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: 2009-12-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, State aid, agricultural holding, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, feasibility study, flood, natural disaster, vocational training








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24.12.2009   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/6





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 320/04
Aid No: XA 215/09
Member State: France
Region: Département de la Seine-Maritime
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aides aux diagnostics d’installation des exploitations ne bénéficiant pas d’une Dotation Jeune Agriculteur (Seine-Maritime)
Legal basis: Articles L1511-2, L3231-2 et 3232-1 du Code Général des Collectivités Territoriales; délibération du Conseil général du 31 mars 2009 relative à la politique agricole départementale de la période 2009-2012.
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 20 000 per year
Maximum aid intensity: 50 %
Date of implementation: From when the Commission confirms receipt.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2009-2012
Objective of aid: The aim of this provision is to allow those wishing to take up farming but who do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Young Farmer Grant to carry out a preparatory study of their plan to take up farming. This preparatory study must examine the economic viability of the project and facilitate the prospective farmers’ access to credit as they will have a reliable study to submit to the banks should they wish to negotiate loans. This provision should help ensure that fewer farms are set up on an unsound economic footing and therefore reduce the number of farms in financial difficulties.
The aid will be granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Sector(s) concerned: The entire agricultural sector
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Monsieur le Président du Département de Seine-Maritime




Quai Jean Moulin




76101 Rouen Cedex 1




FRANCE




Website: http://www.seinemaritime.net/guidedesaides/medias/File/aide-aux-diagnostics-d-installation-des-exploitants-ne-beneficiant-pas-de-la-dotation-jeune-agriculteur-t2.pdf
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Aid No: XA 216/09
Member State: France
Region: Département de la Seine-Maritime
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aides aux études technico-économiques et juridiques préalables à une diversification (Seine-Maritime)
Legal basis: Articles L1511-2, L3231-2 et 3232-1 du Code Général des Collectivités Territoriales; délibération du Conseil général du 31 mars 2009 relative à la politique agricole départementale de la période 2009-2012.
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 75 000 per year
Maximum aid intensity: 50 %
Date of implementation: From when the Commission confirms receipt.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2009-2012
Objective of aid: The aim of this aid scheme is to allow farmers who are planning to diversify their activities to assess the eligibility of their projects.
Studies will be limited to diversification projects that remain within the sector of the primary production of agricultural products or the first sale on farm premises of these animal or vegetable products.
This study should also facilitate farmers’ access to credit by providing them with a precise and reliable study as a basis for negotiating any loan agreements with banks.
The aid will be granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Sector(s) concerned: The entire agricultural sector
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Monsieur le Président du Département de Seine-Maritime




Quai Jean Moulin




76101 Rouen Cedex 1




FRANCE




Website: http://www.seinemaritime.net/guidedesaides/medias/File/etude-technico-economique-et-juridique-de-diversification-t2.pdf
Other information: —
Aid No: XA 219/09
Member State: France
Region: Département de la Seine-Maritime
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aides à la certification annuelle «Agriculture Biologique» (Seine-Maritime)
Legal basis: Articles L1511-2, L3231-2 et 3232-1 du Code Général des Collectivités Territoriales; délibération du Conseil général du 31 mars 2009 relative à la politique agricole départementale de la période 2009-2012.
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 10 000 per year
Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the cost of the service provision, with a ceiling of EUR 200 per service
Date of implementation: From when the Commission confirms receipt.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2009-2012 period
Objective of aid: The number of farms certified in organic farming in Seine-Maritime is relatively low. The aim of this aid is to encourage this type of production by subsidising the cost of certification for farmers who decide to obtain organic certification for their farms.
In addition to, where appropriate, other State aid, or aid from public bodies or collectivities, and strictly in compliance with the aid ceiling set out in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 where aid is accumulated, this scheme must encourage the development of organic farming in the department.
Aid will be granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Sector(s) concerned: The entire agricultural sector
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Monsieur le Président du Département de Seine-Maritime




