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: 2010-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, Spain, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises








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9.7.2010   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 185/7





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 185/05
Aid No: XA 24/10
Member State: Italy
Region: Regione Marche
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Servizi di sviluppo del sistema agroalimentare regionale e Linee di indirizzo per il programma annuale 2010. Legge regionale 23 dicembre 1999, n. 37
Legal basis: 






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Legge Regionale 23 dicembre 1999, n. 37 «Disciplina dei servizi per lo sviluppo del sistema agroalimentare regionale»;










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DGR 244 del 9.2.2010 — L.R. 23 dicembre 1999, n. 37 Approvazione del programma annuale 2010 dei servizi di sviluppo del sistema agroalimentare regionale e dei criteri per la presentazione e l’attuazione dei Progetti 2010 di «Assistenza tecnica specialistica nel settore zootecnico»




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The planned expenditure for the provision of the services covered by this aid scheme for 2010 does not exceed EUR 1 million.
Public funding will in any event be set within the limits of the financial resources allocated to the activities of Agricultural Development Services in the draft budget.
Maximum aid intensity: Aid intensity amounts to 100 % of eligible expenditure for a maximum amount of EUR 50 000 per individual technical assistance project.
Date of implementation: The aid scheme will be implemented only following confirmation by the Commission of receipt of this summary sheet and of its publication on the Internet.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme should run until 31 December 2013.
Objective of aid: The primary objective of the aid is to provide small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises engaged in agricultural activities with support in the form of technical assistance services.
The technical assistance services provided do not constitute a continuous or periodic activity nor do they relate to the enterprise’s usual operating expenditure; for each project, therefore, monitoring of indicators is required to assess improvements made under the assistance measures, accompanied by a detailed report of the results obtained.
Reference is made to Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006.
Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Region of Marche




Servizio Agricoltura Forestazione e Pesca




PF Competitività e Sviluppo dell’Impresa Agricola




Via Tiziano 44




60125 Ancona AN




ITALIA




Website: http://www.agri.marche.it/Aree%20tematiche/Aiuti%20di%20stato/sviluppo%20agricolo2010.pdf
Other information: Development services for agricultural enterprises will be supplied by ‘implementing bodies’, identified in the abovementioned Regional Law, previously selected by public tender.
The final beneficiaries of the development services of this aid scheme are small and medium-sized agricultural holdings taking part in the initiatives covered by the annual projects eligible for funding, holders of a VAT number and enrolled in the regional union of the Campania Chambers of Commerce (C.C.I.A.A.), who benefit from the services of the implementing bodies. In any case, for all the service activities covered by this annual scheme, no aid may involve direct cash payments to producers.
Agricultural holdings with employees must adhere to the relevant national collective agreements and current legislation on workplace safety and health.
All beneficiaries in the area affected by the project will have access to the services provided. Final beneficiaries need not belong to an implementing body as a condition for access to the service. Any contribution to implementing bodies’ administrative costs by beneficiaries that are not members of the organisation of such implementing bodies must cover solely the cost of the service provided.
Eligible expenditure — only the costs of services that do not constitute a continuous periodic activity or that do not relate to the enterprise's usual operating expenses constitute eligible expenditure.



Il Dirigente della PF Competitività e Sviluppo dell’Impresa Agricola

Luciani ROBERTO


Aid No: XA 31/10
Member State: Italy
Region: Sardegna
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Agevolazioni per l’acquisto o la locazione di macchine utensili o di produzione
Legal basis: Legge 28 novembre 1965, n. 1329 — cosiddetta «SABATINI».
DGR n. 51/11 del 17.11.2009 concernente «Provvedimenti per l’acquisto di nuove macchine utensili. Approvazione direttive di attuazione».
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 2,5 million
Maximum aid intensity: 60 %
Date of implementation: The aid applies 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: Until 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
Sector(s) concerned: Primary production
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Regione Autonoma della Sardegna




Assessorato dell’agricoltura e riforma agro-pastorale




Via Pessagno 4




09125 Cagliari CA




ITALIA




Website: http://www.regione.sardegna.it
Other information: —


Claudio SABA


Aid No: XA 49/10
Member State: Spain
Region: Comunitat Valenciana
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Fedacova
Legal basis: Resolución del expediente acogido a la línea «programas intersectoriales en materia de atributos y valores de la calidad agroalimentaria».
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 99 674,00
Maximum aid intensity: 100 %
Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the identification 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: December 2010
Objective of aid: 






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General promotion of the agricultural products of the Autonomous Community of Valencia: organisation of workshops on food quality, food safety and food products of the Autonomous Community of Valencia.










