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: 2010-04-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, aid to agriculture, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, disclosure of information








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17.4.2010   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 99/20





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
2010/C 99/10
Aid No: XA 201/09
Member State: Republic of Slovenia
Region: Municipality of Kočevje
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Sofinanciranje programov razvoja kmetijstva in podeželja v Občini Kočevje 2009–2013
Legal basis: 






—


Pravilnik o spremembah in dopolnitvah Pravilnika o sofinanciranju programov za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v Občini Kočevje,










—


Pravilnik o sofinanciranju programov za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Kočevje.




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







2010


—


EUR 12 000




2011


—


EUR 12 500




2012


—


EUR 13 000




2013


—


EUR 13 500




Maximum aid intensity: 






1.


Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:






—


up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas,










—


up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas.




The support is to be granted for the modernization of agricultural holdings, the purchase of equipment, and the management of pastures, agricultural land and access ways for primary agricultural production.










2.


Aid for conserving traditional landscapes and buildings:






—


up to 100 % of actual costs for non-productive structures,










—


up to 60 % of eligible costs, and up to 75 % in less-favoured areas, for investment in productive assets on the farm, provided that the investment does not entail any increase in the production capacity of the farm,










—


up to 100 % to cover the extra costs incurred by using traditional materials necessary to conserve the heritage features of buildings.














3.


Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:






—


the amount of municipal co-financing is the difference between the amount of co-financing of insurance premiums from the national budget and the subsidy limit (up to 50 %) applicable to the eligible costs of insurance premiums for crops, fruit and cases of disease among animals.














4.


Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:






—


up to 100 % of the costs of market research activities, product conception and design, including aid granted for the preparation of applications for recognition of geographical indications, designations of origin or certificates of specific character in accordance with the relevant Community regulations, the costs of the introduction of quality assurance schemes and the costs of training personnel to apply quality programmes and schemes. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services and does not involve direct payments of money to producers.














5.


Aid for providing technical support in the agricultural sector:






—


up to 100 % of costs relating to farmers’ education and training, consultancy services, the organisation of forums, competitions, exhibitions, fairs, publications, catalogues and websites, the dissemination of scientific knowledge and the replacement of a farmer and a farmer's partner during illness and leave. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services and does not involve direct payments of money to producers.








Date of implementation: From the date on which the registration number of the request for exemption from the notification obligation is published on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: To support SMEs.
Reference to articles of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: The draft Rules on the co-financing of programmes for preserving and developing agriculture and rural areas in the municipality of Kočevje and the Rules amending the Rules on the co-financing of programmes for preserving and developing agriculture and rural areas in the municipality of Kočevje include measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following articles of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 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 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):
—   Article 4: investment in agricultural holdings,
—   Article 5: conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings,
—   Article 12: aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,
—   Article 14: aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products,
—   Article 15: provision of technical support in the agricultural sector.
Sector(s) concerned: agriculture
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Občina Kočevje




Ljubljanska cesta 26




SI-1330 Kočevje




SLOVENIJA




Website: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=2009109&objava=4956
http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=200952&objava=2586
Other information: The measure for the payment of insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit includes the following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by lightning, storms and floods.
The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 concerning the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid).


Janko VEBER

Župan



Aid No: XA 311/09
Member State: Spain
Region: Castilla y León (Province of Salamanca)
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: subvenciones dirigidas a asociaciones y federaciones agrarias con sede en la provincia de Salamanca, anualidad 2010.
Legal basis: proyecto de bases reguladoras de la convocatoria de subvenciones dirigidas a asociaciones y federaciones agrarias con sede en la provincia de Salamanca, anualidad 2010.
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: the annual expenditure planned under the scheme for 2010 is EUR 27 000 (twenty-seven thousand euros).
Maximum aid intensity: the grant may not exceed 100 % or, depending on the case, 70 % of the eligible expenditure or EUR 8 000 per applicant.
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: until 31 December 2010
Objective of aid: The purpose of the aid is to promote agricultural associations in the Province of Salamanca, boosting their creation and maintenance.
It is also to increase the presence of these associations at fairs and exhibitions held by the Diputación Provincial at the Exhibition Centre, raising their profile at Autonomous Community and national level.
This aid scheme falls within the scope of Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 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.
Eligible activities: participation in fairs and exhibitions organised by the Diputación de Salamanca , operational and management-related activities and the provision of technical assistance to the Salamancan livestock sector.
Eligible expenditure is taken to mean:






1.


registration, space and stand rental, security, conference hosts and participation fees;










2.


publications related to the activity;










3.


travelling expenses;










4.


technical symposia held at the Exhibition Centre during the fairs;










5.


prizes awarded in the competitions organised by the body at the fairs, with a maximum limit of EUR 250 per prize and winner.










