22.4.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 93/17

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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

2009/C 93/05

Aid No: XA 432/08

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Title of aid scheme: Landwirtschaft — Nachhaltigkeit

Legal basis: Gesetz über die Landeskreditbank Baden–Württemberg – Förderbank vom 11.11.1998 (Gesetz für Baden-Württemberg (GBl.) vom 18.11.1998, S. 581), zuletzt geändert durch Gesetz vom 11.12.2007 (GBl. vom 14.12.2007, S. 581) in Verbindung mit dem Programmmerkblatt Landwirtschaft — Nachhaltigkeit

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Low-interest loans are to be granted. The expected aid value of the loans is € 500 000. This assistance contribution is being provided by the Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank; the L-Bank is not providing its own assistance contribution.

Maximum aid intensity: At most 20 % of eligible costs. The maximum aid amount granted to an individual enterprise must not exceed EUR 400 000 in any period of three marketing years. In the case of cumulation with other public funding in relation to the same eligible costs, the threshold values stated in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are to be complied with.

Date of implementation: In accordance with the time limit under Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, but not before 2 January 2009.

Duration of scheme: Until 30 June 2014.

Objective of aid: To assist SMEs active in the primary production of agricultural products in accordance with Annex I to the EC Treaty (except fisheries and aquaculture) by supporting investment in primary agricultural production. Investment to preserve and improve the natural environment, or to improve hygiene conditions or animal welfare standards. Investment to improve production quality (Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006). Eligible costs comprise (a) the construction, acquisition or modernisation of immovable property; (b) the purchase or lease-purchase of machinery and equipment, including computer software, up to the market value of the asset; or (c) general costs linked to expenditure under points (a) and (b), such as architects, engineers and consultation fees, feasibility studies. It is guaranteed that the aid will not be granted in contravention of any prohibitions or restrictions laid down in Council Regulations establishing common organisations of the market, even where such prohibitions and restrictions refer only to Community support.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture, viticulture, horticulture.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg — Förderbank

Postfach 10 29 43

70025 Stuttgart

DEUTSCHLAND

Website: www.l-bank.de/landwirtschaft-nachhaltigkeit

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 435/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Castilla y León (provincia de Salamanca).

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Subvenciones dirigidas a las Denominaciones de Origen, Indicaciones Geográficas Protegidas, Asociaciones con Marca de Garantía, Asociaciones de Vinos de Calidad Producidos en Región Determinada de la provincia de Salamanca y a las entidades asociativas que promuevan el reconocimiento de alguna de estas figuras de calidad, anualidad 2009.

Legal basis: Proyecto de bases reguladoras de la convocatoria de subvenciones dirigidas a a las Denominaciones de Origen, Indicaciones Geográficas Protegidas, Asociaciones con Marca de Garantía, Asociaciones de Vinos de Calidad Producidos en Región Determinada de la provincia de Salamanca y a las entidades asociativas que promuevan el reconocimiento de alguna de estas figuras de calidad, anualidad 2009.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The annual expenditure planned under the scheme for 2009 is € 60 000 (sixty thousand euros).

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum amount of the grant may not exceed 50 % or, depending on the case, 70 % of the eligible expenditure or EUR 12 000 per applicant.

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration 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 2009.

Objective of aid: This grant is aimed at encouraging the production and sale of quality agricultural products from the province of Salamanca with a denomination of origin, protected geographical indication or guarantee mark or with the status of quality wines produced in a specified region.

This aid scheme falls within the scope of Articles 14 and 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.

Participation in fairs organised by the Diputación of Salamanca or agri-food fairs attended by the Diputación, carrying out studies that promote the recognition of a quality mark or the improvement of the quality of products that bear a quality mark and activities promoting food quality are considered eligible activities.

Eligible expenditure is taken to mean:

1.	registration, space and stand rental, security, conference hosts and participation fees,

2.	publications related to the activity,

3.	travelling expenses.

1.	studies aimed at the conception and recognition of a quality mark (denomination of origin, protected geographical indication, guarantee mark or quality wine produced in a specified region) for agricultural products from the province of Salamanca,

2.	other studies aimed at improving the quality of agricultural products from the province of Salamanca that already bear one of the quality marks listed in the previous point.

1.	attendance at national fairs: space and stand rental, security, conference hosts, participation fees, travelling expenses and publications related to the activity,

2.	presentation of quality products at national and provincial level: only the rental of the installations where the presentation is made, travelling expenses and publications related to the activity may be subsidised,

3.	publications such as catalogues or websites presenting information about producers from a given region or producers of a given product, provided that this information and the presentation are neutral and that all producers concerned are afforded the same opportunity to feature in them.

Sector(s) concerned: Agri-food sector

Name and address of granting authority:

Excma. Diputación Provincial de Salamanca.

C/Felipe Espino no 1

37002 Salamanca

ESPAÑA

Website: http://www.lasalina.es/areas/eh//ProyConvocatorias/2009/Denominaciones.pdf

Other information: The grant will be compatible with any other grant, aid, resources or revenue for the subsidised activity awarded by ny national or European Union authority or public or private body or international organisation. If the applicant has been awarded another grant — for the same purpose — which is incompatible with that awarded by the Diputación, Article 33 of Spanish Royal Decree 887/2006 of 21 July 2006 establishing detailed arrangements for implementing the General Law on Subsidies will apply.

However, in no case may the amount of subsidies awarded by the Diputación be such that, on its own or together with other grants, aid, revenue or resources, it exceeds the cost of the subsidised activity.

Likewise, the grant will be incompatible with any other grant, aid, resource or revenue for the subsidised activity awarded by the Diputación— either by a direct award procedure or by a competitive procedure — covering the same eligible expenditure.

Aid No: XA 439/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid award: Criteri e modalità relativi alla concessione di aiuti per l'assistenza tecnica in agricoltura

Legal basis: Articolo 4, comma 1, lettera p) della legge provinciale 14 dicembre 1998, n. 11, e successive modifiche

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 3 million

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: To provide technical assistance to the agricultural sector in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Animal and plant production in general

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ripartizione provinciale agricoltura

Via Brennero, 6

39100 Bolzano

ITALIA

Website: http://www.egov.bz.it/DownloadAttachment.aspx?id=1013721

Other information: —

Aid No: 440/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Castilla-La Mancha

Title of the aid scheme: Ayudas para la integración cooperativa sin vinculación patrimonial

Legal Basis: Convocatorias de ayudas para las cooperativas agrarias

Orden de 8/6/2000 de la Consejería de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente por la que se establecen los programas de fomento de la calidad agroalimentaria en Castilla-La Mancha (FOCAL 2000) programa 1 cooperativismo agrario

Orden de de la Consejería de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras de las ayudas para la mejora de las estructuras asociativas agrarias en Castilla-La Mancha y se convocan dichas ayudas para el año 2009.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall amount: EUR 50 000

Maximum aid intensity: 80 % of eligible expenditure:

company formation costs,

administrative staff costs,

the cost of purchasing office equipment (including computer hardware and software),

overheads, legal and administrative fees.

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registration number of the exemption request is published on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: Producer groups (Art. 9 of Reg. (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture, livestock farming, forestry and fisheries

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consejería de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural,

C/Pintor Matías Moreno, no 4,

45004 Toledo

Website: Provisionally: http://www.jccm.es/agricul/paginas/ayudas/ cooperativismo/cooperativismo.htm, but at www.jccm.es/cgi-bin/docm.php3 after publication.

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