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: 2009-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Ireland, Spain, State aid, animal disease, control of State aid, equidae, exchange of information, livestock farming, sheep








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30.6.2009   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 148/11





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 148/07
Aid No: XA 354/08
Member State: Spain
Region: All
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas estatales destinadas al sector equino
Legal basis: Ley 38/2003, de 17 de noviembre, General de Subvenciones y Real Decreto 887/2006 por el que se aprueba su Reglamento
Real Decreto 1643/2008, de 10 de octubre, por el que se establecen las bases reguladoras de las subvenciones estatales destinadas al sector equino (BOE 11 de octubre de 2008).
Corrección de errores del Real Decreto 1643/2008, de 10 de octubre, por el que se establecen las bases reguladoras de las subvenciones estatales destinadas al sector equino (BOE 20 de octubre de 2008).
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 500 000 for the 2008 financial year. For subsequent years, the annual amounts will be as approved on the basis of the general budget drawn up each year.
Maximum aid intensity: The overall aid amount per group or association may not exceed EUR 200 000. In addition, the following conditions must be met:
Date of implementation: The granting of aid regulated by Chapter II, Section 2, Article 9(1) to (6) and (8) is subject to the publication of the registration number of the exemption request on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: The aid is intended to promote the establishment of legally recognised associations relating to the equine sector, for the provision of technical assistance to producers’ groups or associations, and to support associations established for other purposes extending their sphere of activity to the equine sector, to improve their functioning and the marketing of their products, in particular for measures favouring the concentration of supply and the improvement of product quality.
This aid scheme complies with Articles 9, 10, 14, 15 and 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006.
Sector(s) concerned: Equine sector
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino




Dirección General de Recursos Agrícolas y Ganaderos




Calle Alfonso XII, No 62




28014 Madrid




ESPAÑA




Website: http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2008/10/11/pdfs/A40988-40995.pdf
http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2008/10/20/pdfs/A41725-41725.pdf
Other information: —
Aid No: XA 430/08
Member State: Ireland
Region: Member State
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Provision of consultancy services and technical expertise to the Irish Sheep Industry
Legal basis: National Development Plan 2007-2013
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Maximum of EUR 1m annually
Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % of eligible costs
Date of implementation: 
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 10 February 2009-31 December 2010
Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to provide consultancy services and technical expertise to the Irish sheep industry in accordance with Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 by focusing the new sheep breeding programme to:
increase the profitability and sustainability of the national sheep flock, by improving productivity and reducing the costs to the sector, with a clear focus on the requirements of the market place,
implement significant infrastructural changes and modifications to the current system to ensure a viable and sustainable sheep breeding structure into the future.
Sector(s) concerned: Ovines
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food




Agriculture House




Kildare Street




Dublin 2




IRELAND




Web-address: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/schemes/NDP_State_Aid/ProofConsultancyServicestoIrishSheepIndFinal.doc
Aid No: 441/08
Member State: Spain
Region: Castilla-La Mancha
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas para la fusión de cooperativas
Legal basis: Convocatorias de ayudas para las cooperativas agrarias:
Orden de 8/6/2000 de la Consejería de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente por la que se establecen los programas de fomento de la calidad agroalimentaria en Castilla-La Mancha (FOCAL 2000) programa 1 cooperativismo agrario
Orden de de la Consejería de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras de las ayudas para la mejora de las estructuras asociativas agrarias en Castilla-La Mancha y se convocan dichas ayudas para el año 2009
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall amount: EUR 150 000
Maximum aid intensity: 80 % of eligible expenditure,
company formation costs,
administrative staff costs,
the cost of purchasing office equipment (including computer hardware and software),
overheads, legal and administrative fees.
Date of application: From the date on which the registration 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: 
Objective of aid: Producer groups (Article. 9 of Reg. (EC) No 1857/2006)
Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture, livestock farming, forestry and fisheries
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Consejería de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural




C/Pintor Matías Moreno, no 4




45004 Toledo




ESPAÑA




Website: Provisionally:
http://www.jccm.es/agricul/paginas/ayudas/cooperativismo/cooperativismo.htm but at www.jccm.es/cgi-bin/docm.php3 after publication.
Aid No: XA 450/08
Member State: Cyprus
Region: Cyprus
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Πρόγραμμα επιτήρησης της γρίπης των πτηνών σε πτηνά της οργανωμένης πτηνοτροφίας και άγρια πτηνά.
Legal basis: 






1.


