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: 2009-03-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Spain, State aid, animal disease, control of State aid, exchange of information, farming sector, livestock farming

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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

Aid No: XA 380/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

(2009/C 53/05)

Aid No: XA 381/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Asociación Vinos de la Tierra de Castellón

Legal basis: Ayuda individual nominativa: Presupuestos de la
Generalitat 2008, programa 714.60, Línea T2761000-‘Impulso
de la marca CV’

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 50 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: November 2008

improving the professional skills of

Objective of aid: Participation in exhibitions and fairs: initia-
tives to promote the quality of ‘CV’ Quality Brand products,
aimed both at protecting their intrinsic distinct characteristics
and at
the producers
concerned. Initiatives to raise consumer awareness of ‘CV’ brand
products are eligible, as are various information and promo-
tional activities organised around the Magdalena celebrations.
For the first time, a team specialised in communication will be
employed to design a strategy to improve the positioning of the
wines of the Castellon region; the regulations will be adapted in
line with Decree No 222/2007 of 9 November and a quality
manual will be produced. Activities laid down in Articles 14
and 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

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/
Asociaci%F3n%20vinos%20de%20la%20tierra%20de%20Castell
%F3n.pdf

Other information: —

La Directora General de Comercialización

Marta VALSANGIACOMO GIL

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Asociación Prof. de Flores, Plantas y Tecnología
Hortícola de la C.V.

Legal basis: Ayuda individual nominativa: Presupuestos de la
Generalitat 2008, programa 714.60, Línea T2761.000-‘Impulso
de la Marca CV’

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 60 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

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

Duration of
November 2008

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of
Iberflora
aid: Participation in trade
(Valencia), IPM (Essen, Germany), Salon Végétal (Angers, France),
and
Four
Garden+Landscaping (Dubai, United Arab Emirates); consultancy
service: increase in species covered by the standard. Activities
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

(Manchester,

Show

Trade

Oaks

fairs:

UK)

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/
Asociacion%20profesional%20de%20Flores%20y%20Plantas.pdf

Other information: —

La Directora General de Comercialización

Marta VALSANGIACOMO GIL

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Aid No: XA 382/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Asociación Pimiento Sol del Pilar

Legal basis: Ayuda individual nominativa: Presupuestos de la
Generalitat 2008, programa 714.60, Línea T2761000-‘Impulso
de la marca CV’

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 40 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: November 2008

Objective of aid: Participation in and organisation of exhibi-
tions. Factual information on the generic product, its nutritional
benefits and how to use it, as well as publications, brochures or
websites that present information on a specific product. All this
should be centred around activities to promote the ‘CV’ Quality
Brand product, aimed at protecting its intrinsic characteristics,
with the aim of raising consumer awareness of these products
and production of a publicity video and a recipe book. Activities
laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

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/
Asociacion%20pimiento%20sol%20del%20pilar.pdf

Other information: —

La Directora General de Comercialización

Marta VALSANGIACOMO GIL

Aid No: XA 388/08

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Land Brandenburg

Legal basis:

Article 16(1)(a)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt
und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Brandenburg über die
Gewährung von Prämien für die Förderung von Leistungs-
prüfungen und weiteren Maßnahmen in der Tierzucht vom
14. Februar 2007

Annual
EUR 0,63 million per year

expenditure

Maximum aid intensity:

planned

under

the

scheme:

— 70 % to cover the administrative costs of the establishment

and maintenance of herd books,

— 70 % to cover the costs of tests to determine the genetic

quality or yield of livestock,

— 25 % to cover the cost of investments in the introduction at
innovatory animal breeding techniques or

farm level of
practices

Date of implementation: 1.1.2009-31.12.2011

Duration of scheme: 1.1.2009-31.12.2011

Objective of aid:

To support the livestock sector the Land will grant subsidies to
promote performance testing and additional measures in live-
stock breeding.

The eligible costs are the following:

— expenditure on tests to determine the genetic quality or

yield of livestock,

— expenditure on the introduction of

innovatory animal
breeding techniques or practices with the exception of intro-
ducing or carrying out artificial insemination,

— expenditure on establishing and maintaining herd books.

Recipients of the subsidies will be recognised breeding associa-
tions (in accordance with the Tierzuchtgesetz), performance
testing facilities or associations which carry out performance
tests on behalf of Land Brandenburg in accordance with the
Tierzuchtgesetz and have a branch in Brandenburg. The reci-
pient of a subsidy will be subject to the supervision of the
responsible authorities in accordance with the law of the Land.

Direct payments will not be made to breeding enterprises.

Carrying out performance testing is an ongoing task. Subsidy
payments will be made per calendar year and will be adjusted in
accordance with the individual breeding measures.

The subsidy will be granted as a lump-sum amount. It will be
granted in accordance with the public interest of the measure
and will be paid in accordance with available funds.

Aid rates under the Community framework regulations for State
aid in the agriculture and forestry sector of 27 December 2006,
Chapter IV.L ‘Aid in the breeding sector’ will not be exceeded

Title of aid scheme: Förderung von Leistungsprüfungen und
weiteren Maßnahmen in der Tierzucht

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture (livestock farming)

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Name and address of the granting authority:
Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz, Landwirtschaft und
Flurneuordnung
Ringstraße 1010
D-15236 Frankfurt/Oder

Website:
http://www.mluv.brandenburg.de/cms/media.php/2317/e_tiere.pdf

Other information:
Ministerium für ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt und
Verbraucherschutz des Landes Brandenburg
Referat 23
Herr Aust

Aid No: XA 389/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Galicia

Title of aid scheme: Prórroga de régimen de Ayudas a Agrupa-
ciones
con
no XA 54/08

de Defensa

registrada

Sanitaria

(ADSG)

Legal basis: Orden … de … de … de …, por la que se esta-
blecen las bases reguladoras de las ayudas a las entidades re-
conocidas como Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria (ADSG) de
Galicia y se convocan para el año 2009

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. No earlier than 1 January 2009

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid:

The aid is aimed at improving the health status of Galician live-
stock holdings
common
programmes for the prevention and control of animal diseases.

implementation of

through the

The subsidies relate both to the cost of contracting veterinary
technicians and to expenditure on equipment.

The scheme is in keeping with Article 10 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006, which states that aid to compensate farmers for
the cost of prevention of animal diseases is compatible with the
common market

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Xunta de Galicia
Consellería de Medio Rural
Dirección General de Producción, Industrias y
Calidad Agroalimentaria

Website:

http://mediorural.xunta.es/externos/proxecto_orde_axudas_
adsg_2009.pdf

Annual
EUR 3 591 332

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

Other information:

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the total cost of the ADSG
programme

E-mail address:
dxpica.mediorural@xunta.es
Maria.soledad.castro.diaz@xunta.es