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: 2009-09-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, Hungary, Spain, State aid, control of State aid, dairy production, exchange of information, livestock farming, natural disaster








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8.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/9





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 213/06
Aid No: XA 302/08
Member State: France
Region: Département de la Drôme
Title of aid scheme: Aides à la reconstitution du patrimoine nucicole, complément au dispositif d’indemnisation du Fonds national de garantie contre les calamités agricoles (FNGCA) pour les dommages causés aux exploitations agricoles nucicoles en 2007 et 2008 par les calamités.
Legal basis: Article 11 du règlement (CE) no 1857/2006 du 15 décembre 2006
Articles L.361-1 et suivants du Code rural,
Articles D.361-1 et suivants du Code rural,
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,
Règlement 9E1 «Aide à la reconstitution du patrimoine nucicole» adopté par l’assemblée départementale le 16 juin 2008.
Prise en compte ultérieure des dégâts des 28 et 29 mai 2008 dès parution de l’arrêté correspondant (demande de reconnaissance en cours d'examen).
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Exceptional amount of EUR 50 000 for 2008
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 1 September 2008 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.
Compensation for the losses incurred on 28 and 29 May 2008 will not be taken into account until after the corresponding decree has been published (the application for recognition is under consideration)
Duration of scheme: Until the end of 2008
Objective of the aid: Within the limits of the appropriations available, the Department wishes to provide aid to growers of walnut trees damaged by the following exceptional climatic events: the violent storms of 8 July and 2 August 2007, the mini-tornado of 17 and 18 September 2007, and the gale-force winds of the night of 3 to 4 February 2008, which had a significant adverse effect on production in the municipalities of La Charce, Hostun, Eymeux and Jaillans (situated in mountain areas), declared by official decrees to be agricultural disasters (or natural disasters).
Lastly, the storms of 28 and 29 May 2008 aggravated the situation of certain growers, which became critical, in areas from Bourdeaux to St Nazaire en Royans and a sector in the Anneyron region. The General Council can therefore extend the aid to cover the latter episode, subject to recognition of this disaster by ministerial decree and by the FNGCA. A further deliberation and additional appropriations will therefore be needed.
The rules for calculating the allowances will be more extensive than those adopted for aid from the FNGCA (scheme XA 209/08) by the departmental committee set up to assess the lost income from walnut trees, but will comply with the requirement that the damage to crops is at least 30 %, and that the rate of public aid must not exceed 90 % of the amount of admissible losses in the case of mountain areas, in accordance with the Community Regulation. On the other hand, the national limits to aid from the Fund, such as the lower limit of the amount that can be subsidised and the upper limits to aid from it will not apply.
The proposed aid scheme will supplement the flat-rate allowances already received from the FNGCA by certain growers, within the limits allowed by Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006
Sector(s) concerned: All farms engaged in walnut production in the ‘less-favoured’ areas where the event was recognised as a disaster in 2007 and 2008
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Le 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
Other information: —
Aid No: XA 176/09
Member State: Hungary
Region: Entire country
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: A Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt. kedvezményes díjú készfizető kezességvállalása az 1857/2006/EK bizottsági rendelettel összhangban nyújtott hitelekhez
Legal basis: 






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a kezességvállaló intézmény által csoportmentességi rendelet alapján vállalt kedvezményes díjú készfizető kezesség szabályairól szóló …/2009. (…) FVM rendelet










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1857/2006/EK bizottsági rendelet.




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: 












Segment


% share


Annual guarantees under agri. block exemption, HUF million




2009


2010


2011


2012


2013


2009-2013




2.b.


20


800


1 600


2 600


3 400


4 000


12 400




3.b.


30


1 200


2 400


3 900


5 100


6 000


18 600




4.b.


50


2 000


4 000


6 500


8 500


10 000


31 000





Total




100




4 000




8 000




13 000




17 000




20 000




62 000





Guarantee EUR million


16


32


52


68


80


248




HUF/EUR exch. rate


250


250


250


250


250


250



















Segment


Av. credit


HUF million annual No of guarantees under agri. block exemption, units




2009


2010


2011


2012


2013


2009-2013




2.b.


50


16


32


52


68


80


248




3.b.


100


12


24


39


51


60


186




4.b.


500


4


8


13


17


20


62





Total




32




64




104




136




160




496




















Segment


Av. aid equiv.


EUR Annual aid equivalent of guarantees under agri. block exemption, EUR




2009


2010


2011


2012


2013


2009-2013




2.b.


456


7 296


14 592


23 712


31 008


36 480


113 088




3.b.


10 000


120 000


240 000


390 000


510 000


600 000


1 860 000




4.b.


96 000


384 000


768 000


1 248 000


1 632 000


1 920 000


5 952 000





Total




511 296




1 022 592




1 661 712




2 173 008




2 556 480




7 925 088





Maximum aid intensity: Pursuant to Articles 4 and 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Guarantee may be granted to credits that comply with the objectives of the provisions in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. In the current programme commercial banks give guaranteed credits, without state resources, under market interest terms, without State aid (e.g. interest rate subsidy), so there is no aid included in the loan. Therefore the aid equivalent in the given measure is found only in the reduced fee guarantee of Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt.
Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt. examines and checks in every case whether the aid objective to which the credit has been granted complies with the requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt. verifies the maximum aid intensity depending on the item and the maximum amount of aid
Date of implementation: The aid programme shall be implemented after the summary information on the programme has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The guarantee agreement under the programme may be concluded up to 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt. provides a guarantee according to Articles 4 and 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 in the framework of the guarantee programme for credits granted on the basis of the following items:
investment in agricultural holdings,
aid to young farmers for starting activities.
Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt. analyses the budget of the investment (financial-technical content) and provides a guarantee for the loan in the framework of an agricultural block exemption provided the eligible costs of the investment are in line with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture (animal breeding, plant production)
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium




Budapest




Kossuth Lajos tér 11.




