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: 2009-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, France, Italy, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, exchange of information, livestock farming, natural disaster, plant health product

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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

Aid No: XA 359/08

Member State: Finland/Åland

Region: Åland

(2009/C 58/04)

Aid No: XA 362/08

Member State: France

Region: Département de l'Hérault

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Landskapsregeringens principer för ersättande av
skördeskador som uppstått under odlingsåret 2007

Legal basis: Ålands
från den
24.6.2008 (Dnr N26/08/1/11), Landskapslag om ersättande av
skördeskador (ÅFS 72:1979); Article 11 of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1857/2006.

landskapsregerings beslut

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total
budgeted amount
for crop damage suffered in 2007 is
EUR 400 000

Title of aid scheme: Aides aux investissements pour le traite-
ment des effluents issus de l'activité agricole de l'Hérault

Legal basis:

— Articles 4(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

— Articles L 1511-2 et L 1511-5 du Code général des collecti-

vités territoriales

— convention cadre en cours d'élaboration entre le départe-

ment et la région Languedoc-Roussillon

Annual
EUR 100 000

expenditure

planned

under

the

scheme:

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum gross aid intensity is
35 % of the eligible amount

Maximum aid intensity: The Hérault department will cover up
to 30 % of the costs

Date of implementation: The aid is granted for crop damage
suffered in 2007. Decisions to grant aid are to be taken no
earlier than 12 August 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid is to be
granted only for crop damage suffered in 2007. The final
payment is to be made no later than 30 September 2008

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to ease the liquidity
problems of farmers who suffered losses as a result of crop
damage caused by adverse climatic events which can be likened
to natural disasters in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Cultivation of crops

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ålands landskapsregering
PB 1060
FI-AX 22111 MARIEHAMN
SUOMI/FINLAND

Website:

http://www.regeringen.ax/.composer/ls-prot/NARING/2008/
N2608E04_220908.html

Date of implementation: 2008, subject to the publication of
the exemption request on the
the registration number of
website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture
and Rural Development

Duration of scheme: The scheme will end on 31 December
2013

Objective of aid:

in

to

the

sector,

their
The aim is to help agricultural holdings, regardless of
and
preservation
invest
production
improvement of the natural environment within the meaning of
Article 4(3)(d) of the abovementioned Regulation. The projected
investment should allow washing and rinsing waste (effluents)
from the holding's activities to be isolated and processed,
in
accordance with the methods agreed, with the exception of
investment required within the meaning of existing Community
rules that have not been newly introduced, such as Council
Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991. This does not
apply to effluents which contain phytosanitary products.

The eligible costs mainly cover:

— the creation of leakproof evaporation basins which can be
maintained (rotary slashing of surroundings, access manage-
ment, establishment of flood-proof areas, etc.). The holdings'
effluents would run into these, where the wind and tempera-
ture would aid their evaporation. Thus, there would be no
liquid waste going into the ground,

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— the establishment of manure-spreading networks for the
effluents used on the ground for which agro-pedological
analyses have been conducted demonstrating their capacity
to receive the effluents in question. These analyses should be
sent to the State departments for validation before making
the networks operational. Care will be taken to ensure that
these networks are not confused with irrigation networks as
they are technically incompatible,

— the purchase of mobile water tanks for the secure transport
of polluted water to a site where it will be treated. As the
above solutions may prove costly for small agricultural hold-
ings (the average size of holdings in the Hérault department
is less than 15 ha), subcontracting the treatment of effluents
may be the best solution in terms of cost.

The General Council will systematically remove simple replace-
ment operations from the eligible applications.

No aid will be granted to farms in difficulty.

The amount of support provided will firstly be determined, for
each operation, on the basis of the estimated cost stated when
the application is submitted. The actual aid will be determined
when invoices are submitted. The department will be able to
carry out document and on-the-spot checks.

If the actual
investment cost is less than the estimated cost
stated when submitting the file to the deliberative assembly, the
aid will be reduced in proportion to the actual expenditure. In
the opposite case, the support will not be increased

Aid beneficiaries and sectors concerned:

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Indennizzi connessi con l'attuazione del Piano Oper-
ativo per fronteggiare il rischio sanitario connesso alla diffusione
territorio della
della brucellosi negli allevamenti bufalini nel
provincia di Caserta e zone limitrofe

Legal basis:

Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri del 3 agosto
2007 e successivo Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio dei
Ministri del 4 luglio 2008,

Ordinanza del Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri del 21
Dicembre 2007 n. 3634 modificata con Ordinanza del Presi-
dente del Consiglio dei Ministri del 28 maggio 2008 n. 3675,

Decreto Commissariale n. 4 del 6 maggio 2008 e Decreto
Commissariale n. 10 del 31 luglio 2008,

Decreto Commissariale n. 21 del 22 ottobre 2008,

Decreto Commissariale n. 49 del 28 novembre 2008,

Decreto ministeriale del 27 dicembre 2007

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

— compensation mentioned in Article 3(1)(a) and (b) of Prime
(OPCM) No 3634/2007 for a total

Ministerial Order
EUR 37 000 000 as one-off aid,

— Compensation mentioned in Article 3(1)(c) of Prime Minis-
total

3634/2007

for

a

terial Order
(OPCM) No
EUR 4 600 000 as one-off aid

All agricultural holdings in the Hérault department, regardless
of their production sector, are eligible for departmental aid.

