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: 2008-11-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Italy, Spain, State aid, agricultural holding, control of State aid, exchange of information, 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 303/03)

Aid No: XA 289/08

Member State: Italy

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the
registration number of the request for exemption on the website
of
the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

Region: Regione Lombardia (Comunità Montana Valtellina di
Sondrio)

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

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

Aiuti per
la
fondiario di terreni agricoli

ricomposizione

fondiaria — Accorpamento

Legal basis:

— Bozza di deliberazione del Consiglio direttivo della Comu-
nità Montana Valtellina di Sondrio ‘Concessione di aiuti per
la ricomposizione fondiaria (accorpamento fondiario di
terreni agricoli mediante acquisto o permuta). Approvazione
iniziativa’;

— Decreto legislativo 29.3.2004 n. 99 ‘Disposizioni in materia
di soggetti e attività,
integrità aziendale e semplificazione
amministrativa, a norma dell'art. 1 lettere d), f), g), l), ee)
della legge 7.3.2003 n. 38’ — capo II ‘integrità aziendale’
artt. 7 e 9;

Objective of aid: Pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 ‘Aid for land reparcelling’. The aid will be
granted exclusively to cover legal and administrative costs up to
100 % of the expenditure really incurred in connection with the
deeds necessary for the purchase or exchange of farmland for
the purposes of consolidating holdings. This aid is provided
with the aim of countering excessive fragmentation of
land.
There is every evidence that the excessive fragmentation of agri-
cultural property typical of marginal mountain locations is an
obstacle to the management of farmland there, while abandon-
ment has negative repercussions on the hydrogeological struc-
ture, the environment and the landscape

Sector(s) concerned: Mountain farmland; in the district of the
Comunità Montana Valtellina di Sondrio

Name and address of the granting authority:

Comunità Montana Valtellina di Sondrio
via Nazario Sauro n. 33
I-23100 Sondrio

— Legge 7.3.2003 n. 38 ‘Disposizioni in materia di agricoltura’

— art. 1;

Website:

— Decreto legislativo 18.5.2001 n. 228 ‘Orientamento e
modernizzazione del settore agricolo, a norma dell'art. 7
della legge 5.3.2001 n. 57’ — capo II ‘contratti agrari, integ-
rità aziendale e distretti’

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
Maximum annual expenditure earmarked for the entire initiative
EUR 30 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: The aid will be granted exclusively to
cover legal and administrative costs up to 100 % of the expendi-
ture actually incurred

www.agricoltura.regione.lombardia.it, click on ‘Per saperne di più’,
then on ‘Aiuti di Stato’

www.cmsondrio.it, click on ‘versione integrale’, then on ‘area agri-
coltura’, ‘agricoltura’, ‘accorpamento fondiario’

Enrica GENNARI
Il Dirigente della Struttura
Raccordo con le Politiche Nazionali e Comunitarie

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Aid No: XA 294/08

Member State: Kingdom of Spain

Region: Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias

Title of aid scheme:

Subvenciones destinadas al
Defensa Sanitaria Ganaderas de Canarias

fomento de las Agrupaciones de

Legal basis:

Proyecto de Orden de la Consejería De Agricultura, Ganadería,
Pesca Y Alimentación por la que se convocan las subvenciones
destinadas al fomento de las Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria
Ganaderas de Canarias

Annual
EUR 784 409,09

expenditure planned under

the aid scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: Under Article 3 of the above draft
the aid approved by the Consejería de Agricultura,
Order,
Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación with respect to the budget may
cover up to 75 % of the cost of the programme. The aid may be
financed up to a maximum of 50 % of the health programme
from funds provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food (Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación —
MAPA)

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the
registration number of the request for exemption provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the website of
the
Commission's Directorate-General
for Agriculture and Rural
Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 6 October
2008 or until
the funding (EUR 787 409,09) has been
exhausted

Objective of aid: To raise animal health standards in livestock
holdings through programmes designed and implemented by
the Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria Ganaderas (ADSG) to
prevent and eradicate animal diseases and pest infestations and
to improve hygiene by means of veterinary checks in order to
raise the standards of production and health, in accordance with
Article 10 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 agricultural products and amending
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Sector(s) concerned: Under Article 10 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,
those small and
beneficiaries of
medium-sized agricultural enterprises in the livestock sector
which belong to an Agrupación de Defensa Sanitaria Ganaderas
(ADSG), as provided for by Royal Decree No 1880/1996 of

the aid shall

include all

2 August 1996 (BOE No 229 of 21 September 1996), and are
carrying out the health programmes provided for in Article 1(2)
of the Draft Order in livestock holdings engaged in the primary
production of livestock products, provided that they fulfil the
requirements set out in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Arti-
cles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and
medium-sized enterprises

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación
(Dirección General de Ganadería)
Edificio Usos Múltiples II
Avda. José Manuel Guimerá, 10, 3a planta
E-38071 Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Website:

http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agricultura/otros/reglamen-
to_CE_pynes.htm

http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agricultura/doc/otros/Regla-
mento_CE_1857_2006/Orden_ADS.pdf

Other information: —

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 21 July 2008.