Quai Jean Moulin




76101 Rouen Cedex 1




FRANCE




Website: http://www.seinemaritime.net/guidedesaides/medias/File/aide-a-la-certification-annuelle-agriculture-biologique-+-formulaire-t2.pdf
Other information: —
Aid No: XA 224/09
Member State: Italy
Region: Toscana
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Attività di divulgazione in merito alla assicurabilità delle produzioni agricole e zootecniche da eventi atmosferici, epizoozie e danni da animali predatori
Legal basis: L.R. 24 gennaio 2006, n. 1 «Disciplina degli interventi regionali in materia di agricoltura e di sviluppo rurale»
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 0,100 million for 2009
Maximum aid intensity: 80 %
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: 
Objective of aid: Technical support (Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006), and in particular:
Sector(s) concerned: NACE Code
A10601 — Support activities for crop production;
A10602 — Support activities for animal production.
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Regione Toscana




Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati




Piazza del Duomo 10




50122 Firenze FI




ITALIA




Website: http://www.regione.toscana.it/regione/export/RT/sito-RT/Contenuti/sezioni/agricoltura/aziende_agricole/rubriche/opportunita_scadenze/visualizza_asset.html_1224200525.html
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Aid No: XA 229/09
Member State: Poland
Region: Obszar całego kraju
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Program pomocy dla rodzin rolniczych, w których gospodarstw rolnych i działach specjalnych produkcji rolnej powstały szkody spowodowane przez powódź w 2009 r.
Legal basis: Uchwała nr 137/2009 Rady Ministrów z dnia 11 sierpnia 2009 r. w sprawie ustanowienia programu pomocy dla rodzin rolniczych, w których gospodarstw rolnych i działach specjalnych produkcji rolnej powstały szkody spowodowane przez powódź w 2009 r.
and
Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of th20061215e Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3).
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The planned volume of national budget resources for all forms of farm aid under this scheme may total PLN 190 million.
Maximum aid intensity: 






1.


crops, i.e. plants grown on agricultural land for subsequent use:






(a)


80 % of the reduction in income calculated by the regional governor in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006; or










(b)


90 % of the reduction in income calculated by the regional governor in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 for holdings located in mountain regions and other less-favoured areas (LFAs) as defined in the rules on support for rural development co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development or within Natura 2000 sites and areas involved in implementation of the Water Framework Directive;














2.


livestock buildings, storage buildings, glasshouses and other agricultural buildings and structures, agricultural tractors, machinery and equipment and livestock:






(a)


80 % of the gross aid intensity referred to in Article 11(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, calculated according to the costs actually incurred;










(b)


90 % of the gross aid intensity referred to in Article 11(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, calculated according to the costs actually incurred, in less-favoured areas (LFAs) as defined in the rules on rural development support co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development or within Natura 2000 sites and areas involved in implementation of the Water Framework Directive.








Date of implementation: Aid may be granted from the date on which the aid scheme’s identification number is published on the European Commission’s website.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 August 2010
Objective of aid: To help farming families to overcome temporary financial difficulties caused by damage to crops or to livestock housing, storage buildings, glasshouses and other agricultural buildings and structures, agricultural tractors, machinery and equipment and livestock, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture
Name and address of the granting authority: 






1.


Form of aid:
Aid for interest payments on disaster loans
Authority: Agencja Restrukturyzacji i Modernizacji Rolnictwa
Address: 





Al. Jana Pawła II 70




00-175 Warszawa




POLSKA/POLAND














2.


Form of aid:
Reductions and exemptions in respect of the payment of social security contributions and the settlement of related arrears in the form of the deferment of deadlines for the payment of contributions or the division of payments into easy instalments; full or partial write-off of contributions
Authority: Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego
Address: 





Al. Niepodległości 190




00-608 Warszawa




POLSKA/POLAND














3.


Form of aid:
Deferment and division into instalments of payments under ZWRSP (Agricultural Property Stock of the State Treasury) sale and lease agreements, without applying charges and interest for the duration of the deferment and reductions, and writing-off of instalments of payments of rent under lease agreements
Authority: Agencja Nieruchomości Rolnych
Address: 





ul. Dolańskiego 2




00-215 Warszawa




POLSKA/POLAND














4.


Form of aid:
Agricultural tax relief
Authority: Mayor of the municipality, town or city
Address: Varies according to where the land is located










5.


Form of aid:
Social assistance in the form of a targeted one-off payment
Authority: Social assistance centres
Address: Varies according to the farmers’ place of residence




Website: http://www.minrol.gov.pl/, under ‘Pomoc dla rodzin rolniczych, w których gospodarstwach rolnych i działach specjalnych produkcji rolnej powstały szkody spowodowane przez powódź w 2009 r.’
Other information: —