Form of summary information to be provided whenever an aid scheme exempted by this Regulation is implemented and whenever an ad-hoc aid exempted by this Regulation is granted outside any aid scheme
Date: 2009-06-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, aid system, control of State aid, exchange of information, fishery product, food processing, marketing








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10.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 131/8





Form of summary information to be provided whenever an aid scheme exempted by this Regulation is implemented and whenever an ad-hoc aid exempted by this Regulation is granted outside any aid scheme
2009/C 131/04
1.   Member State: Estonia
2.   Region/Authority granting the aid: Estonia/Maaelu Edendamise Sihtasutus.
3.   Title of aid scheme: XF 2/2009 — Maaelu Edendamise Sihtasutuse tagatiste abikava raames tagatise saamiseks esitatavad nõuded ja tagatise taotlemise kord.
4.   Legal basis: Maaelu Edendamise Sihtasutuse tagatiste abikava raames tagatiste saamiseks esitatavad nõuded ja tagatise taotlemise kord. Kinnitatud Maaelu Edendamise Sihtasutuse nõukogu 20. novembri 2008 otsusega (protokoll nr 10 p 2).
Kalandusturu korraldamise seadus https://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=12803787
5.   Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EEK 156 466 million.
6.   Maximum aid intensity: When granting aid to enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of fisheries products or to non-profit-making bodies representing such enterprises, the aid shall not exceed the ceilings for public contributions determined in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (1).
7.   Date of entry into force: 20 November 2008.
8.   Duration of the scheme or individual aid award (not later than 30 June 2014); indicate: under the scheme: the date until which aid may be granted: 31.12.2013.
9.   Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to facilitate access by small and medium-sized enterprises (2) to financial resources, having regard to the principles laid down in the Commission Notice on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid in the form of guarantees (3), which applies to all economic sectors, including the fisheries sector.
10.   Indicate which of Articles 8 to 24 is used: 8, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20.
11.   Activity concerned: Production, processing and marketing of fisheries products.
12.   Name and address of the granting authority: 





Maaelu Edendamise Sihtasutus




R. Tobiase 4




10147 Tallinn




EESTI/ESTONIA




13.   Web address where the full text of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under which ad-hoc aid is granted outside of an aid scheme can be found: http://www.mes.ee/failid/Tagatiste%20abikava%2020.11.2008.pdf
14.   Motivation: The objective of the aid is to facilitate access by small and medium-sized enterprises to financial resources and to ensure that financial resources are also available to those SMEs to whom such resources are not awarded under the European Fisheries Fund.
1.   Member State: Spain
2.   Region/authority granting the aid: La Rioja
3.   Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving ad hoc aid: XF 7/2009 — Régimen de ayudas para el fomento de la acuicultura y de ía transformación y comercialización de los productos de la pesca y la acuicultura.
4.   Legal basis: Orden no 6/2008, de 20 de mayo de 2008, de la Consejería de Industria, Innovación y Empleo, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras de concesión de subvenciones para el fomento de la acuicultura y de la transformación y comercialización de los productos de la pesca y la acuicultura (Boletín Oficial de La Rioja número 72, de 31 de mayo de 2008), modificada por Orden no 20/2009, de 17 de febrero (Boletín Oficial de La Rioja número 24, de 20 de febrero de 2009)
5.   Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or amount of ad hoc aid granted: EUR 0,4 million.
6.   Maximum aid intensity: 40 %
7.   Date of entry into force: 21 February 2009.
8.   Duration of the scheme or individual aid award (not later than 30 June 2014); indicate: 
—   under the scheme: the date until which aid may be granted: 30 June 2014.
—   in the case of ad hoc aid: the expected date of the last instalment to be paid.
9.   Objective of aid: Promotion of aquaculture and the processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products.
10.   Indicate which of Articles 8 to 24 is used: Articles 11 and 16.
11.   Activity concerned: Aquaculture and processing and wholesale marketing of fishery and aquaculture products.
12.   Name and address of the granting authority: 





Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de la Rioja (ADER)




Muro de la Mata 13-14




26071 Logroño (La Rioja)




ESPAÑA




13.   Web-address where the full text of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under which ad hoc aid is granted outside of an aid scheme can be found: http://www2.larioja.org/pls/dad_user/G04.texto_integro?p_cdi_accn=59-210130
http://www2.larioja.org/pls/dad_user/G04.texto_integro?p_cdi_accn=50-230148
14.   Motivation: The grants referred to in Order 6/2008 of 20 May 2008, as amended by Order 20/2009 of 17 February 2009, are part of the operational programme for the Spanish fisheries sector for the 2007-2013 period, which is part-financed by the European Fisheries Fund.
However, as the financial contributions from the Economic Development Agency of La Rioja (Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja) are expected to exceed those included in the operational programme, we consider that Article 7(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund, and hence also Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty, apply.
1.   Member State: United Kingdom
2.   Region/Authority granting the aid: Wales — Welsh Assembly Government.
3.   Title of aid scheme: XF 8/2009 — Collective Investments in Fishing, Processing and Marketing Scheme.
4.   Legal Basis: The European Fisheries Fund (Grants) (Wales) Regulations 2009.
The Government of Wales Act 2006 Sections 59(1) and 162 of and paragraphs 28 and 30 of Schedule 11.
5.   Annual Expenditure planned under the Scheme: GBP 250 000 in one year only.
6.   Maximum Aid Intensity: 100 % (Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 Article 37 (h))
7.   Date of entry into force: 24 March 2009.
8.   Duration of the scheme: Until 30 April 2009.
9.   Objective of aid: Support to inshore catching sector to improve profitability through Collective Actions.
10.   Indicate which of Articles 8 to 24 is used: Article 17 — Collective Actions.
11.   Activity concerned: To provide capital investment in the inshore fishing fleet for ice plants, quayside infrastructure and vivier storage facilities for operators of under 12 metre vessels.
12.   Name and address of granting authority: 





Fisheries Unit




Welsh Assembly Government




Government Buildings




Northgate Street




Aberystwyth




Ceredigion




SY23 2JS




UNITED KINGDOM




13.   Web address of scheme criteria and conditions: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/foodandfisheries/fisheries/commercialfishing/collectinvestinprocessandmarkt/?lang=en
14.   Motivation: Until EFF is available, the existing facilities for fishermen in Wales are very limited and there is a real danger that if the income of this sector is not improved (through increased value-adding capacity) then small boat fishing activities in Wales might, in the long term, cease.


(1)  OJ L 223, 15.8.2006, p. 1.

(2)  Any entity engaged in an economic activity, irrespective of its legal form, employing fewer than 250 persons, having an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million and meeting the other criteria laid down in Annex I to the block exemption Regulation.

(3)  OJ C 155, 20.6.2008, p. 10,
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:155:0010:0022:EN:PDF