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: 2011-05-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Netherlands, State aid, agricultural holding, control of State aid, goat, livestock farming, sheep








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6.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/8





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
2011/C 136/05
Aid No: SA.32002 (10/XA)
Member State: Cyprus
Region: Cyprus
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Σχέδιο ελέγχου Τρομώδους Νόσου Αιγοπροβάτων
Legal basis: 






1)


Άρθρο 03525 του Προϋπολογισμού για το 2011 — Συμμετοχή σε Προγράμματα της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης (Εργαστηριακές Αναλύσεις: ταχείες δοκιμές, δοκιμές διάκρισης, γονοτυπικές αναλύσεις)










2)


Άρθρο 03619 του Προϋπολογισμού για το 2011 — Συμμετοχή σε Προγράμματα της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης (Κατασχέσεις/Αποζημιώσεις ζώων)










3)


Ο περί της Εφαρμογής Κοινοτικών Κανονισμών στον Τομέα της Κτηνιατρικής Νόμος του 2004 [Ν 149(Ι)/2004] [εφαρμογή Κανονισμού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 999/2001]










4)


Νόμος που προνοεί για την Υγεία των Ζώων [Ν 109(Ι)/2001]










5)


Τα περί της Εφαρμογής Προγράμματος Εκτροφής Ανθεκτικών στην Τρομώδη Νόσο των Προβάτων για Σκοπούς Ελέγχου και Εξάλειψης της Τρομώδους Νόσου, Διατάγματα του 2005 έως 2010 (Κ.Δ.Π. 545/2005, 160/2007, 44/2008, 307/2010).




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1 304 830,76
Maximum aid intensity: 100 %
Date of implementation: 
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 
Objective of aid: The purpose of the aid is to implement a programme to combat scrapie in sheep and goats (Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).
Sector(s) concerned: The beneficiaries of aid under this scheme are sheep and goat farmers in the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus. Under the scrapie monitoring programme aid will be paid to livestock farmers on whose holdings the presence of the disease is suspected or confirmed. All sheep and goat farmers receive aid in the form of genotyping tests, irrespective of the health status of their holding as regards scrapie.
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Κτηνιατρικές Υπηρεσίες Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Φυσικών Πόρων και Περιβάλλοντος




1417 Λευκωσία/Nicosia




ΚΥΠΡΟΣ/CYPRUS




Website: http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/vs/vs.nsf/All/D81418426FF9D116C22577DF002C61F4/$file/scrapie%202011.pdf
Other information: The disease is included in the list of the World Organisation for Animal Health (ΟΙΕ) and in the Annex to Council Decision 90/424/EEC (list of diseases eligible for co-financing).
Aid No: SA.32077 (10/XA)
Member State: Republic of Bulgaria
Region: —
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: „Помощ за участие в изложения и панаири — Национално изложение по животновъдство, гр. Сливен, Регионално изложение по биволовъдство, гр. Разград, Национален събор за опазване на местните български породи, гр. Калофер“
Legal basis: Член 12, първа алинея, точка 10 от Закона за подпомагане на земеделските производители
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The maximum amount of aid for the 2011-2013 period is BGN 392 550,70,
The maximum annual amount of aid is as follows:
—   for 2011— BGN 144 116,90,
—   for 2012— BGN 104 316,90,
—   for 2013— BGN 144 116,90.
Maximum aid intensity: As per Article 15(2)(d) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 — 100 % of the eligible costs
Date of implementation: From the date of approval by the European Commission
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector
Article 15(2)(d) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006
Sector(s) concerned: Livestock
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Държавен фонд „Земеделие“




