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 EC 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: 2008-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, Spain, State aid, animal health, architecture, control of State aid, environmental impact, farming sector, 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 EC 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 34/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

(2008/C 297/03)

Website: https://www.docv.gva.es/

Other information: —

Eduardo PRIMO MILLO

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Régimen de ayudas a la inversión en explotaciones
ganaderas

Director-General
Innovation

for Agricultural Research, Development

and

Legal basis: Orden, de la Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y
Alimentación, por la que se establecen ayudas a la inversión en
explotaciones ganaderas

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

The total estimated budget appropriation for the financial years
indicated is as follows:

Aid No: XA 417/07

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Provincie Noord-Brabant

2007: EUR 1 200 000

2008: EUR 2 695 000

2009: EUR 2 310 000

2010: EUR 1 925 000

Maximum aid intensity: 30 % for investment of a general
nature, and 40 % in less-favoured areas. These percentages may
be increased by 10 and 15 percentage points respectively in the
recently introduced
intended to meet
case of
minimum requirements

investment

Date of implementation: From 1.3.2007

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: Until
31.12.2010

Objective of aid:

The aim is to promote investment in livestock holdings in order
to reduce environmental
impact and improve hygiene and
health conditions and animal welfare.

Article 4. Investment in agricultural holdings

Sector(s) concerned: Production sector. Livestock subsectors
generally

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
C/ Amadeo de Saboya, no 2
E-46010 Valencia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Zuidelijke Land en Tuinbouw Organisatie (ZLTO),
Spoorlaan 350, Tilburg

Legal basis: Volgens AWB (art. 4:23 lid 3 sub d, zie ook
'overige inlichtingen' hieronder) en provinciale Algemene Subsi-
dieverordening (ASV,
incidentele
subsidie

aangemerkt

art. 33)

als

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 169 793 in 2008 and EUR 97 818 in 2009

individual

Maximum aid intensity: EUR 267 611 (39 %)

Date of implementation: 10 January 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: January 2008
to December 2009

Objective of aid: To develop knowledge of innovative architec-
tural designs for farm buildings in order to improve the quality
of the rural landscape. Workshops, a sketchbook and the crea-
tion of 30 realistic designs will be used to develop farmers'
knowledge of the options open to them for innovative and
more aesthetic farm designs. Aid is granted for consultancy
services under Article 15(2)(c)

Sector(s) concerned: The aid relates to a project for developing
knowledge in all agricultural sectors, focusing on intensive live-
stock farming, particularly pig and poultry farming

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Name and address of the granting authority:
Provincie Noord-Brabant
Brabantlaan 1
Postbus 90151
5200 MC 's-Hertogenbosch
Nederland

Website:
http://www.brabant.nl/layouts/SISHtmlDocument.aspx?
docid=26199&doctype=pdf
(see Decree No 11)
http://brabant.regelingenbank.eu/regeling/5-algemene-
subsidieverordening-provincie-noord-brabant/

Other information:
Article 4:23 of
Administrative Law Act)

the Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht

3. Subparagraph 1 shall not apply:

(a) for a period of up to one year pending the introduction
of a statutory provision or until such time as a bill
brought before Parliament during that year has been
rejected or has been adopted and has entered into force;

(b) if the subsidy is based directly on a programme adopted
by the Council of the European Union, by the European
Parliament acting jointly with the Council or by the
Commission of the European Communities;

(General

amount of the grant,

(c) if the budget specifies the beneficiary and the maximum

1. An administrative authority may grant subsidies only on the
basis of a statutory provision specifying the activities for
which a subsidy may be granted.

2. If that statutory provision is part of a general administrative
regulation that is not based on an act of Parliament, it shall
expire four years after its entry into force unless, prior to
that date, a bill regulating the subsidy in question is brought
before Parliament.

or

(d) for occasional subsidies, if the subsidy is granted for a

period of no more than four years.

4. The administrative authority shall publish an annual report
on the subsidies granted under subparagraph 3(a) and (d)