Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products
Date: 2009-07-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Germany, Italy, State aid, United Kingdom, animal disease, animal production, control of State aid, exchange of information, livestock farming








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29.7.2009   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 176/5





Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products
2009/C 176/03
Aid No: XA 036/08
Member State: Italy
Region: Autonomous Province of Bolzano
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid award: Criteri e modalità per la concessione di aiuti per l’organizzazione e l’esecuzione del servizio di raccolta delle carcasse animali
Legal basis: Articolo 5, comma 6, della legge provinciale 14 dicembre 1999, n. 10, e successive modifiche
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: —
Annual expenditure under the aid scheme: EUR 1 200 000
Maximum aid intensity: 75 % and 100 %
Date of implementation: 
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: until 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: Article 16(1)(d) and (f)
Sector(s) concerned: Raising of dairy cattle, other cattle, horses and other equine animals, camelids, sheep and goats, swine/pigs, poultry and other animals
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Provincia autonoma di Bolzano




Ripartizione provinciale agricoltura




Via Brennero 6




39100 Bolzano




ITALIA




Website: http://www.provincia.bz.it/agricoltura/3112/publ/publ_getreso.asp?PRES_ID=93488



Head of Division

Martin PAZELLER



Aid No: XA 80/08
Member State: Italy
Agency: ISMEA, Istituto di servizi per il mercato agricolo ed agroalimentare
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid award: Agevolazioni per il subentro in agricoltura, parte investimenti nelle aziende agricole di produzione primaria
Legal basis: Delibera del Consiglio di Amministrazione per l’adeguamento degli interventi di cui al Decreto Legislativo 21 aprile 2000, n. 185, Titolo I, Capo III ai Reg. (CE) n. 70/2001 e 1857/2006
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Planned annual expenditure is around EUR 20 million.
The subsidised loans, varying in duration from 5 to 10 years (this may be increased to 15 years, but only for projects in the agricultural production sector), are to be reimbursed in arrears in equal six-monthly instalments.
The interest rate applicable is set at 36 % of the reference rate published each month in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Maximum aid intensity: The aid that may be granted for the execution of business plans consists of subsidised loans and outright grants. The recoverable part of the aid (i.e. the amount of the subsidised loan) must be at least 50 % of the total aid granted.
For investments in agricultural undertakings, the following maximum intensity levels apply: 






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60 % of eligible investments in less-favoured areas or in the areas, as referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, designated by Member States in accordance with Articles 50 and 94 of that Regulation;










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50 % of eligible investments in other areas.




In any event, the maximum amount of aid granted to an individual undertaking may not exceed EUR 400 000 over any three-year period, or EUR 500 000 for undertakings situated in less-favoured areas or in areas, as referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, designated by Member States in accordance with Articles 50 and 94 of that Regulation.
The investment must take place within five years of the young farmer taking over the farm.
Aid granted must comply with the prohibitions and restrictions applicable under the Council regulations on the common market organisations.
Aid may not be granted for:






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the purchase of production rights, animals or annual plants;










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the planting of annual plants;










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the manufacture of products which imitate, or can be substituted for, milk and milk products




Date of implementation: The scheme will enter into force on 18 February 2008 or on the day following that of the Commission’s formal acknowledgement, bearing an identification number, that it has received the summary.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: six years
Objective of aid: To encourage new entrepreneurs and generational turnover in agriculture.
The following costs are eligible for aid:
In the primary production sector, aid may be granted for the purchase of land, other than land for construction purposes, costing up to 10 % of the eligible costs of the investment.
In the case of the primary production sector, the provision in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 that exempts this scheme is Article 4.
Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture: primary production
Name and address of granting authority: ISMEA
Legal address
Via C. Celso 6
00161 Roma RM
ITALIA
Administrative address:
Via C. Celso 183
00161 Roma RM
ITALIA
Website: www.ismea.it
The attached decision of the management board will be available on the ISMEA website. The direct link will be forwarded as soon as possible.
Other information: The present scheme involves the adaptation of State aid N 336/2001, approved by the European Commission on 13 February 2003, to new Community provisions (Regulations (EC) No 1857/2006 and (EC) No 70/2001) regarding the processing and marketing of agricultural products. The adaptation concerns the following three measures in particular: aid for investments in agricultural undertakings and in those processing and marketing agricultural products, technical assistance and setting-up aid for young farmers.
The following documents have been submitted to the Commission:
summary sheet for investment aid for primary production within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006;
summary sheet for investment aid for the processing and marketing of agricultural products within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001;
summary sheet for aid for technical assistance within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006;
summary sheet for the granting of setting-up aid for young farmers within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
The scheme also involves the granting of aid for technical assistance for the processing and marketing of agricultural products, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 (de minimis aid), and investment aid for rural tourism, in accordance with the same Regulation.



