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: 2008-11-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: France, Italy, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, farmer, fruit-growing, 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 306/05)

Aid No: XA 298/08

Member State: France

Regions: Département de l'Isère

Title of aid scheme:

Aide au remplacement des nouveaux exploitants agricoles

Legal basis:

— Article 15(2)(b) 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 expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 40 000

day of the year, throughout the first three years after they take
up farming

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/01/WEB_CHEMIN_3559
8_1217342776.pdf

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the daily cost of replacing a
farmer, subject to a limit of EUR 134 per day and 14 days
per year

Aid No: XA 299/08

Member State: France

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

Region: Département de l'Isère

Title of aid scheme:

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid: Until 31 December
2013

Aides au pastoralisme en Isère, volet investissements

Objective of aid: Replacement is a solution that allows farmers
whose activity requires on-farm presence every day of the year
to have a work and life pattern comparable to other economic
sectors.

Nevertheless, except for cases where this option is funded (by
private insurance covering maternity, accidents or illness), the
cost of this service is a disincentive.

This scheme will therefore aim to encourage recently established
farmers to take advantage of the replacement service should
they be absent from their farm on account of illness or holidays,
in accordance with Article 15(2)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006.

A reduction in the cost of providing a replacement should
encourage them to take advantage of this technical assistance.

The aid will not be paid to the farmers, but to the providers of
the replacement service

Sector(s) concerned: All sectors of agricultural production

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 130 000

expenditure

Maximum aid intensity:

planned

under

the

scheme:

— 50 % of investment or capital works to promote pastoralism

in mountain areas,

— 10 % premium for young farmers,

— ceiling: EUR 20 000 per beneficiary

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

for

The scheme will cover the whole department and all new
farmers whose principal activity requires on-farm presence every

Duration of scheme: Ends 31 December 2013

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Objective of aid: To promote natural pastoral heritage, funding
is targeted to cover in particular the construction of pens to
contain animals, automatic gates and cattle grids, and to install
fences, drinking troughs and sorting pens (equipment specially
designed for mountains).

Objective of aid: The objective is to promote the department's
natural heritage and mountainous landscapes through aid to
improve and restore pasture areas (mountain pastures and
rangelands) and conserve the fodder production potential of
traditional facilities associated with animal husbandry.

This complement to extensive pastoral activity will promote
biodiversity and the multi-purpose use of natural areas

The construction of huts, chalets and traditional shelters are
eligible for funding.

Sector(s) concerned: Pasture groups, mountain grazing syndi-
cates, mountain pasture land associations (pasture areas of the
Northern Alps region in Isère)

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/59/WEB_CHEMIN_3559
1_1217340871.pdf

Aid No: XA 300/08

Member State: France

Region: Département de l'Isère

Title of aid scheme:

Aides au pastoralisme en Isère, volet aménagement des espaces
pastoraux

Legal basis:

— Article 5 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 110 000

expenditure

Maximum aid intensity:

planned

under

the

scheme:

— 75 % of investment and work to conserve heritage features

associated with pastoralism in mountainous areas,

— State aid with a ceiling of EUR 20 000 per beneficiary

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

for

Duration of scheme: Ends 31 December 2013

This complement to extensive pastoral activity will promote
biodiversity and the multi-purpose use of natural areas without
increasing the farm's production capacity

Sector(s) concerned: Pasture groups, mountain grazing syndi-
cates, mountain pasture land associations (pasture areas of the
Northern Alps region in Isère)

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/72/WEB_CHEMIN_3559
5_1217341519.pdf

Aid No: XA 301/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Lombardy

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

Misure regionali di Sostegno delle Aziende frutticole e vivais-
tiche colpite da ‘Vaiolatura delle drupacee’ causata dall'agente
patogeno ‘Plum pox virus’
fuoco
batterico’, causato dall'agente patogeno ‘Erwinia Amylovora’

(Sharka), o da ‘Colpo di

Legal basis:

— Deliberazione Giunta regionale n. 6840 del 19 marzo 2008,
«Misure regionali di Sostegno delle Aziende frutticole e
vivaistiche colpite da “Vaiolatura delle drupacee” causata
dall'agente patogeno “Plum pox virus” (Sharka), o da “Colpo
di fuoco batterico”, causato dall'agente patogeno “Erwinia
Amylovora”» (articolo 17, c. 1, lettera B), L.R. n. 7/2000),

— Legge regionale n. 7 del 7 febbraio 2000, «Norme per inter-
venti regionali in agricoltura», Articolo 17 «Interventi sugli
abbandoni produttivi ed abbattimenti»,

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— Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective
measures against the introduction into the Community of
organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against
their spread within the Community (Article 16(1)),

— have implemented the mandatory control measures provided
for by the Order issued by the competent Regional structure
and the clearance or destruction of apricot, sour cherry,
sweet cherry, quince, apple, pear and plum trees and their
grafting stocks,

— Legge n. 206 del 1 luglio 1997 «Norme in favore delle

produzioni agricole danneggiate da organismi nocivi»,

— Legge n. 307 del 17 agosto 1999 «Disposizioni in materia
d'interventi del fondo di solidarietà nazionale in favore delle
aziende agricole danneggiate da fitopatie di eccezionale
gravità»,

