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: 2009-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Italy, Spain, State aid, agricultural holding, control of State aid, exchange of information, generation renewal, technical cooperation, vocational training








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13.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 190/11





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 190/04
Aid No: XA 103/09
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: Agevolazioni per il subentro in agricoltura, parte assistenza tecnica
Legal basis: Delibera del Consiglio di Amministrazione ISMEA del 19 febbraio 2009 n. 9 e successive modificazioni intervenute
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Planned annual expenditure is approximately EUR 20 million
Maximum aid intensity: The aid consists of grants covering up to 100 % of eligible expenditure
Date of implementation: The scheme will enter into force with effect 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: 6 years
Objective of aid: To encourage new entrepreneurs and generational change in agriculture — technical support. The provision of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 used to exempt this scheme is Article 15.
Eligible costs:
education and training,
provision of farm management services and auxiliary services,
organisation of and participation in competitions, exhibitions and fairs.
The aid will be granted in the form of subsidised services and will not involve direct payments to producers. It will be accessible to all eligible parties in the areas concerned, based on objectively defined criteria. Where the provision of technical support is undertaken by producer groups or other organisations, membership of such groups or associations will not be a condition for access to the service. Any contributions of non-members towards the administrative costs of the association or organisation concerned will be strictly limited to the costs of the service.
For the processing and marketing of agricultural products, only education and training costs will be eligible, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006, up to a maximum of EUR 200 000 per beneficiary in any three-year period
Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture: primary production
Name and address of the granting authority: ISMEA
Official address:
Via C. Celso 6
00161 Roma RM
ITALIA
Administrative address:
Via Nomentana 183
00161 Roma RM
ITALIA
Website: http://www.ismea.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/2841
How to access the page: go to http://www.ismea.it (home page), click on ‘Sviluppo d’impresa’ and then on ‘Subentro in agricoltura’
Other information: This scheme brings Aid No: XA 81/08 into line with the new legal basis, in accordance with which the aid may be applied in the entire country.
For the purposes of this adjustment, 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 800/2008,
summary sheet for aid for technical support, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,
summary sheet for the granting of start-up aid for young farmers, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
The scheme also involves the granting of aid for technical support for the processing and marketing of agricultural products (de minimis aid) and of investment aid for agritourism, both in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006.
Aid No: XA 104/09
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: Agevolazioni per il subentro in agricoltura, parte investimenti nelle aziende agricole di produzione primaria
Legal basis: Delibera del Consiglio di Amministrazione ISMEA del 19 febbraio 2009 n. 9 e successive modificazioni intervenute
Annual expenditure under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Planned annual expenditure is approximately 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 half-yearly 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 value of the subsidised loan) may not be less than 50 % of the total aid granted.
For investments in agricultural undertakings, the following maximum intensity levels apply:
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,
50 % of eligible investments in other areas.
The total aid granted to an individual undertaking may in no case 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.
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:
the purchase of production rights, animals or annual plants,
the planting of annual plants,
the manufacture of products which imitate, or can be substituted for, milk and milk products.
Date of implementation: The scheme will enter into force with effect 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: 6 years
Objective of aid: To encourage new entrepreneurs and generational change in agriculture.
The following expenditure is 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 expenditure for the investment.
For the primary production sector, the provision of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 used to exempt this scheme is Article 4
Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture: primary production
Name and address of the granting authority: ISMEA
Official address:
Via C. Celso 6
00161 Roma RM
ITALIA
Administrative address:
Via Nomentana 183
00161 Roma RM
ITALIA
Website: http://www.ismea.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/2841
How to access the page: go to http://www.ismea.it (home page), click on ‘Sviluppo d’impresa’ and then on ‘Subentro in agricoltura’
Other information: This scheme brings Aid No: XA 80/08 into line with the new legal basis, in accordance with which the aid may be applied in the entire country.
For the purposes of this adjustment, 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 800/2008,
summary sheet for aid for technical support, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,
summary sheet for the granting of start-up aid for young farmers, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
The scheme also involves the granting of aid for technical support for the processing and marketing of agricultural products (de minimis aid) and of investment aid for agritourism, both in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006.
Aid No: XA 137/09
Member State: France
Region: The relocation of farm buildings in the public interest can also be financed by regional, county and local authorities where they so wish
Title of aid scheme: Aides au transfert de bâtiments agricoles dans l'intérêt public
Legal basis: Articles L 1511-1 et suivants et article L 4211-1 du Code général des collectivités territoriales
Code de l’expropriation pour cause d’utilité publique
Délibérations des collectivités territoriales relatives aux projets concernés
Code de l'environnement: risques naturels majeurs articles L. 561-1 à L 565-2
Code de l'environnement: sites inscrits et classés articles L. 341-1 à L. 341-15
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 2 000 000 from the central government in 2009 and EUR 4 000 000 from regional, county and local authorities
Maximum aid intensity: The maximum rate of aid in the case of relocation in the public interest will be 100 %, for the dismantling or obligatory decommissioning of buildings and their re-erection on another site.
In the case of investments to modernise facilities or to increase production, the maximum rate of aid will be 50 % in less-favoured areas and 40 % in other areas. Those rates may be increased by 5 % in the case of young farmers
Date of implementation: Following acknowledgement of receipt by the European Commission
Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: The purpose of the measure is to permit the relocation of farm buildings, in all sectors of production, where essential for environmental or public safety reasons or because of a serious natural hazard. For example, the relocation of installations that experts have recognised to be at a serious risk from avalanches, mud flows or landslides, possibly made more likely by climate change.
In certain cases, installations may need to be relocated for other reasons of public interest, such as urban planning, reasons related to tourism (listed sites, improvements to the public road network, etc.).
The projects concerned fall within the scope of Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006
Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural production sectors in which farm buildings have to be relocated for reasons of public interest. The aid may be granted to lessors (owners) or farmers using the farm buildings being relocated
Name and address of the authority responsible: 





