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: 2009-03-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, Spain, State aid, animal disease, control of State aid, dairy industry, exchange of information, food industry, 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

(2009/C 66/11)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Aid No: XA 425/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of the aid scheme: Ayudas a los programas de mejora de
calidad de la leche cruda de vaca, oveja y cabra

Legal basis:

Orden de 23 de septiembre de 2008 de la Consellería de Agri-
cultura, Pesca y Alimentación por la que se modifican determi-
nados aspectos de la Orden de 28 de diciembre de 2005, por la
que se aprueban las bases reguladoras para la financiación de
programas de mejora de calidad de la leche cruda de vaca, oveja
y cabra y de la Orden de 24 de mayo de 2006, por la que se
establecen las bases reguladoras de ayudas al programa de geno-
tipado, se convocan las ayudas para la mejora de la calidad de la
leche, en la Comunidad Valenciana y se fijan los importes
globales de la ayuda al programa de genotipado en la Comu-
nidad Valenciana (DOCV no 5875 de 21.10.2008).

Orden de 28 de diciembre de 2005, de la CAPA, por la que se
aprueban las bases
financiación de
reguladoras para
programas de mejora de calidad de la leche cruda de vaca, oveja
y cabra (DOGV no 5175)

la

Annual budget: EUR 90 000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of expenditure

Date of application: As of the publication of the identification
number of the request for exemption on the website of the
European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

Duration of the aid scheme: 2008-2013

Objective of aid:

Technical support to the milk-producing sector by means of
programmes to control and improve the quality of raw cow's,
sheep's and goat's milk with a view to promoting milk quality
on holdings by adjusting raw milk production, storage and
transportation conditions in such a way as to ensure progress in
all or some of the following:

(a) improving total bacterial and somatic cell counts;

(b) improving physical and chemical parameters;

(c) absence of inhibitors; and

(d) presence of added water.

The scheme complies with Article 15 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

Amadeo de Saboya, 2
46010 Valencia
ESPAÑA

Other information: —

Website:

http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/
Ordenes%20modif%20leche%20genotipado_14agosto_2008.pdf

Aid No: XA 426/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Ayudas para los consejos reguladores u órganos de
gestión de las figuras de calidad de la Comunitat Valenciana y
entidades asociativas gestoras de la autorización del uso de la
marca ‘CV’

Legal basis: Orden de la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y
Alimentación por la que se establecen las ayudas para los
Consejos Reguladores u Órganos de Gestión de las figuras de
calidad de la Comunitat Valenciana y entidades asociativas
gestoras de la autorización del uso de la marca ‘CV’

Annual
EUR 4 193 400

expenditure

Maximum aid intensity:

planned

under

the

scheme:

I. For activities developed by regulatory councils or manage-

ment bodies:

— aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural

products — up to 80 %,

— start-up aid for the constitution of associations and

similar entities — up to 100 %.

Under no circumstances may aid granted to an individual
regulatory council or management body concerned with
geographic indications and denominations of origin or to
the Organic Farming Committee exceed EUR 550 000
yearly.

II. For activities developed by associations managing authorisa-

tions for the use of the ‘CV’ trademark:

— aid up to 70 %.

Sector(s) concerned: Owners of ruminant dairy farms of the
Comunitat Valenciana

Under no circumstances may aid granted to an individual
association exceed EUR 50 000 yearly.

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III. For activities developed by regulatory council associations,
federations or confederations thereof or inter-branch organi-
sations related to quality marks:

leche, en la Comunidad Valenciana y se fijan los importes
globales de la ayuda al programa de genotipado en la Comu-
nidad Valenciana (DOCV no 5 875 de 21.10.2008).

— aid up to 50 %.

Under no circumstances may aid granted to an invidual
association exceed EUR 70 000 yearly

Orden de 24 de mayo de 2006, de la CAPA, por la que se esta-
blecen las bases reguladoras de ayudas al programa de genoti-
pado.

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 2009
to 2013 inclusive

Annual budget: EUR 21 000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of expenditure

Date of application: As of the publication of the identification
number of the request for exemption on the website of the
European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

Objective of aid:

Duration of the aid scheme: 2008-2013

The general objective is to establish bases for the development
of activities in the 2009-2013 period related to for agri-food
products carrying a Comunitat Valenciana quality mark.

