(a) increases in the budget of an authorised aid scheme exceeding 20 %;

(b) prolongation of an existing authorised aid scheme by up to six years, with or without an increase in the budget;

(c) tightening of the criteria for the application of an authorised aid scheme, a reduction of aid intensity or a reduction of eligible expenses;

1. Please provide a brief description of the measure specifying objective(s) of the measure, aid instrument, structure/organisation of the training, beneficiaries, budget, aid amount, payment schedule, aid intensity, and eligible costs.

2. Does the measure apply to the production and/or processing and/or marketing of the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty?

3. Does the measure apply to the production, processing and/or marketing of the fisheries and/or aquaculture products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty?

4. Is the aid foreseen for the maritime transport sector?

If yes, please answer the following questions:

5. Does the notified measure relate to:

6. Please provide a detailed description of the training project including programme, skills to be acquired, timing, number of hours, participants, organisers, budget, etc.

7. Please provide details on the beneficiary including identity, group of which the beneficiary is a member, annual turnover, number of employees and business activities.

8. If applicable, please indicate the exchange rate which has been used for the purposes of the notification.

9. Please number all documents provided by the Member States as annexes to the notification form and indicate the document numbers in the relevant parts of this supplementary information sheet.

10. Please give a detailed description of the objectives of common interest pursued by the notified measure.

11. Please demonstrate that the training will generate positive externalities and provide the supporting documents.

The following elements may be used for the purposes of demonstrating positive externalities. Please specify those relevant for the notified measure, and provide supporting documents:

12. Please explain to what extent the notified measure represents an appropriate instrument to increase training activities and provide the supporting documents.

13. Has/have the supported project(s) started prior to the submission of the application for the aid by the beneficiary/beneficiaries to the national authorities?

If yes, the Commission considers that the aid does not present an incentive for the beneficiary.

14. If no, specify the relevant dates:

The training project will start on:

The aid application by the beneficiary was submitted to the national authorities on:

Please provide the relevant supporting documents.

15. Please provide the beneficiary’s internal documents on training costs, participants, content and scheduling for two scenarios: training project with aid and training project without aid. Please explain, on the basis of this information, how State aid increases the quantity and/or quality of the planned training activities.

16. Please confirm that there is no legal obligation for the employers to provide the training type covered by the notified measure.

17. Please provide with the beneficiary’s training budgets for previous years.

18. Please explain the relationship between the training programme and business activities of the aid beneficiary.

19. Please specify the eligible costs foreseen for the measure

20. Please provide a detailed calculation of the eligible costs of the notified measure ensuring that the eligible costs are limited to the part of extra costs necessary to achieve an increase of quality or quantity of training activities.

21. Please provide evidence that the aid is limited to the minimum, i.e. to the part of the extra costs of the training that the company cannot recover by benefiting directly from the skills acquired by its employees during the training.

22. Please specify the aid intensity applicable to the notified measure.

23. Is the general training under the notified measure given to disabled or disadvantaged workers?

24. Nature of the beneficiary:

25. Please specify the aid intensity applicable to the notified measure.

26. Is the specific training under the notified measure given to disabled or disadvantaged workers?

27. Nature of the beneficiary

28. Please specify whether the beneficiary received training aid in the past and provide details on the previous aid (dates, amount of aid, and duration of training projects).

29. Please specify the annual training costs of the beneficiary (total training budget for the last three years, proportion of training costs in relation to total costs) and explain how the aid affects the beneficiary’s costs (e.g. percentage of annual training costs and total costs covered by the aid, etc.).

30. Please specify the relevant product and geographic markets on which the beneficiary is active and on which the aid is likely to have an impact.

31. For each of these markets please provide:

32. Please describe the structure and competitive situation on the relevant markets and provide supporting documents (e.g. barriers to entry and exit, product differentiation, character of the competition between market participants, etc.).

33. Please describe the features of the sector where the beneficiary is active (e.g. importance of the trained workforce for the business, existence of overcapacity, financing strategies of training for competitors, etc.).

34. If relevant, please provide information on the effects on trade (shift of trade flows).

35. Is the aid granted under the notified measure combined with other aid?

If yes, please describe the rules on cumulating aid applicable to the notified aid measure:

36. Please indicate here any other information you consider relevant to the assessment of the measure(s) in concerned.

1. Please provide a brief description of the notified measure specifying objective of the aid, aid instrument, beneficiaries, categories of workers concerned, aid amount, payment schedule, duration, aid intensity, and eligible costs.

2. Does the measure apply to the production and/or processing and/or marketing of the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty?

3. Does the measure apply to the production, processing and/or marketing of the fisheries and/or aquaculture products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty?

4. Please provide details on the beneficiary including identity, group of which the beneficiary is a member, turnover, number of employees and business activities.

5. Does the notified measure relate to:

6. If applicable, please indicate the exchange rate which has been used for the purposes of the notification.

7. Please number all documents provided by the Member States as annexes to the notification form and indicate the document numbers in the relevant parts of this supplementary information sheet.

8. Please give a detailed description of the objectives of common interest pursued by the notified measure.

Equity objective of common interest ( 18 )

9. Please demonstrate that the notified measure will lead to a net increase of employment of the targeted disabled and disadvantaged workers and quantify the increase.

10. The following elements may be used for the purposes to demonstrate that the notified measure contributes to an equity objective of common interest. Please specify those relevant for the notified measure, and provide supporting documents:

11. Please explain to what extent the notified measure represents an appropriate instrument to increase the employment of disadvantaged and/or disabled workers and provide the supporting documents.

12. Has/have the supported project(s) started prior to the submission of the application for the aid by the beneficiary/beneficiaries to the national authorities?

If yes, the Commission considers that the aid does not present an incentive for the beneficiary to increase a net employment of disabled or disadvantaged workers.

13. If no, specify the relevant dates:

The employment commenced on:

The aid application by the beneficiary was submitted to the national authorities on:

Please provide the relevant supporting documents.

14. Does the recruitment lead to an increase, by comparison to a situation without aid, of number of disadvantaged or disabled workers in the undertaking(s) concerned?

15. If not, have the post or posts fallen vacant following voluntary departure, disability, retirement on grounds of age, voluntary reduction of working time or lawful dismissal for misconduct and not as a result of redundancy?

16. Please describe any existing or past wage subsidies in the undertaking concerned: categories and number of workers subject to subsidies.

17. Which are the eligible costs foreseen under the notified measure?

18. Please provide a detailed calculation of the eligible costs and the period covered ( 22 ) by the notified measure ensuring that the eligible costs are limited to the costs necessary to achieve a net increase of employment of the targeted categories of disadvantaged or disabled workers.

