26.4.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

C 106/16

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 106/07)

Aid No: XA 295/07

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarra

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas a la creación y desarrollo de las asociaciones promotoras de denominaciones de calidad de productos agroalimentarios

Legal basis: Orden foral de la consejera de desarrollo rural y medio ambiente, por la que se establecen las normas reguladoras para la concesión de ayudas a la creación y desarrollo de las asociaciones promotoras de denominaciones de calidad de productos agroalimentarios, y se aprueba la convocatoria para el año 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 150 000

Maximum aid intensity: 70 % of the value of eligible expenditure on aid to producer associations.

70 % of the value of eligible expenditure on encouraging the production of quality agricultural products.

70 % of the value of eligible expenditure on technical support in the agricultural sector

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 November 2007to 31 December 2007

Objective of aid: 1. The primary objective of the aid is to encourage the creation and development of non-profit associations promoting quality designations for agri-food products. 2. The following secondary objectives may be highlighted: to offer the consumer added value, enhancing guarantees in terms of the quality, safety and wholesomeness of the agri-food products and respect for the environment. Article 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: aid to producer associations responsible for the supervision of protected geographical indications and designations. Eligible costs: those relating to introduction and development.

Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: eligible costs: those relating to encouraging quality agricultural products.

Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006: eligible costs: those relating to technical support required by the producer associations

Sector(s) concerned: Animal and plant-production sectors in Annex I with quality labels

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gobierno de Navarra

Departamento de Desarrollo Rural y Medio Ambiente

C/ Tudela, 20

E-31003 Pamplona

Website: http://www.cfnavarra.es/agricultura/COYUNTURA/AyudasEstado/pdfs/STNO07064%20OF.pdf

Other information:

Gobierno de Navarra

Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural y Medio Ambiente

C/ Tudela, 20

E-31003 Pamplona

Tel. (34) 848 42 29 33

E-mail: izabalzv@cfnavarra.es

Aid No: XA 297/07

Member State: Spain

Regions: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Subvenciones para fomentar la producción de productos agroalimentarios de calidad diferenciada de origen animal

Legal basis: Proyecto de Real Decreto no … /2007, de ... de ..., por el que se establecen las bases reguladoras para la concesión de las subvenciones para fomentar la producción de productos agroalimentarios de calidad diferenciada de origen animal

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 2 404 000 for 2007. In accordance with estimates for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, it is planned to increase this amount to up to EUR 5 600 000 for each financial year

Maximum aid intensity: The subsidies granted to finance the eligible activities will not exceed the ceilings in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. In other words, the total amount of subsidy granted by the public administrations may be up to 100 per cent of the cost of each of the eligible activities and may in no case exceed the budgetary amounts available. The eligible activities are:

Date of implementation: Following the publication and entry into force of the draft Royal Decree establishing the regulatory framework for the granting of subsidies to encourage the production of agri-food products which are of differentiated quality and animal origin

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013. Proposals for aid will be invited annually

Objective of aid: To encourage the production and marketing of agri-food products which are of differentiated quality and animal origin. The purpose of encouraging such programmes is to increase the range of quality agri-food products which meets consumer demand and enhances consumer confidence in the consumption of agri-food products of livestock origin.

This falls under the following letters of Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006:

Article 14(2)(a): Technical support for market research and for the conception and design of agri-food products which are of differentiated quality and animal origin,

Article 14(2)(b): Introduction of differentiated-quality production programmes,

Article 14(2)(c): Personnel training specifically relating to the differentiated-quality production programme,

Article 14(2)(d): Certification of the quality-production programmes introduced

Sector(s) concerned: The purpose of the aid is to encourage agri-food products of differentiated quality and animal origin, such as meat, milk, eggs, honey and land snails for human consumption, obtained from production animals which come from holdings participating in differentiated-quality production programmes and which have been reared in accordance therewith. Consequently, the livestock sectors affected are those for beef and veal, dairy cattle, sheep meat, milk ewes, goat meat, goat milk, pigs, horse meat, poultry meat, laying poultry, bees and snails

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación

Paseo Infanta Isabel, 1

E-28014 Madrid

Website: http://rasve.mapa.es/Publica/InformacionGeneral/Legislacion/DOCUMENTOS/LEGISLACION/RD %20AYUDAS %20PROGRAMAS %20AGROALIMENTARIOS %20DE %20CALIDAD.DOC

Other information: The subsidies will be compatible with any others which may be granted by other public administrations, national/international public bodies attached or subordinate thereto, or by other private natural or legal persons. Nonetheless, the amount of subsidy, either on its own or in competition with one or more of the other aids or subsidies which may be granted by any other administration, public body, or natural or legal person, may not exceed the aforementioned limits and may in no case exceed the limits in Article 14 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.