Ildefonso SOCORRO QUEVEDO
Director General de Asuntos Económicos con la Unión Europea

Aid No: XA 297/08

Member State: France

Regions: Département de l'Isère

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

Aides aux investissements de diversification agricole sans trans-
formation

Legal basis:

— Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,

— articles L 1511-1 et suivants et articles L 3231-1 et suivants

du code général des collectivités territoriales

Annual
EUR 100 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: The level of aid will be 35 % of
eligible costs, subject to a limit of:

— EUR 17 143 if only one activity is set up (for example,
through direct sale at the farm in premises that are not
separate),

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— EUR 34 286 if at least two types of activity are set up (for
example, new production and direct sale at the farm in
premises that are not separate).

Aid will be paid in one or two instalments on submission of
the supporting documents. The outstanding amount will be
paid at the latest three years from when the beneficiary is noti-
fied of the aid by the President of the Isère General Council,
after submission of the receipted invoices, and a statement that
the work has been completed

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the
registration number of the request for exemption on the website
for Agriculture and
of
Rural Development

the Commission's Directorate-General

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: The planned scheme aims to promote capital
investment in agricultural diversification projects.

Eligible investment funded under the present scheme must aim
to achieve the following objectives:

— to improve and redeploy production, by diversifying produc-
tion and activities so as to create a profitable market that
provides value-added,
in accordance with the territorial
project,

— to improve farms' overall profitability level and slow the
reduction in the number of farms through diversification of
the sources of income.

The planned aid is intended to fund in particular new areas of
production such as honey,
fresh fruit and vegetables, eggs,
poultry, etc. and the equipment needed for their sale direct to
consumers on farm premises.

Investment for the purchase of equipment and specific appli-
ances for the primary production of these new products and
where appropriate their packaging for retail sale on the farm
(for example: hives, fine combed harrows, potato harvesters,
apiculture equipment, refrigerated cabinets, electronic scales and
scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material into a
bag or container, etc.) is eligible for funding

Sector(s) concerned: SMEs throughout the department's agri-
cultural production sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil général de l'Isère
Direction de l'aménagement des territoires
Service agriculture et forêt
7 rue Fantin Latour – BP 1096
F-38022 Grenoble Cedex 1

Website:

http://www.cg38.fr/uploads/Document/e2/WEB_CHEMIN_3559
7_1217342303.pdf

Aid No: XA 318/08

Member State: Estonia

Region: Estonia

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

Põllumajandustootja asendamise toetus

Legal basis:

1) „Maaelu- ja põllumajandusturu korraldamise seaduse” § 7 ja

§ 11

2) Põllumajandustootja asendamise toetuse saamiseks esitatavad
nõuded, toetuse taotluse esitamise ja taotluse menetlemise
kord (eelnõu)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual
expenditure EEK 2 000 000 (ca. EUR 127 823)

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is until 100 % in
line with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Date of implementation: 15 September 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2013

Objective of aid: The aid is in accordance with Article 15 of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 (eligible costs are stipulated in
Article 15(2)b)).

The aid intensity is until 100 %. The aid does not involve direct
payments of money to producers

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock sector (NACE code A104)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministère de l'agriculture
Lai 39/41
EE-15056 Tallin

Website:

http://www.agri.ee/?id=10989

https://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=12997647

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 324/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

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

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

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: EUR 30 000 during 2008

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

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Date of implementation: As from the publication of the iden-
tification number of the request for exemption on the website
of
for Agriculture and
Rural Development

the Commission's Directorate-General

Duration of individual aid award: Year 2008

Objective of aid: To develop livestock farming by training staff
involved in this activity and by providing consultancy and tech-
nical services for the livestock sector (Article 15 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006).

The aid will cover the eligible costs of training livestock farmers
(costs of organising the training programme, participants' travel
and subsistence expenses), consultancy services provided by
third parties (not those usually used by the undertaking), the
organisation of knowledge-sharing forums, and publications,
such as catalogues or websites

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Other information: —

Website:

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

Valencia, 2 July 2008.

Laura PEÑARROYA FABREGAT
La directora general de Producción Agraria