19. Please provide evidence that the aid is limited to the minimum, i.e. the aid amount does not exceed the net additional costs of employing the targeted categories of disadvantaged or disabled workers compared to the costs of employing workers who are not disadvantaged/disabled.

20. Please specify the aid intensity applicable to the notified measure.

21. Please specify the aid intensity applicable to the notified measure.

22. Please provide information on the aid amount, payment schedule and aid instrument.

23. Please specify whether the beneficiary received aid for disadvantaged or disabled workers in the past and provide details on the previous aid measures (dates, amount of aid, categories and number of workers concerned, and duration of wage subsidies).

24. Please specify the employment costs of the beneficiary (total employment costs, employment costs of targeted disabled and disadvantaged workers, proportion of employment costs in relation to total costs) and explain how the aid effects the beneficiary’s costs (e.g. percentage of employment costs and total costs covered by the aid).

25. Please specify the relevant product and geographic markets on which the beneficiary is active and the aid is likely to have an impact.

26. For each of these markets please provide:

27. Please describe the structure and competitive situation on the relevant markets and provide supporting documents (e.g. barriers to entry and exit, product differentiation, character of the competition between market participants, etc.).

28. Please describe the features of the sector where the beneficiary is present (e.g. importance of the labour costs for the sector, existence of overcapacity, etc.).

29. Please describe the situation on the national/regional labour market (e.g. unemployment and employment rates, wage levels, labour law, etc.).

30. If relevant, please provide information on the effects on trade (shift of trade flows).

31. Is the aid granted under the notified measure combined with other aid?

32. If yes, please describe the rules on cumulating aid applicable to the notified aid measure:

33. Please indicate here any other information you consider relevant to the assessment of the measure(s) in concerned.

(A) Please specify the type of aid and fill in the appropriate subsections of Section 3 (Compatibility of aid under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty) of this supplementary information sheet:

Furthermore, please fill in: Section 4 (Incentive effect and necessity of aid), Section 7 (Criteria triggering a detailed assessment), Section 8 (Additional information for detailed assessment) ( 25 ), and Section 10 (Reporting and monitoring).

(B) Please explain the main characteristics (objective, likely effects of the aid, aid instrument, aid intensity, beneficiaries, budget etc.) of the notified measure.

(C) Can the aid be combined with other aid?

If yes, fill in Section 9 (Cumulation) of this supplementary information sheet.

(D) Is the aid granted in order to promote the execution of an important project of common European interest?

If yes, please fill in Section 5 (Compatibility of aid under Article 87(3)(b) of the EC Treaty) of this supplementary information sheet.

(E) In case the notified individual aid is based on an approved scheme, please provide details concerning that scheme (case number, title of the scheme, date of Commission approval):

(F) Please confirm that if the aid/bonus for small enterprises is granted, the beneficiaries comply with the definition for small enterprises as defined by the Community legislation:

(G) Please confirm that if the aid/bonus for medium enterprises is granted, the beneficiaries comply with the definition for medium enterprises as defined by the Community legislation:

(H) If applicable, please indicate the exchange rate which has been used for the purposes of the notification:

(I) Please number all documents provided by the Member States as annexes to the notification form and indicate the document numbers in the relevant parts of this supplementary information sheet.

(A) In the light of the objectives of common interest addressed by the Environmental aid guidelines (Section 1.2) please indicate the environmental objectives pursued by the notified measure. Please give a detailed description of each distinct type of aid to be granted under the notified measure:

(B) If the notified measure has already been applied in the past please indicate its results in terms of environmental protection (please indicate the relevant case number and date of Commission approval and, if possible, attach national evaluation reports on the measure):

(C) If the measure is new, please indicate the expected results and the period over which they will be achieved:

(A) Please specify if the aid is granted for:

(B) Please provide details, including, where applicable, information on the relevant Community standards:

(C) If the aid is granted for reaching the national standard exceeding the Community standards, please indicate the applicable national standards and attach a copy:

(A) What is the maximum aid intensity applicable to the notified measure ( 28 )?

(B) Is the aid granted in a genuinely competitive bidding process ( 29 )?

If yes, please provide details of the competitive process and attach a copy of the tender notice or its draft:

(C) Bonuses:

Do the supported projects benefit from a bonus?

If yes, please specify below.

If yes, please specify the level of bonus applicable ( 30 ):

If yes, please describe how the following conditions are fulfilled:

Please provide details demonstrating the compliance with the abovementioned conditions:

Specify the level of bonus applicable ( 32 ):

(D) In case of an aid scheme, specify the total aid intensity of the projects supported under the notified scheme (taking into account the bonuses) (%):

(A) Please confirm that the eligible costs are limited to the extra investment costs necessary to achieve a higher level of environmental protection than required by the Community standards:

(B) Please further confirm that:

(C) What form do the eligible costs take?

(D) In case of investments in tangible assets please indicate the form(s) of investments concerned:

(E) In case of investments in intangible assets (technology transfer through the acquisition of operating licenses or of patented and non-patented know how) please confirm that any such intangible asset satisfies the following conditions:

Furthermore, please confirm that if the intangible asset is sold during those five years:

(F) In case of investments aiming at obtaining a level of environmental protection higher than Community standards, please confirm the relevant statements:

(G) For aid schemes, please provide a detailed calculation methodology, by reference to the counterfactual situation, which will be applied to all individual aid grants based on the notified scheme, and provide the relevant evidence:

For individual aid measures, please provide a detailed calculation of the eligible costs of the notified investment project, by reference to the counterfactual situation, and provide relevant evidence:

(A) Please confirm that new transport vehicles for road, railway, inland waterway and maritime transport complying with adopted Community standards have been acquired before their entry into force and that the Community standards, once mandatory, do not apply retroactively to already purchased vehicles.

Please provide details:

(B) For retrofitting operations with an environmental protection objective in the transport sector, please confirm that:

(A) Please confirm that the investment is implemented and finalised at least one year before the entry into force of the standard.

If yes, in the case of aid schemes, please provide details on how compliance with this condition is ensured:

If yes, in the case of individual aid please provide details and relevant evidence:

(B) Please provide details of the relevant Community standards, including the dates relevant for ensuring compliance with condition (A):

— for small enterprises ( 39 ): ;

— for medium-sized enterprises ( 40 ):

— for large enterprises ( 41 ):

(A) Please confirm that the eligible costs are limited to the extra investment costs necessary to achieve the level of environmental protection required by the Community standard compared to the existing level of environmental protection required prior to the entry into force of this standard:

(B) Please further confirm that:

(C) What form do the eligible costs take?

