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: 2008-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovenia, Spain, animal health, economic concentration, exchange of information, farmer, livestock farming, merger control, natural disaster, 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 316/04)

Aid No: XA 322/08

Member State: Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Cirkulane

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid:
in razvoj
kmetijstva v občini Cirkulane

spodbude za ohranjanje

Finančna

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči, pomoči
de minimis in izvajanju drugih ukrepov za ohranjanje in razvoj
kmetijstva ter podeželja v občini Cirkulane

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

2008: EUR 21 600

2009: EUR 10 800

2010: EUR 10 800

2011: EUR 10 800

2012: EUR 10 800

2013: EUR 10 800

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings:

— up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas,

— up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas,

— the costs of interest on loans for investment on agri-

cultural holdings.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

— up to 100 % of actual
non-productive structures,

costs

for

investment

in

— up to 60 % of actual costs, or 75 % in less-favoured
in productive assets on farms,
investment does not entail any
the

increase in the production capacity of

investment
the

areas,
for
provided that
additional
farm,

— up to 100 % of aid to cover the extra costs incurred by
using traditional materials necessary to conserve the heri-
tage features of buildings.

5. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs; the aid is to be provided in
the form of subsidised services and must not involve
direct payments of money to producers.

6. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

— up to 100 % of eligible costs,

— the aid is granted in the form of subsidised services and
must not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of
implementation: 1.10.2008 (the aid will not be
granted until a summary has been published on the European
Commission's website)

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: Support for SMEs

Reference to Articles of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and
eligible costs:
Chapter II of the Pravilnik o dodeljevanju državnih pomoči, pomoči
de minimis
in izvajanju drugih ukrepov za ohranjanje in razvoj
kmetijstva ter podeželja v občini Cirkulane (Rules on granting State
aid and de minimis aid and implementing other measures for
preserving and developing agriculture and rural areas in the
municipality of Cirkulane) includes measures constituting State
aid in accordance with the following Articles 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
(OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

— Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

— Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and build-

ings,

— Article 12: Aid towards

the payment of

insurance

premiums,

— Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

— Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agri-

cultural products,

— Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

sector

amount of

— the amount of municipal co-financing is the difference
insurance
between the
premiums from the national budget and the subsidy limit
(up to 50 %) applying to the eligible costs of insurance
premiums for crops, fruit and cases of disease among
animals.

co-financing of

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:
Občina Cirkulane
Cirkulane 40A
SLO-2282 Cirkulane

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

— up to 100 % of eligible legal and administrative costs.

Website:
http://www.lexlocalis.info/KatalogInformacij/VsebinaDokumenta.
aspx?SectionID=15a2e816-6641-4fc7-ab2d-37b0a3a02b66

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Other information:
The measure for the payment of insurance premiums to insure
crops and fruit includes the following adverse climatic events
which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frost, hail,
lightning, fire caused by lightning, storms and floods.

Aid No: XA 323/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 concerning the measures to be adopted by
applicable
the municipality
(procedure prior to the aid grant, cumulation, transparency and
monitoring of aid)

general provisions

and

the

Janez JURGEC

Title of aid scheme: Ayudas a las inversiones para el fomento
del cultivo y explotación en común en la Comunitat Valenciana

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden de la Consellería de Agricultura,
Pesca y Alimentación por la que se establecen las bases regula-
doras de un régimen de ayudas a las inversiones para el
fomento del cultivo y explotación en común en la Comunitat
Valenciana

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

EUR 100 000

EUR 1 000 000

EUR 1 500 000

EUR 1 500 000

EUR 1 500 000

EUR 1 500 000

EUR 7 100 000

As provided for in the annual budgets of the Government of the Autonomous Community of Valencia

Maximum aid intensity:

The eligible investments will not exceed EUR 90 000 per agri-
cultural work unit, defined by the equivalent area of each of the
agricultural developments targeted by the aid.

The maximum aid that may be granted to a farm for common
cultivation or farming practices must not exceed EUR 400 000
over a period of three financial years, or EUR 500 000 if the
farm is located in one of the less-favoured areas referred to in
Article 36(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

The maximum intensity of the public aid on the eligible invest-
ment of each project will be 40 per cent in normal areas and
50 per cent in the above-mentioned less-favoured areas

Date of implementation: As from the publication of the regis-
tration number of the request for exemption on the website of
the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural
Development

Duration of scheme: Aid may be granted under these arrange-
ments until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid:

intention is

to promote

The
and
medium-sized agricultural enterprises on the basis of Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, so as to mitigate the effects
that small-scale farming in the Autonomous Community of
Valencia has on profitability by reducing production costs.

investment

in small

Moreover, the indirect aim of community farming, with appro-
priate, uniform and relevant technical criteria, is to obtain better
quality and more environmentally friendly production, given the
potential for rationalising crop inputs, particularly fertilisers and
pesticides.

To this end, an aid system is being set up that essentially subsi-
dises the purchase of machinery and equipment for carrying out
cultivation practices on a joint basis, restructuring planting with
a view to mechanisation,
introducing community irrigation
systems leading to improvements in efficiency involving a water
saving of up to at least 25 per cent, as well as achieving savings
in land costs and general costs related to the investment in
question.

