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 31/07)

Aid No: XA 278/08

Member State: France

Region: Département de la Moselle

Title of aid scheme: Aides aux investissements pour le développement de l'utilisation des énergies renouvelables, des bioénergies est des économies d'énergies dans le secteur agricole

Legal basis: Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Articles L 1511-2 et L 1511-5 du code général des collectivités territoriales

Délibération du Conseil général de la Moselle du 15 octobre 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Maximum of EUR 270 000, according to need and depending on the budgetary means available

Maximum aid intensity: The amount of aid should not exceed the maximum aid intensities allowed, i.e. 40 % in non less-favoured regions and 50 % of eligible investment in less-favoured regions (and a further 10 % for young farmers)

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 and subject to the corresponding funds being available

Duration of scheme: three years from the date of acknowledgement of receipt by the Commission (subject to the corresponding funds being available)

Objective and type of aid: The aim is to replace non renewable energy sources with renewable energy and bioenergy production systems to ensure the normal running of the holding while limiting the production of greenhouse gases, without selling the energy produced. Investment in the areas listed below, which will help to improve quality and preserve and improve the natural environment, will be eligible:

exemplary projects with a positive impact on the environment and which contribute significantly to combating greenhouse gases (maximum aid EUR 20 000),

equipment for drying hay and grain,

heat-recovery equipment, etc.

The framework for the aid will be Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and all the rules set out therein will be complied with

Sector(s) concerned: All farms in Moselle

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.cg57.fr/front/go.do?sid=site/environnement_1076429797630/gestion_de_l_espace/agriculture

Other information: To ensure strict compliance with the limits laid down in Community regulations for each type of aid, the level of aid will, where necessary, be reduced to the amount contributed by other public financial backers.

Aid will be restricted to farmers who have not benefited from similar aid in the previous five years, with the exception of those who have paid off the balance of previous cases

Aid No: XA 280/08

Member State: France

Region: Département de la Moselle

Title of aid scheme: Développement des filières atypiques, démarches qualité, volets ‘investissements’ et ‘assistance technique’

Legal basis: Articles 4 and 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Articles L 1511-2 et L 1511-5 du code général des collectivités territoriales

Délibération du Conseil général de la Moselle du 15 octobre 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 460 000 per year, including EUR 400 000 for ‘investment’ and EUR 60 000 for ‘technical assistance’

Maximum aid intensity: Investment

The maximum grant is EUR 20 000.

Technical assistance

Maximum aid will be 80 % of expenses, up to EUR 3 000 per service

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration number for the request for exemption on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development and subject to the corresponding funds being available

Duration of scheme: Three years from the date of acknowledgement of receipt by the Commission (subject to the corresponding funds being available)

Objective and type of aid: The aim is to contribute to the conversion of certain types of agricultural production in Moselle and to the development of measures to improve quality at the level of primary production. Initiatives enabling the emergence of new lines of production that create added value on agricultural holdings, innovative projects and projects for atypical lines will be promoted. The framework for some of the measures will be Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and for others (preparatory studies) Article 15

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural holdings in Moselle

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.cg57.fr/front/go.do?sid=site/environnement_1076429797630/gestion_de_l_espace/agriculture

Other information: To ensure strict compliance with the limits laid down in Community regulations for each type of aid, the level of aid will, where necessary, be reduced to the amount contributed by other public financial backers.

Aid will be restricted to producer groups that have not benefited from similar aid in the previous five years and to those that have paid off the balance of previous cases

Aid No: XA 282/08

Member State: France

Region: Département de la Moselle

Title of aid scheme: Diagnostic-conseil pour optimiser les investissements matériels et réduire les coûts de mécanisation (assistance technique)

Legal basis: Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Article L 1511-2 et L 1511-5 du code général des collectivités territoriales

Délibération du Conseil général de la Moselle du 15 octobre 2007

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Maximum expenditure of EUR 68 000, according to need and depending on the budgetary means available

Maximum aid intensity: Maximum rate of aid is 80 %, within the following limits:

EUR 400 for consultancy diagnosis relating to equipment,

EUR 500 for consultancy diagnosis relating to the reduction of mechanisation costs

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration number for the request for exemption on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development and subject to the corresponding funds being available

Duration of scheme: Three years from the date of acknowledgement of receipt by the Commission (subject to the corresponding funds being available)

Objective and type of aid: The aim is to help farmers, through consultancy diagnoses and training, to optimise their tangible investments by making relevant choices with a greater emphasis on the protection and management of natural resources.

All of the conditions set out in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 will be complied with

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural holdings in Moselle (farmers, groups of farmers and cooperatives for the use of agricultural equipment (CUMA))

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.cg57.fr/front/go.do?sid=site/environnement_1076429797630/gestion_de_l_espace/agriculture

Other information: To ensure strict compliance with the limits laid down in Community regulations for each type of aid, the level of aid will, where necessary, be reduced to the amount contributed by other public financial backers.