(D) In case of investments in tangible assets please indicate the form(s) of investments concerned:

(E) In case of investments in intangible assets (technology transfer through the acquisition of operating licenses or of patented and non-patented know how) please confirm that any such intangible asset satisfies the following conditions:

Furthermore, please confirm that if the intangible asset is sold during those five years:

(F) For aid schemes, please provide a detailed calculation methodology, by reference to the counterfactual situation, which will be applied to all individual aid grants based on the notified scheme, and provide the relevant evidence:

For individual aid measures, please provide a detailed calculation of the eligible costs of the notified investment project, by reference to the counterfactual situation, and provide relevant evidence:

(A) Please confirm if the aid is granted for studies directly linked to investments for the purposes of achieving standards which go beyond Community standards, or increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Community standards.

If yes, please specify which of the following purposes the investment serves:

(B) Please provide details, including, where applicable, the information on the relevant Community standards:

(C) If the aid is granted for studies directly linked to investments aiming at reaching national standards which go beyond Community standards, please indicate the applicable national standards and attach a copy:

(D) Please describe the types of studies that will be supported:

(A) Please confirm if the aid is granted for studies directly linked to investments for the purposes of producing renewable energy.

If yes, please provide evidence on how the purpose of the relevant investment complies with the definition of production from renewable energy sources, as laid down in point 70(5) and (9) of the Environmental aid guidelines:

(B) Please specify the type(s) of renewable energy sources which are intended to be supported under the investment linked to the environmental study and provide details:

(A) What is the maximum aid intensity applicable to the notified measure ( 45 )?

(B) Is an SME bonus applied under the notified measure?

If yes please specify the level of bonus applicable ( 46 ):

(A) Please confirm that the notified measure complies with the definition of energy savings in point 70(2) of the Environmental aid guidelines.

(B) Please specify the type(s) of the supported measures leading to energy saving, as well as the level of energy saving to be attained, and provide details:

(A) What is the basic aid intensity applicable to the notified measure ( 48 ):

(B) Bonuses:

If yes, please specify the level of bonus applicable ( 49 ):

(C) Is the aid granted in a genuinely competitive bidding process ( 50 )?

If yes, please provide details regarding the competitive process and attach a copy of the tender notice or its draft:

(D) In case of an aid scheme, specify the total aid intensity of the projects supported under the notified scheme (taking into account the bonuses) (%):

(A) As regards the calculation of the eligible costs, please confirm that the eligible costs are limited to the extra investment costs necessary to achieve energy savings beyond the level required by the Community standards:

(B) Please further clarify whether:

(C) In the case of investment aid for achieving a level of energy saving higher than Community standards, please confirm which one of the following statements is applicable:

(D) What form do the eligible costs take?

(E) In the case of investments in tangible assets please indicate the form(s) of investments concerned:

(F) In the case of investments in intangible assets (technology transfer through the acquisition of operating licenses or of patented and non-patented know how) please confirm that any such intangible asset satisfies the following conditions:

Furthermore, please confirm that if the intangible asset is sold during those five years:

(G) For aid schemes, please provide a detailed calculation methodology, by reference to the counterfactual situation ( 56 ), which will be applied to all individual aid grants based on the notified scheme, and provide the relevant evidence:

If the notification concerns an individual aid measure, please provide a detailed calculation of the eligible costs of the notified investment project, by reference to the counterfactual situation, and provide relevant evidence:

(A) Please provide information/calculations demonstrating that the aid is limited to compensating for net extra production costs resulting from the investment taking account of benefits resulting from energy saving ( 57 ):

(B) What is the duration of the operating aid measure ( 58 )?

(C) Is the aid degressive?

What is the aid intensity of the:

(A) Please confirm that the aid is granted exclusively for the promotion of renewable energy sources as defined by the Environmental aid guidelines ( 62 ).

(B) In the case of biofuel promotion, please confirm that the aid is granted exclusively for the promotion of sustainable biofuels within the meaning of those guidelines.

(C) Please specify the type(s) of renewable energy sources ( 63 ) supported under the notified measure and provide details:

(A) What is the basic aid intensity applicable to each renewable energy source supported by the notified measure ( 64 ):

(B) Is an SME bonus applied under the notified measure?

If yes, please specify the level of bonus applicable ( 65 ):

(C) Is the aid granted in a genuinely competitive bidding process ( 66 )?

If yes, please provide details of the competitive process and attach a copy of the tender notice or its draft:

(D) In the case of an aid scheme, specify the total aid intensity of the projects supported under the notified scheme (taking into account the bonuses) (%):

(A) Please confirm that the eligible costs are limited to the extra investment costs borne by the beneficiary compared with a conventional power plant or with a conventional heating system with the same capacity in terms of the effective production of energy;

(B) Please further confirm that:

(C) What form do the eligible costs take?

(D) In the case of investments in tangible assets, please indicate the form(s) of investments concerned:

(E) In the case of investments in intangible assets (technology transfer through the acquisition of operating licenses or of patented and non-patented know how) please confirm that any such intangible asset satisfies the following conditions:

Furthermore, please confirm that if the intangible asset is sold during those five years:

(F) For aid schemes, please provide a detailed calculation methodology, by reference to the counterfactual situation, which will be applied to all individual aid grants based on the notified scheme, and provide the relevant evidence:

For individual aid measures, please provide a detailed calculation of the eligible costs of the notified investment project, by reference to the counterfactual situation, and provide relevant evidence:

(A) Please provide for the duration of the notified measure the following information demonstrating that the operating aid is granted in order to cover the difference between the cost of producing energy from renewable sources and the market price of the form of energy concerned:

(B) Please demonstrate that the aid will be granted only until the plant has been fully depreciated according to normal accounting rules ( 72 ) and provide a detailed analysis of the depreciation of each type ( 73 ) of the investments for environmental protection:

For aid schemes, please specify how the compliance with this condition will be ensured:

For individual aid, please provide a detailed analysis demonstrating that this condition is fulfilled:

(C) When determining the amount of operating aid, please demonstrate how any investment aid granted to the undertaking in question in respect of a new plant is deducted from production costs:

(D) Does the aid also cover a normal return on capital?

If yes, please provide details and the information/calculations showing the rate of the normal return and give reasons why the chosen rate is appropriate:

(E) For aid for the production of renewable energy from biomass, where the operating aid would exceed the amount of investment, please provide data/evidence (based on calculation examples for aid schemes or detailed calculation for individual aid) demonstrating that the aggregate costs borne by the undertakings after plant depreciation are still higher than the market prices of the energy:

(F) Please specify the precise support mechanisms (taking into account the requirements described above) and, in particular, the methods of calculating the amount of aid:

Furthermore, please confirm that the calculation methodology described above will be applied to all individual aid grants based on the notified aid scheme:

(G) What is the duration of the notified measure?

