Summary information communicated by Member States on State aid granted in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2008 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of fisheries products  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, State aid, aid to undertakings, aquaculture, control of State aid, environmental protection, fishing industry








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12.8.2010   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 218/3





Summary information communicated by Member States on State aid granted in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2008 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of fisheries products
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 218/03
Aid No: XF 10/10
Member State: Czech Republic
Region/Authority granting the aid: Czech Republic — Ministerstvo zemědělství ČR (Czech Ministry of Agriculture)
Title of aid scheme: Podpora mimoprodukčních funkcí rybníků
Legal basis: 






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Zákon č. 252/1997 Sb., o zemědělství










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Zákon č. 99/2004 Sb., o rybníkářství, výkonu rybářského práva, rybářské stráži, ochraně mořských rybolovných zdrojů a o změně některých zákonů (zákon o rybářství)










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Zákon č. 114/1992 Sb., o ochraně přírody a krajiny










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Zákon č. 254/2001 Sb., o vodách a o změně některých zákonů (vodní zákon)




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or amount of individual aid granted: CZK 70 million
Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % (in accordance with Article 30 and Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006)
Date of implementation: 
Duration of the scheme or individual aid award (not later than 30 June 2014): 
Objective of aid: Aid for aqua-environmental measures, aid for forms of aquaculture comprising protection and improvement of the environment, natural resources and genetic diversity, and upkeep of the landscape and the traditional characteristics of aquaculture zones.
Indicate which of Articles 8 to 24 was used: Article 12 — Aid for aqua-environmental measures
Sector(s) concerned: Partial compensation for the losses incurred by fishing entities in connection with their obligation to maintain in the public interest the functions of lakes as water-management tools and as assets to be enjoyed by society as a whole.
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Ministerstvo zemědělství ČR




Těšnov 17




117 05 Praha 1




ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA




Web address where the full text of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under which ad hoc aid is granted outside an aid scheme can be found: http://eagri.cz/public/eagri/dotace/narodni-dotace/zasady-zemedelstvi-potravinarstvi
Justification: This programme provides partial compensation for the losses incurred by fishing entities as a result of the relevant legislation and decisions adopted by water-management and environmental-protection bodies in compliance with the law, whilst fishing entities apply voluntarily for the Operational Programme ‘Rybářství’ (Fisheries) and act in accordance with what constitutes a structurally different programme. The operational programme does not provide compensation for losses or excess costs to which legislation may give rise.
Expenditure relating to the maintenance of the non-productive functions of lakes is to be met by the aquaculture sector and is not otherwise compensated for by the relevant authorities.
The programme is linked to the existing State aid programme CZ 84/2004 (Aid for the non-productive functions of lakes), which will end on 31 December 2010.