1055




MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY









Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt.




Budapest




Szép u. 2.




1053




MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY




Website: http://www.fvm.gov.hu/main.php?folderID=2376&articleID=14159&ctag=articlelist&iid=1
Other information: —


Dr. András MÁHR


szakállamtitkár



Aid No: XA 184/09
Member State: Spain
Region: Comunitat Valenciana
Aid scheme: Asociación de Ovino-Caprino Lechero Valenciano, ASOCVAL
Legal basis: Resolución de la Consellera de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, que concede la subvención basada en una línea nominativa descrita en la ley 17/2008 de presupuestos de la Generalitat.
Annual expenditure planned: EUR 10 000 in 2009
Maximum aid intensity: 100 % and 70 % for carrying out tests
Date of implementation: From the date on which the identification number of the exemption request is published on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2009
Objective of aid: To provide farmers with technical advice in order to improve ewe's milk and goat milk production in the Comunitat Valenciana (Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).
The eligible costs are those relating to services provided by third parties (maintaining IT applications, analysis of samples and technical advice to farmers), provided that the expenditure relates to implementation of the milk production improvement programme
Sector(s) concerned: Sheep and goat dairy farmers
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/asocval2009.pdf
Other information: —
Aid No: XA 186/09
Member State: Spain
Region: Comunitat Valenciana
Aid scheme: Asociación de caballos de pura raza española (APREA).
Legal basis: Resolución de la Consellera de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, que concede la subvención basada en una línea nominativa descrita en la ley 17/2008 de presupuestos de la Generalitat.
Annual expenditure planned: EUR 25 000 in 2009
Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the eligible expenditure
Date of implementation: From the date on which the identification number of the exemption request is published on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2009
Objective of aid: To implement the Plan to promote thoroughbred horses bred in the Comunitat Valenciana (Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).
The eligible costs are those relating to the materials needed for maintaining the stud-book, services provided by third parties (compilation of genealogical charts and technical advice to farmers) (Article 16). They also include the costs of implementing the programme to encourage the use of thoroughbred horses and organising equestrian events for this purpose (Article 15)
Sector(s) concerned: Breeders and owners of Spanish thoroughbred horses
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/aprea09.pdf
Other information: —
Aid No: XA 187/09
Member State: Federal Republic of Germany
Region: Thüringen (DEG0)
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung)
Legal basis: 






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Artikel 7 Abs. 2 und Artikel 20 Thüringer Ausführungsgesetz zum Tierseuchengesetz (Thüringer Tierseuchengesetz — ThürTierSG —; GVBl. 2001, S. 43, letzte Fassung GVBl. 2005, S. 109)










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Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung)




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total aid of approximately EUR 2,62 million
Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 %
Date of implementation: As of 1 July 2009, but not before the European Commission has issued an ID number
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: 






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compensation for costs incurred by farmers for health checks, tests and other screening measures, for the purchase and use of vaccines and medicinal products in connection with the prevention and eradication of animal diseases within the meaning of Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,










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Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,










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compensation for losses incurred by farmers due to animal diseases within the meaning of Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006,










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Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.




Eligible costs: See Annex 1 to the Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung)
Sector(s) concerned: Cattle farming, pig farming, sheep farming, goat farming, horse rearing, beekeeping
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse




Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts




Victor-Goerttler-Straße 4




07745 Jena




DEUTSCHLAND




E-mail: direkt@thueringertierseuchenkasse.de




Website: Satzung über Beihilfen der Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse (Beihilfesatzung):
http://www.thueringertierseuchenkasse.de/download/beihilfesatzung%202009.pdf
Other information: —
Aid No: XA 189/09
Member State: Federal Republic of Germany
Region: —
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Erlass betreffend Verleihung von Ehrenpreisen des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (Bundesministerium) für hervorragende Leistungen
Legal basis: Erlass betreffend Verleihung von Ehrenpreisen des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (Bundesministerium) für hervorragende Leistungen
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 9 000
Maximum aid intensity: 100 %
Date of implementation: In accordance with Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: Article 15(2)(d)(v) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
Sectors concerned: Animal breeding
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz




Wilhelmstraße 54




10117 Berlin




DEUTSCHLAND




Website: Until 16 June 2009:
http://www.bmelv.de/SharedDocs/downloads/14-WirUeberUns/Ehrenpreiserlass.pdf
As of 17 June 2009:
http://www.bmelv.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/Ministerium/Ehrenpreiserlass.pdf
Other information: The above-mentioned statutory instrument forms the legal basis for awarding symbolic prizes. The prizes themselves are bronze, silver and gold medals (e.g. awarded to breeding organisations at competitions) and may be accompanied by a monetary award.