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: Cyprus, Germany, Italy, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, poultry farming, seedling, silviculture








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6.5.2011   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/13





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 136/06
Aid No: XA 183/10
Member State: Italy
Region: Emilia-Romagna
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Prevenzione e l'eradicazione di fitopatie ed infestazioni parassitarie. Programma di intervento contributivo relativo a estirpazioni/capitozzature piante di drupacee e di actinidia
Legal basis: Deliberazione Giunta regionale n. 1438 del 27 settembre 2010 integrata da DGr n. 1678 dell’8 novembre 2010,
Legge Regionale n. 6 del 23 luglio 2010,
Legge Regionale n. 3 del 20 gennaio 2004,
Decreto Legislativo n. 214 del 19 agosto 2005,
Decreto Ministeriale 28 luglio 2009
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 600 000
Maximum aid intensity: Up to 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: Until 31 December 2013
Objective of aid: This aid is granted under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 to compensate small and medium fruit-growing and nursery enterprises for losses caused by the plant diseases ‘Plum pox virus’ (Sharka) and ‘Bacterial canker of kiwi fruit’ when the presence of infected plants has been officially certified and uprooting ordered.
The Emilia-Romagna Region has adopted compulsory measures to combat these diseases that are provided for in regional and national legislation in order to combat the spread of the plant diseases Sharka and bacterial canker of kiwi fruit.
Agricultural holdings are eligible to apply for aid for the prevention and eradication of plant diseases and parasitic infections provided they:
have followed the instructions given by the phytosanitary inspectors between 2 October 2009 and 8 October 2010 with regard to the uprooting of fruit plants infected with Sharka and the uprooting or topping of kiwi plants affected by bacterial canker,
meet the conditions laid down by Regulation (EC) No 800/2008,
are registered with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Craft and Agriculture (CCIAA),
are not insolvent or involved in insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings,
are fulfilling their obligations with regard to the payment of tax, insurance and social security contributions,
are not subject to exclusions or sanctions that are pending.
The amount of aid is calculated on the basis of the parameters laid down by Emilia-Romagna Regional Government Decision (deliberazione) No 1438 of 27 September 2010 that distinguishes between nurseries and fruit production plantations and the age, variety and species of the trees planted.
Any insurance payments received will be deducted when calculating the amount of aid to be granted; no aid will be granted if compensatory payments for these same losses have already been received.
The aid, which is commensurate to the market value of the plants destroyed and the resulting loss of income, is intended to partially cover the losses suffered and, as provided for by Decision (deliberazione) No 1678 of 8 November 2010 of the Emilia-Romagna Regional Government, does not cover costs incurred for reasons other than these plant diseases or parasitic infections.
Sector(s) concerned: Agricultural holdings: fruit growers and nurseries
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Regione Emilia-Romagna




Direzione Generale Agricoltura




Viale della Fiera 8




40127 Bologna BO




ITALIA




Website: For Decision (deliberazione) No 1438 of 27 September 2010:
http://www.ermesagricoltura.it/Servizio-fitosanitario/IN-EVIDENZA/Contributi-in-arrivo-per-gli-interventi-obbligatori-di-prevenzione-contro-il-virus-della-Sharka-e-la-batteriosi-dell-actinidia/Vai-alla-delibera-n.-1438-del-27-09-20102
For Decision (deliberazione) No 1678 of 8 November 2010:
http://www.ermesagricoltura.it/Servizio-fitosanitario/Finanziamenti/Finanziamenti-Actinidia/Deliberazione-n.-1678-del-08-11-20102
Other information: —
Aid No: SA.31966 (10/XA)
Member State: Cyprus
Region: Kipros
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Πρόγραμμα επιτήρησης της γρίπης των πτηνών σε πτηνά της οργανωμένης πτηνοτροφίας και άγρια πτηνά.
Legal basis: 






1.


Άρθρο 03525 του Προϋπολογισμού για το 2011 — Συμμετοχή σε Προγράμματα της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.










