1.11.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

C 279/3

List of appointments made by the Council

(July, August and September 2008) (Social field)

(2008/C 279/03)

Committee	End of term of office	Publication in OJ	Person replaced	Resignation/ appointment	Member/ alternate	Category	Country	Person appointed	Affiliation	Date of Council Decision
Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement of Workers	13.9.2008	C 242, 7.10.2006	Mr Clinton NIELD	Resignation	Member	Government	United Kingdom	Ms Seonaid WEBB	UK Border Agency	8.7.2008
Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement of Workers	13.9.2008	C 242, 7.10.2006	Mr Guy BAILEY	Resignation	Member	Employers	United Kingdom	Mr Jim BLIGH	CBI	8.7.2008
Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement of Workers	13.9.2008	C 242, 7.10.2006	Mr Antal SZABADKAI	Resignation	Alternate	Employers	Hungary	Ms Tünde Gabriella PETHŐ	Union of Agrarian Employers	15.9.2008
Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement of Workers	13.9.2008	C 242, 7.10.2006	Mr Olli KOSKI	Resignation	Member	Workers	Finland	Ms Pia BJÖRKBACKA	SAK	15.9.2008
Advisory Committee on Social Security for Migrant Workers	21.3.2009	C 92, 27.4.2007	Mr Jean-Luc IZARD	Resignation	Member	Government	France	Ms Katia JULIENNE	Ministère de la Santé et de la Protection sociale	8.7.2008
Advisory Committee on Social Security for Migrant Workers	21.3.2009	C 92, 27.4.2007	Ms Raluca ȘTEFAN	Resignation	Member	Government	Romania	Ms Roxana ZLATE	National House of Health Insurances	8.7.2008
Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work	28.2.2010	L 64, 2.3.2007	—	Appointment	Alternate	Employers	Slovakia	Mr Štefan PETKANIČ	Association of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry	8.7.2008
Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work	28.2.2010	L 64, 2.3.2007	Mr Mario GRAU-RIOS	Resignation	Member	Government	Spain	Ms Concepción PASCUAL LIZANA	Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración	25.9.2008
Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work	28.2.2010	L 64, 2.3.2007	Mr Antal SZABADKAI	Resignation	Alternate	Employers	Hungary	Mr János RÁCZ	Union of Agrarian Employers	15.9.2008
Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work	7.11.2010	C 271, 14.11.2007	—	Appointment	Member	Employers	Lithuania	Mr Vaidotas LEVICKIS	Lithuanian Business Employers' Confederation	8.7.2008
Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work	7.11.2010	C 271, 14.11.2007	—	Appointment	Alternate	Employers	Slovakia	Mr Štefan PETKANIČ	Association of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry	8.7.2008
Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work	7.11.2010	C 271, 14.11.2007	Mr Mario GRAU-RIOS	Resignation	Member	Government	Spain	Ms Concepción PASCUAL LIZANA	Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración	25.9.2008
Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work	7.11.2010	C 271, 14.11.2007	Mr Antal SZABADKAI	Resignation	Alternate	Employers	Hungary	Mr János RÁCZ	Union of Agrarian Employers	25.9.2008
Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions	30.11.2010	C 282, 24.11.2007	Mr Sean WARD	Resignation	Member	Government	Ireland	Ms Anne COLEMAN-DUNNE	Trade and Employment	15.9.2008
Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions	30.11.2010	C 282, 24.11.2007	Mr Antal SZABADKAI	Resignation	Alternate	Employers	Hungary	Mr István KOMORÓCZKI	Union of Agrarian Employers	25.9.2008
Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions	30.11.2010	C 282, 24.11.2007	Mr Wolfgang GREIF	Resignation	Alternate	Workers	Austria	Mr Martin BOLKOVAC	GPA-DJP	25.9.2008
Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions	30.11.2010	C 282, 24.11.2007	Mr Rafal BANIAK	Resignation	Alternate	Employers	Poland	Mr Adam AMBROZIK	Confederation of Polish Employers	25.9.2008

1.11.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

C 279/6

Euro exchange rates (1)

31 October 2008

(2008/C 279/04)

1 euro=

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,2757
JPY	Japanese yen	124,97
DKK	Danish krone	7,4467
GBP	Pound sterling	0,7869
SEK	Swedish krona	9,906
CHF	Swiss franc	1,4686
ISK	Iceland króna	305
NOK	Norwegian krone	8,53
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	24,22
EEK	Estonian kroon	15,6466
HUF	Hungarian forint	261,43
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,7095
PLN	Polish zloty	3,5966
RON	Romanian leu	3,6798
SKK	Slovak koruna	30,445
TRY	Turkish lira	1,9906
AUD	Australian dollar	1,9247
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,5681
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	9,888
NZD	New Zealand dollar	2,1887
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,8928
KRW	South Korean won	1 666,13
ZAR	South African rand	12,8383
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	8,7252
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,1696
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	13 905,13
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,53
PHP	Philippine peso	62,19
RUB	Russian rouble	34,5256
THB	Thai baht	44,726
BRL	Brazilian real	2,6906
MXN	Mexican peso	16,1695