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the losses incurred

Applicants must meet the Community definition of small and
medium-sized enterprises set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 800/2008

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil général de l'Hérault
Direction agriculture et développement rural
Hôtel de Département
1000, rue d'Alco
34087 Montpellier cedex 4
FRANCE

Website:

http://herault.fr/Economie/agriculture/fiche_synthetique.pdf

http://herault.fr/Economie/agriculture/Regime_departemental_
concernant_les_effluents.pdf

Aid No: XA 390/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Commissariato di Governo per l'Emergenza brucellosi
negli allevamenti bufalini in provincia di Caserta e zone limi-
trofe

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the
registration number of the request for exemption on the website
of
for Agri-
culture and Rural Development

the European Commission's Directorate-General

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until the end
of the state of emergency mentioned in the Prime Ministerial
Decree (DPCM) of 3 August 2007, as subsequently amended, set
as 31 December 2008; compensation may also be granted after
that date in respect of the slaughter of infected animals or actual
reconstitution of a holding's livestock herds. No aid will be
granted in any case more than four years after the event

Objective of aid:

Article 10(2):

— compensation under Law No 615 of 9 June 1964 as subse-
quently amended and supplemented granted to eligible
parties in respect of animals slaughtered under the Order of
the Minister for of Health of 14 November 2006, net of any
revenue from the sale of the meat,

— further compensation in respect of market value on the date
when the Order was issued (21 December 2007), as derived
from the ISMEA bulletin, net of the value of any compensa-
tion granted under Law No 615 of 9 June 1964 as subse-
quently amended and supplemented and of any revenue
from the sale of the meat,

— income losses due to quarantine obligations and difficulties

in restocking.

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The aid scheme requires the beneficiary to submit an applica-
tion. Aid is granted upon the successful outcome of the checks
carried out by the Government Office. Every beneficiary is
clearly notified of the amount of compensation to be granted
and the calculation methods used. Aid may be granted until the
funds set aside under OPCM No 3634/07 have been exhausted

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock sector

Name and address of the granting authority: Commissariato
di Governo per l'Emergenza brucellosi negli allevamenti bufalini
in provincia di Caserta e zone limitrofe

Website:

The aid intensity will be up to 50 % for TSE tests, and the
removal of fallen stock due to TSE which is in accordance with
Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

implementation: The

Date of
start on
16 December or when it is published on the Commission's
website, whichever is later

scheme will

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
will start on 16 December or when it is published on the
Commission's website, whichever is later. Aid will be granted
under the scheme until 31 March 2015. Final payments would
be made within 90 days of the closure of the scheme

The integral text and related documentation may be consulted
on:

Objective of aid:

http://www.sito.regione.campania.it/agricoltura/brucellosi/
brucellosi.html

If

information:

circumstances

Other
the
socio-economic state of emergency in the Province of Caserta
and surrounding areas to deal with the health risks associated
with the high incidence of brucellosis on buffalo holdings may
be extended at a later date by Prime Ministerial Decree (DPCM)

require,

Aid No: XA 411/08

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: The Compulsory Scrapie Flocks Scheme 2008

Legal basis: The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
(England) Regulations 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual
expenditure under the scheme is currently estimated as follows:

2008-2009:

GBP 900 000

2009-2010:

GBP 900 000

2010-2011:

GBP 600 000

2011-2012:

GBP 600 000

2012-2013:

GBP 600 000

2013-2014:

GBP 600 000

2014-2015:

GBP 600 000

Total:

GBP 4 000 000

The scheme will be pursued in accordance with Article 10(1)
and Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The scheme
will provide a screening service for sheep and goats in England
and Northern Ireland for classical Scrapie and atypical Scrapie
disease. Scrapie disease is one of the animal diseases contained
on the list established by the World Organisation for Animal
Health in accordance with Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006.

fees, blood sampling vet

Eligible costs will be slaughter fees, transportation of Carcases,
transportation of
disposal
samples, and laboratory fees. Aid provided under this scheme
for the screening shall be granted in kind and by means of a
subsidised provider and this will not involve direct payment of
money to the producers.