It is the practice of the Commission to limit its authorisation to 10 years. If yes, could you please undertake to re-notify the measure within a period of 10 years?

(A) Please provide a detailed description of the green certificate or tender system (including, inter alia, the information on the level of discretionary powers, the role of the administrator, the price determination mechanism, the financing mechanism, the penalty mechanism and re-distribution mechanism):

(B) What is the duration of the notified measure ( 74 )?

(C) Please provide data/calculations showing that the aid is essential to ensure the viability of the renewable energy sources:

(D) Please provide data/calculations showing that the aid does not in the aggregate result in overcompensation for renewable energy:

(E) Please provide information/calculations showing that the aid does not dissuade renewable energy producers from becoming more competitive:

(A) What is the duration of the operating aid measure ( 76 )?

(B) Please provide for the duration of the notified measure the following information demonstrating that the operating aid is granted to compensate for the difference between the cost of producing energy from renewable sources and the market price of the form of energy concerned:

(C) Is the aid degressive?

What is the aid intensity of the:

 the new cogeneration unit will overall make primary energy savings compared to separate production as defined by Directive 2004/8/EC and Commission Decision 2007/74/EC.

 the improvement of an existing cogeneration unit or conversion of an existing power generation unit into a cogeneration unit will result in primary energy savings compared to the original situation.

(A) What is the basic aid intensity applicable to the notified measure ( 81 )?

(B) Bonuses:

If yes, please specify the level of bonus applicable ( 82 ):

(C) Is the aid granted in a genuinely competitive bidding process ( 83 )?

If yes, please provide details of the competitive process and attach a copy of the tender notice or its draft:

(D) In case of an aid scheme, specify the total aid intensity of the projects supported under the notified scheme (taking into account the bonuses) (%):

(A) Please confirm that the eligible costs are limited to the extra investment costs necessary to realise a high efficiency cogeneration plant:

(B) Please further confirm that:

(C) What form do the eligible costs take?

(D) In the case of investments in tangible assets, please indicate the form(s) of investments concerned:

(E) In the case of investments in intangible assets (technology transfer through the acquisition of operating licenses or of patented and non-patented know how) please confirm that any such intangible asset satisfies the following conditions:

Furthermore, please confirm that if the intangible asset is sold during those five years:

(F) For aid schemes, please provide a detailed calculation methodology, by reference to the counterfactual situation, which will be applied to all individual aid grants based on the notified scheme, and provide the relevant evidence:

For individual aid measures, please provide a detailed calculation of the eligible costs of the notified investment project, by reference to the counterfactual situation, and provide relevant evidence:

(A) Please confirm that the existing cogeneration unit satisfies both the definition of high-efficiency cogeneration set out in point 70(11) of the Environmental aid guidelines and the requirement that there are overall primary savings compared to separate production as defined by Directive 2004/8/EC and Decision 2007/74/EC:

(B) Please confirm further that the operating aid for high efficiency cogeneration is granted exclusively to:

Please provide details and evidence that the relevant condition(s) is/are complied with:

(A) Please provide the following information demonstrating that the operating aid is granted in order to cover the difference between the cost of producing energy in cogeneration units and the market price of the form of energy concerned:

(B) Please demonstrate that the aid will be granted only until the plant has been fully depreciated according to normal accounting rules ( 90 ) and provide a detailed analysis of the depreciation of each type of the investments for environmental protection:

For aid schemes, please specify how the compliance with this condition will be ensured:

For individual aid, please provide a detailed analysis demonstrating that this condition is fulfilled:

(C) When determining the amount of operating aid, please demonstrate how any investment aid granted to the undertaking in question in respect of a new plant is deducted from production costs:

(D) Does the aid also cover a normal return on capital?

If yes, please provide details and information/calculations showing the rate of normal return and give reasons why the chosen rate is appropriate:

(E) For aid supporting biomass-based CHP units, if the operating aid would exceed the amount of investment, please provide data/evidence (based on calculation examples for aid schemes or detailed calculation for individual aid) demonstrating that the aggregate costs borne by the undertakings after plant depreciation are still higher than the market prices of the energy:

(F) Please specify the precise support mechanisms (taking into account the requirements described above) and in particular the methods of calculating the amount of aid:

(G) What is the duration of the notified measure?

It is the Commission practice to limit its decisions to 10 years. If yes, could you please undertake to re-notify the measure within a period of 10 years?

(A) Please provide a detailed description of the certificate or tender system (including , inter alia, the information on the level of discretionary powers, the role of the administrator, the price determination mechanism):

(B) What is the duration of the notified measure ( 91 )?

(C) Please provide data/calculations showing that the aid is essential to ensure the viability of the production of energy in cogeneration plants:

(D) Please provide data/calculations showing that the aid does not in the aggregate result in overcompensation for energy produced in cogeneration plants:

(E) Please provide information/calculations showing that the aid does not dissuade producers of energy in cogeneration from becoming more competitive:

(A) What is the duration of the operating aid measure ( 92 )?

(B) Please provide for the duration of the notified measure the following information demonstrating that the operating aid is granted in order to compensate for the difference between the cost of producing energy in cogeneration plants and the market price of the form of energy concerned:

(C) Is the aid degressive?

What is the aid intensity of the:

 the environmental investment aid in energy-efficient district heating installations leads to primary energy savings

and

 the beneficiary district heating installation satisfies the definition of energy efficient district heating set out in point 70(13) of the Environmental aid guidelines

and

 the combined operation of the generation of heat (as well as electricity in the case of cogeneration) and the distribution of heat will result in primary energy savings

or

 the investment is meant for the use and distribution of waste heat for district heating purposes.

(A) What is the basic aid intensity applicable to the notified measure ( 96 )?

(B) Is an SME bonus applied under the notified measure?

If yes, please specify the level of bonus applicable ( 97 ):

(C) Is the aid granted in a genuinely competitive bidding process ( 98 )?

If yes, please provide details of the competitive process and attach a copy of the tender notice or its draft:

(D) In case of an aid scheme, specify the total aid intensity of the projects supported under the notified scheme (taking into account the bonuses) (%):

(A) Please confirm that the eligible costs are limited to the extra investment costs necessary to realise an investment leading to energy-efficient district heating as compared to the reference investment:

(B) Please further confirm that:

(C) What form do the eligible costs take?