In any event, if the expenditure actually incurred were less than that initially budgeted, or other aid were obtained which, when cumulated, exceeded the financing percentages, the decision will be modified and the aid reduced in proportion to that granted in the relevant decision, whereby, provided there is budgetary availability, the amounts may be readjusted in line with the applications received, which will have to justify the activities

Carlos ESCRIBANO MORA

Director General for Livestock Farming

Aid No: XA 360/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Makole

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Sofinanciranje programov za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva ter podeželja v občini Makole

Legal basis: Pravilnik o sofinanciranju programov za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva ter podeželja v občini Makole

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

2007: EUR 4 000

2008: EUR 9 500

2009: EUR 12 000

2010: EUR 12 000

2011: EUR 12 000

2012: EUR 12 000

2013: EUR 12 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

—	up to 50 % of eligible costs in LFAs,

—	up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas.

Support is to be granted for investment in the modernisation of farms (restoration of farm features and purchase of equipment to be used in agricultural production), and in permanent crops, farmland improvement and pasture management.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

—	up to 100 % in the case of non-productive features,

—	up to 60 %, or up to 75 % in LFAs, in the case of investment in productive assets on farms,

—	additional aid may be granted at a rate of up to 100 % to cover the extra costs incurred by using traditional materials necessary to maintain the heritage features of buildings.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

—	the level of municipal co-financing is the difference between the level of co-financing of insurance premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of eligible costs of insurance premiums for insuring crops and fruit and for insuring livestock against disease.

4. Aid for land reparcelling:

—	up to 100 % of actual legal and administrative costs incurred.

5. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

—	up to 100 % of actual costs incurred; this is to be provided in the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money.

6. Provision of technical support:

—	up to 100 % of the costs incurred; this is to be provided in the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: November 2007 (The aid will not be allocated before the summary is published on the European Commission's website)

Duration of scheme of individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: The draft Rules on the co-financing of programmes for the preservation and development of agriculture and rural areas in the municipality of Makole includes measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following Articles 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):

Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings,

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

Article 14: Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products,

Article 15: Provision of technical support

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Makole

Makole 42

SLO-2321 Makole

Website: http://ls.lex-localis.info/UradnoGlasiloObcin/VsebinaDokumenta.aspx?SectionID=675bf220-56a8-46d2-8ac7-f3fcf248a65b

Other information: The measure for the payment of insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit includes the following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frost, hail, lightning, fire caused by lightning, storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 relating to the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Alojz GORČENKO

Mayor municipality of Makole

Aid No: XA 382/07

Member State: Ireland

Region: Entire Member State

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Hardship Grant Scheme (Bovine TB and Brucellosis)

Legal basis: Diseases of Animals Act 1966

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall amounts of aid payable under this scheme is dependent on the level of disease which, in turn, determines the numbers of reactors disclosed and holdings restricted with Bovine TB and Brucellosis. In view of this, it is not possible to predict the level of expenditure over the period 2007-2013. Accordingly, the figures given below for planned expenditure are based on current disease levels and expected expenditure in 2007:

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The Hardship Grant scheme is implemented on an on going basis as it is directly linked to the level of TB and Brucellosis disease in Ireland. This scheme will remain in place until these two diseases have been eradicated.

Objective of aid: To compensate farmers for losses arising from the disclosure and removal of animals deemed to be Tuberculosis or Brucellosis reactors. The Hardship Grant is designed to cover additional feed costs arising during restriction periods running from 1 November to 30 April.

To discourage the non-disclosure of disease.

This aid is provided in accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 — Aid in respect of animal and plant disease and pest infestations

Sector(s) concerned: Bovine animals

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department of Agriculture and Food

Maynooth Business Park

Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Ireland

Website: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/animal_health/ERAD/ERAD_comp_scheme07.doc

Aid No: XA 409/07

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Dobje

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Programi razvoja podeželja v občini Dobje 2007–2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Dobje

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

2007: EUR 11 433

2008: EUR 13 147

2009: EUR 15 120

2010: EUR 17 388

2011: EUR 19 996

2012: EUR 22 995

2013: EUR 26 445

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings:

—	the gross aid intensity must not exceed 40 % of eligible costs.

The purpose of the aid is to invest in the restoration of farm features, to purchase equipment to be used for agricultural production, to invest in permanent crops, to improve farmland and to provide private access ways on farms.

2. Aid for conservation of traditional buildings:

—	up to 60 % of actual costs for investment in productive and non-productive heritage features, provided that the investment does not entail any increase in production capacity.

3. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

—	the difference between the amount of co-financing of insurance premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of eligible costs of insurance premiums for insuring crops and fruit and for insuring livestock against disease.

4. Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector:

—

up to 100 % of costs concerning education and training of farmers, consultancy services, the organisation of forums, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, publications, catalogues and websites, and the dissemination of scientific knowledge. The aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: November 2007 (The aid will not be granted until a summary has been published on the European Commission's website)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of the aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: Chapter III of the draft Rules on granting State aid in the municipality of Dobje includes measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following Articles 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):

Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings,

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Dobje

Dobje pri Planini 26

SLO-3224 Dobje pri Planini

Website: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/ulonline.jsp?urlid=200795&dhid=92096

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 concerning the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Franc SALOBIR

Mayor