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: 2009-08-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Germany, Spain, State aid, agricultural holding, control of State aid, dairy cow, epidemiology, exchange of information, livestock farming








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11.8.2009   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/19





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 188/08
Aid No: XA 135/09
Member State: Spain
Region: Comunitat Valenciana
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas a las Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria Ganaderas de la Comunitat Valenciana
Legal basis: Borrador de Orden de la Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de las ayudas a las Agrupaciones de Defensa Sanitaria Ganaderas de la Comunitat Valenciana y se convocan para el año 2009
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1 400 000
Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the eligible expenditure
Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration number of 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 2013
Objective of aid: Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Aid in respect of animal and plant diseases and pest infestations
Sector(s) concerned: Small businesses which are on the Comunitat Valenciana's Register of Livestock Holdings for pigs, bovines, sheep, goats, rabbits, bees and equines
Name and address of granting authority: 





Conselleria de Agricultura Pesca y Alimentación




C/Amadeo de Saboya, 2




46010 Valencia




ESPAÑA




Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/ayuda%20agrupaciones%20de%20defensa%20sanitaria%20ganaderas.pdf
Other information: —
Aid No: XA 138/09
Member State: Cyprus
Region: Cyprus
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Πρόγραμμα Επιτήρησης Μεταδοτικής Σπογγώδους Εγκεφαλοπάθειας Βοοειδών
Legal basis: 






1.


Item 03525 of the 2009 budget — Participation in European Union Programmes.










2.


Ο περί της Εφαρμογής Κοινοτικών Κανονισμών στον Τομέα της Κτηνιατρικής Νόμος του 2004 (Ν 149(Ι)/2004) (application of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001).










3.


Νόμος που προνοεί για την Υγεία των Ζώων (Ν.109(Ι)2001)






‘4. (1)


The competent authority has the power and the competence to ensure:






(c)


that the epidemiological investigation of the animal population is carried out, in order to detect the existence of any infectious, parasitic or other animal diseases.’


















4.


Απόφαση Εφόρου Ελέγχου Κρατικών Ενισχύσεων με αριθμό 309 και ημερομηνία 3 Απριλίου 2009 (Official Journal of the Republic of Cyprus No 4355 of 10 April 2009, p. 1540)




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 68 000
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: 
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
A10401 — Raising of dairy cattle
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Ktiniatrikes Ypiresies




Ypourgeio Georgias




Fysikon Poron kai Perivallontos




Tmima Ktiniatrikon




Ypiresion Ktiniatreio Athalassas




1417 Λευκωσία/Nicosia




ΚYΠΡΟΣ/CYPRUS




Website: http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/vs/vs.nsf/All/0A919596426A5D59C225758C0043265C/$file/bse%20final.pdf?OpenElement
http://www.publicaid.gov.cy/publicaid/publicaid.nsf/All/92619A79959C4C7BC2257594003762CA/$file/Απόφαση%20Αρ.%20309.pdf
Other information: The objective of the notified measure is to implement the programme for monitoring transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in bovine animals, in accordance with the provisions of Community legislation (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001).
The disease is included in the list of the International Office of Epizootic Diseases (OIE) and in the Annex to Council Decision 90/424/EEC (list of diseases that can receive co-financing). The expenditure planned for 2009 for the programme for monitoring transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in bovine animals was notified to the European Commission under the co-financing programmes.
The beneficiaries of aid under the measure are cattle farmers in the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus. Under the programme for the eradication of the disease, aid will be paid to cattle farmers in respect of whose animals the presence of the disease is suspected or confirmed. The disease monitoring programme will include the laboratory testing of bovine animals of a fixed age that are slaughtered for human consumption and of all dead animals from all bovine holdings.
Aid No: XA 139/09
Member State: Federal Republic of Germany
Region: Freistaat Sachsen
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Gemeinsames Umsetzungsdokument zum Operationellen Programm der grenzübergreifenden Zusammenarbeit Sachsen — Polen 2007-2013
Legal basis: Aid is granted in line with:
the Operational programme (CCI code 2007CB163PO017),
the joint implementation document, and
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 and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended.
The aid is also granted in line with sections 23 and 44 of Saxony’s Budget Regulations (Sächsiche Haushaltsordnung — SäHO, SächsGVBl. 2001, p. 154) and the corresponding administrative provisions, as amended, enacted by the Saxony State Ministry of Finance, subject to the variant or special rules set out in the joint implementation document
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1 million per annum
Maximum aid intensity: 50 %
Date of implementation: After publication of the summary information by the Commission
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: The specific objectives of the aid are the following:
shaping and implementing cross-border economic and environmental activities in the Saxony-Polish assisted area by developing common strategies for sustainable territorial development,
sustainably increasing the competitiveness of the region within Europe,
achieving, in a targeted manner, the development potential of the assisted area through efficient cross-border cooperation.
The following provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 will be applied for this purpose:
Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings, particularly for measures concerning the tourist infrastructure (Part II, No 1.2.1 of the joint implementation document) and protection and improvement of the environment (Part II, No 1.4.1 of the joint implementation document), excluding measures for implementing NATURA 2000,
Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector, particularly for measures to boost/support economic and/or scientific contacts (Part II, No 1.1.1 of the joint implementation document) and to promote cooperation on the environment (Part II, No 1.4.2 of the joint implementation document).
The provisions of Articles 5 and 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 also apply to the eligibility of expenditure for assistance.
The aid will be granted only for small and medium-sized undertakings which produce agricultural products
Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture (growing of non-perennial crops, growing of perennial crops, running nurseries, livestock farming, mixed farming, providing agricultural services)
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Sächsische Aufbaubank — Förderbank




Pirnaische Straße 9




01069 Dresden




DEUTSCHLAND




Website: http://www.sn-pl.eu/media/de/2009-03-25_Umsetzungsdokument_SN-PL_korr.pdf
Other information: 





Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Saxony)




Referat 56, Verwaltungsbehörde des EU-Programms „Grenzübergreifende Zusammenarbeit“ (Section 56, administrative authority for EU programme on cross-border cooperation)




Wilhelm-Buck-Straße 2




01097 Dresden




DEUTSCHLAND






Thomas TREPMANN


Referatsleiter (Head of Sector)

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft (Ministry for the Environment and Agriculture of Saxony)