Άρθρο 03525 του Προϋπολογισμού για το 2009 — Συμμετοχή σε Προγράμματα της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.










2.


Οι περί της Υγείας των Ζώων Νόμοι του 2001 έως 2007.










3.


Commission Decision 2007/268/EC of 13 April 2007 on the implementation of surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds to be carried out in the Member States and amending Decision 2004/450/EC.










4.


Απόφαση Εφόρου Ελέγχου Κρατικών Ενισχύσεων με αριθμό 305 και ημερομηνία 31 Δεκεμβρίου 2008 (Επίσημη Εφημερίδα της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας με αριθμό 4339 και ημερομηνία 16 Ιανουαρίου 2009 σ. 156).




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 0,03 million
Maximum aid intensity: 100 %
Date of implementation: The programme will be implemented only after it has been published by the European Commission in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31.12.2009
Objective of aid: Animal diseases (Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006). Τhe scheme concerns: (i) aid to compensate farmers for the costs of prevention and eradication of animal diseases (Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006) and (ii) aid to compensate farmers for losses caused by animal diseases (Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).
Sector(s) concerned: NACE code A10407 — Raising of poultry
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Veterinary Services




Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment




Athalassa




1417 Nicosia




CYPRUS




Website: http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/vs/vs.nsf/DMLinfo_gr/DMLinfo_gr?OpenDocument
http://www.publicaid.gov.cy/publicaid/publicaid.nsf/All/8C33E1F6FE7EC4C0C2257545002A533E/$file/Απόφαση%20Αρ.%20305.pdf
Other information: The objective of the aid is to implement the surveillance programme for avian influenza in poultry on poultry farms and in wild birds, in accordance with the provisions of Community legislation (Commission Decision 2007/268/ΕC). The disease is included in the list of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and in the Annex to Council Decision 90/424/EEC (list of diseases that can receive cofinancing). The expenditure planned for 2009 for the avian influenza surveillance programme was notified to the European Commission under the cofinancing programmes. The beneficiaries of aid under this measure are all the poultry farmers in the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus on whose farms avian influenza is found to be present.
Aid No: XA 454/08
Member State: Cyprus
Region: Cyprus
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Πρόγραμμα Ελέγχου της σαλμονέλας στα σμήνη αναπαραγωγής
Legal basis: 






1.


Άρθρο 03525 του Προϋπολογισμού για το 2009 — Συμμετοχή σε Προγράμματα της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.










2.


Οι περί της Υγείας των Ζώων Νόμοι του 2001 έως 2007.










3.


Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents.










4.


Commission Regulation (EC) No 1003/2005 of 30 June 2005.










5.


Απόφαση Εφόρου Ελέγχου Κρατικών Ενισχύσεων με αριθμό 305 και ημερομηνία 31 Δεκεμβρίου 2008 (Επίσημη Εφημερίδα της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας με αριθμό 4339 και ημερομηνία 16 Ιανουαρίου 2009 σ. 156).




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 0,09 million
Maximum aid intensity: 100 %
Date of implementation: The programme will be implemented only after it has been published by the European Commission in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31.12.2009
Objective of aid: Animal diseases (Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006). The scheme concerns: (i) aid to compensate farmers for the costs of prevention and eradication of animal diseases (Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006) and (ii) aid to compensate farmers for losses caused by animal diseases (Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).
Sector(s) concerned: NACE code A10407 — Raising of poultry
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Veterinary Services




Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment




Athalassa




1417 Nicosia




CYPRUS




Website: http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/vs/vs.nsf/DMLinfo_gr/DMLinfo_gr?OpenDocument
http://www.publicaid.gov.cy/publicaid/publicaid.nsf/All/8C33E1F6FE7EC4C0C2257545002A533E/$file/Απόφαση%20Αρ.%20305.pdf
Other information: The objective of the aid is to implement the programme for controlling salmonella in breeding flocks, in accordance with the provisions of Community legislation (Regulation (EC) No 1003/2005). The disease is included in the list of the World Organisation for Animal Health (ΟΙΕ) and in the Annex to Council Decision 90/424/EEC (list of diseases that can receive cofinancing).
The beneficiaries of aid under this measure are poultry breeders in the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus on whose farms Salmonella enteritidis or Salmonella typhimurium are found to be present. The expenditure planned for 2009 for the programme for controlling salmonella in breeding flocks was notified to the European Commission under the cofinancing programmes.