1.


the cost of renting premises for headquarters;










2.


legal and administrative expenses;










3.


office equipment;










4.


administrative staff costs;










5.


overheads (maintenance, repairs, conservation, supplies, etc.).










1.


training activities: the actual costs of organising the training programme;










2.


attendance at national fairs: space and stand rental, security, conference hosts, participation fees, travelling expenses and publications related to the activity;










3.


presentation of quality products at national and provincial level: only the rental of the installations where the presentation is made, travelling expenses and publications related to the activity can be subsidised;










4.


publications such as catalogues or websites presenting information on producers from a given region or producers of a given product, provided that this information and the presentation are neutral and that all producers concerned have the same opportunity to feature in them;










5.


prizes awarded in the competitions organised by the body, with a maximum limit of EUR 250 per prize and winner.




Sector(s) concerned: agriculture
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Excma. Diputación Provincial de Salamanca




C/ Felipe Espino, 1




37002 Salamanca




ESPAÑA




Website: http://www.lasalina.es/areas/eh//ProyConvocatorias/2010/Asociaciones.pdf
Other information: The grant will be compatible with any other grant, aid, resources or revenue for the subsidised activity awarded by national or European Union authority or public or private body or international organisation.
The aid relating to (A) and (C) above will be granted in the form of subsidised services and will not involve any direct payments to producers, in accordance with Article 15(3) of the Regulation. The beneficiaries of the grant must comply with all the conditions laid down in Article 15 of the Regulation, including the provisions of paragraph 4 concerning conditions for access to a service.
Aid No: XA 312/09
Member State: Spain
Region: Castilla y León (Province of Salamanca)
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: subvenciones dirigidas a cooperativas agrarias con sede en la provincia de Salamanca, anualidad 2010
Legal basis: proyecto de bases reguladoras de la convocatoria de subvenciones dirigidas a cooperativas agrarias con sede en la provincia de Salamanca, anualidad 2010.
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: the annual expenditure planned under the scheme for 2009 is EUR 40 000 (forty thousand euros).
Maximum aid intensity: The grant may not exceed 70 % of the eligible expenditure or EUR 8 000 per applicant.
Aid for defraying operating and management costs will be temporary — based on the date the cooperative was established — and degressive, i.e. no more than the percentages indicated below:
55 % of the costs concerned for cooperatives established in 2006,
60 % of the costs concerned for cooperatives established in 2007,
65 % of the costs concerned for cooperatives established in 2008,
70 % of the costs concerned for cooperatives established in 2009.
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: until 31 December 2010
Objective of aid: The purpose of the aid is to promote the development of livestock cooperatives in the Province of Salamanca, boosting the creation and maintenance of agricultural cooperative bodies.
It is also aimed at increasing the presence of the said cooperatives at fairs and exhibitions organised by the Diputación Provincial at the Exhibition Centre, raising their profile at Autonomous Community and national level.
This aid scheme falls within the scope of Articles 9 and 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 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.
Eligible activities: participation in fairs and exhibitions organised by the Diputación de Salamanca, operational and management-related activities and the provision of technical assistance to the Salamancan livestock sector.
Eligible expenditure is taken to mean:






1.


registration, space and stand rental, security, conference hosts and participation fees;










2.


publications related to the activity;










3.


travelling expenses;










4.


technical symposia held in the Exhibition Centre during the fairs;










5.


prizes awarded in the competitions organised by the body at the fairs, with a maximum limit of EUR 250 per prize and winner.










1.


the cost of renting premises for headquarters;










2.


legal and administrative expenses;










3.


office equipment;










4.


administrative staff costs;










5.


overheads (maintenance, repairs, conservation, supplies, etc.).