бул. „Цар Борис III“ № 136




1618 София/Sоfiа




БЪЛГАРИЯ/ВULGАRIА




Website: http://www.dfz.bg/bg/darzhavni-pomoshti/shemi_durjavni_pomoshti_reglament_1857_2006/
Other information: —
Aid No: SA.32103 (10/XA)
Member State: Netherlands
Region: —
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Regeling LNV-subsidies: onderdeel investeringssteun voor primaire landbouwondernemingen in technieken die leiden tot vermindering van de emissie van fijn stof
Legal basis: Regeling LNV-subsidies: artikel 1:2, artikel 1:3, artikel 2:37, eerste lid, onderdeel d, bijlage 2 (hoofdstuk 5)
Openstellingsbesluit LNV-subsidies
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: 2011: EUR 20 000 000
Maximum aid intensity: Aid granted on the basis of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006:
60 % of the necessary extra eligible investment costs in connection with protecting and improving the environment and with a view to complying with minimum air quality standards just introduced,
maximum aid amount: EUR 400 000 in accordance with Article 4(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Date of implementation: Aid under the scheme will not be granted until the summary information about the scheme has been published on the Commission's website.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 January to 15 April 2011
Objective of aid: The scheme is aimed at small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises which are exceeding or threatening to exceed the European Union's limit values for fine dust (PM10), so that they can comply with those values by 11 June 2011. The scheme thus flows from the Nationaal Samenwerkingsprogramma Luchtkwaliteit (NSL) (national cooperation programme on air quality), which contains the measures needed to comply in time with the limit values for air quality laid down in Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. It makes use of the postponement and exemption referred to in the European Commission's decision of 7 April 2009 (C(2009) 2560). Under that decision the Netherlands was granted a derogation from the obligation to achieve the limit values for fine dust (PM10) until 11 June 2011. The derogation defers the standard, which will not become binding on the Netherlands until 11 June 2011. The period until 11 June 2011 can therefore be regarded as a transitional period.
Aid is granted on the basis of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and the eligible costs under the aid scheme are referred to in part C of chapter 5 of annex 2 to Regeling LNV-subsidies and Article 2:2 of Regeling LNV-subsidies.
The eligible costs comprise the costs incurred for investment in technologies to reduce fine dust. These comprise the applicant's costs for the equipment needed to operate the system and the related installation costs. This therefore concerns expenditure as referred to in Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Sector(s) concerned: All small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in primary agricultural production and producing products referred to in Annex I to the EC Treaty
Name and address of the granting authority: 





De minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit




Postbus 20401




2500 EK Den Haag




NEDERLAND




Website: 






 


http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0021281/geldigheidsdatum_01-12-2010










 


https://www.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stcrt-2010-19324.html




Other information: 97 % of emissions of fine dust by agricultural enterprises relate to those engaged in primary livestock production (source: http://www.emissieregistratie.nl). Reducing emissions of fine dust from agriculture is therefore currently targeted at efficient emission-reduction techniques which can be applied to those agricultural enterprises.
The aid fully complies with the conditions of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Cumulation of aid is prevented under the aid scheme (Article 1:16 of Regeling LNV-subsidies).
This aid notification concerns an extension of aid notification XA 254/09.
Aid No: SA.32105 (10/XA)
Member State: Belgium
Region: Vlaanderen
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Biologische landbouw voor het lager en middelbaar onderwijs 2011
Legal basis: Subsidiebesluit voor het project „Biologische landbouw voor het lager en middelbaar onderwijs 2011” van Velt vzw (zie bijlage).
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 0,015 million
Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 66,41 % of the proven costs of the aid project submitted. Overheads are not eligible for aid.
Date of implementation: The aid will not be granted until the aid decision has been signed by the minister and budget appropriations have been committed. The standstill principle will be complied with.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid is granted for 2011 (1 January to 31 December 2011).
Objective of aid: The aid is granted to Velt in order to support schools and teachers in both primary and secondary education in using Bio met Klasse (‘Organic with Class’) as an instrument for imparting the subject of organic farming and food to pupils; in order to make Bio met Klasse and the material known and to enter into cooperative links with bodies which target education with the subjects of food and agriculture.
The aid measure falls under Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 ‘Technical support in the agricultural sector’. The aid may cover 100 % of the following costs:
Article 15(2)(c): consultancy services provided by third parties;
Article 15(2)(d): the organisation of and participation in forums to share knowledge between businesses, competitions, exhibitions and fairs:






i)


participation fees;










ii)


travel costs;










iii)


costs of publications;










iv)


the rent of exhibition premises;










v)


symbolic prizes awarded in the framework of competitions, up to a value of EUR 250 per prize and winner;