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Publication of workshop proceedings.










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Studies and technical reports: description of the agrifood sector; centre for monitoring sectoral competitiveness; technical, information and educational reports, notes and documentation; planning and design of a study of the Autonomous Community of Valencia's agrifood sector.










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Training: organisation of courses on the HACCP own-check system for packaged honey; design and application of hygiene, traceability and HACCP prerequisites in agrifood undertakings; food safety certification systems.










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Website on the agrifood sector; on-site visits to and studies of agrifood undertakings; the purchase and study of and comments and reports on legislative publications.










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Seeking foreign markets; exploiting the foreign potential of agricultural products from the Autonomous Community of Valencia: attendance at fairs, trade missions and setting up an Information Point for exports.










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Reorientation of agrifood undertakings in the Community of Valencia to meet present and future challenges.




These activities are covered by Articles 14 and 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006.
Sector(s) concerned: Agrifood SMEs in the Autonomous Community of Valencia.
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/fedacova2010.pdf
Other information: —



La Directora General de Comercialización

Marta VALSANGIACOMO GIL


Aid No: XA 59/10
Member State: Federal Republic of Germany
Region: Rheinland-Pfalz
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Partnerbetrieb Naturschutz
Legal basis: Umsetzungsregelung „Beratungsförderung im Partnerbetrieb Naturschutz“
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 100 000 per year from 2010
Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of consultancy costs
Date of implementation: From 1 May 2010
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: This measure is based on Article 15(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 (Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector).
Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural production sectors
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Ministerium für Umwelt, Forsten und Verbraucherschutz




Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 1




55116 Mainz




DEUTSCHLAND




Website: The implementing provisions for the Partnerbetrieb Naturschutz scheme can be consulted at:
http://www.mufv.rlp.de/natur/naturschutz/partnerbetrieb_naturschutz.html
Other information: The aid covers whole-farm nature conservation advice for agricultural holdings active in primary production. The aim is to boost the implementation of nature conservation activities in agriculture as part of farm adaptation measures.
Aid No: XA 74/10
Member State: Spain
Region: —
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas para la promoción de nuevas tecnologías en maquinaria y equipos agrarios
Legal basis: Proyecto de Real Decreto por el que se establecen las bases reguladoras de las ayudas para la promoción de nuevas tecnologías en maquinaria y equipos agrarios (pendiente de publicación en el Boletín Oficial del Estado).
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The maximum planned public expenditure to be granted to beneficiaries as a whole during 2010 is EUR 3 million.
Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006, and provided that the ceilings laid down in Article 4(9) of that Regulation are not exceeded, the maximum aid intensity is as follows:
Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the identification number of the request for exemption on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development. The aid may not be applied before that date.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013. A call for proposals will be published annually.
Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to provide State aid, by a competitive tendering procedure, to promote the application and common use of new technologies. Eligible costs are the purchase by producer associations of agricultural machinery and equipment that represent a technological innovation in a particular geographical area and that help improve current production systems, save energy, conserve the environment or improve famers’ working conditions.
The aid will be granted for purchases made after the aid application is submitted.
This aid is covered by Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Sector(s) concerned: Primary agricultural production.
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino




Paseo Infanta Isabel, 1




28014 Madrid




ESPAÑA




Website: The terms and conditions of the scheme are available on the following website:
http://www.mapa.es/ministerio/pags/normas/Nuevas_TecnologIas_060410.pdf
Other information: Aid granted under the Royal Decree will be compatible with any other type of aid granted for the same purpose by the public authorities or by other public or private bodies, subject to the limits laid down in Article 19 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 and provided that the limits laid down in Article 4(9) of that Regulation are not exceeded.
However, if the total aid obtained by each beneficiary at the same time and for the same purpose from all public authorities or public and private, national and international bodies exceeds those limits, the aid granted under this Royal Decree will be reduced proportionally until those limits are reached.
Where the total amount of aid entails an aid intensity above the maximum laid down by Community rules, it will be reduced to that limit.