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 129/05)

Aid No: XA 22/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid award: Criteri e modalità per la concessione di aiuti per la produzione di prodotti agricoli di alta qualità

Legal basis: Articolo 4, comma 1, e articolo 5 quater della legge provinciale 14 dicembre 1999, n. 10, e successive modifiche

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 2 200 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation:

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

Objective of aid: Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Raising of dairy cattle, other cattle, horses and other equine animals, sheep and goats, swine/pigs and poultry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.provincia.bz.it/agricoltura/publ/publ_getreso.asp?PRES_ID=94008

Head of Division

Martin PAZELLER

Aid No: XA 24/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid award: Criteri e modalità per la concessione di aiuti per il controllo in agricoltura biologica

Legal basis: Articolo 17 della legge provinciale 20 gennaio 2003, n. 3

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 70 000

Maximum aid intensity: 80 % of costs deemed eligible, up to EUR 3 000 a year per beneficiary

Date of implementation:

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

Objective of aid: Article 14(2)(f)

Sector(s) concerned: Perennial crops (apples and wine grapes); Livestock farming (cattle for dairy production and stock replacement)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.provincia.bz.it/agricoltura/dema/dema_getreso.asp?DRES_ID=2530

Head of Division

Martin PAZELLER

Aid No: XA 37/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid award: Criteri e modalità riguardanti gli aiuti per la lotta alle fitopatie

Legal basis: Articolo 4, comma 1, lettera n), 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 150 000

Maximum aid intensity: 70 %

Date of implementation:

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

Objective of aid: Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Growing of grapes, apples and stone fruit

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.provincia.bz.it/agricoltura/dema/dema_getreso.asp?DRES_ID=2505

Head of Division

Martin PAZELLER

Aid No: XA 52/08

Member State: Italy

Region: Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme: Assistenza tecnica e formazione

Legal basis: Articolo 59 del titolo III (Disciplina degli interventi regionali in materia di agricoltura e di sviluppo rurale. Modificazioni alle leggi regionali 16 novembre 1999, n. 36, e 28 aprile 2003, n. 18) della legge regionale 12 dicembre 2007, n. 32 «Disposizioni per la formazione del bilancio annuale e pluriennale della Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta (Legge finanziaria per gli anni 2008/2010). Modificazioni di leggi regionali.»

Planned annual expenditure under the scheme: EUR 0,1 million

Maximum aid intensity and eligible costs: Aid may be granted in the form of subsidised services, without direct payments of money, for up to 100 % of costs for the following:

Date of implementation: From the day following the date of the Commission's formal acknowledgement, bearing an identification number, of receipt of the summary

Duration of scheme: Aid may be granted under the present scheme until 31 December 2013 and for six months thereafter

Objective of aid: To ensure that agricultural undertakings receive appropriate technical assistance and training.

Reference to Community legislation: Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock (cattle, sheep and goats, poultry and rabbits, small traditional pig holdings, equines and other minor species), fruit (apples, pears, nuts, small fruit and other traditional fruit, with a particular focus on traditional forms of cultivation that are in danger of dying out), wine, fodder crops, cereals, vegetables, medicinal plants, flowers and nursery plants, bee-keeping and other animal and crop sectors deemed eligible

Name and address of the authority granting the aid:

Website: http://www.regione.vda.it/gestione/sezioni_web/allegato.asp?pk_allegato=1247

Saint-Christophe

Coordinator, Agriculture Department

Emanuele DUPONT

Aid No: XA 77/08

Member State: Republic of Cyprus

Region: All the territory controlled by the Republic of Cyprus

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Ενίσχυση για την πληρωμή ασφαλίστρων

Legal basis: Ο περί Γεωργικής Ασφάλισης (τροποποιητικός) Νόμος του 2007 και οι περί Γεωργικής Ασφάλισης (τροποποιητικοί) Κανονισμοί του 2007

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid granted to the company: Approximately CYP 2,2 million (average over the last three years)

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June 2014

Objective of aid: Promotion of insurance for the primary production of small and medium-sized enterprises

Sector(s) concerned:

Name and address of granting authority:

Website: Under construction

Other information: Large enterprises are not entitled to insurance premium subsidies

Giorgos FOTIOU

Director

Agricultural Insurance Organisation

12 December 2007