Director-General

Salvatore PETROLI



Aid No: XA 88/08
Member State: Belgium
Region: Flanders
Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving an individual aid: Vlaams Varkensstamboek vzw
Legal basis: Decreet van 21 december 2007 houdende de algemene uitgavenbegroting van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor het begrotingsjaar 2008
Koninklijk besluit van 2 september 1992 betreffende de verbetering van fokvarkens
Ministerieel besluit van 3 september 1992 betreffende de verbetering van de fokvarkens
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 457 000
Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % of the administrative costs of establishing and maintaining herd books.
Up to 70 % of the costs of tests performed by or on behalf of third parties to determine the genetic quality or yield of livestock; there is no exemption for aid granted to cover the costs of checks undertaken by the owner of the livestock or of routine checks on milk quality.
Date of implementation: Aid may be granted as from 1 March and, at the earliest, 15 days after submission of an application.
Aid can be granted by means of an implementing decree. These decrees are drawn up annually. A draft implementing decree has yet to be drawn up, and will include a ‘standstill’ clause
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The subsidy will be granted in the period to 31 December 2008.
Objective of the aid: Vlaams Varkensstamboek (VVS) is a recognised not-for-profit association which maintains the herd books for the various breeds of pig. It indicates that it will use the aid to pay the administrative costs of establishing and maintaining herd books, entering the birth data and genealogical records in the database, and producing and issuing zootechnical and pedigree certificates.
The VVS also carries out tests to determine the genetic quality or yield of breeding stock. Three types of test are carried out:
The measure comes under Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and fulfils the conditions thereof.
Article 16(1)(a): aid at a rate of up to 100 % to cover the administrative costs of the establishment and maintenance of herd books.
Article 16(1)(b): aid at a rate of up to 70 % of the costs of tests performed by or on behalf of third parties, to determine the genetic quality or yield of livestock, with the exception of controls undertaken by the owner of the livestock and routine controls of milk quality
Sector(s) concerned: Livestock
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Departement Landbouw en Visserij




Duurzame Landbouwontwikkeling




Ellips, 6e verdieping




Koning Albert II laan 35, bus 40




1030 Brussel




BELGIË




Website: http://www2.vlaanderen.be/ned/sites/landbouw/info/steun/eu.html
Other information: —



Secretary-General

Jules VAN LIEFFERINGE



Aid No: XA 415/08
Member State: United Kingdom
Region: England
Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: West Wight Landscape Partnership Through the eye of the Needles Scheme
Legal basis: The National Heritage Act 1997
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: 






Dec 2008–March 2009


GBP 415 000




April 2009–March 2010


GBP 610 395




April 2010–March 2011


GBP 691 666




April 2011–March 2012


GBP 12 446





Total



GBP 1 729 507




Maximum aid intensity: 100 % where a grant is awarded for the conservation of non-productive heritage features in accordance with Article 5. However, the maximum rate of grant will be reduced in line with the rates set out in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 where the aid is productive.
Date of implementation: The scheme will open to applications on 10 December 2008.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will begin on 10 December 2008 or the date that the Commission places details of the scheme on the Commission website. It will close on the 31 March 2012. The last payment will be made on 31 March 2012.
Objective of aid: Primary Objective
To provide support for measures that will conserve and enhance the landscape character and important heritage features of the West Wight area.
To promote understanding and enjoyment of the landscape, biodiversity and cultural heritage of the West Wight.
The aid will be paid in line with Article 5 Conservation of traditional landscape and buildings.
To provide support for the preservation and improvement of the natural environment this will be paid in line with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural
The scheme applies to businesses active in the production of agricultural products. Eligible businesses must be classified as a ‘small or medium-sized enterprise’ which means that the beneficiaries of this scheme (as opposed to the service providers) must have less than 250 employees, less than EUR 50 million annual turnover or EUR 43 million balance sheet equity, and not be owned at a rate more than 25 % by other companies. All subsectors are eligible for all types of aid with the exception of manufacture and marketing of products which imitate or substitute for milk and milk products.
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)




South East Regional Office




7 Holbein Place




London




SW1W 8NR




UNITED KINGDOM




The statutory body responsible for the scheme is: 





Isle of Wight Council




Floor 3




County Hall




Newport




(Isle of Wight)




PO30 1UD




UNITED KINGDOM




The organisation operating the scheme is: 





Isle of Wight Council




Floor 3




County Hall




Newport




(Isle of Wight)




PO30 1UD




UNITED KINGDOM




Website: http://www.westwight.org/WWLP%20State%20Aid%20Submission_201008.doc
Alternatively you can go to the UK’s central website for agricultural state aid.
www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/state-aid/setup/exist-exempt.htm
Other information: Further and more detailed information relating to eligibility and rules for the scheme can be found in the web links above.
The West Wight Landscape Partnership Through the eye of the Needles Scheme also provides assistance to non-agricultural businesses and agricultural processing and marketing businesses, State aid clearance is provided in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 and Aid No NN 11/2002 (National Heritage Memorial Fund).
Aid No: XA 433/08
Member State: Germany
Region: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Gewährung von Beihilfen nach der Satzung der Tierseuchenkasse Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Legal basis: Satzung der Tierseuchenkasse von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern über die Gewährung von Beihilfen für das Jahr 2009 -Beihilfesatzung- (as yet unpublished draft)
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 2,49 million
Maximum aid intensity: A maximum of 100 %
Date of implementation: From the time of publication on the Internet by the Commission in accordance with Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, at the earliest 1 January 2009.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2009
Objective of aid: Animal disease (Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)
Sector(s) concerned: A104 — Animal production
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Tierseuchenkasse Mecklenburg-Vorpommern




Anstalt des Öffentlichen Rechts




Behördenzentrum Block C




Neustrelitzer Strasse 120




17033 Neubrandenburg




DEUTSCHLAND




Website: http://service.mvnet.de/_php/download.php?datei_id=5215
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