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: 2009-06-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, State aid, animal disease, control of State aid, exchange of information, farming sector, livestock farming








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4.6.2009   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 124/8





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 124/03
Aid No: XA 62/09
Member State: Hungary
Region: The whole territory of Hungary
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Állami program keretében egyes állatbetegségek megelőzéséhez, illetve leküzdéséhez kapcsolódóan igénybe vehető nemzeti támogatások
Legal basis: 






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A földművelésügyi és vidékfejlesztési miniszter 148/2007. (XII. 8.) FVM rendelete az egyes állatbetegségek megelőzésével, illetve leküzdésével kapcsolatos támogatások igénylésének és kifizetésének rendjéről (XA 348/2007.)










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Az egyes állatbetegségek megelőzésével, illetve leküzdésével kapcsolatos támogatások igénylésének és kifizetésének rendjéről szóló 148/2007. (XII. 8.) FVM rendelet módosításáról szóló …/2009. (… …) FVM rendelet




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company
Annual amount of aid: HUF 5 200 millionMaximum aid intensity: The amount of the aid may not exceed the maximum eligible costs, excluding VAT, stated in the invoice. Decree No 148/2007 lays down maximum eligible costs for each animal disease
Date of implementation: 23 February 2009, or after the Commission has adopted its position
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 
Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to observe and eliminate the animal diseases listed in the Annex of the Decree, and to prevent the listed zoonoses.
Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 is applied to aid for monitoring animal diseases and preventing and eliminating infections, while the TSE tests are covered by Article 16(1) g).
Aid may be claimed for the costs of animal health services, supported by invoices, incurred through examinations, controls, implementation of monitoring programmes, medical treatments or immunisations in connection with animal diseases
Sector(s) concerned: The decree specifies, for each animal disease, the range of species eligible for aid.
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium




11 Kossuth tér




Budapest




MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY




Website: www.fvm.hu/main.php?folderID=1846&articleID=13710&ctag=articlelist&iid=1
Other information: State aid programme XA 348/2007 is an existing state aid item. Its basic conditions have not changed, but simply been extended with cattle as an eligible species for aid pursuant to the Decree in the Annex attached to this communication


Secretary of State
Dr András MÁHR



Aid No: XA 393/08
Member State: Netherlands
Region: —
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Tegemoetkoming sneeuwdrukschade 2005
Legal basis: Artikel 2 en 4 van de Kaderwet LNV-subsidies
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 3 500 000
Maximum aid intensity: 70 %
Date of implementation: 
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 
Objective of aid: Adverse weather conditions (Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)
Sector(s) concerned: Tree nursery sector
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Ministerie van LNV




Postbus 20401




2500 EK Den Haag




NEDERLAND




Website: http://www.minlnv.nl/portal/page?_pageid=116,1640321&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_file_id=31942
Other information: This scheme provides for compensation for damage caused by adverse weather conditions (heavy snowfall) in the tree nursery sector on 25 November 2005. It is based on Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products.
The requirements laid down in Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are met. The maximum aid intensity is 70 % and the damage is calculated according to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. In addition, any costs resulting from factors other than the adverse weather conditions are deducted from the maximum amount of the losses to be taken into consideration. At the time when the damage occurred, there was no insurance scheme for such damage. The damage is calculated at holding level and the aid is paid direct to the farmer. The aid scheme comes into effect on 25 November 2008. It will be open from 1 to 31 July 2009. It will therefore be introduced no later than three years after the occurrence of the damage. The aid will be paid within four years of the occurrence of the damage.
In view of the foregoing, the requirements laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are met. In accordance with Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the scheme enters into force no earlier than 10 working days after the summary notification
Aid No: XA 438/08
Member State: Federal Republic of Germany
Region: Saxony
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft für die Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Sicherung der natürlichen biologischen Vielfalt und des natürlichen ländlichen Erbes im Freistaat Sachsen (Förderrichtlinie Natürliches Erbe):
Anwendung des Maßnahmebereiche A 1 davon Trocken- und Weinbergsmauern
Legal basis: Die Förderung wird darüber hinaus nach Maßgabe der §§ 23 und 44 der Haushaltsordnung für den Freistaat Sachsen (Sächsische Haushaltsordnung – SäHO, SächsGVBl. 2001, S. 154) sowie der hierzu ergangenen Verwaltungsvorschriften des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums der Finanzen gewährt
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1,4 million per year
Maximum aid intensity: A 1 up to 80 %
The maximum aid intensity is made up of the subsidy of 60 % plus the additional costs arising out of the use of traditional materials, at 100 %
Date of implementation: The aid scheme will come into force in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, but on 1 January 2009 at the earliest
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2009
Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to maintain man-made environments and buildings. The following measures are therefore to be exempted in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006:






A.1


BIOTOPE FORMATION




relating to:
dry stone walls and vineyard walls and special measures to protect neighbouring areas
Sectors concerned: Agriculture
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie




Außenstelle Mockrehna




Schildauer Strasse 18




04862 Mockrehna




DEUTSCHLAND









Außenstelle Kamenz




Garnisonsplatz 7




01917 Kamenz




DEUTSCHLAND









Außenstelle Zwickau




Werdauer Strasse 70




08060 Zwickau




DEUTSCHLAND




Web address: http://www.smul.sachsen.de/foerderung/download/RL_NE_Aenderung1857_2006.pdf
Other information: 





Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft




Referat 23 „Förderstrategie“




Postal address: 01076 Dresden




DEUTSCHLAND




Tel. +49 351564-6847




Aid No: XA 445/08
Member State: Italia
Region: Provincia Autonoma di Trento
Title of aid scheme: Intervento per lo smaltimento di materiale a rischio nel caso di capi sottoposti obbligatoriamente a test TSE
Legal basis: L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003«Sostegno dell’economia agricola, disciplina dell’agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di prodotti geneticamente non modificati» art. 43 bis.
Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 3213 del 12 dicembre 2008 criteri attuativi dell’art. 43 bis della L.P. 4/2003
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The annual budget appropriation concerned totals EUR 300 000,00
Maximum aid intensity: The aid will cover 100 % of the cost of collecting, destroying and disposing of carcases, subject to the limits of the following individual criteria:
Type of expenditure: ‘Collection of carcases and disposal by incineration (large animals)’.
Maximum amount: EUR 190,00 each
Date of implementation: As from the publication of the identification number of the request for exemption on the website of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Duration of scheme: The aid must be granted not later than 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: To provide livestock farmers with compensation in respect of the cost of collecting and disposing of animal carcases (bovines, equidae, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry and rabbits) which undergo compulsory TSE tests.
The reference article for the application of the aid scheme is Article 16(1)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 (Exemption Regulation).
The eligible expenditure consists of the cost of removing (collection and transport) and destroying (storage, processing and permanent disposal) dead animals
Sector(s) concerned: Livestock (bovines, equidae, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry and rabbits)
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Provincia Autonoma di Trento




Dipartimento Agricoltura e Alimentazione




Servizio Vigilanza e promozione delle attività agricole




Via G.B. Trener, 3




38100 Trento




ITALIA




Website: http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?Item=61&Type=FulView
http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/viewAllegatoDeli.asp?Item=61
Other information: Please note that this aid scheme supplements the earlier Aid No XA 083/08