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: 2009-02-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, State aid, aid to disaster victims, control of State aid, degradation of the environment, exchange of information, farming sector, livestock farming, meteorology, natural disaster

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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 29/07)

Aid No: XA 370/08

Member State: Latvia

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Atbalsta shēma “Nelabvēlīgo klima-
tisko apstākļu radīto zaudējumu kompensēšana”

Legal basis: Ministru kabineta 2008. gada 18. augusta noteikumi Nr. 669 “Kārtība, kādā administrē un
uzrauga lauksaimniecības risku fondu, nosaka iemaksu veikšanu un kompensāciju izmaksu no fonda”

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

Total amount available under the aid scheme in 2008: LVL 1 000 000

Total amount available under the aid scheme in 2009: LVL 1 000 000

Total amount available under the aid scheme in 2010: LVL 1 000 000

Total amount available under the aid scheme in 2011: LVL 1 000 000

Total amount available under the aid scheme in 2012: LVL 1 000 000

Total amount available under the aid scheme in 2013: LVL 1 000 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Compensation is provided for losses due to adverse climatic events if, as a result of such events, more than
30 % of a holding's annual harvest of a particular crop is destroyed.

The aid intensity of the compensation is up to 30 % of the losses due to the adverse climatic events

Date of implementation: 10 November 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 December 2013

Objective of aid:

The objective of the aid is to compensate for losses due to adverse climatic events if, as a result of such
events, more than 30 % of a holding's annual harvest of a particular crop is destroyed.

The aid is granted under Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006
on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to small and medium-sized enterprises active in
the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Sector(s) concerned:

The aid is intended for small and medium-sized enterprises active in the primary production of agricultural
products.

It is aimed at the livestock and crop sectors

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Name and address of the granting authority:
Latvijas Republikas Zemkopības ministrija
LV-1981 Rīga

Website: http://www.likumi.lv/doc.php?id=180589

Other information:
The aid scheme is in conformity with Article 11(2)-(6), (9) and (10) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 in
relation to plants or animals: the amount of aid is determined on the basis of an assessment of the losses
caused on a holding by adverse climatic events. If more than 30 % of the annual harvest of a particular crop
on that holding has been destroyed and the information provided by the Latvian Environmental, Geological
and Meteorological Agency confirms the occurrence of such events, compensation is calculated using the
following formula:

Z = A × B – C × D – E

where:

Z are the losses caused by adverse climatic events,

A is the average harvest for the previous three years,

B is the average national buying-in price for the previous three years,

C is the size of the annual harvest for the year in which the adverse weather conditions occurred,

D is the average annual buying-in price in the country for the year in which the adverse weather conditions

occurred,

E is insurance compensation received from other insurers.

Article 9 of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council has been fully imple-
mented insofar as agriculture is concerned, and it will be ensured that the costs of water supply services to
agriculture are recovered with adequate contributions from this sector.

Aid will not be granted retroactively in respect of activities which have already been carried out by the
beneficiary.

The aid scheme is in conformity with Article 11(10): The aid scheme will be introduced within three years
following the occurrence of the expense or loss. The aid will be paid out within four years following the
relevant event