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 181/07

Aid No: XA 118/09

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region: Schleswig-Holstein

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Beihilfen für bestimmte Maßnahmen im Rahmen des TSE-Monitorings, die nach den Bestimmungen der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 999/2001 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 22. Mai 2001 mit Vorschriften zur Verhütung, Kontrolle und Tilgung bestimmter transmissibler spongiformer Enzephalopathien (TSE-Verordnung) durchgeführt worden sind

Legal basis: Richtlinien für die Gewährung von Beihilfen im Rahmen der Bekämpfung Transmissibler Spongiformer Enzephalopathien bei Rindern, Schafen und Ziegen (TSE-Beihilfe-Richtlinien)

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

Maximum aid intensity:

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

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

Objective of aid: The exemption is justified by Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The purpose of the measure is to compensate for the costs of certain measures, which are carried out in connection with TSE monitoring for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

No direct payments will be made to beneficiaries; aid will granted in the form of a subsidised service.

In particular, it should be noted that Article 10(4) to (8) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 will be complied with.

The measure is linked to the prevention of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in cattle, sheep and goats and is therefore compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty.

Sectors concerned: Agriculture

The cattle, sheep and goat farmers eligible for aid run small and medium-sized agricultural holdings within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/UmweltLandwirtschaft/DE/LandFischRaum/11_ZPLR/PDF/TSE_Richtlinie,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf

Aid No: XA 119/09

Member State: Republic of Lithuania

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Pagalba, skirta kompensuoti draudimo įmokas

Legal basis: Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ir kaimo plėtros įstatymas (Žin., 2002, Nr. 72-3009, 2008, Nr. 81-3174).

http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=325142

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro įsakymo ‘Dėl draudimo įmokų dalinio kompensavimo taisyklių patvirtinimo’ projektas

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual budget of LTL 30 million (approximately EUR 8 690 000);

Total budget of LTL 180 million (approximately EUR 52 130 000).

Maximum aid intensity:

Taking into account the financial means available to the Republic of Lithuania, the percentage of insurance premiums reimbursed may be reduced

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will enter into force when the Commission has sent a notice of receipt, with an identification number, and has published the summary on the Internet.

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

Objective of aid: SMEs,

Insurance premiums (Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).

Eligible expenditure:

A percentage of the insurance premiums paid to the insurance company to insure:

crops against losses caused by adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters and/or against losses caused by adverse climatic events (frost, hail, ice, rain, drought, etc.); or

cattle (cows, bulls, steers, calves, heifers and bullocks) against disease.

Sector(s) concerned: Primary production of agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.zum.lt/lt/teisine-informacija/projektai

Other information: Once it has entered into force, this State aid scheme will supersede the previous State aid scheme, N 666/2007 — ‘Pagalba, skirta kompensuoti draudimo įmokas’ (aid for reimbursement of insurance premiums).

Aid No: XA 121/09

Member State: Belgium

Region: Flanders

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Verbond voor Eieren, Pluimvee en Konijnen vzw

Legal basis: Decreet van 19 december 2008 houdende de algemene uitgavenbegroting van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor het begrotingsjaar 2009

Koninklijk besluit van 2 juni 1998 betreffende de zoötechnische en genealogische voorschriften voor de verbetering en de instandhouding van de pluimvee- en konijnenrassen

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 0,02 million

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 100 % to cover the costs of consultancy services provided by third parties and the fees for services which do not constitute a continuous or periodic activity and do not relate to the enterprise’s usual operating expenditure, such as routine tax consultancy services, regular legal services or advertising.

Date of implementation: Aid may be granted as from 1 May and, at the earliest, 15 days after notification.

Aid can be granted by means of an implementing decree. These decrees are drawn up annually. A draft implementing decree has yet to be drawn up and will include a ‘standstill’ clause

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The subsidy will be granted in the period to 31 December 2009.

Objective of aid: The registered association Verbond voor Eieren, Pluimvee en Konijnen vsw (VEPEK) has indicated that it will use the aid to provide consultancy services to participants from enterprises active in primary production in the poultry and rabbit sectors with regard to animal health, food safety, food quality, animal welfare, environmental problems and economic and breeding issues.

The aid is to be granted under Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and meets the criteria thereof.

Article 15(2)(c): concerning consultancy services provided by third parties, the fees for services which do not constitute a continuous or periodic activity nor relate to the enterprise’s usual operating expenditure, such as routine tax consultancy services, regular legal services or advertising.

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www2.vlaanderen.be/ned/sites/landbouw/info/steun/eu.html

Other information: —