(D) In the case of investments in tangible assets, please indicate the form(s) of investments concerned:

(E) In the case of investments in intangible assets (technology transfer through the acquisition of operating licenses or of patented and non-patented know how), please confirm that any such intangible asset satisfies the following conditions:

(F) For aid schemes, please provide a detailed calculation methodology, by reference to the counterfactual situation, which will be applied to all individual aid grants based on the notified scheme, and provide the relevant evidence:

For individual aid measures, please provide a detailed calculation of the eligible costs of the notified investment project, by reference to the counterfactual situation, and provide relevant evidence:

 the aid is granted for the management of waste of other undertakings, including activities of re-utilisation, recycling and recovery, which is in accordance with the hierarchical classification of the principles of waste management ( 103 ).

 the investment is aimed at reducing pollution generated by other undertakings (polluters) and does not extend to pollution generated by the beneficiary of the aid;

 the aid does not indirectly relieve the polluters from a burden that should be borne by them under Community law, or from a burden that should be considered as a normal company cost for the polluters;

 the investment goes beyond the ‘state of the art’ ( 104 ) or uses conventional technologies in an innovative manner;

 the treated materials would otherwise be disposed of, or be treated in a less environmentally friendly manner;

 the investment does not merely increase demand for the materials to be recycled without increasing collection of those materials.

(A) What is the basic aid intensity applicable to the notified measure ( 105 )?

(B) Is the SME bonus applied under the notified measure?

If yes, please specify the level of bonus applicable ( 106 ):

(C) In case of an aid scheme, specify the total aid intensity of the projects supported under the notified scheme (taking into account the bonuses) (%):

(A) Please confirm that the eligible costs are limited to the extra investment costs necessary to realise an investment leading to waste management and borne by the beneficiary compared to the reference investment, i.e. a conventional production not involving waste management with the same capacity:

(B) Please further confirm that:

(C) What form do the eligible costs take?

(D) In the case of investments in tangible assets, please indicate the form(s) of investments concerned:

(E) In the case of investments in intangible assets (technology transfer through the acquisition of operating licenses or of patented and non-patented know how), please confirm that any such intangible asset satisfies the following conditions:

Furthermore, please confirm that if the intangible asset is sold during those five years:

(F) For aid schemes, please provide a detailed calculation methodology, by reference to the counterfactual situation, which will be applied to all individual aid grants based on the notified scheme, and provide the relevant evidence:

For individual aid measures, please provide a detailed calculation of the eligible costs of the notified investment project, by reference to the counterfactual situation, and provide relevant evidence:

 the investment aid to undertakings repairing environmental damage by remediating contaminated sites ( 111 ), leads to an improvement of environmental protection.

Please describe in detail the relevant improvement of the environmental protection, including, if applicable or available, information on the site, the type of contamination, a description of the activity that caused the contamination, and the proposed remediation procedure:

 the polluter ( 112 ) responsible for the contamination of the site can not be identified or cannot be made to bear the costs.

Please provide details and evidence demonstrating the compliance with the above mentioned condition:

(A) What is the basic aid intensity applicable to the notified measure ( 113 )?

(B) Please confirm that the total amount of aid will under no circumstances exceed the actual cost of the remediation work:

(C) Please specify the cost of the remediation work ( 114 ):

(D) Please confirm that the increase in the value of the land is deducted form the eligible costs:

Please provide details on how this is ensured:

(E) For aid schemes, please provide a calculation methodology, in line with the above mentioned principles, which will be applied to all individual aid grants based on the notified scheme and provide relevant evidence:

For individual aid measures, please provide a detailed calculation of the eligible costs of the notified investment project, complying with the above mentioned principles, and provide relevant evidence:

(A) Please confirm that:

Please provide details and evidence demonstrating compliance with the above mentioned conditions:

(B) Please confirm that the beneficiary:

Please provide details and evidence:

(A) What is the basic aid intensity applicable to the notified measure ( 118 )?

(B) Is an SME bonus applied under the notified measure?

If yes, please specify the level of bonus applicable ( 119 ):

(C) Please provide details and the relevant evidence (if applicable) on the following elements linked to the relocation aid:

(D) For aid schemes, please provide a calculation methodology (e.g. based on a theoretical example) for eligible costs/aid amount, including the benefit/cost elements mentioned in point C, which will be applied to all individual aid grants based on the notified scheme:

For individual aid measures, please provide a detailed calculation of the eligible costs/aid amount of the notified investment project, including the benefit/cost elements mentioned in point C, and provide the relevant evidence:

(A) Please describe in detail the tradable permit scheme, including, inter alia, the objectives, the granting methodology, the authorities/entities involved, the role of the State, the beneficiaries and the procedural aspects:

(B) Please explain how:

In case the allocation methodology favours certain undertakings orcertain sectors, please explain how this is justified by the environmental logic of the scheme itself or is necessary for consistency with other environmental policies:

Furthermore, please explain how:

Please provide details and evidence demonstrating compliance with the above mentioned conditions:

(C) Please confirm that the following criteria ( 121 ) are respected by the scheme:

Please provide details demonstrating how these criteria are applied:

(A) Has/have the supported project(s) started prior to the submission of the application for the aid by the beneficiary/beneficiaries to the national authorities?

If yes, the Commission considers that the aid does not present an incentive for the beneficiary ( 124 ).

(B) If no, specify the relevant dates:

Please provide the relevant supporting documents.

— non-SMEs,

— SMEs but must be assessed in accordance with the detailed assessment,

(A) Please demonstrate how the counterfactual situation is credible:

(B) Have the eligible costs been calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in points 81, 82 and 83 of the Environmental aid guidelines?

Please provide details and evidence demonstrating the methodology used:

(C) Would the investment have been sufficiently profitable without the aid?

Please provide details and evidence of the relevant profitability ( 125 ):

(A) Please provide details and evidence of the terms of implementation of the notified project, including its participants, its objectives and its effects and the means to achieve the objectives ( 127 ):

(B) Please confirm that:

Please provide details and evidence:

(C) Please provide details and evidence illustrating that the aid is necessary AND presents an incentive for the execution of the project:

(D) Please provide details and evidence demonstrating that the project involves a high level of risk:

(E) Please provide details and evidence illustrating that the project is of great importance with regard to its volume ( 131 ):

(F) Please indicate the beneficiary’s own contribution ( 132 ) to the project:

(G) Please list the Member States from which the undertakings involved in the notified project come ( 133 ).

