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: 2009-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain, State aid, animal disease, control of State aid, exchange of information, livestock farming, rural development

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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

(2009/C 25/03)

Aid No: XA 341/08

Member State: Denmark

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

Legal basis: Lov om administration af Det Europæiske Fælles-
skabs forordninger om markedsordninger for landbrugsvarer m.
lovbekendtgørelse nr. 297 af
v.
28. april 2004

(Bemyndigelsesloven),

jf.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
DKK 850 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

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

Duration of
30 September 2009

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid:

The purpose of the scheme is to:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Fjerkræafgiftsfonden
Axeltorv 3
DK-1609 Copenhagen V

Website:

http//www.poultry.dk/ddf/fa.nsf/B2009T.pdf?openfileresource

Other information: The scheme does not cover expenditure on
the treatment or prevention of poultry diseases. This expendi-
ture is met by the user

Aid No: XA 351/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid award: Regime di aiuto: Bando per la concessione di
contributi in conto capitale alle imprese agricole della Provincia
di Trieste per l'adozione di
interventi di miglioramento ed
ammodernamento aziendale

— provide poultry farmers with veterinary assistance and

knowhow,

Legal basis: Determinazione presidenziale della Camera di
commercio di Trieste n. 9 dell'11 settembre 2008

— advise and assist Det Danske Fjerkræraad (the Danish
Poultry Council) and other poultry sector organisations on
veterinary issues,

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 300 000

individual

— disseminate and apply the latest veterinary knowledge to

Maximum aid intensity:

help poultry production.

No aid is to be granted for permanent or regular veterinary
services.

The final beneficiaries are farmers engaged in poultry produc-
tion. The scheme applies only to small and medium-sized
enterprises.

The scheme comes under Article 15(2)(c) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006. It concerns expenditure on consultancy services

Sector(s) concerned: Poultry

As laid down in the exempting Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
in the case of activities referred to in Article 4.

The aid intensity may not exceed 60 % of eligible expenses

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 1 January
2009 to 1 January 2011

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Objective of aid: Investment in agricultural holdings (Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture — primary production of
agricultural produce

Name and address of granting authority:

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

Name and address of the granting authority:

Camera di Commercio di Trieste
Piazza della Borsa, 14
I-34121 Trieste

Website:

Website:

http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/
FECOAV%20II%20ATRIAs_ADVs.pdf

http://www.ts.camcom.it/WebMagazine/0809_BandoAgricolo.htm

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 360/08

Aid No: XA 356/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Ayuda Nominativa a favor de la Federación de Coope-
rativas Agrarias Valencianas (FECOAV), para la coordinación de
actuaciones de Técnicos de ATRIAS

Legal basis: PROYECTO DE RESOLUCIÓN, del Secretario Auto-
nómico de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se
concede una ayuda a la Federación de Cooperativas Agrarias
Valencianas (FECOAV)

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

The aid will be paid for from heading 12.02.01.542.20.4 —
T2122 of the expenditure budget of the regional government
and is put at EUR 250 000 per year.

Total expenditure is anticipated to be EUR 1 500 000 for the
entire duration of the scheme

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of costs, up to EUR 250 000
per year

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registra-
the exemption request is published on the
tion number of
website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for
Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid:

The grant
is aimed at coordinating the actions of ATRIAS
experts through the promotion, assessment and monitoring of
integrated production and cooperation in campaigns against
harmful agents.

Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the
European Community (NACE): 0161: Support activities for
crop production

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Freistaat Bayern

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

Übernahme der Kosten für den Impfstoff
im Rahmen einer
Notimpfung gegen Blauzungenkrankheit bei Rindern, Schafen
und Ziegen

Bereitstellung von Impfstoff für die Tierhalter

Legal basis:

Verordnung zum Schutz gegen die Blauzungenkrankheit (konso-
lidierte Fassung), geändert durch Artikel 2 der Verordnung vom
22. August 2006 (elektronischer Bundesanzeiger Amtlicher
Teil 43 2006 V1), geändert durch Artikel 3 der Verordnung
vom 6.
Juli 2007 (Bundesgesetzblatt I Seite 1264), geändert
durch Artikel 3 der Verordnung vom 21. Dezember 2007
(Bundesgesetzblatt I Seite 3144)

Verordnung über bestimmte Impfstoffe zum Schutz vor der
Blauzungenkrankheit vom 2. Mai 2008 (BAnz. 2008 Nr. 67
S. 1599)

Commission Decision of 24 July 2008 approving the emergency
vaccination plans against bluetongue of certain Member States
and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution
for 2007 and 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 750 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

Date of implementation: The aid will be granted from the date
on which the summary information on the aid scheme is
published on the Internet

individual
Duration of
1 November 2008 to 31 December 2008

scheme or

aid award:

From

Objective of aid:

In order to prevent the rapid spread of bluetongue and the
resulting threat to agricultural holdings, a rapid and comprehen-
sive emergency vaccination campaign must be carried out
across Bavaria. Rapid immunisation of the animal population is
therefore overwhelmingly in the interests of
is
important not only in order to maintain the value of individual
animals but also primarily to give the affected animal popula-
tion immune protection and to reduce the sources of infection
that spread the disease.

the State.

It

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However, in the EU and Germany, there are, as yet, no approved
vaccines against serotype 8 (approval procedures are ongoing).
It is not possible for livestock farmers to obtain a vaccine.

whole, a total of EUR 17 million is available for purchasing and
administering doses of the vaccine, with the amount available
for Bavaria estimated at approximately 25 % or EUR 4,25 million

to use

it possible

tendering procedure was

Nevertheless,
the Emergency Order adopted by the Federal
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV)
available vaccines. A
has made
Europe-wide
the
launched by
Bundesländer to select vaccines that are widely used. The safety
and efficacy of the three vaccines selected were demonstrated by
in Mecklenburg-Western
a
Pomerania, with
the
Friedrich Loeffler Institut.

vaccination trial

carried out

provided

scientific

support

the

by

The beneficiaries are small and medium-sized enterprises within
the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Aid will be granted to beneficiaries not in the form of direct
payments of money but in the form of subsidised services. The
the Environment, Health and
Bavarian State Ministry of
Consumer Protection will bear the costs of the vaccine and pay
the vaccine provider.

The aid does not involve measures for which Community law
the costs should be borne by the holdings
stipulates that
themselves.

Meeting the costs of the acquisition of vaccine for the basic
immunisation of 2,9 million head of cattle and 500 000 sheep/
the cost of purchasing the vaccine is approximately
goats:
EUR 5 million, which should be reduced by the amount of part-
financing provided.

Each dose of vaccine is part-financed to the tune of EUR 0,6
(the number of doses
so
EUR 0,6 × 6,3 million = EUR 3,75 million). For Germany as a

is approximately 6,3 million,

Legal basis of State aid: Article 10(1) and (3) to (8) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock farmers (agricultural holdings)
with cattle, sheep and goats

Name and address of the granting authority:
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt, Gesundheit und
Verbraucherschutz
Rosenkavalierplatz 2
Postfach 810140
D-81901 München

Queries may be addressed to:
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Landwirtschaft und Forsten
Referat G 6
Ludwigstr. 2
D-80539 München
Tel. (49) 89 2182 2222

Website:
For legal basis:
www.bundesrecht.juris.de/bundesrecht/blauzungenimpfstv/
gesamt.pdf
http://www.lgl.bayern.de/veterinaer/blauzungenkrankheit.htm

For aid scheme:
http://www.stmugv.bayern.de/tiergesundheit/krankheiten/
blauzunge/beihilfe.htm

Other information: —