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: 2009-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Latvia, Spain, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, fruit-growing, livestock farming, natural disaster, swine








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7.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 154/13





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 154/06
Aid No: XA 40/09
Member State: Spain
Region: Principado de Asturias
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Asociación de Criadores de Gochu Asturcelta

Legal basis: Convenio de colaboración entre el Gobierno del Principado de Asturias y la Asociación de Criadores de Gochu Asturcelta (ACGA) para el desarrollo del programa de conservación de la raza autóctona asturiana Gochu Asturcelta durante el trienio 2009-2011
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The maximum amount of aid to be granted in each year under the agreement will be:
Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity to be granted for each of the headings of the action programme to be implemented by the beneficiary of the aid will be:
Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration number for the request for exemption on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2011
Objective of the aid: To implement the programme for the conservation of the Gochu Asturcelta pig breed.
The following Articles of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 apply: Article 15 — Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector. Eligible costs: the costs of organising training programmes for breeders, consultancy services provided by third parties, organising knowledge-sharing forums, competitions and exhibitions, disseminating scientific knowledge and producing publications.
Pursuant to the condition stipulated in Article 15(4), technical assistance will be available to all owners of animals registered in the herd-book for this race, without membership of the Association being a prerequisite for using the service.

Article 16 — Support for the livestock sector. Eligible costs: cost of maintaining a herd book.
In accordance with the provisions of Articles 15.3 and 16.3 of the above-mentioned Regulation, the aid will be granted in kind by means of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers.
Sector(s) concerned: Pig breeding
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Consejería de Medio Rural y Pesca del Principado de Asturias




C/Coronel Aranda, s/n, 4a planta




33071 Oviedo (Asturias)




ESPAÑA




Web address: The text of the cooperation agreement can be consulted on the www.asturias.es website at the following page: http://www.asturias.es/Asturias/descargas/CONVENIOS%20GANADERIA/ACGA%2009%20convenio.pdf
Other information: —



Director-General for Livestock Farming and Agri-Food

Luis Miguel ÁLVAREZ MORALES



Aid No: XA 45/09
Member State: Spain
Region: Andalucía
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas para la restitución de los invernaderos en producción gravemente dañados como consecuencia de la tormenta de granizo ocurrida el día 25 de noviembre de 2008, en el Campo de Dalìas (Almeria)
Legal basis: Resolución del Delegado de Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca en Almería, por Delegación de competencias del Consejero de Agricultura y Pesca mediante Orden de 23 de diciembre de 2008, por la que se concede una subvención para la restitución de los invernaderos en producción gravemente dañados como consecuencia de la tormenta de granizo ocurrida el día 25 de noviembre de 2008, en el Campo de Dalías (Almería)
Annual expenditure planned: EUR 6 000 000
Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the approved budget amount, which is below the maximum allowed under Article 11(6) of the exemption Regulation
In accordance with Article 11(3) of the exemption Regulation, amounts received under insurance schemes and costs incurred other than as a result of the adverse climatic event will be deducted from the maximum eligible loss
Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration number for the request for exemption on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development. Since the damage occurred on 25 November 2008, the aid complies with the requirement set out in Article 11(10) of the exemption Regulation, to the effect that the aid scheme must be introduced within three years following the occurrence of the loss and the aid must be paid out within four years following the said occurrence
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The 2009 financial year.
Since the aid will be paid before 31 December 2009, Article 11(8) of the exemption Regulation is not applicable
Objective of aid: Immediate repair of damaged eligible items on the farms: greenhouses which were in operation on the date when the events occurred and which were damaged by the hailstorm, with this damage having been checked by Provincial Agricultural Office officials
Sector(s) concerned: The owners of greenhouses in operation which suffered damage that was checked and quantified by the Provincial Agricultural officials and who applied for aid to cover this, thereby complying with the requirement set out in Article 11(5) of the Regulation: ‘Aid must be paid directly to the farmer concerned’
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca de la Junta de Andalucía




C/Tabladilla, s/n




41071 Sevilla




ESPAÑA




Website: http://www.cap.junta-andalucia.es
The full text of the draft Order can be found at:
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/agriculturaypesca/portal/opencms/portal/Legislaciones/2009/propuesta_resolucion_subvencion_restitucion_invernaderos_tormentagranizo_campodalias
Other information: Compliance with Article 11(7) of the Regulation is provided by means of the formal recognition by the Regional Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries that the damage was caused by adverse climatic events
Aid No: XA 53/09
Member State: France
Region: Département de la Drôme
Title of aid scheme: Aides supplémentaires à la reconstitution du patrimoine nucicole, en complément au dispositif XA 302/2008, pour les dommages causés aux exploitations agricoles nucicoles en 2007 par les calamités
Legal basis: 






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Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006










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Articles L. 361-1 et suivants du Code rural