(A) Please explain how the tax reductions or exemptions contribute indirectly to an improvement of the level of the environmental protection and motivate why the tax reductions and exemptions do not undermine the general objective pursued:

(B) For reductions of or exemptions from harmonised taxes at Community level, please confirm that:

Please refer to the relevant provision(s) and provide the relevant evidence:

(C) For reductions of or exemptions from environmental taxes which have not been harmonised or for those which have been harmonised but beneficiaries pay less than the Community minimum tax level, please confirm that the aid is granted for a maximum period of 10 years:

Furthermore, please provide the following:

 the choice of beneficiaries is based on objective and transparent criteria and the aid is granted in principle in the same way for all competitors in the same sector/relevant market if they are in a similar factual situation

and

 the environmental tax without reduction would lead to a substantial increase in production cost for each sector or category of individual beneficiaries ( 136 );

and

 without the aid the substantial increase in production costs would lead to important sales reductions if it would be passed on to customers ( 137 ).

(A) Does the scheme lay down criteria ensuring that each individual beneficiary pays a proportion of the national tax level which is broadly equivalent to the environmental performance of each individual beneficiary compared to the performance related to the best performing technique within the EEA?

Please provide details and evidence demonstrating the compliance with this condition:

(B) Are aid beneficiaries paying at least 20 % of the national tax?

If no, please demonstrate how a lower rate can be justified in view of a limited distortion of competition:

(C) Are the reductions or exemptions conditional on the conclusion of agreements between the Member State and the recipient undertakings or associations of undertakings?

If yes, please provide details and evidence illustrating that the undertakings or associations of undertakings commit themselves to achieve environmental protection objectives which have the same effect as (i) the taxation linked to environmental performance ( 138 ), or (ii) 20 % of the national tax ( 139 ) or (iii) if the Community minimum tax level is applied.:

Please further confirm that:

Specify per sector the targets and time schedule and describe the monitoring and review mechanisms (for example by whom and with what periodicity) as well as the penalty mechanism:

 for measures covered by a Block Exemption Regulation, the case was notified to the Commission pursuant to a duty to notify aid individually as prescribed in the BER;

 investment aid, where the aid amount exceeds EUR 7,5 million for one undertaking, (even if part of an approved aid scheme);

 operating aid for energy saving, where the aid amount exceeds EUR 5 million per undertaking for five years;

 operating aid for the production of renewable electricity and/or combined production of renewable heat, when the aid is granted to renewable electricity installations in sites where the resulting renewable electricity generation capacity exceeds 125 MW;

 operating aid for the production of biofuel, when the aid is granted to a biofuel production installation in sites, where the resulting production exceeds 150 000 t per year;

 operating aid for cogeneration, where aid is granted to cogeneration installation with the resulting cogeneration electricity capacity exceeding 200 MW ( 141 )

 operating aid granted to new plants producing renewable energy on the basis of a calculation of the external costs avoided ( 142 ).

 evaluations of past State aid schemes or measures;

 impact assessments made by the granting authority;

 other studies related to the environmental protection.

(A) Please identify the expected contribution of the measure to environmental protection (in quantifiable terms) and provide the supporting documents:

(B) Please identify the level of environmental protection targeted, as compared to existing Community standards and/or standards in other Member States and provide the supporting documents:

(C) In the case of the aid for adapting to national standards going beyond the Community standards, please provide the following information and (if relevant) supporting documents:

 impact assessment of the proposed measure;

 comparative analysis of other policy options considered by the Member State;

 evidence that the polluter pays principle is respected;

 others:

(A) Please provide evidence of the specific action(s) ( 149 ) that would not have been taken by the undertaking without the aid (counterfactual situation) and provide supporting documents:.

(B) At least one of the following elements must be present for the purposes of demonstration of the expected environmental effect linked to the change in behaviour. Please specify those relevant for the notified measure and provide supporting documents.

(C) The following elements may be used for the purposes of demonstration of an incentive effect. Please specify those relevant for the notified measure, and provide supporting documents ( 150 ):

(D) In the case of aid granted to undertakings adapting to a national standard or going beyond Community standards or adopted in the absence of Community standards, please provide the information and supporting documents showing that the aid beneficiary would have been affected substantially in terms of increased costs and would not have been able to bear the costs associated with the immediate implementation of national standards:

(A) Please provide an accurate calculation of the eligible costs demonstrating that they are indeed limited to the extra costs necessary to achieve the level of environmental protection:

(B) Were the beneficiaries selected in an open selection process?

Please provide details ( 152 ) and supporting documents:

(C) Please explain how it is ensured that the aid is limited to the minimum necessary and provide supporting documents:

(A) Please indicate whether the aid is likely to have impact on competition between undertakings in any product market.

Please specify the product markets on which the aid is likely to have impact ( 154 ):

(B) For each of these markets please provide some indicative market share of the beneficiary:

For each of these markets please provide some indicative market shares of the other companies present in the market. If possible, please provide the associated Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI):

(C) Please describe the structure and dynamics of the relevant markets and provide supporting documents:

(D) If relevant, please provide information on the effects on trade (shift of trade flows and location of economic activity):

(E) The following elements will be considered by the Commission when assessing the likelihood that the beneficiary may increase or maintain sales as a result of the aid. Please indicate those in relation to which supporting documents are provided ( 155 ):

 amount of the aid;

 frequency of the aid;

 duration of the aid;

 gradual decrease of the aid;

 readiness to meet future standards;

 level of the regulatory standards in relation to the environmental objectives;

 the risk of cross subsidisation;

 technological neutrality;

 competing innovation.

 type of beneficiaries.

 overcapacity in the sector targeted by the aid.

 normal behaviour in the sector targeted by the aid.

 relative importance of the aid.

 selection process.

 selectivity.

 market power of aid beneficiary and market structure

 new entry;

 product differentiation and price discrimination

 buyer power

(A) Is the aid granted under the notified measure combined with other aid ( 162 )?

(B) If yes, please describe the cumulation rules applicable to the notified aid measure:

(C) Please specify how the respect of cumulation rules will be verified under the notified aid measure:

— names of the beneficiaries;

— aid amount per beneficiary;

— aid intensity;

— description of the objective of the measure and of what type of environmental protection it is intended to promote;

— sectors of activity where the aided projects are undertaken;

— explanation of how the incentive effect has been respected.

— legislative and/or regulatory text(s) establishing the aid;

— specification of the categories of undertakings benefiting from tax reductions or exemptions;

— specification of sectors of the economy most affected by these tax exemptions/reductions.

(A) Please undertake to maintain detailed records regarding the granting of aid, with all information necessary to establish that the eligible costs and maximum allowable aid intensity have been observed.