Aid will be restricted to farmers who have not benefited from similar aid in the previous five years, with the exception of those who have paid off the balance of previous cases

Aid No: XA 348/08

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Provincie Fryslân

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Name of beneficiary:

S. Jelsma, Mienskerwei 2, 9262 SM Suameer, Nederland

Legal basis: Kadersubsidieverordening Inrichting Landelijk Gebied Provincie Fryslân 2007

Subsidieverordening Inrichting Landelijk Gebied Provincie Fryslân 2007, Hoofdstuk 1.3. Subsidie agrarische bedrijfsverplaatsing (blz 28).

www.fryslan.nl/pmjp (landbouw, Kadersubsidieverordening Inrichting Landelijk Gebied Provincie Fryslan 2007)

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

Maximum one-off aid: EUR 178 925

Maximum aid intensity: The subsidy is being granted in accordance with Article 6(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. As the holding is located in a less-favoured area within the meaning of Article 2(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the maximum aid intensity is 50 %.

Relocation is taking place in the public interest, namely in the context of developing the National Ecological Network (EHS) and improving agricultural structures, and will provide the farmer with more modern facilities and increase his production capacity. The total eligible costs are EUR 357 850, of which 50 % qualifies for aid. The costs are incurred as a result of increasing the capacity of the milk cooling tank, increasing the area covered by silage storage slabs and extending general-purpose business premises, and of creating more modern implement storage facilities, a more modern cubicle shed and more extensive hard-surfacing

Date of implementation: 1 November 2008, or after receiving confirmation of receipt (incl. identification number) from the Commission

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The final instalment will be paid by November 2010 at the latest

Objective of the aid: Support for small and medium-sized undertakings. Secondary objective: relocation of agricultural holdings in the public interest, namely in the context of developing the National Ecological Network (EHS) and improving agricultural structures. Use is being made of the possibility provided for in Article 6 to relocate farm buildings in the public interest, and relocation will result in more modern facilities and an increase in production capacity

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Subsector: Dairy farming

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: www.fryslan.nl/regelgevingeuropa

Username: europa

Password: regelgeving

Details of the scheme and a map of less-favoured areas can be found at: www.fryslan.nl/pmjp (landbouw, Kadersubsidieverordening Inrichting Landelijk Gebied Provincie Fryslan 2007)

Aid No: XA 407/08

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Northern Ireland

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Northern Ireland Fallen Stock Scheme

Legal basis: The scheme is non-statutory.

Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption requires Member States to ensure adequate arrangements are in place to enable animal by-products to be disposed of in accordance with the Regulation

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: 1 December 2008-31 March 2009: GBP 0,24 million.

Total: GBP 0,24 million

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity for transport costs of having carcases of fallen stock collected from holdings by an approved contractor is up to 100 % in accordance with Article 16(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The aid intensity for the disposal costs of rendering or incineration of carcases by an approved contractor is up to 75 % in accordance with Article 16(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Date of implementation: 1 December 2008 or on publication of the scheme on the Commission's website, whichever is later

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will commence on 1 December 2008 or on publication of the scheme on the Commission's website, whichever is later. The scheme will close on 31 March 2009. The last date for applications will be 31 March 2009

Objective of aid: The scheme objective is the same as that of the National Fallen Stock Scheme (United Kingdom) XA 168/07 which closes in November 2008 i.e. To provide a State-aided voluntary subscription system for collection and disposal of fallen stock in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002. However, the aid element notified in this new scheme is limited to Northern Irish SMEs active in the production of livestock for the collection and disposal of fallen stock in Northern Ireland only

Name and address of the granting authority: The statutory body responsible for the scheme is:

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Environmental Policy Branch

Room 654

Dundonald House

Upper Newtownards Road

BT4 3SB Belfast

Northern Ireland

The organisation operating the scheme is:

The National Fallen Stock Company Ltd

Stuart House

City Road

PE1 1QF Peterborough

Website: http://nfsco.co.uk/news/press-releases/northern-ireland-members/

Other information: The National Fallen Stock Scheme (United Kingdom) XA 168/07 closes in November 2008. The scheme now notified applies to SMEs in Northern Ireland only.

The Commission are also invited to note that:

the National Fallen Stock Company currently charges an annual membership fee of GBP 28 per annum to members of the National Fallen Stock Scheme (United Kingdom) XA 168/07. From 1 December 2008 they propose instead to charge members a small administration fee for the months in which they actually avail of the scheme,

that it is expected that a modified National Fallen Stock Scheme will be notified for the rest of the UK in January 2009.

Further and more detailed information relating to eligibility and rules for the scheme can be found in the web link above