— Decreto del Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali del
29 novembre 1996 «Lotta obbligatoria contro il virus della
“Vaiolatura delle dupacee” (Sharka)»,

— Decreto n. 356 del Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Fore-
stali del 10 settembre 1999, «Regolamento recante misure
per la lotta obbligatoria contro il colpo di fuoco batterico
(Erwinia Amylovora), nel territorio della Repubblica»

Annual expenditure under the scheme or overall amount
of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 2,5 million

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

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

— have not already received subsidies for the same purposes
including from other public authorities, under

and lots,
other subsidised insurance schemes,

— and undertake to replant the lots of

to that of

land to be cleared,
within 12 months, with fruit trees (in numbers or over a
surface area equal
the plants cleared; and
respecting the plant health provisions) of one or more of
the following species (even if different from those cleared):
(prunus armeniaca), sour
actinidia (actinidia spp.), apricot
cherry (prunus cerasus), sweet cherry (prunus avium), quince
(cydonia oblonga), persimmon (diospyros kaki), apple (malus
domestica), pear (pyrus communis), peach (prunus persica), plum
(prunus domestica and prunus salicina); if, due to plant health
provisions, it is not possible to replant the area with species
susceptible to the disease found and, for reasons linked to
the production specialisation of
is not
possible to use one of the alternative species listed above,
the subsidy is reduced to 80 %.

the holding,

it

The amount of the subsidy is calculated on the basis of the
criteria set out in Law No 206 of 1 July 1997 and Law No 307
of 17 August 1999, which differentiate between nurseries and
fruit growers and, in the case of the latter, take account of the
age of the plantation. In calculating the amount of aid, any
amounts received under insurance schemes and those incurred
for reasons other than plant health reasons will be deducted

Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural holdings: fruit growers and
nurseries

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual aid award: Up to

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Objective of aid: In accordance with Article 10 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006, the aid is intended to compensate for the
damage caused by Plum pox (Sharka) and Fireblight (Erwinia) to
fruit growers and nurseries where the presence of
infected
In Decision SG (2001)
plants has been officially confirmed.
the European Commission
D/289300 of 20 June 2001,
expressed the opinion that the aid could be used for the clear-
ance and replanting of stone fruit trees and rose trees affected
by these diseases.

The Region of Lombardy has adopted mandatory control
measures provided for by Community and national legislation,
in order to combat the spread of Sharka and Erwinia, in imple-
mentation of the provisions of the Ministry of Agricultural and
Forestry Policies (Decree of 29 November 1996 and Decree
No 356 of 10 September 1999). In spite of this, outbreaks of
these diseases have continued, making it necessary to launch the
present programme of regional measures.

The agricultural enterprises which are eligible for aid for produc-
tion improvement are those which:

Region of Lombardy
Direzione Generale Agricoltura
Via Pola, 12/14
I-20124 Milano

Website:

www.agricoltura.regione.lombardia.it,

click on ‘Per saperne di più’, then on ‘Aiuti di Stato’

Other information: —

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

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Aid No: XA 303/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Marche

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

Servizi di assistenza tecnica specialistica finalizzati alla riconver-
sione delle aree bieticole

Legal basis:

— Legge regionale n. 37 del 23 dicembre 1999 «Disciplina dei
servizi per lo sviluppo del sistema agroalimentare regionale»;

— Proposta di atto amministrativo n. 93/2008 «Regolamento
(CE) n. 320/2006 — Programma nazionale di ristruttura-
zione del settore bieticole — saccarifero — Piano di azione
regionale.»

Annual expenditure under the scheme or overall amount
of individual aid granted to the company: The annual expen-
diture planned for services under this aid scheme will not
exceed EUR 1 000 000, and the overall amount will not exceed
EUR 4 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid to the final beneficiaries, the
producers, will be supplied solely in the form of services
provided by the persons referred to in Article 3(2) of Regional
Law No 37 of 23 December 1999 and may cover up to 80 %
of eligible costs, with a maximum contribution of EUR 50 000
per project

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will be launched in
full compliance with the time requirements and procedures
stipulated in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Duration of
31.12.2013

scheme or

individual aid award: Up to

Objective of aid: The main aim of the aid is to support small
and medium-sized enterprises active in sugar-beet areas, by
facilitating their conversion to other agricultural products
referred to in Annex 1 of the Treaty.

The technical assistance services provided are not continuous or
regular and are not linked to the normal operating costs of the
undertaking.

Reference is made to Articles 15 and 18 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Regionale di Marche
Servizio Agricoltura Forestazione e Pesca
PF Competitività e Sviluppo dell'Impresa Agricola
Via Tiziano, 44
I-60125 Ancona

Website:

www.agri.marche.it/Aree%20tematiche/aiuti%20di%20stato/ricon-
versione%20aree%20bieticole.pdf, click on ‘Per saperne di più’,
then on ‘Aiuti di Stato’

Other information:
‘Final beneficiaries’, or recipients, of the
development services under the above scheme are small and
medium-sized agricultural enterprises active in sugar-beet areas.

provisions

The
No 1857/2006 will be respected

of Article

15(4)

of Regulation

(EC)

Vincenzo CIMINO
Il Dirigente della PF Competitivita e Sviluppo dell'Impresa Agricola