moncada- Náquera, Km 5
E-46113 Moncada (Valencia)

Website:

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

Other information: —

Valencia, 13 June 2008.

Laura PEÑARROYA FABREGAT
La Directora General de Producción Agraria

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

Aid No: XA 270/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Year 2008, and
can be extended annually if it is provided for in the budgets

Objective of aid:

To ensure execution of the actions provided for in the Decision
of 23 January 2008 of the Director-General for Agricultural
Production approving the Annual Animal Health Plan for 2008
and implementing the measures contained therein.
(D.O.C.V.
No 48621, 14 February 2008).

The aid is granted under Article 10(1) of 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. The eligible expenses
are those relating to visits to holdings by vets, the administra-
tion of vaccines and sampling or the performance of certain
diagnostic tests, all with a view to controlling certain diseases.

It is also covered by Article 14(b) as regards the introduction of
identification systems which guarantee traceability of
animal
production, the eligible expense being that of implanting the
identification system on the animals

Name of company receiving individual aid: Federación Cuní-
cola 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 30 000 in 2008

Maximum intensity of aid: 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 individual aid award: Year 2008

Objective of aid:

Training, promotion and dissemination of livestock production
to
in accordance with market
food safety and traceability for the rabbit sector in the Comu-
nidad Valenciana (Articles 14 and 15 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006).

requirements, with respect

Sector(s) concerned: Small livestock businesses in the Comu-
nidad Valenciana which are on the Comunidad's Register of
Livestock Holdings for pigs, bovines, sheep, goats, rabbits, bees
and equines

Includes eligible costs of services, human resources and mate-
rials, and expenditure relating to attendance at information days
and meetings on health and hygiene aspects of rabbit produc-
tion which relate to the subject of the aid

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Sector(s) concerned: The rabbit sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Other information: —

Website:

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs:

The Decree includes measures and eligible costs constituting
State aid in accordance with Article 12 of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the appli-
cation 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 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums

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

Sectors: Agriculture

Valencia, 26 June 2008.

Laura PEÑARROYA FABREGAT
La Directora General de Producción Agraria

Aid No: XA 273/08

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Sofinanciranje zavarovalnih premij za zavarovanje
kmetijske proizvodnje za leto 2008

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano
Dunajska cesta 58
SLO-1000 Ljubljana

Agencija RS za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželja
Dunajska cesta 160
SLO-1000 Ljubljana

Website:

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=200868&objava=2965

Other information:

the expenditure on
The purpose of paying a proportion of
insurance premiums is to encourage agricultural producers to
insure themselves against potential losses due to natural disas-
ters or adverse weather conditions, as well as losses due to
disease in animals, whilst taking responsibility for reducing risk
in the area of plant production and livestock farming.

Legal basis: Uredba o sofinanciranju zavarovalnih premij za
zavarovanje kmetijske proizvodnje in ribištva za leto 2008

For fire, only damage arising from fires caused by adverse
weather conditions, e.g. a lightning strike, is covered.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: The
expenditure planned for 2008 totals EUR 6 076 950

Maximum aid intensity:

The co-financing covers 40 % of expenditure on insurance
premiums for insuring crops and fruit against the risks of hail,
fire, lightning, spring frost, storm and floods.

As regards insurance of animals against the risks of destruction,
slaughter on the orders of a veterinary surgeon and economic
slaughter on account of disease, the co-financing of insurance
premiums is determined in absolute terms per species and cate-
gory of animal but may not be more than 50 % of the justified
expenditure on insurance premiums

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid may be
granted up to 31.12.2008

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

The draft Decree meets the requirements of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 on aid towards the payment of
insurance
premiums and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding
grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid).

Amendments to the summary include changes to the legal basis
and updating of the internet address. Scheme XA 424/07 will
cease to apply on the day that this scheme enters into force

Branko RAVNIK
Generalni direktor Direktorata za kmetijstvo

Aid No: XA 274/08

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Rečica ob Savinji

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Programi razvoja podeželja v občini Rečica ob Savinji
2008–2013

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Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju pomoči za ohranjanje in
razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Rečica ob Savinji za
programsko obdobje 2008–2013 (II. poglavje)

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

2008: EUR 22 250

2009: EUR 18 000

2010: EUR 18 000

2011: EUR 17 000

2012: EUR 17 000

2013: EUR 17 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

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

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

— where the investment concerns young farmers, the inten-
sity of aid may be increased by 10 % (such investments
must be set out
in business plans as stipulated in
Article 22(c) and the conditions laid down in Article 22
of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2006 must be met). The
investment must be made within five years of taking
over the farm.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— up to 100 % of actual
non-productive features,

costs

for

investment

in

— up to 75 % of actual costs for investment in productive
assets on farms in less-favoured areas, or 60 % in other
areas,

— up to 100 % of aid to cover the extra costs incurred by
using traditional materials necessary to conserve the heri-
tage features of buildings.

3. Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest:

— up to 100 % of actual costs, provided that relocation
removing and re-building

involves only dismantling,
existing buildings,

— where the relocation results in the farmer benefiting
from more modern facilities, the farmer must contribute
at least 60 %, or 50 % in less-favoured areas, of the
increase in the value of the facilities concerned after relo-
cation. If the beneficiary is a young farmer, this contribu-
tion is to be at least 55 % or 45 % respectively,

— where the relocation results in an increase in production
capacity, the contribution from the beneficiary must be
at least 60 %, or 50 % in less-favoured areas, of the
expenses relating to this increase. If the beneficiary is a

young farmer, this contribution is to be at least 55 % or
45 % respectively.

4. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

— the amount of municipal co-financing is the difference
insurance
between the
premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of
eligible costs of insurance premiums for insuring crops
and fruit and insuring livestock against disease.

co-financing of

amount of

5. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of eligible legal and administrative costs.

6. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

— up to 100 % of the maximum aid intensity authorised;
this is to be provided in the form of subsidised services
and does not
involve direct payments of money to
producers.

7. Provision of technical support:

— up to 100 % of the costs,

— the aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services
involve direct payments of money to

and must not
producers

Date of implementation: August 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 in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs:

for

Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting aid for preserving and
developing agriculture and rural areas in the municipality of
Rečica ob Savinji
the programming period 2008-2013
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 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 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

— Article 6: Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

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— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

Other information:

— Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agri-

cultural products,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:
Občina Rečica ob Savinji
Rečica ob Savinji 55
SLO-3332 Rečica ob Savinji

The measure concerning 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, fire, 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)

Website:
http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=200855&objava=2324

Vincenc JERAJ
Župan