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Document 52008XC0702(03)

    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 EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

    OJ C 167, 2.7.2008, p. 10–12 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    2.7.2008   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 167/10


    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 EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

    (2008/C 167/04)

    Aid No: XA 111/08

    Member State: Italy

    Region: Provincia autonoma di Trento

    Title of aid scheme: Realizzazione manifestazioni zootecniche

    Legal basis: L.P. 4 del 28 marzo 2003«Sostegno dell'economia agricola, disciplina dell'agricoltura biologica e della contrassegnazione di prodotti geneticamente non modificati» articolo 43, lettera b).

    Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale di Trento n. 214 del 1o febbraio 2008 criteri attuativi dell'articolo 43, lettera b), della L.P.4/2003

    Planned annual expenditure under the scheme: The annual amount committed totals EUR 150 000

    Maximum aid intensity: The provincial contribution will be 100 % of the eligible expenditure

    Date of implementation: The scheme will be implemented once the aid has been declared compatible with the Treaty by the Commission

    Duration of scheme: Aid will be granted until 31.12.2013 at the latest

    Objective of aid: To promote and support the activity and image of livestock farmers through local, provincial, national and international exhibitions to promote the various species and breeds farmed. Other types of assemblies are area meetings and evaluation meetings. Events that are commercial in nature are excluded from this initiative.

    Article 15(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) 1857/2006 provides the legal basis for the application of this aid scheme.

    The following expenditure is eligible:

    staff costs, the cost of employing external expertise and services and setting up the events funded by this initiative and any costs incurred preparing the programme of events,

    organisational costs for the event equal to 15 % of the costs specified under point (a).

    The organisational costs allowed for livestock exhibitions refer to the overall costs of the Provincial Stockbreeders Federation, not broken down into individual cost centres and exclude expenditure for: income tax, depreciation relative to shares in goods financed with public funds, provisions, tax amnesties and redemptions, payments to charities and donations, losses, representation expenses and any revenue to cover eligible cost items

    Sector(s) concerned: The livestock sector

    Name and address of the granting authority:

    Provincia autonoma di Trento

    Dipartimento agricoltura e alimentazione

    Servizio vigilanza e promozione delle attività agricole

    Via G.B. Trener, 3

    I-38100 Trento

    Website: http://www.delibere.provincia.tn.it/scripts/gethtmlDeli.asp?Item=0&Type=FulView

    Aid No: XA 116/08

    Member State: Italy

    Title of aid scheme: Decreto del direttore generale dello sviluppo rurale del Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali prot. 2063 del 13 febbraio 2008 recante «Concessione di borse di studio per la frequenza di master universitari da parte di giovani imprenditori agricoli»

    Legal Basis: Legge 15 dicembre 1998, n. 441, recante «Norme per la diffusione e la valorizzazione dell'imprenditoria in agricoltura».

    Legge 27 dicembre 2006, n. 296 (legge finanziaria 2007), articolo 1, comma 1068 e comma 1074

    Annual expenditure planned: EUR 500 000

    Maximum aid intensity: The aid paid will be in accordance with the maximum intensity provided for in Article 15(2) 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 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3)

    Date of implementation: The scheme will enter into force on the date of the publication of the registration number of the exemption request on the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

    Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Five years

    Objective of aid: To provide study grants to enable young farmers, including family workers as defined in Article 230a of the Civil Code, to attend university masters courses pursuant to Article 15(2)(a) 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 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3)

    Sector concerned: Young farmers

    Name and address of the granting authority:

    Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali

    Dipartimento delle Politiche di sviluppo — Direzione generale dello sviluppo rurale

    Via XX Settembre n. 20

    I-00187 Roma

    Website: http://www.politicheagricole.it/SviluppoRurale/AiutiStato/DisposizioniNazionali/05-20080213_BandoC_2063_SR_OIGA.htm

    Il Direttore generale

    Salvatore PETROLI

    Aid No: XA 117/08

    Member State: Italy

    Title of aid scheme: Decreto del direttore generale dello sviluppo rurale del Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali prot. 2066 del 13 febbraio 2008 recante «Concessione di contributi a copertura delle spese sostenute da giovani imprenditori agricoli per i servizi di sostituzione»

    Legal basis: Legge 15 dicembre 1998, n. 441, recante «Norme per la diffusione e la valorizzazione dell'imprenditoria in agricoltura»

    Legge 27 dicembre 2006, n. 296 (legge finanziaria 2007), articolo 1, comma 1068 e comma 1074

    Annual expenditure planned: EUR 4 000 000

    Maximum aid intensity: This aid will be calculated in compliance with the maximum intensity provided for by Article 15(3) 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 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3)

    Date of implementation: The scheme will enter into force from the date of publication of the registration number of the exemption request on the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

    Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Five years

    Objective of aid: To grant aid to cover the actual costs of providing farmers with replacement services in the event of their participation in training courses or in case of illness, within the meaning of Article 15(2)(a)(iii) and (b) 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 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3)

    Sector concerned: Young farmers

    Name and address of the granting authority:

    Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali

    Dipartimento delle politiche di sviluppo — Direzione Generale dello sviluppo rurale

    Via XX Settembre n. 20

    I-00187 Roma

    Website: http://www.politicheagricole.it/SviluppoRurale/AiutiStato/DisposizioniNazionali/08-20080213_BandoC_2066_SR_OIGA.htm

    Il Direttore generale

    Salvatore PETROLI

    Aid No: XA 119/08

    Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

    Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen

    Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Gewährung von Beihilfen und finanziellen Unterstützungen der Tierseuchenkasse Nordrhein-Westfalen

    Legal basis: §§ 66 ff. Tierseuchengesetz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (analog)

    §§ 11 ff. Ausführungsgesetz zum Tierseuchengesetz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

    §§ 2, 2a Durchführungsverordnung zum Tierseuchengesetz und Ausführungsgesetz zum Tierseuchengesetz

    Beihilferichtlinien der Tierseuchenkasse Nordrhein-Westfalen

    Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Aid totalling approximately EUR 6 million per year

    Maximum aid intensity: 100 %. The aid granted under indents 2 and 3 is to be paid in kind

    Date of implementation:

    Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December 2013

    Objective of aid: Aid to combat animal diseases under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006:

    aid to compensate for livestock losses resulting from infectious diseases and their treatment,

    aid for measures to prevent, detect and combat animal diseases,

    aid in the form of payment of the costs of laboratory tests to detect animal diseases

    Sector(s) concerned: All holdings in North Rhine-Westphalia with horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, bees or farmed game

    Name and address of the granting authority:

    Landwirtschaftskammer Nordrhein-Westfalen–Tierseuchenkasse

    Nevinghoff 6

    D-48147 Münster

    Website: http://www.landwirtschaftskammer.de/fachangebot/tierseuchenkasse/leistungen/beihilfen/index.htm

    Other information: E-mail address of the North Rhine-Westphalia Animal Diseases Fund:

    tierseuchenkasse@lwk.nrw.de

    Annette VOM SCHLOSS

    Geschäftsführerin

    Tierseuchenkasse Nordrhein-Westfalen


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