1.


training activities: the actual costs of organising the training programme;










2.


attendance at national fairs: space and stand rental, security, conference hosts, participation fees, travelling expenses and publications related to the activity;










3.


presentation of quality products at national and provincial level: only the rental of the installations where the presentation is made, travelling expenses and publications related to the activity may be subsidised;










4.


publications such as catalogues or websites presenting information about producers from a given region or producers of a given product, provided that this information and the presentation are neutral and that all producers concerned have the same opportunity to feature in them;










5.


prizes awarded in the competitions organised by the body at the fairs, with a maximum limit of EUR 250 per prize and winner.




Sector(s) concerned: agriculture
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Excma. Diputación Provincial de Salamanca




C/ Felipe Espino, 1




37002 Salamanca




ESPAÑA




Website: http://www.lasalina.es/areas/eh//ProyConvocatorias/2010/Cooperativas.pdf
Other information: The aid will be compatible with any other grant, aid, resources or revenue assigned to the subsidised activity by a national or European Union authority or public or private body or international organisation, provided that the aid ceilings specified in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are not exceeded (in particular, in the case of the activities referred to in 3.B of the regional instrument concerned regarding operating and management costs, the total amount of public aid granted under Article 9 of the Regulation must not exceed EUR 400 000 per beneficiary).
The aid relating to (A) and (C) above will be granted in the form of subsidised services and will not involve any direct payments to producers, in accordance with Article 15(3) of the Regulation. The beneficiaries of the grant must comply with all the conditions laid down in Article 15 of the Regulation, including the provisions of paragraph 4 concerning conditions for access to a service.
In order to be eligible for the subsidies referred to in (B) above, applicants must meet the requirements of Article 9 of the Regulation (in particular, the cooperative must be involved in the production of agricultural products and its internal rules must require members to market their production in accordance with the rules it lays down on supply and marketing; the internal rules must also require members to remain affiliated for at least three years, and give at least 12 months’ notice if they wish to leave).
Aid No: XA 1/10
Member State: United Kingdom
Region: Wales
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Bovine TB Eradication Scheme (Wales)
Legal basis: 






1.


Vet Surgeons Act 1996










2.


Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981










3.


Protection of Badgers Act 1992










4.


Government of Wales Act 2006




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: 
Year 1= GBP 2 500 000
Year 2= GBP 2 000 000
Year 3= GBP 1 500 000
Year 4= GBP 1 000 000
Year 5= GBP 1 000 000
Year 6= GBP 1 000 000
Year 7= GBP 1 000 000
Total= GBP 10 000 000
Maximum aid intensity: 100 % in line with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
100 % in line with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
Date of implementation: 
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will open on 18th January 2010. The date for last payments will be 31st December 2016. The scheme will close to new applicants on 31st March 2017.
Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to prevent and eradicate Tuberculosis in Bovine animals. The aid will be granted by means of subsidised services and will not involve direct payments of money to farmers.
The aid provided will be in the form of a service which is in line with Article 10.1 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
To monitor and evaluate delivery of the measures outlined in Article 10.1 with the view of improving their effectiveness as the scheme progresses, under Article 15.2 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Sector(s) concerned: The scheme applies to agricultural businesses active in livestock or cattle production.
Name and address of the granting authority: The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:
Welsh Assembly Government
Cathays Park
Cardiff
Wales
CF10 3NQ
UNITED KINGDOM
The organisation operating the scheme is:
Welsh Assembly Government
Cathays Park
Cardiff
Wales
CF10 3NQ
UNITED KINGDOM
Website: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/farmingandcountryside/stateaidschemes/btberadicationprogramme/?lang=en
Other information: —
Aid No: XA 3/10
Member State: Republic of Slovenia
Region: —
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Nadzor varoze
Legal basis: Uredba o izvajanju Programa ukrepov na področju čebelarstva v Republiki Sloveniji v letih 2008–2010 za leto 2010.
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 278 118 in 2010.
Maximum aid intensity: up to 100 % of eligible costs for the prevention and eradication of varroa infestation.
Date of implementation: from the date on which the registration number of the exemption for the aid scheme is published on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: until 15 October 2010.
Objective of aid: To support SMEs.
The aid scheme applies Article 10(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, and the following eligible costs are covered:
costs of the supply of medicinal products to eradicate varroa, selected through a public procurement procedure,
costs incurred by the National Veterinary Institute in carrying out the operational programme to eradicate varroa (labour costs and costs of implementation of the operational programme, costs of storage of medicinal products, kilometric allowance, material costs and formic acid),
costs incurred by the recognised breeding organization in carrying out the operational programme (costs of informing bee-keepers, distribution costs, costs for renting premises for issuing medicinal products to eradicate varroa, labour costs of the recognised breeding organization).
Sector(s) concerned: agriculture
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Republika Slovenija




Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano




Dunajska 22




SI-1000 Ljubljana




SLOVENIJA




Website: http://www.pisrs.si/predpis.aspx?p_rD=r04&p_predpis=URED5134
Other information: this aid scheme is to be implemented in 2010 alongside the Programme of measures in the area of apiculture in the Republic of Slovenia for the years 2008-2010, which was drawn up on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation), was approved by a decision of the European Commission and contains, inter alia, a varroasis control measure with a view to ensuring that the measure to eradicate varroa is implemented at all registered beekeepers in Slovenia.
Aid No: XA 6/10
Member State: Italy
Region: Provincia Autonoma di Trento
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aiuti destinati alla lotta contro le epizoozie, le zoozie e le fitopatie. Indennizzi per i danni agli allevamenti colpiti da tubercolosi, brucellosi e leucosi bovina enzootica
Legal basis: National level:
Legge 9.6.1964 n. 615 ‘Bonifica sanitaria degli allevamenti dalla tubercolosi e brucellosi’.
Provincial level:
L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003‘Sostegno dell’economia agricola, disciplina dell’agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di prodotti geneticamente non modificati’. Capo IX ‘Eventi calamitosi’; art. 52 ‘Altri eventi naturali’.
Deliberazione n. 2682 di data 16 dicembre 2005 che ha approvato il ‘Piano provinciale di controllo della tubercolosi, brucellosi, leucosi bovina enzootica negli allevamenti bovini della provincia di Trento’.
Deliberazione n. 3218 del 22 dicembre 2009 avente per oggetto: ‘Disciplina relativa alla concessione degli indennizzi per i danni agli allevamenti colpiti da tubercolosi, brucellosi e leucosi bovina enzootica’.
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The loss and the relevant public contribution were calculated on the basis of the data on the epidemic verified by the health authorities; on the basis of the data currently available to us and based on the aid scheme being valid until 31 December 2011, overall annual expenditure can be estimated at EUR 450 000.
Maximum aid intensity: Aid amounting to 90 % of the estimated loss is provided for.
The compensation provided for under this aid scheme will be awarded directly to the farmers who suffered the loss; alternatively, the farmers concerned may request the relevant farming cooperative to make the application and collect the aid in their name and on their behalf: in this case, the aid is paid to the cooperative and subsequently transferred to the farmers in its entirety.
Date of implementation: The aid scheme will take effect from the date of publication of the exemption registration number on the DG AGRI website.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid may be granted until 31 December 2011.
Objective of aid: The aim of the aid scheme is to compensate farmers in the Province affected by cases of bovine tuberculosis for earnings lost as a result of:
the loss of animals, limited to their replacement period (for four months),
the extra costs incurred by farmers in having to keep non-infected animals on the farm,
the extra costs incurred by farmers in having to isolate the fresh milk concerned, both during its refrigeration on the farm and during transport,
the reduced payment per kg/litre of milk supplied as a result of having to change its use (UHT).
The aid is within the scope of Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Sector(s) concerned: NACE Codes A.10.401 (Raising of dairy cattle) and A.10.402 (Raising of other cattle and buffaloes)
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Provincia Autonoma di Trento




Servizio Aziende agricole e territorio rurale




Via G.B. Trener 3




38100 Trento TN




ITALIA




Website: http://www.consiglio.provincia.tn.it/banche_dati/codice_provinciale/clex_ricerca_per_campi.it.asp (you need only enter the number and year of the Provincial law you wish to consult);
http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/ricerca_delibere.asp (you need only enter the number and year of the decision to be consulted)
Other information: The compensation payments provided for under this aid scheme are made as part of a public programme for the prevention and control of epizootic diseases. To that end, the Provincial Council approved the ‘Provincial Plan for the control of tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leucosis in bovine herds in the Province of Trento’ by Decision No 2682 of 16 December 2005.