Objective of aid: Development of the national programme for
genetic selection for scrapie resistance (goat and sheep TSE).
This complies with Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

This aid is related to the exemption provided for in Articles 9(3),
14(2) and 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Owners of goat and sheep farms in the
region with purebred stock

Sector(s) concerned: Agri-food sector of
Valenciana

the Comunitat

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
C/ Amadeo de Saboya, 2
46010 Valencia
ESPAÑA

Website:

http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/
AYUDAS%20A%20LOS%20CONSEJO%20REGULADORES,
%20ASOCIACIONES%20GESTORAS%20MARCAS%20CV
%20Y%20FEDERACIONES%20DE%20LA%20COMUNITAT
%20VALENCIANA.pdf

Other information: —

La Directora General de Comercialización
Marta VALSANGIACOMO GIL

Aid No: XA 427/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of the aid scheme: Ayudas al programa de genotipado

Legal basis:

Orden de 23 de septiembre de 2008 de la Consellería de Agri-
cultura, Pesca y Alimentación por la que se modifican determi-
nados aspectos de la Orden de 28 de diciembre de 2005, por la
que se aprueban las bases reguladoras para la financiación de
programas de mejora de calidad de la leche cruda de vaca, oveja
y cabra y de la Orden de 24 de mayo de 2006, por la que se
establecen las bases reguladoras de ayudas al programa de geno-
tipado, se convocan las ayudas para la mejora de la calidad de la

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
Amadeo de Saboya, 2
46010 Valencia
ESPAÑA

Website:

http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/
Ordenes%20modif%20leche%20genotipado_14agosto_2008.pdf

Aid No: XA 428/08

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Provincie Limburg

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Wijnen Paprika's BV (Advieskosten Geothermisch
onderzoek fase 2)

Legal basis: Algemene Subsidieverordening 2004 Provincie
Limburg en Subsidieverordening Inrichting Landelijk Gebied

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 31 000

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: 19 December 2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 1 March
2009

to
Objective of aid: The aid is being granted pursuant
Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. The conditions
stipulated in Article 15(2),
(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 will be complied with

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Sector(s) concerned: Primary agriculture (peppers)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse
(Beihilfesatzung)

Provincie Limburg
Limburglaan 10
6229 GA Maastricht
NEDERLAND

Website:

http://www.limburg.nl/nl/html/algemeen/beleid/Europa/
KennisgevingenStaatssteun/KennisgevingenStaatssteun.asp
#a1RSN3VF5X0O0EBAKCMO1

Other information:

Wijnen Paprika's is in the process of expanding its area under
greenhouses. The expansion is taking place in three phases. The
greenhouses being completed in the first two phases will be
heated by means of gas-based combined heat and power (CHP).
The intention is to heat the third-phase greenhouses by means
of geothermal energy. So that this can ultimately be achieved, a
number of investigations need to be carried out.

The first phase concerns a study for a depth and temperature
model of the soil. Based on that investigation, two potential
reservoirs have been selected. The depth of both reservoirs guar-
antees that the formation water is hot enough to heat the green-
houses. However, it is not clear whether sufficient water can be
drawn from the reservoirs. The volume of water present in the
reservoirs therefore needs to be ascertained, along with the
porosity and permeability of the rock. This concerns the second
phase, to which the granting of aid relates. The aid amounts to
EUR 31 000, this being the costs of the investigation.

The aid is being granted on the basis of Article 15 of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006. There will be no direct payments to
farmers; the aid is granted in the form of subsidised consultancy
services. The aid is not for services which constitute a contin-
uous or periodic activity and the costs do not relate to the
enterprise's usual operating expenditure. The aid is being
granted on the basis of the Subsidieverordening Inrichting Landelijk
Gebied van de provincie Limburg and is generally available to all
enterprises which fulfil the conditions stipulated therein

Aid No: XA 431/08

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Thüringen (DEG0)

Legal basis:

— § 7 Abs. 2 und § 20 Thüringer Ausführungsgesetz zum
-Thür-

Tierseuchengesetz

(Thüringer

Tierseuchengesetz
TierSG-)

— Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse

(Beihilfesatzung)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total aid
of approximately EUR 2,47 million

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %

Date of implementation: From the time of publication of the
aid measure by the Commission

Duration of
31 December 2013

scheme or

Objective of aid:

individual aid award: Up to

— compensation for costs incurred by farmers for health
checks, tests and other screening measures, for the purchase
and use of vaccines and medicinal products in connection
with the prevention and eradication of animal diseases
within the meaning of Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006.

— Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,

— compensation for losses incurred by farmers due to animal
diseases within the meaning of Article 10(7) of Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006.

— Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Eligible costs: See Annex 1 to the Satzung über Beihilfen der
Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung)

Sector(s) concerned: Cattle farming, pig farming,
farming, goat farming, horse rearing, beekeeping

sheep

Name and address of the granting authority:
Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse
Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts
Victor Goerttler Straße 4
07745 Jena
DEUTSCHLAND
E-mail: direkt@thueringertierseuchenkasse.de

Website:
Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfe-
satzung):

http://www.thueringertierseuchenkasse.de

Other information: —