Ministère de l’agriculture et de la pêche




Sous-direction des entreprises agricoles




3 rue Barbet de Jouy




75349 Paris 07 SP




FRANCE




Website: http://agriculture.gouv.fr/sections/thematiques/europe-international/aides-d-etat-projets/downloadFile/FichierAttache_2_f0/aides_projet_transferts_batiments.pdf?nocache=1239714919.54
Aid No: XA 140/09
Member State: Spain
Region: Comunidad Valenciana
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas para proyectos de formación en las Escuelas de Formación Profesional Agrarias
Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden de 2009, de la Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras y se convocan ayudas para proyectos de formación en las Escuelas de Formación Profesional Agrarias
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The aid will be paid from heading 12.02.01.542.20.4 — T6127 of the expenditure budget of the regional government and is planned at EUR 200 000 per year.
Total expenditure is anticipated to be EUR 1 000 000 for the entire duration of the scheme
Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % of the costs
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: The professionalisation of Valentia's agricultural sector to increase the profitability of agricultural holdings and adapt to market requirements. The aim is to tailor the training available to the needs of the sector.
The aid is granted under Article 15 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 (published in the OJ L 358, 16.12.2006)
Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE): A-0161: Support activities for crop production
Name and address of the 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/efpa.pdf
Other information: —

Valencia, 17 April 2009


El Director General de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria

Manuel LAINEZ ANDRÉS



Aid No: XA 141/09
Member State: Spain
Region: Comunidad Valenciana
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas destinadas a paliar los daños producidos por las tormentas padecidas durante los últimos días del mes de septiembre en determinados municipios de la Comunidad Valenciana
Legal basis: Proyecto de Resolución de … de 2008, de la Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se establecen ayudas para paliar los daños producidos por las tormentas padecidas durante los últimos días del mes de septiembre en determinado municipios de la Comunidad Valenciana
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The annual expenditure planned in respect of 2009 is EUR 1 080 000
Maximum aid intensity: The estimated aid intensity, taking account of the assessment formula laid down in Article 3 of the Order and on the basis of a supporting study, is 37 % for the cultivation of citrus fruit and 36 % for the cultivation of pomegranates
Date of implementation: From the publication of the registration number of the request for exemption on the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 2009 to 2013
Objective of aid: Given that the combined agricultural insurance system only covers production damages, the objective of the draft Order is to grant financial assistance designed to facilitate the recovery of the production capacity of the affected holdings and to defray the associated costs. This aid is granted under Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
Sector(s) concerned: Natural or legal persons or jointly owned entities, holders of agricultural holdings that meet the requirements of the Order laying down the basic rules, that undertake to make the investment set out in the Order and that meet the definition of a small or medium-sized enterprise set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 800/2008
Name and address of the granting authority: Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación de la Comunidad Valenciana (España)
Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/tormentas2008.pdf
Other information: —