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

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Asociación de Criadores de Cabra Bermeya (ACRIBER)

Legal basis: Convenio de colaboración entre el Gobierno del Principado de Asturias y la Asociación de Criadores de Cabra Bermeja (ACRIBER) para el desarrollo del programa de conservación de la raza autóctona asturiana Bermeya durante el trienio 2009-2011

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The maximum amount of aid to be granted in each year under the agreement will be:

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity to be granted for each of the headings of the action programme to be implemented by the beneficiary of the aid will be:

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

Objective of aid: Implementation of the programme for the conservation of the local breed of Bermeja goat

Article 15 Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector. Eligible costs: cost of organising training programmes for breeders, cost of consultancy services provided by third parties, cost of organising knowledge-sharing forums, competitions and exhibitions, cost of disseminating scientific knowledge, cost of publications.

Pursuant to the condition stipulated in Article 15(4), technical support will be available to all owners of animals registered in the herd book for this breed, without membership of the association being a prerequisite for using the service.

Article 16 Support for the livestock sector. Eligible costs: cost of maintaining the herd book.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 15(3) and 16(3) of the above mentioned Regulation, the aid will be granted in kind by means of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers

Website: The text of the cooperation agreement can be consulted at http://www.asturias.es, at the URL

http://www.asturias.es/Asturias/descargas/CONVENIOS%20GANADERIA/ACRIBER%2009%20%20convenio.pdf

El Director General de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria

Manuel LAINEZ ANDRÉS

Title of aid scheme: Legge regionale 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23 (aiuti per i danni alla produzione agricola).

Aiuti per la ripresa dell’attività economica e produttiva delle aziende agricole danneggiate dalle piogge alluvionali del 22 ottobre, del 4, 27 e 28 novembre 2008

Deliberazione 13/20 del 24.3.2009 — Modifica della deliberazione della Giunta regionale 69/28 del 10.12.2008 recante «L.R. 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23 — Aiuti per la ripresa dell’attività economica e produttiva delle aziende agricole danneggiate dalle piogge alluvionali del 22 ottobre, del 4 e del 27/28 novembre 2008 — (Spesa EUR 22 000 000,00 — UPB S06.04.006 — CAP. SC06.0970 — FR.)»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The total financial allocation set aside for the aid is EUR 19 800 000,00

Maximum aid intensity: Up to a maximum of 80 % (90 % in less-favoured areas) of the eligible costs of the repair of damaged buildings and equipment of the holdings.

Any sums received through insurance schemes and costs not incurred as a result of the adverse weather conditions will be deducted from the amount of the aid.

Date of implementation: The aid applies with effect 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.

The primary objective of the regional scheme is recovery of the economic and production activity of the agricultural holdings damaged by the adverse weather conditions of 22 October, 4 November and 27 and 28 November 2008. The purpose of the aid is to repair damaged buildings and equipment of the holdings.

Il Direttore Servizio sostegno delle imprese agricole e sviluppo delle competenze

Dr.ssa Bianca CARBONI

Title of aid scheme: Legge regionale 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23 (aiuti per i danni alla produzione agricola). Aiuti per la ripresa dell’attività economica e produttiva delle aziende agricole danneggiate dall’uragano del 12 settembre 2008

Deliberazione 13/19 del 24.3.2009 — Modifica della deliberazione della Giunta regionale 8/16 DEL 4.2.2009 recante «L.R. 11 marzo 1998, n. 8, articolo 23 — L.R. Aiuti per la ripresa dell’attività economica e produttiva delle aziende agricole danneggiate dall’uragano del 12 settembre 2008. (Spesa EUR 1 300 000,00 — UPB S06.04.006 — CAP. SC06.0973 — AS — D. Lgs. n. 143 del 4 giugno 1997)»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The total financial allocation set aside for the aid is EUR 1 300 000,00

Maximum aid intensity: Up to a maximum of 80 % (90 % in the less-favoured areas) of the eligible costs of repairing damaged buildings and equipment of the holdings.

Any amounts received through insurance schemes and costs not incurred as a result of the adverse weather conditions will be deducted from the amount of the aid.

The primary objective of the regional scheme is recovery of the economic and production activity of the agricultural holdings damaged by the hurricane of 12 September 2008. The purpose of the aid is to repair damaged buildings and equipment of the holdings.

Il Direttore Servizio sostegno delle imprese agricole e sviluppo delle competenze

Dr.ssa Bianca CARBONI

Title of aid scheme: Ayudas a los programas de mejora genética de razas ganaderas

Legal basis: Apartados h), i) y j) del artículo 3 de la Orden AYG/540/2009, de la Consejería de Agricultura y Ganadería por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de la concesión de las ayudas a los programas de mejora genética de razas ganaderas en Castilla y León (artículo 15).

Apartados a), c), f), g), k) y l) del artículo 3 de la Orden AYG/540/2009, de la Consejería de Agricultura y Ganadería por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de la concesión de las ayudas a los programas de mejora genética de razas ganaderas en Castilla y León (artículo 16).

This aid scheme makes use of the exemption laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 and complies with Article 15 and 16 of that Regulation.

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registration number of the exemption request is published on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Objective of the aid: Technical support to the agricultural sector (Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture, cattle farming, forestry and the agri-food sector

Name and address of the granting authority: Dirección General de Producción Agropecuaria

Website: The full text of the aid scheme will be published on the website of the Castile-Leon Government

Direct link: http://www.jcyl.es/scsiau/Satellite/up/es/EconomiaEmpleo/Page/PlantillaN3/1175259771003/_/_/_?asm=jcyl&paginaNavegacion=&seccion=

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Agevolazioni per il subentro in agricoltura, parte aiuti per il primo insediamento

Legal basis: Delibera del Consiglio di Amministrazione ISMEA del 19 febbraio 2009 n. 9 e successive modificazioni intervenute

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The annual expenditure planned under the scheme is approximately EUR 20 million.

Date of implementation: The scheme will enter into force with effect 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.

Objective of aid: To encourage new entrepreneurs and generational turnover in agriculture.

The start-up aid is granted in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2009.

How to access the page: go to http://www.ismea.it (home page), click on ‘Sviluppo d’impresa’ and then on ‘Subentro in agricoltura’.

Other information: This scheme brings Aid No: XA 428/07 into line with the new legal basis, in accordance with which the aid may be applied in the entire country.

For the purposes of this adjustment, the following documents have been submitted to the Commission:

summary sheet for investment aid for primary production, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006;

summary sheet for investment aid for the processing and marketing of agricultural products, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 800/2008;

summary sheet for aid for technical support, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006;

summary sheet for the granting of start-up aid for young farmers, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The scheme also involves the granting of aid for technical support for the processing and marketing of agricultural products (de minimis aid) and of investment aid for agritourism, both in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006.