Article 15(2)(e): aid for factual information on quality systems open to products from other countries, on generic products and on the nutritional benefits of generic products and suggested uses for them;
Article 15(2)(f): aid for publications such as catalogues or websites presenting factual information about producers from a given region or producers of a given product, provided the information and presentation is neutral and that all producers concerned have equal opportunities to be represented in the publication. Aid will be granted only for activities and information material in which no reference is made to the origin of the product.
The project does not provide for aid for advertising purposes.
All the paragraphs of Article 15 will be complied with.
Sector(s) concerned: Organic farming
The aid is granted only to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Departement Landbouw en Visserij




Afdeling Duurzame Landbouwontwikkeling




Koning Albert II-laan 35, bus 40




1030 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Website: http://lv.vlaanderen.be/nlapps/docs/default.asp?id=1914
Other information: —


Jules VAN LIEFFERINGE

Secretaris-generaal



Aid No: SA.32107 (10/XA)
Member State: Belgium
Region: Vlaanderen
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Biologische bedrijfsvoorlichting 2011
Legal basis: Subsidiebesluit voor het project „Biologische bedrijfsvoorlichting 2011” van CCBT vzw
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 0,070 million
Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 100 % of the proven costs of the aid project submitted. Overheads are not eligible for aid.
Date of implementation: The aid will not be granted until the aid decision has been signed by the minister and budget appropriations have been committed. The standstill principle will be complied with.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid is granted for 2011 (1 January to 15 November 2011).
Objective of aid: The objective of this proposed project is to strengthen information for holdings by ensuring the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge about organic farming in the test centres. The emphasis is on supplementing knowledge in the test centres.
Researchers/test centres have the opportunity to submit a project to accumulate knowledge. Accumulating knowledge is described as actively seeking knowledge, at both national and international level; as well as making that knowledge one's own and disseminating it to the sector. Thanks to the project, researchers are supported in accumulating and deepening knowledge in the light of present or future work involving the provision of information to holdings. Improving the quality and dissemination of knowledge means that knowledge acquired and practical results can be directly imparted to organic farmers.
Test centres can submit substantiated projects to accumulate knowledge to CCBT by 15 January 2011. An overarching condition which every such project must meet is the knowledge-sharing aspect. Knowledge-sharing can be defined as the extent to which knowledge is shared. Sharing knowledge is apparent from an active attitude, both within one's own country and abroad.
The project proposals will also be assessed using the following criteria (in order of priority):
contribution to improving the quality of access to knowledge,
contribution to the effective accumulation of knowledge,
more international experience,
sustainability and structural character of the measures,
cooperation.
The aid measure falls under Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 ‘Technical support in the agricultural sector’. The aid may cover 100 % of the following costs:
Article 15(2)(c): consultancy services provided by third parties;
Article 15(2)(d): the organisation of and participation in forums to share knowledge between businesses, competitions, exhibitions and fairs:






i)


participation fees;










ii)


travel costs;










iii)


costs of publications;










iv)


the rent of exhibition premises;










v)


symbolic prizes awarded in the framework of competitions, up to a value of EUR 250 per prize and winner;




Article 15(2)(e): aid for factual information on quality systems open to products from other countries, on generic products and on the nutritional benefits of generic products and suggested uses for them;
Article 15(2)(f): aid for publications such as catalogues or websites presenting factual information about producers from a given region or producers of a given product, provided the information and presentation is neutral and that all producers concerned have equal opportunities to be represented in the publication. Aid will be granted only for activities and information material in which no reference is made to the origin of the product.
The project does not provide for aid for advertising purposes.
All the paragraphs of Article 15 will be complied with.
Sector(s) concerned: Organic farming
The aid is granted only to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Departement Landbouw en Visserij




Afdeling Duurzame Landbouwontwikkeling




Koning Albert II-laan 35, bus 40




1030 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Website: http://lv.vlaanderen.be/nlapps/docs/default.asp?id=1914
Other information: —