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 312/07)
Date: 2008-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, exchange of information, farming sector, horticulture, regional aid, 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 312/07)

Aid No: XA 331/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Cantabria

Title of aid scheme:

Ayudas al fomento del asociacionismo agrario

Legal basis:

and development and design of quality products or product
traceability systems;
introduction of quality guarantee
programmes (e.g. ISO 9000 to 14000; HACCP) or environ-
mental audit systems; training in the implementation of the
quality systems;

(c) provision of

technical support

in the agriculture sector
(Article 15 of the Regulation). Eligible costs: fees for outside
consultants providing new services for group members;
promotional activities (participation in trade fairs, competi-
tions or exhibitions); education and training expenses

Orden DES/24/2008, de 7 de abril, por la que se establecen las
bases reguladoras y se convocan para el año 2008 las ayudas
para el fomento del asociacionismo agrario en Cantabria

Sector(s) concerned: All farming sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Annual
EUR 288 500

expenditure

Maximum aid intensity:

planned

under

the

scheme:

— aid for the formation of new associations or the significant
enlargement of existing ones: decreasing intensity in the first
three years of operation of a new grouping (80 %, 50 %,
30 %). Maximum EUR 25 000 per group per year,

— aid for the merging, joining together or take-over of groups:
decreasing intensity in the first three years of operation of
new grouping (80 %, 50 %, 30 %). Maximum EUR 55 000
per group per year,

— aid relating to quality and setting up traceability systems:
50 %, up to a maximum of EUR 40 000 per group per year,

— aid for technical support in the agriculture sector: 50 %, up

to a maximum of EUR 15 000 per group per year

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

Gobierno de Cantabria
Consejería de Desarrollo Rural, Ganadería, Pesca y Biodiversidad
C/ Gutiérrez Solana s/n
E-39011 Santander

Website:

http://boc.gobcantabria.es/boc/datos/MES%202008-04/OR%202
008-04-16%20074/PDF/4922-4927.pdf

Other information:

Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural
C/ Gutiérrez Solana s/n
E-39011 Santander
Tel. (34) 942 20 78 64
e-mail: fernandez_b@gobcantabria.es

Aid No: XA 332/08

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2008-2013

Member State: Spain

Objective of aid: To promote the formation of farmers' associa-
tions in Cantabria by means of aid for the following:

Region: Navarra

(a) formation of new associations or significant enlargement of
existing ones, as well as the merger, grouping or take-over
of groups (Article 9 of the Regulation). Eligible costs: feasi-
bility and market studies; issuing of authentic instruments
and other notarial documents; professional
assistance
(consultancy and management) in the legal founding of the
group; publication of Articles of association;
rental of
premises and purchase of office equipment; cost of new
administrative staff; general costs;

(b) quality measures and setting-up of

traceability systems
(Article 14 of the Regulation). Eligible costs: market studies

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

Ayudas a la elaboración de planes de gestión empresarial por las
cooperativas agrarias

Legal basis:

Orden Foral de la Consejera de Desarrollo Rural y Medio
Ambiente, por la que se establecen las normas reguladoras que
regirán la concesión de ayudas a las cooperativas agrarias para
planes de gestión empresarial

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 145 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of eligible expenditure

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will apply from the
date of publication, on the website of the European Commis-
sion's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Develop-
ment, of
the exemption request
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

the registration number of

Aid No: XA 333/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

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

Ayudas para la ejecución del Plan de actuación contra el virus
del bronceado del tomate o Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 2008 to
31 December 2013

Legal basis:

Objective of aid: The main objective is to support the adoption
and application by agricultural SMEs of business management
systems and tools geared to the new demands of their technical
and economic environment,
in order that they can develop
viable and sustainable strategies for the future.

The secondary objectives are as follows:

(a) to help agricultural SMEs adapt to current market require-

ments;

(b) to improve the arrangements whereby businesses relate to

customers and suppliers;

(c) to enhance the competitiveness of the primary sector.

Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: technical support
costs: Article 15(2)(c):
in the agricultural
consultancy services provided by third parties which are not
continuous or periodic and which are not related to the enter-
prise's usual operating expenditure

sector. Eligible

Orden Foral de la Consejera de Desarrollo Rural y Medio
Ambiente, por la que se modifica la Orden Foral no 172/2008,
de 22 de abril, de la Consejera de Desarrollo Rural y Medio
Ambiente, por la que se declara la presencia del virus del bron-
ceado o Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) en la Comunidad
Foral de Navarra, se califica de utilidad publica la lucha contra
dicho organismo y se adoptan medidas para su control

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 180 000 per year

individual

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity will in no
case exceed 80 % of accredited losses

Date of
implementation: The aid arrangements will apply
from the date of publication, on the website of the European
for Agriculture and Rural
Commission's Directorate-General
Development, of
the exemption
request provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

the registration number of

Sector(s) concerned: Primary agricultural production

Duration of
31 December 2008

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Name and address of granting authority:

Gobierno de Navarra
Departamento de Desarrollo Rural y Medio Ambiente
C/ Tudela, no 20
E-31003 Pamplona (Navarra)

Website:

http://www.cfnavarra.es/agricultura/COYUNTURA/AyudasEstado/
pdfs/STNO08047%20OF.pdf

Other information:

Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural
C/ Tudela, no 20
E-31003 Pamplona
Tel. (34) 848 422 933
e-mail: izabalzv@cfnavarra.es
Gobierno de Navarra

Objective of aid: The main objective of the aid is to compen-
sate farmers for losses resulting from plant diseases and the cost
of preventing and eradicating such diseases.

Article 10(1) and 10(2)(a)(i). Eligible costs: market value of
destroyed crops, insured or actual value of destroyed crops and
value of plant health products or other means of plant disease
control.

The aid does not relate to a disease in respect of which Com-
munity legislation provides for specific charges for control
measures.

The aid does not relate to measures in respect of which Com-
munity legislation provides that the cost of such measures is to
be borne by the agricultural holding, unless this cost is entirely
offset by compulsory charges on producers.

In accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,
the aid will be granted only to small and medium-sized agri-
cultural holdings active in the primary production of agri-
cultural products

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Sector(s) concerned: Horticulture and ornamental plants

Name and address of granting authority:

Gobierno de Navarra
Dirección General de Agricultura y Ganadería
Servicio de Ganadería
C/ Tudela, no 20
E-31003 Pamplona (Navarra)

Website:

http://www.navarra.es/home_es/Actualidad/BON/Boletines/2008/
59/Anuncio-0/

http://www.cfnavarra.es/agricultura/COYUNTURA/AyudasEstado/
pdfs/stno09061%20of.pdf

Other information:

Dirección General de Agricultura y Ganadería
C/ Tudela, no 20
E-31003 Pamplona
Tel. (34) 848 422 933
e-mail: izabalzv@cfnavarra.es
Gobierno de Navarra

Aid No: XA 346/08

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England — West Midlands

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

Remote Sensing project

Legal basis:

Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: The
expenditure will be GBP 125 775 between September 2008 and
September 2009

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity will be up to 100 %
in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Date of
29 September 2008

implementation: The

scheme

is

to start on

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will begin on 29 September 2008. It will close to new appli-
cants on the 31 August 2009. Technical support to participants
will cease by 30 September 2009

Objective of aid: The primary objective will be the providing
of technical support to SME's involved in agricultural produc-
tion. The objectives are specifically to raise understanding of

sensing technologies for monitoring soil conditions — and
thereby assisting agricultural producers to improve decisions on
planting, harvesting and enabling improved environmental
assessment and possibly switching to higher value crops. The
aid will cover up to 100 % of the costs of providing the tech-
nical support and will be granted in kind by means of subsi-
dised services. This scheme will not involve direct payments of
money to producers.

The aid will be accessible to all
concerned.

those eligible in the area

This scheme is an extension of XA 96/08. The scheme adminis-
trators were unable to start the scheme and no money was
spent

Sector(s) concerned: The
to small and
medium-sized enterprises involved in the primary production of
agricultural products

scheme applies

Name and address of the granting authority:

Advantage West Midlands
3 Priestley Wharf
Holt Street
Aston Science Park
Birmingham B7 4BN
United Kingdom
www.advantagewm.co.uk

Website:

The website of the project is:

http://www.harperadams.ac.uk/sustainability/remotesensing.cfm

Other information:

The project officer within Advantage West Midlands is Andrew
Todd (tel. (44) 121 380 35 34, e-mail: andrewtodd@advanta-
gewm.co.uk)

Further and more detailed information relating to eligibility and
rules for the scheme can be found in the web links above.

The project information will have a website www.cogentcom-
puting.org where information can be kept.

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

Duncan Kerr
Agricultural State Aid Team Leader
Defra
8D 9 Millbank
c/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
Westminister
London SW1P 3JR
United Kingdom