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 75/07)

Aid No: XA 271/08

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Freistaat Sachsen

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Gemeinsames Umsetzungsdokument zum Programm Ziel 3/Cíl 3 zur Förderung der grenzübergreifenden Zusammenarbeit 2007-2013 zwischen dem Freistaat Sachsen und der Tschechischen Republik im Rahmen des Ziels ‘Europäische territoriale Zusammenarbeit’

Legal basis: Beihilfen werden nach Maßgabe

des gemeinsamen Programmdokuments (Operationelles Programm CCI-Code: 2007CB163PO017),

des Gemeinsamen Umsetzungsdokumentes und

der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1857/2006 der Kommission vom 15. Dezember 2006 über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf staatliche Beihilfen an kleine und mittlere in der Erzeugung von landwirtschaftlichen Erzeugnissen tätige Unternehmen und zur Änderung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001,

in der jeweils geltenden Fassung, gewährt.

Die Förderung wird darüber hinaus nach Maßgabe der §§ 23 und 44 der Haushaltsordnung für den Freistaat Sachsen (Sächsische Haushaltsordnung — SäHO, SächsGVBl. 2001, S. 154) sowie der hierzu ergangenen Verwaltungsvorschriften des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums der Finanzen, in der jeweils geltenden Fassung, mit den im Umsetzungsdokument normierten abweichenden bzw. besonderen Regelungen gewährt

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1 million per annum

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Date of implementation: After publication of the summary information by the Commission

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: The specific objectives of the aid are the following:

shaping and implementing cross-border economic and environmental activities in the Saxony-Czech assisted area by developing common strategies for sustainable territorial development,

sustainably increasing in the competitiveness of the region within Europe,

realising, in a targeted manner, the development potential of the assisted area through efficient cross-border cooperation.

The following provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 will be applied for this:

Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings, particularly for measures concerning the tourist infrastructure (No 2.2.2.1 of the implementation document) and concerning climate, forest, environmental and scenery consevation (No 2.3.1.1 of the implementation document) exclusively measures for implementing NATURA 2000,

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector, particularly for measures to promote economic and scientific cooperation networks (No 2.2.1.1(a) to (c) of the implementation document) and to promote environmental awareness, environmental education and environmental management (No 2.3.1.3(b) and (c) of the implementation document).

The provisions of Articles 5 and 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 also apply to the eligibility of expenditure for assistance

Economic sectors: Agriculture (growing of non-perennial crops, growing of perennial crops, running nurseries, livestock farming, mixed farming, providing agricultural services)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.ziel3-cil3.eu/servlet/PB/show/1042655_l1/Umsetzungsdok_DE.pdf

Other information:

Thomas TREPMANN

Referatsleiter

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft

Aid No: XA 373/08

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: All regions

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Grundsätze für eine nationale Rahmenrichtlinie zur Gewährung staatlicher Zuwendungen zur Bewältigung von durch widrige Witterungsverhältnisse verursachte Schäden in der Landwirtschaft

Legal basis: Grundsätze für eine nationale Rahmenrichtlinie zur Gewährung staatlicher Zuwendungen zur Bewältigung von durch Naturkatastrophen oder widrige Witterungsverhältnisse verursachte Schäden in Landwirtschaft, Binnenfischerei und Aquakultur

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 10 million

Maximum aid intensity: 80 % or 90 % in less-favoured areas

Date of implementation: The aid will be granted from the time of internet publication of the summary information on the aid scheme at the earliest

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

Objective of aid: Article 11: Aid for losses in the agricultural sector due to adverse weather.

Aid for losses caused by (a) natural disasters in the agricultural sector or for losses in the (b) inland water fishing and aquaculture sector is subject to a special notification procedure:

Sector(s) concerned: All agricultural subsectors.

The recipients are companies which, regardless of their chosen legal character, are small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC, whose business activities include the primary production of agricultural products, including beekeeping and transhumance

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.bmelv.de/SharedDocs/downloads/04-Landwirtschaft/Foerderung/Beihilfen/Beihilfe__Naturereignisse.html

Other information: State subsidies, which should reach those affected as soon as possible, support undertakings' crisis management. In the past there were delays in establishing compensation schemese and having them authorised by the European Commission. These principles for national subsidey schemes are submitted to ensure that aid can be provided promptly in the event of acute problems.

This procedure is in line with the Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007 to 2013. These recommend that Member States set up aid schemes for use in the event of losses caused by exceptional natural events in time, i.e. before the occurrence of such an event, so that in acute cases, the Community authorisation procedures for State aid do not delay the provision of aid.

It should be noted that this is a prophylactic scheme, which covers an event that could occur in the future. The experiences from the floods of 2002 (Elbe and Danube) and 2005 (Danube and its tributaries, particularly in the Alpine area and foothills of the Alps in Bavaria) and the drought of 2003 have been taken into consideration in the estimation of the total annual amount provided for under the scheme