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: 2008-11-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Northern Ireland, Spain, State aid, agricultural production, control of State aid, livestock farming, 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 283/04)

Aid No: XA 268/08

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Northern Ireland

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: The New Entrants Scheme for
Young Farmers

Legal basis: Financial Assistance for Young Farmers (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (SI 2004/3080 (NI 21),
the Financial Assistance for Young Farmers Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (SR 2005/69), the Finan-
cial Assistance for Young Farmers Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (SR 2005/540) and
the Financial Assistance for Young Farmers Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (SR
2008/186)

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

Scheme entrants

Total participants

Average total loan
repayments

Average annual
loan repayments
per applicant

2008/2009

95

2009/2010

2010/2011

2011/2012

2012/2013

2013/2014

0

0

0

0

0

95

95

95

95

95

95

15 994

15 994

15 994

15 994

15 994

15 994

3 199

3 199

3 199

3 199

3 199

3 199

Total amount of aid payable is GBP 1,6 million.
(*) As the aid is payable annually in arrears there will be no payments in year 1.

Sum

0 (*)

303 905

303 905

303 905

303 905

303 905

Maximum aid intensity: The scheme allows for an interest rate subsidy on loans taken out by young
farmers. The maximum amount of aid available is GBP 17 000 over 5 years. The interest rate for which
subsidy is payable is capped at 3,5 % above the Bank of England Base Rate (approximately 2,5 % above the
Base Rate of local lending institutions). Applicants who secure loans above this rate are liable for the excess
interest payment

Date of implementation: The scheme will start on 1 August 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The maximum duration of subsidised interest payment is
5 years and the final payments to the majority of Scheme participants will be made no later than 31 March
2014. However, as the Scheme permits applicants to draw down on a loan until 31 July 2010, it is possible
that some payments will run into the 2015/2016 financial year. There is no restriction on the amount of
loan or on the term of the loan, but the scheme will be closed to new entrants by 27 February 2009, or
sooner if all available funds have been committed

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Objective of aid: Sectoral development. In line with Article 7
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the eligible costs will be an
interest rate subsidy on a loan to cover the costs of setting up
for new entrant farmers under 40 years of age setting up as the
head of holding for the first time. This will promote additional
farm investment which will generate new activities or add value
to farming in Northern Ireland

Sector(s) concerned:

The scheme applies to young farmers who will predominately
be involved in production, although processing and marketing
could make up part of the farm business. The scheme applies to
all types of production.

This scheme applies to small and medium sized enterprises
in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC)
(SME) only as set out
No 1857/2006

Name and address of the granting authority:

The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Dundonald House
Upper Newtownards Road
Belfast BT4 3SB
United Kingdom

The organisation operating the scheme is:

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Dundonald House
Upper Newtownards Road
Belfast BT4 3SB
United Kingdom

Website:

http://www.dardni.gov.uk/financial_assistance_for_young_
farmers_scheme_in_northern_ireland.doc

Other information:

Further and more detailed information relating to eligibility and
rules for the scheme can be found in the web links above. This
scheme is extending the duration of an existing scheme
XA 123/07 but will not increase the cumulative expenditure
above the original planned provision. In all other aspects the
scheme remains the same. When this scheme comes into force
XA 123/07 will be closed to new applications.

Signed and dated on behalf of the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (UK Competent Authority)

Mr Neil Marr
UK Agricultural State Aid Adviser
DEFRA
Area 5D, 9 Millbank
C/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
Westminster
London SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom

Aid No: XA 291/08

Member State: Republic of Cyprus

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Σχέδιο Αγροτικής Πολιτικής της Αρχής Ηλεκτρισμού
Κύπρου

Legal basis: Οι περί Αναπτύξεως Ηλεκτρισμού (Τροποποιητικοί)
Κανονισμοί του 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The avail-
able appropriations for 2008 total EUR 3 417 203. Operating
costs for the Plan for the coming years will be covered by avail-
able appropriations from the budget of the Cyprus Electricity
Authority

Maximum aid intensity: 60 % (for new farmers, as defined in
Article 2(11) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 operating
and/or living in less favoured areas, where investment is made
within five years of their establishment)

Date of implementation: 4 August 2008

Duration of
31.12.2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: The provision of electricity to farm buildings
involved in the process of primary production of agricultural
products and which form part of the unit, such as livestock
holdings, agricultural stores, water pumps, animal and bird
housing buildings, water and waste processing installations,
biological station installations and presses (Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: All farming and livestock sectors involved
in the primary production of agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Aρχή Ηλεκτρισμού Κύπρου
Αμφιπόλεως 11
Στρόβολος, Τ.Θ. 24506
CY-1399 Λευκωσία, Κύπρος

Website: www.moa.gov.cy/da

Other information: Participants for the Plan will be selected on
the basis of the objective criteria set out therein

Aid No: XA 305/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU

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

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 60 000 in 2008

individual

The eligible costs covered by the aid are those referred to in
Article 15 (technical support in the agricultural sector) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006

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: Year 2008

Objective of aid:
Project to provide technical assistance for the education and
training of livestock owners and those working directly in the
livestock sector for the year 2008.

The costs of organising the training programme, participants'
travel and subsistence costs, the costs of renting premises, of
scientific
publications,
knowledge, provided that no companies or brands
are
mentioned, will be deemed to be included.

and of measures

to disseminate

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock owners and those working
directly in the livestock sector

Name and address of the granting authority:
Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
Amadeo de Saboya, 2
E-46010 Valencia

Other information: —

Website:

http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/
UCH_CEU_2008 %20.pdf

Valencia, 18 July 2008.

Director-General for Agricultural Production
Laura PEÑARROYA FABREGAT