(B) Please undertake to ensure that detailed records referred to in Section A above are maintained for 10 years from the date on which the aid was granted.

(C) Please undertake to submit the records referred to in Section A above on request of the Commission.

1.1. Does the measure apply to any of the following products which are not yet subject to a common market organisation:

2.1. Will aid under an aid scheme only be granted in respect of activities undertaken or services received after the aid scheme has been set up and declared compatible with the EC Treaty by the Commission?

If no, please refer to point 16 of the Guidelines.

2.2. If the aid scheme creates an automatic right to receive the aid, requiring no further administrative action at administrative level, may the aid itself only be granted for activities undertaken or services received after the aid scheme has been set up and declared compatible with the EC Treaty by the Commission?

If no, please refer to point 16 of the Guidelines.

2.3. If the aid scheme requires an application to be submitted to the competent authority concerned, may the aid itself only be granted for activities undertaken or services received after the following conditions have been fulfilled:

If no, please refer to point 16 of the Guidelines.

2.4. Will individual aid outside any scheme only be granted in respect to activities undertaken or services received after the criteria in point 2.3 (b) and (c) above have been satisfied?

If no, please refer to point 16 of the Guidelines.

2.5. Is the aid scheme compensatory in nature?

If yes, points A and B above do not apply.

1.1. Which of the following objectives does the investment pursue?

If the investment pursues other aims, please note that only investments pursuing one or more of the objectives listed above are eligible for support for investments in agricultural holdings.

1.2. Does the aid concern simple replacement investments?

If yes, please note that simple replacement investments are not eligible for support for investments in agricultural holdings.

1.3. Is the aid linked to investments in products which are subject to restrictions on production or limitations of Community support at the level of individual farmers, holdings or processing plants under a common organisation of the market (including direct support schemes) financed by the EAGF, which would increase production capacity beyond these restrictions or limitations?

If yes, please note that, under point 37 of the Guidelines, no aid may be granted for such investments.

3.1. Please state the maximum rate of public support, expressed as a percentage of eligible investment:

3.2. In the case of investments entailing extra costs linked to the preservation and improvement of the natural environment, improvements in the hygiene of livestock farms or the well-being of livestock, are the extra costs limited to investments either exceeding the minimum requirements currently prescribed by the Community or complying with newly introduced minimum standards? Are they strictly limited to eligible extra costs in connection with these objectives without resulting in an increased production capacity?

3.3. In the case of investments made for the purposes of implementing Directive 91/676/EEC, is the envisaged aid intensity limited to necessary and eligible extra costs, and does it exclude investments leading to increased production capacity?

3.4. In the case of investments made by young farmers in order to comply with Community or national standards in force, is the aid limited to extra costs as a result of implementing these standards and have these costs been incurred within 36 months after installation?

4.1. Is the aid limited to agricultural holdings not in difficulty?

4.2. Is the aid intended for the manufacture and marketing of products which imitate or substitute for milk and milk products?

5.1. Do eligible expenses include:

5.2. Does the aid cover the purchase of second-hand machinery?

5.3. If yes, is eligibility limited to small and medium enterprises with a low technical level and limited capital?

5.4. Are any of the following excluded from the aid scheme: the purchase of production rights, animals and annual plants, or the planting of annual plants?

If no, please note that according to point 29 of the Guidelines no aid may be granted for such types of expenditure.

5.5. Is the share of purchases of land other than land for construction purposes in the eligible expenses for the planned investment limited to 10 %?

If no, please note that this 10 % ceiling is one of the eligibility criteria to be met under point 29 of the Guidelines.

6.1. Does the aid concern investments or capital works intended for the conservation of non-productive heritage features located on agricultural holdings?

6.1.1. If yes, what is the envisaged rate of aid (max. 100 %):

6.1.2. Do the eligible expenses include remuneration for the work of the farmer or his workers?

6.1.3. If yes, will this remuneration be limited to a maximum of EUR 10 000 per year?

6.1.4. If no, please give reasons for exceeding the above limit.

6.2. Does the aid concern investments or capital works intended to conserve the heritage features of productive assets on farms?

6.2.1. If yes, does the investment entail any increase in the production capacity of the farm?

6.2.2. What are the envisaged maximum aid rates for this type of investment?

7.1. Does the relocation result from expropriation?

7.2. Is the relocation justified on grounds of public interest specified in the legal basis?

Please note that the legal basis must explain the public interest served by the relocation.

7.3. Does relocation simply consist of the dismantling, removal and re-erection of existing facilities?

7.3.1. If yes, what it the intensity of the aid? (max. 100 %)

7.4. Does relocation result in the farmer benefiting from more modern equipment and facilities?

7.4.1. If yes, what is the farmer's own contribution, as a percentage of the added value of the facilities after relocation?

7.5. Does relocation result in an increase in production capacity?

7.5.1. If yes, what is the farmer's own contribution, as a percentage of the expenditure linked to the increase?

8.1. Is the notification accompanied by documentation demonstrating how the State aid measure is consistent with the relevant rural development programme(s) concerned?

If yes, please provide this documentation below or in an annex to this supplementary information sheet

If no, please note that this documentation must be provided under point 26 of the Guidelines

8.2. Is the notification accompanied by documentation showing that support is targeted on clearly defined objectives reflecting identified structural and territorial needs and structural disadvantages?

If yes, please provide this documentation below or in an annex to this supplementary information sheet

If no, please note that this documentation must be provided under point 36 of the Guidelines

1.1. Please specify under which provision of the Agricultural Guidelines this notification is meant to fall:

1.1.1.

1.1.2.

1.1.3.

1.1.4.

1.5.1. Are there beneficiaries, which are SMEs?

If yes, please refer to point 1.2. above [point IV.B.2 (a) of the Agricultural guidelines].

1.5.2. Are there beneficiaries, which are large companies (i.e. 750 employees or more and EUR 200 million turnover or more)?

If yes, please note that the aid cannot be declared compatible with the Common Market under point IV.B.2(d) of the Agricultural guidelines.

1.5.3. Are there beneficiaries, which are intermediate companies (i.e. less than 750 employees and/or less than EUR 200 million turnover)?

If yes, please refer to the relevant part of the general notification form (Annex of Commission Regulation (EC) No1627/2006) regarding the eligible expenses.

2.1. If the beneficiaries are SMEs (Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 or any provision replacing it):

Please state the maximum aid intensity for eligible investments in:

2.1.1. outermost regions: (max. 75 %)

2.1.2. smaller Aegean Islands ( 180 ): (max. 65 %)

2.1.3. regions eligible under Art. 87(3)(a): (max. 50 %)

2.1.4. other regions: (max. 40 %)

If the rate is higher than the above ceiling, please note that the measure would not be in line with Art. 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.