2.


Οι περί της Υγείας των Ζώων Νόμοι του 2001 έως 2009.










3.


Commission Decision of 25 June 2010 on the implementation by Member States of surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds (2010/367/EU).










4.


Απόφαση Εφόρου Ελέγχου Κρατικών Ενισχύσεων με αριθμό 322 και ημερομηνία 8 Νοεμβρίου 2010 (Επίσημη Εφημερίδα της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας με αριθμό 3764 και ημερομηνία 15 Νοεμβρίου 2010 σ. 3355)




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 0,025 million
Maximum aid intensity: 100 %
Date of implementation: 
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 January 2011-31 December 2011
Objective of aid: Animal diseases (Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006). Τhe scheme concerns: (i) aid to compensate farmers for the costs of prevention and eradication of animal diseases (Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006) and (ii) aid to compensate farmers for losses caused by animal diseases (Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).
Sector(s) concerned: NACE Code
A10407 — Raising of poultry
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Κτηνιατρικές Υπηρεσίες του Υπουργείου Γεωργίας, Φυσικών Πόρων και Περιβάλλοντος




Αθαλάσσα




1417 Λευκωσία/Nicosia




ΚYΠΡΟΣ/CYPRUS




Website: http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/vs/vs.nsf/All/8B33B81A1D3BF1FDC22577DF002C1347/$file/avian%20influenza%202011.pdf
http://www.publicaid.gov.cy/publicaid/publicaid.nsf/All/584D48B9172DF2D5C22577C1002049B4/$file/ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ%20322.pdf
Other information: The objective of the aid is to implement the surveillance programme for avian influenza in poultry on poultry farms and in wild birds, in accordance with the provisions of Community legislation (Commission Decision 2010/367/EU). The disease is included in the list of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and in the Annex to Council Decision 2009/470/EC (list of diseases eligible for co-financing), which repeals Commission Decision 90/424/EEC. The expenditure planned for 2011 for the avian influenza surveillance programme was notified to the European Commission under the co-financing programmes. Aid beneficiaries under this measure are all poultry farmers in the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus on whose farms avian influenza is found to be present.
Aid No: SA.32123 (10/XA)
Member State: Federal Republic of Germany
Region: Bayern
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Richtlinie für die Durchführung der nebenberuflichen sozialen Betriebshilfe in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft durch das Kuratorium Bayerischer Maschinen- und Betriebshilfsringe e.V. (KBM) und die Maschinen- und Betriebshilfsringe (MR)
Legal basis: 






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Richtlinie für die Durchführung der nebenberuflichen sozialen Betriebshilfe in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft durch das KBM und die MR auf Grundlage des Bayerischen Agrarwirtschaftsgesetzes vom 8. Dezember 2006 (GVBL S. 938)










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Bayerisches Agrarwirtschaftsgesetz (BayAgrarWiG) vom 8. Dezember 2006










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Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1,2 million granted to the machinery and labour cooperatives and their umbrella organisation (KBM) for farm replacement services, in accordance with Article 15(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Where forestry enterprises are concerned, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 will apply.
Maximum aid intensity: Up to 50 %
Date of implementation: Annual implementation; aid will not be granted until it has been approved/exempted by the European Commission
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2011
Objective of aid: To ensure the provision, throughout the region, of part-time relief workers by machinery and labour cooperatives providing social assistance in the agriculture and forestry sectors. The aid serves to substantially ease severe hardship in social emergencies.
Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture and forestry — subsidised service provision
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (LfL)




Abteilung Förderwesen und Fachrecht




Menzinger Straße 54




80638 München




DEUTSCHLAND




Queries may be addressed to:





Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Landwirtschaft und Forsten




Referat G 6




Ludwigstraße 2




80539 München




DEUTSCHLAND




Tel. +49 0892182-2222




Website: http://www.stmlf.bayern.de/agrarpolitik/programme/26373/rilikbmsozbh.pdf
Other information: —
Aid No: SA.32131 (10/XA)
Member State: Federal Republic of Germany
Region: All the German Länder as aid-granting authorities
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes (GAK)
Legal basis: Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes (GAK)
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Approx. EUR 1,5 million
Maximum aid intensity: Max. 100 % and max. EUR 2 000
Date of implementation: The aid will not be granted until it has been exempted by the European Commission.
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 
Objective of aid: Pursuant to 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 and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, this aid is exempt from the duty to provide notification under State aid law in accordance with Article 108(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
The aim of supporting the measure-related advisory service is the further improvement of economic and environmental production conditions to ensure an efficient agricultural sector which is capable of meeting future challenges. The objectives and requirements of town and land-use planning, environmental protection and animal health and welfare must be taken into account, as should ecological requirements.
The overall aim is a stronger competitive, sustainable, and multifunctional agricultural sector which is environmentally friendly, has high animal welfare standards, is adapted to climate change, and which will be able to meet future challenges.
The advisory service deals in particular with agricultural priorities, defined by Article 16a(1)(a) to (e) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) as follows:
climate change
renewable energies
water management
biodiversity
measures accompanying restructuring of the dairy sector.
Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural sectors
Name and address of the granting authority: The aid will be granted by the relevant regional authorities
Address of the granting authority:
Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Rural Environment, Food and Consumer Protection
Postfach 10 34 44
70029 Stuttgart
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 7111260
Fax +49 711262255
Bavarian Ministry of State for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Postfach 22 00 12
80535 München
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 8921820
Fax +49 8921822677
Berlin Senate Administration for Health, Environment and Consumer Protection
Oranienstraße 106
10969 Berlin
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 309028-0
Fax +49 309028-2051
Brandenburg Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture
Postfach 60 11 61
14411 Potsdam
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 331866-0
Fax +49 331866-8368
Bremen Senator for Economic Affairs and Ports
Referat 11
Postfach 10 15 29
28015 Bremen
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 4213610 / 4213618502
Fax +49 4213618283
Hamburg Authority for Economic Affairs and Employment — Agriculture and Forestry
Postfach 11 21 09
20421 Hamburg
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 40428410
Fax +49 40428413201
Hessen Ministry for Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Postfach 31 09
65021 Wiesbaden
DEUTSCHLAND
Forestry and Nature Conservation Division:
Tel. +49 611815-0
Fax +49 611815-1972
Consumer Protection and Animal Health and Welfare Division:
Tel. +49 611815-0
Fax +49 611815-1941
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Ministry for Agriculture, Environment and Consumer Protection
19048 Schwerin
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 3855880
Fax +49 3855886024 / 3855886025
Lower Saxony Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and Rural Development
Postfach 2 43
30002 Hannover
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 5111200
Fax +49 5111202385
North-Rhine Westphalia Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection
40190 Düsseldorf
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 2114566-0
Fax +49 2114566-388
Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry for Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture
Postfach 32 69
55022 Mainz
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 6131160
Fax +49 6131162100
Saarland Ministry for Economic Affairs and Science
Agriculture Division
Franz-Josef-Röder-Str. 17
66119 Saarbrücken
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 681501-00
Fax +49 681501-4521
Saxony State Ministry for Environment and Agriculture
Postfach 10 05 10
01076 Dresden
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 3515640
Fax +49 3515642209
Saxony-Anhalt Ministry for Agriculture and Environment
Postfach 37 62
39012 Magdeburg
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 39156701
Fax +49 3915671727
Schleswig-Holstein Ministry for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas
Postfach 71 51
24171 Kiel
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 431988-0
Fax +49 431988-7239
Thuringia Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Nature Conservation
Postfach 90 03 65
99106 Erfurt
DEUTSCHLAND
Tel. +49 361379-00
Fax +49 3613799-950
Website: http://www.bmelv.de/GAK2011-Energieberatung
Other information: —