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

2010/C 196/03

Aid No: XA 36/10

Member State: Denmark

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Bekendtgørelse om tilskud til fremme af dyrkning efter retningslinjerne for integreret plantebeskyttelse (IPM)

Legal basis: Tekstanmærkning til nr. 151 ad § 24.21.02 i finanslov for finansåret 2010.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual expenditure of DKK 6,4 million is planned for the scheme.

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: From the day following publication by the European Commission

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will expire on 31 December 2015.

Objective of aid: The aid is granted under Article 15(2)(e)(i). The purpose of the aid is to improve the dissemination of scientific information on the use of pesticides to primary agricultural, horticultural and fruit producers by promoting and targeting advice on cultivation in line with the guidelines for integrated pest management (IPM).

The final beneficiaries are primary producers.

The costs incurred by consultants in connection with the dissemination of scientific information and results of IPM to the primary producers, including expenditure on consultants’ wages, on practical dissemination at company level, on publications, websites, etc., constitute eligible expenditure.

These advisory activities do not involve direct payments to primary producers.

Sector(s) concerned: The crop cultivation, horticulture and fruit cultivation sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: IPM website

http://ferv.fvm.dk/IPM_-_integreret_plantebeskyttelse.aspx?ID=54243

Order No 409 of 21 April 2010 on aid to promote cultivation in line with the guidelines for integrated pest management (IPM)

https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=131581

Other information: Aid for research, development and demonstration projects cannot be awarded under this scheme.

Aid No: XA 44/10

Member State: Spain

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Apoyo técnico

Legal basis: Real Decreto 202/2010, de 1 de marzo, por el que se establecen las bases reguladoras para la concesión de ayudas a las agrupaciones de productores de plantas vivas y productos de la floricultura para mejorar la producción, la comercialización y la formación del sector.

Real Decreto/…/2010, de … de … de 2010, por el que se modifica el Real decreto 202/2010, de 1 de marzo, por el que se establecen las bases reguladoras para la concesión de ayudas a las agrupaciones de productores de plantas vivas y productos de la floricultura para mejorar la producción, la comercialización y la formación del sector.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual amount: EUR 2 083 333

The overall limit for the aid provided for in Sections 1 to 3 of the Royal Decree will be EUR 300 000 per producer group for activities carried out over a maximum period of three years.

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the actual expenditure amount incurred by producer groups that are small or medium-sized enterprises

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid:

Sector(s) concerned: Live plants and floriculture products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.mapa.es/ministerio/pags/normas/ayudas_floricultura.pdf

http://www.mapa.es/ministerio/pags/normas/modificacion_RD202_2010.pdf

Other information: —

Aid No: XA 67/10

Member State: Italy

Region: Gorizia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Norme di attuazione della Legge 700 del 1975 relative agli aiuti alle imprese agricole

Legal basis:

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Maximum EUR 1 million annually for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensities are those laid down in Articles 4, 5, 7, 12, 14 and 15, respectively, for the following types of aid: investment, conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings, setting up of young farmers, payment of insurance premiums, production of quality agricultural products and technical support in the agricultural sector.

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

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

Objective of aid: The implementing rules approved in Decision No 24/FG of 10 March 2010 (Delibera n. 24/FG dd. 10.3.2010) govern the criteria for granting the types of aid geared to small and medium-sized enterprises, as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 800/2008, in the sector of primary agricultural production:

Aid for investment in agricultural holdings (Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006),

Aid for the conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings (Article 5),

Aid for setting up of young farmers (Article 7),

Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums (Article 12),

Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products (Article 14),

Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector (Article 15).

Eligible expenditure is as defined for each type of aid in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Sector(s) concerned: All sectors of primary agricultural production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.go.camcom.it/allegati/pdf/fondogorizia/norme_attuaz_L700_agricoltura.pdf

Other information: Contact at the Gorizia Chamber of Commerce:

Mr Antonio LUISA

Tel. +39 0481384293

Aid No: XA 73/10

Member State: Spain

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Ayudas para la renovación del parque nacional de maquinaria agrícola

Legal basis: Proyecto de Real Decreto por el que se establecen las bases reguladoras de las ayudas para la renovación del parque nacional de maquinaria agrícola (pendiente de publicación en el Boletín Oficial del Estado).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The maximum planned public expenditure to be granted to beneficiaries as a whole is EUR 4 million in 2010.

Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006, and provided that the limits laid down in Article 4(9) of that Regulation are not exceeded, the maximum aid intensity is as follows:

Aid may also not exceed the percentages for eligible investments laid down in Article 4(2) of the aforementioned Regulation.

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; the aid may not be applied before the date of the above publication.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013; a call for proposals will be published annually.

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to establish, by means of competitive tendering, the regulatory basis for State aid to promote tractor and automotive agricultural machinery renewal in Spain. The eligible costs are those related to the scrapping of the older machines and their replacement with new tractors and machinery equipped with modern technology, thereby improving working conditions, increasing energy efficiency and protecting the environment (Article 1).

The aid is set at EUR 80 per scrapped tractor or automotive machine, with various supplements depending on the beneficiary, their holding, the characteristics of the scrapped machinery and those of the newly-acquired machinery. The aforementioned ceilings for aid will in turn be restricted pursuant to Article 19 of 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, and provided that the limits laid down in the following paragraphs or in Article 4(9) of that Regulation are not exceeded.

The aid is granted on the basis of Article 4(4)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

The aid will be granted for activities carried out after the aid application is submitted.

Sector(s) concerned: Primary agricultural production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: The full text of the terms and conditions of the scheme is available on the following website:

http://www.mapa.es/ministerio/pags/normas/renove_060410.pdf

Other information: Aid granted under the Royal Decree will be compatible with any other type of aid granted for the same purpose by the public authorities or by other public or private bodies, subject to the limits laid down in Article 19 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 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 provided that the limits laid down in the following paragraphs or in Article 4(9) of that Regulation are not exceeded.

However, if the total aid obtained by each beneficiary at the same time and for the same purpose from all public authorities or public or private national or international bodies exceeds those limits, the aid granted under this Royal Decree will be reduced proportionally until those limits are reached.

Where the total amount of aid entails a level of aid intensity above the maximum limits laid down in the Community applicable, it shall be reduced to the aforementioned limit.

Aid No: XA 76/10

Member State: Italy

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Incentivi per l’acquisto di macchine agricole

Legal basis: Art. 4 decreto-legge 25 marzo 2010, n. 40

Decreto del Ministero dello Sviluppo economico del 26 marzo 2010

Circolare del Ministero dello Sviluppo economico del 20 aprile 2010.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 20 million

Maximum aid intensity: 10 % of eligible expenditure

Date of implementation: The scheme will take effect on the date of publication of the identification number of the request for exemption on the website of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid scheme will last until the funds have been spent and in any case not beyond 31 December 2010.

Objective of aid: Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 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.

The investment must pursue notably the following objectives:

The aid aims at achieving a much higher level of security for operators compared with machinery or tractors of the same type put on the market prior to 1 January 2000. Definite improvements have also been achieved in terms of the environmental performances of new machinery and tractors, which in line with the current legal requirements indicated in the circular of 20 April 2010, ensure reductions in the emissions of gaseous pollutants and harmful substances produced by internal combustion engines in comparison with machinery put on the market prior to 2004.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Website: http://www.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it/Dipartimenti/index.php?sezione=Dipartimenti&tema_dir=tema2&id=40

Other information: —