fees,

Once a case of Scrapie is confirmed, compensation under this
scheme will be in accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006. Compensation will be paid for according
to market value of any sheep and goat destroyed as a result of
preventive and eradication action required by legislation

Sector(s) concerned: This scheme applies to SME's active in
the production of sheep and goats

Name and address of the granting authority:

Defra
Area 5D, 9 Milbank
c/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UNITED KINGDOM

Website:

Further information about the scheme may be found on the
following website:

http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalhealth/managing-disease/NSPAC/

Maximum aid intensity:

The direct link is:

The aid intensity will be up to 50 % for health checks, screening
measures, purchase and administration of vaccines slaughter and
destruction costs of animals which is in accordance with
Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

While the aid intensity under Article 10(2) on compensation for
the loss of the animal caused by the disease shall be up to 100 %
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalhealth/publications/NSPAC/CSFS
%20stateaid%20re-notification%20(v0%203)%2031%20Jul%
2008%20(3)%20(3).pdf

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Aid No: XA 420/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Cataluña

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Adaptación del plan piloto del contrato global de
explotación

Legal basis: Orden AAR/308/2007, de 9 de agosto, por la cual
se adapta el plan piloto del contrato global de explotación al
Decreto no 50/2007, se aprueban las bases reguladoras de deter-
minadas ayudas del plan piloto, se convocan las correspon-
dientes al 2007, y se amplía el plazo de presentación de solici-
tudes de las ayudas convocadas por la Orden AAR/247/2007,
de 4 de julio. (DOGC núm. 4959 de 31.8.2007) y proyecto de
Orden por la que se modifica la Orden AAR/308/2007, de 9 de
agosto

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall
amount: EUR 420 000

Maximum aid intensity:
Insurance for agricultural production: a 5 % subsidy.

Improvement in food quality: intensity of 80 %-100 %.

Investment in the conservation of the landscape:
30 %-90 %, with a maximum of EUR 20 000.

intensity of

Investments to improve housing: intensity of 10 %-20 %, with a
maximum of EUR 6 000 or EUR 9 000.

Labour-replacement services: intensity of 70 %

Date of implementation: 21 December 2008, provided that
the scheme has been published on the website of DG AGRI and
the registration number of the request for exemption provided
for in Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2008 has been
received

Duration of
31 December 2009

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid:
Insurance for agricultural production (Article 12): to encourage
farmers to take out agricultural insurance.

Improvement in food quality (Article 14(2)(d)): to encourage the
development of quality agricultural products distinguished by
their origin or method of production. Eligible costs relate to
registration with or annual payments to the relevant regulatory
council, during the first five years and on a degressive basis, and
to ‘Q mark’ certification costs.

Investment in the conservation of the landscape (Article 5(2)
in heritage conservation,
and (3)):
e.g. conservation of archaeological or historical features. Eligible
costs are those relating to the following:

to encourage investment

— the application of

landscape criteria when improving or

— conservation and maintenance of

traditional agricultural

buildings,

— integral restoration of dry-stone walls in a poor state of

conservation,

— preservation of a holding's surroundings by maintaining
vegetation growing on verges, and by maintaining fences
and small, isolated areas of forest,

— planting of trees to integrate and/or hide buildings creating

an impact,

— the change or harmonisation of fencing systems,

— clearing-up after fly-tipping,

— relocation or improvement of containers or other conspic-

uous items,

— repair, replacement or progressive demolition of structures

which are in a precarious state or in disuse,

— other

types of

investment not

listed above may be
supported, provided that the board responsible for assessing
applications considers that such investment meets the aims
of this measure.

Investments to improve housing (Article 4(4)(a) and (c)): to
encourage investments in farmers' usual place of residence,
provided that the residence is linked to premises for meeting the
needs of agricultural or complementary activities and is located
in a rural settlement of fewer than 3 000 inhabitants, or is
housing located on land which cannot be developed.

Labour-replacement services (Article 15(2)(b)): to encourage the
improvement of the quality of the work and the quality of life
of farmers who are primarily active in the sphere of agriculture,
by supporting the provision of services to replace the farm
owner or farm workers in the event of sickness, maternity, holi-
days or weekly rest periods

Sector(s) concerned: All sectors. The aid is granted to agri-
cultural holdings

Name and address of granting authority:
Departament d'Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural
Generalitat de Catalunya
C/ Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes nos 612-614
08007 Barcelona
ESPAÑA

Website:

https://www.gencat.net/eadop/imagenes/4959/07220095.pdf

http://www20.gencat.cat/docs/DAR/TR_Tramits/TR01_Ajuts_
subvencions/TR01_05_Ajus_pendents_publicacio/Documents/
Fitxers_estatics/2008_ordre_modificacio_ordre_aar3082007.pdf

constructing agricultural buildings and installations,

Other information: —