The following will not be eligible: the purchase of production
rights, annual plants and their planting, simple replacement
investment as defined in Article 2(17) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, investment in firms in difficulties or undertak-
ings that have breached bans or restrictions imposed by the
common organisations of the market

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural production sectors in the
Autonomous Community of Valencia

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Website:

http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/
pdf/Inversiones%20cultivo%20y%20explotacion%20en
%20comun.pdf

Valencia, 24 June 2008.

Laura PEÑARROYA FABREGAT
La Directora General de Producción Agraria

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Aid No: XA 325/08

Member State: Spain

Aid No: XA 326/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Federación Empresarial de Agroalimentación de la
Comunidad Valenciana (FEDACOVA)

Legal basis: Ayuda individual nominativa: Presupuestos de la
Generalitat 2008, programa 714.60, Línea T2086000-«Dieta
mediterránea: Ayuda a la organización de jornadas»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 200 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: As from the publication of the regis-
tration number of the request for exemption on the website of
the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural
Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: November
2008

Objective of aid:

technical conferences on food quality,

technical studies and reports: characterisation of

Organisation of
food
safety and food products of the Autonomous Community of
Valencia; publication of the papers delivered at these confer-
ences. Monographs on new certification systems. Good practice
guides;
the
agri-food sector. Observatory for sectoral competitivity. Tech-
nical, informative and educational reports, papers and materials;
training. Organisation of courses on the HACCP own-checks
system for packaging honey. Design and application of prerequi-
sites for hygiene, traceability and HACCP in agri-food compa-
nies. Certification of
food safety systems; website. Visits to
companies in the sector. Design and planning of a study into
the agri-food sector in the Autonomous Community of Valencia.
Participation in exhibitions, trade missions and the creation of
an export information point. Legislative publications

Activities
No 1857/2006

laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EC)

Sector(s) concerned: Agri-food SMEs in the Autonomous
Community of Valencia

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Website:

http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/
Dieta%20Mediterranea%20FEDACOVA.pdf

Other information: —

Marta VALSANGIACOMO GIL
La Directora General de Comercialización

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Asociación de Usuarios de Casetas de Castellón

Legal basis: Resolución de la Consellera de Agricultura Pesca y
Alimentación, que concede la subvención basada en dos líneas
nominativas descritas en la ley no 15/2007 de presupuestos de
la Generalitat

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 230 000 during 2008

Maximum aid intensity: 40, 50 or 100 %, depending on the
type of measure

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

Duration of individual aid award: Year 2008

Objective of aid: Preparation, disinfection, cleaning and main-
taining in the health and hygiene conditions required by animal
health legislation of collective carcass storage facilities, which
receive the carcasses of fallen stock from holdings and keep
them in proper conditions for use. In accordance with Article 3
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, this is transparent individual
aid outside any scheme and compatible with the common
market, since the activities to be funded conform with those laid
down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, invest-
ment in agricultural holdings, and Article 16(1)(d) and (f) of the
same Regulation, aid of 100 % for the costs of removal of fallen
stock

Sector(s) concerned: Owners of
province of Castellón

livestock holdings in the

Name and address of the granting authority: Consellería de
Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación

Other information: —

Website:

http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/
pdf/Asociacion%20de%20usuarios%20de%20casetas%20de
%20Castellon.pdf

Valencia, 14 August 2008.

Laura PEÑARROYA FABREGAT
La Directora General de Producción Agraria

Aid No: XA 327/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

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Title of aid scheme: Orden de la Consellería de Agricultura,
Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se establecen ayudas compen-
satorias por los costes de prevención y erradicación de la salmo-
nelosis en la avicultura

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

Legal basis:

aid forms part of

This
programmes to monitor, control and eradicate diseases:

following health plans or

the

— Commission Decision of 30 November 2007 (Articles 5
and 6) approving the programmes for the control of certain
zoonotic salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus and in
laying flocks of Gallus gallus submitted by Spain for the
period from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008,

— El Plan Nacional de medidas para la vigilancia de determi-
nados serotipos de Salmonella en pollos de carne, broilers, de
la Subdirección
la especie Gallus gallus establecido por
General de Sanidad Animal del Ministerio de Medio
Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino.

— Plan anual zoosanitario de 2008, aprobado por resolución
de 23 de enero de 2008 de la Directora General de Produc-
ción Agraria

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 800 000 during 2008

Maximum aid intensity: 80 % of the costs incurred, unless it
becomes possible to exceed the maximum quantity of EUR 1
per laying or breeding hen and EUR 0,10 per fattening hen
targeted by the aid

Duration of scheme: Year 2008

Objective of aid:

— health checks,

— disease detection tests,

— purchase and administration of vaccines,

— slaughter and destruction of affected animals,

— cleaning and disinfection of, and pest and rodent control for,
facilities and equipment,
through the use of approved
products and appropriate methods until it is guaranteed that
salmonella is not present as proven by tests.

The eligible costs covered by the aid are in line with those laid
down in Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Poultry sector of the Autonomous Com-
munity of Valencia

Name and address of the granting authority:
Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
Amadeo de Saboya, no 2
E-46010 Valencia

Other information: —

Website:
http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/
Orden%20Salmonelosis%20en%20avicultura%202008.pdf