2.2. For aid falling under the Commission Regulation for regional investment aid or the Commission guidelines on national regional aid for 2007 to 2013 please specifiy the maximum aid intensity for:

2.2.1.  SMEs:

2.2.1.1. regarding eligible investments in regions under Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty: (max. 50 % or maximum amount determined in the regional map approved for the Member State concerned for the period 2007-2013)

2.2.1.2. regarding eligible investments in other regions eligible for regional aid: (max. 40 % or maximum amount determined in the regional map approved for the Member State concerned for the period 2007 to 2013)

2.2.2.  intermediate enterprises in the meaning of Article 28 (3) of Council Regulation No 1698/2005 ( 181 )(not SME but with less than 750 employees or less than EUR 200 million turnover):

2.2.2.1. regarding eligible investments in regions eligible under Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty: (max. 25 % or maximum amount determined in the regional map approved for the Member State concerned for the period 2007-2013)

2.2.2.2. regarding eligible investments in other regions eligible for regional aid: (max. 20 % or maximum amount determined in the regional map approved for the Member State concerned for the period 2007 to 2013)

If aid rates are higher than the above ceilings, please note that the measure would not be in line with point IV.B.2.(c)(ii) of the Agricultural Guidelines.

2.2.2.3. Do the beneficiaries fulfil all other conditions of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC ( 182 )?

If no, the measure would not be in line with point IV.B.2.(c)(ii) of the Agricultural Guidelines.

2.2.3. Are there beneficiaries that are larger than the intermediate enterprises mentioned under point 2.2.2. (i.e. large enterprises)?

If yes, is the maximum aid intensity equal to or below the maximum amount determined in the regional aid map approved for the Member State concerned for the period 2007 to 2013?

If no, the aid cannot be declared compatible under point IV.B.2.(c) of the Agricultural Guidelines. If yes, please mention the maximum aid intensity in the aforementioned regional aid map. The relevant maximum aid intensity in the corresponding regional aid map is %.

2.3. For investment aid in favour of intermediate companies in regions not eligible for regional aid:

2.3.1. please specify the maximum aid intensity: (max. 20 %)

If aid rates are higher than the above ceilings, please note that the measure would not be in line with point IV.B.2.(d) of the Agricultural Guidelines.

2.3.2. Do the beneficiaries fulfil all other conditions of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC?

If no, the measure would not be in line with point IV.B.2.(d) of the Agricultural Guidelines.

3.1. Does the aid concern the manufacture and marketing of products which imitate or substitute milk and milk products?

If you have answered yes, please note that the measure would not be in line with point IV.B. of the Agricultural Guidelines.

3.2. Regarding intermediate or large companies, does the aid concern the purchase of second-hand equipment?

If you have answered yes, please note that the measure would not be in line with point IV.B. of the Agricultural Guidelines.

3.3. For aid for investments in regions not eligible for regional aid:

Can you confirm that the eligibles expenses for investments correspond fully to the eligible expenses listed in the Commission guidelines on national regional aid for 2007 to 2013?

If no:

If not, the measure would not be in line with point IV.B.2.(d) of the Agricultural Guidelines

3.4. Could the aid support investments for which a common market organisation, including direct support schemes, financed by the EAGF places restrictions on production or limitations on Community support at the level of individual farmers, holdings or processing plants which would increase production beyond those restrictions or limitations?

If yes, please note that point 47 of the agricultural guidelines does not allow aid for these investments.

4.1. Is the notification accompanied by documentation showing that that support is targeted on clearly defined objectives reflecting identified structural and territorial needs and structural disadvantages?

If yes, please provide that documentation hereunder or in an annex to this supplementary information sheet

If not, please note that this documentation is requested in conformity with point 46 of the agricultural guidelines.

4.2. Is the notification accompanied by documentation demonstrating that the State aid measure fits into and is coherent with the relevant rural development programme(s) concerned?

If yes, please provide that documentation hereunder or in an annex to this supplementary information sheet

If no, please note that this documentation must be provided under point 26 of the Guidelines.

— Does the measure concern compensation to farmers who voluntarily give agri-environmental commitments (Article 39(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005?

— If yes, please refer to the part of this Supplementary Information Sheet (SIS) relating to ‘aid for agri-environmental commitments’.

— Does the measure concern compensation to farmers who voluntarily enter into animal welfare commitments (Article 40(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005?

— If yes, please refer to the part of this SIS relating to ‘aid for animal welfare commitments’

— Does the aid only concern environmental investments (point 62 of the guidelines)?

— If yes, please refer to SIS relating to ‘Investment aids in the agricultural sector’

— Does the environmental aid pursue other objectives such as training and advisory services to help agricultural producers (point IV.K of the guidelines)?

— If yes, please refer to SIS relating to point IV.K of the guidelines.

— Others?

— Please provide a complete description of the measure(s) …

— Is documentation demonstrating that the State aid fits into and is coherent with the relevant Rural Development plan attached to the notification?

—  If yes, please provide that documentation hereunder or in an annex to this supplementary information sheet

— 

—  If no, please note that this documentation is requested in conformity with point 26 of the agricultural guidelines.

2.1. Will the aid be granted to farmers and/or other land managers (Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005) who give agri-environmental commitments for a period of between five and seven years?

2.2. Will a shorter or a longer period be necessary for all or particular types of commitments?

In the affirmative please provide the reasons justifying that period

2.3. Please confirm that no aid will be granted to compensate for agri-environmental commitments that do not go beyond the relevant mandatory standards established pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 of, and Annexes III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 ( 185 ) as well as minimum requirements for fertiliser and plant protection product use and other relevant mandatory requirements established by national legislation and identified in the rural development programme.

If no, please note that Article 39(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 does not allow for aid for agri-environmental commitments that do not involve more than the application of these standards and requirements.

2.4. Please describe what the abovementioned standards and requirements are and explain how the agri-environmental commitments involve more than their application.

3.1. Please specify the maximum amount of aid to be granted based on the area of the holding to which agri-environmental commitments apply:

If the maximum amounts mentioned are exceeded please justify the compatibility of the aid with the provisions of Article 39(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

3.2. Is the support measure granted annually?

If no, please provide the reasons justifying other period

3.3. Is the amount of annual support calculated on the basis of:

Explain the calculation method used in fixing the amount of support and specify the income foregone, additional costs and possible transaction costs:

3.4. Is the reference level for calculating income foregone and additional cost resulting from the commitments given, the standards and requirements as mentioned above under point 2.3?