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Articles D. 361-1 et suivants du Code rural










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Décret no 2007-592 du 24 avril 2007 relatif à l’indemnisation des calamités agricoles










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Arrêté du ministère de l’agriculture et de la pêche fixant les conditions générales d’indemnisation au titre des calamités agricoles du 29 septembre 2005










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Arrêtés du ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche des 21 novembre 2007 et 25 janvier 2008, de reconnaissance au titre des calamités agricoles des dommages subis en 2007 dans la Drôme










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Règlement 9E1 «Aide à la reconstitution du patrimoine nucicole» adopté par l’assemblée départementale le 16 juin 2008










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Deliberations by the Conseil général: 4E1 of 8 December 2008, 12E1 of 27 January 2009 for the case-by-case award of aid, and 1E1 of 15 December 2008 to supplement the intial budget amount.




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Additional amount of EUR 19 000 for 2009
Maximum aid intensity: The rate applicable to uprooted trees varies between 25 % and 35 % (depending on the insurance policy taken out by the farmer). A rate of 90 % is applied to straightening and/or cutting-back.
The total compensation involving all cumulated aid must not exceed the maximum rate of public aid, which is 90 % of the amount of the losses in the case of mountain areas.
Date of implementation: from 26 February 2009 onwards, subject to 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: until the end of 2009 at the latest
Objective of aid: The département wishes to provide aid to all those growing walnut trees which were damaged by adverse climatic events: the violent storms of 8 July and 2 August 2007, and the mini-tornado of 17 and 18 September 2007. The amount originally set by the Conseil Général under XA 302/08 has turned out to be insufficient because of the large number of applications submitted and the extent of the damage.
An additional amount of EUR 19 000 was therefore proposed by the Conseil Général during its 4E1 deliberations on 8 December 2008, and was adopted as part of the provisional budget for 2009 at its meeting on 15 and 16 December 2008. Implementation of this budget extension is subject to the Commission's approval.
This addition to aid scheme XA 302/08 will be implemented in accordance with the initial scheme, except in terms of the duration and amount.
All the aid will be strictly limited to the conditions laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006
Sector(s) concerned: only farms engaged in walnut production in the ‘less-favoured’ areas where the event was recognised as a disaster in 2007.
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Département de la Drôme




Hôtel du Département




Service Agriculture




26 Avenue du Président Herriot




26026 Valence Cedex 9




FRANCE




Website: http://www.ladrome.fr/fr/les-services/agriculture-et-environnement/agriculture/reglements-et-subventions/index.html
http://www.ladrome.fr/fr/les-services/agriculture-et-environnement/agriculture/index.html
Aid No: XA 54/09
Member State: Latvia
Region: —
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Atbalsta shēma “Atbalsts produktīvu ilggadīgo stādījumu ierīkošanai”
Legal basis: Ministru kabineta noteikumu “Noteikumi par ikgadējo valsts atbalstu lauksaimniecībai un tā piešķiršanas kārtību” 6. pielikuma 4. programma 20.-35. punkts
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total amount under the aid scheme in 2009: LVL 500 000
Total amount under the aid scheme in 2010: LVL 500 000
Total amount under the aid scheme in 2011: LVL 500 000
Total amount under the aid scheme in 2012: LVL 500 000
Total amount under the aid scheme in 2013: LVL 500 000
Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity is 40 %.
The eligible items of expenditure related to the establishment of productive permanent plantings are as follows:
The aid amounts to 40 % of the costs of establishing a planting, subject to the maximum amount indicated in the following table.
Date of implementation: 
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 December 2013
Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to ensure the efficiency of fruit and berry production by making it a competitive and multifunctional sector.
The aid is granted under Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.
Sector(s) concerned: The aid is intended for small and medium-sized enterprises active in the primary production of agricultural products.
The aid is intended for the plant production sector
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Zemkopības ministrija




Rīga. 27.1.2009.




Latvijas Republikas Zemkopības ministrija




Rīga, LV-1981




LATVIJA




Website: http://www.zm.gov.lv/doc_upl/Atbalsts_ilggadigajiem_stadijumiem.pdf
Other information: This aid scheme will replace aid scheme No XA 140/2008, “Atbalsts produktīvu ilggadīgo stādījumu ierīkošanai”, the summary of which was published in the Official Journal (OJ C 214/2008) and which was in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.
Aid will not be granted retroactively in respect of activities which have already been carried out by the beneficiary.
The maximum amount of aid granted to a single enterprise over a three-year period must not exceed LVL 281 120 (EUR 400 000), or LVL 351 400 (EUR 500 000) if the enterprise is situated in a less-favoured area.
Aid is to be granted only to enterprises which are not enterprises in difficulty.
In accordance with Article 4(10) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, aid is not to be granted in respect of the manufacture of products which imitate or substitute for milk and milk products.