(1)

Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

1.11.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

C 279/8

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

(2008/C 279/06)

Aid No: XA 329/07

Member State: Ireland

Region: Entire Member State

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Scheme of Payment to Haulier companies for removing diseased animals direct to slaughter

Legal basis: The Central Fund (Permanent Provision) Act 1965

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall amounts of aid payable under this scheme is dependent on the level of disease which, in turn, determines the numbers of reactors disclosed and holdings restricted with Bovine TB and Brucellosis. In view of this, it is not really possible to predict the level of expenditure over the period 2007-2013. Accordingly, the figures given below for planned expenditure are based on current disease levels and expected expenditure in 2007:

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The Scheme of Payment to Haulier companies for removing diseased animals direct to slaughter is implemented on an on going basis as it is directly linked to the level of TB and Brucellosis disease in Ireland. This scheme will remain in place until these two diseases have been eradicated

Objective of aid: To ensure the rapid removal of diseased animals in order to reduce the risk of further spread of disease by providing a service to remove animals which are TB/BR reactors/contacts.

This aid is provided in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 — Aid in respect of animal and plant disease and pest infestations

Sector(s): Bovine animals

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department of Agriculture and Food

Maynooth Business Park

Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Ireland

Website: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/animal_health/ERAD/ERAD_comp_scheme07.doc

Aid No: XA 392/07

Member State: Czech Republic

Region: Entire Czech Republic

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Podpora příslušnému uznanému chovatelskému sdružení na zajištění testování užitkových vlastností mladých plemenných koní ve vyšším stupni kontroly užitkovosti („Kritérium mladých koní“) a na zajištění kontroly užitkovosti a kontroly dědičnosti anglického plnokrevníka a klusáka

Legal basis: § 2 a 2d zákona č. 252/1997 Sb., o zemědělství, resp. „Zásady, kterými se stanovují podmínky pro poskytování dotací pro rok 2007“ (dále jen „Zásady 2007“).

Zákon č. 154/2000 Sb., o šlechtění, plemenitbě a evidenci hospodářských zvířat a o změně některých souvisejících zákonů (plemenářský zákon), jak vyplývá z pozdějších změn.

Zákon č. 166/1999 Sb., o veterinární péči a o změně některých souvisejících zákonů

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: CZK 9 million (to be financed from the State budget)

Maximum aid intensity: 70 % of the costs, in the case of tests performed by or on behalf of third parties to determine the genetic quality or yield of livestock

Date of implementation:

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

Objective of aid: The primary objective is to assist small and medium-sized enterprises.

The secondary objective is to maintain and improve the genetic potential of specified livestock in accordance with Act No 154/2000 Coll. on the improvement, breeding and registration of livestock and amending certain related acts, as amended by subsequent Ministry of Agriculture regulations and decrees implementing certain provisions of that Act, and Act No 166/1999 Coll. on veterinary care and amending certain related acts, as amended.

This is in compliance with Article 16(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 (support for the livestock sector — aid at a rate of up to 70 % of the costs of tests performed by or on behalf of third parties, to determine the genetic quality or yield of livestock, with the exception of controls undertaken by the owner of the livestock and routine controls of milk quality)

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock sector/horse-breeding

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerstvo zemědělství České republiky

Těšnov 17

CZ-117 05 Praha

Website: http://www.mze.cz/UserFiles/File/17000/Publikace/Upesnn%20dotanho%20programu%202.A.%20(oprav.).pdf

Other information: —

Prague, 12 December 2007.

Miloš LUKASEK

Vrchní ředitel sekce zemědělských komodit

Ministerstvo zemědělství

Aid No: XA 393/07

Member State: Spain

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayuda compensatoria a los titulares de las explotaciones de ganado ovino afectadas por la lengua azul

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden APA/…/2007, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de una ayuda compensatoria a los titulares de las explotaciones de ganado ovino afectadas por la lengua azul como pago adicional a los pagos acoplados a los productores de ganado ovino y caprino (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 total planned payments to all beneficiaries from public funds will be a maximum of EUR 46 000 000. The aid is a one-off payment and will be funded from the 2007 budget, although the payment will probably be made in 2008

Maximum aid intensity: The total aid may not exceed EUR 6 for each sheep for which coupled payments were made to sheep and goat farmers during the 2007 financial year or, where no such payments were made, for each ewe more than 12 months old that remained on the holding for at least 100 days prior to 8 August 2007, except in the case of force majeure involving serotype 1 of the bluetongue virus.

The central government will pay up to a maximum of EUR 3 per animal and the Autonomous Communities affected (Andalusia, Extremadura, Madrid, Castile-La Mancha and Castile-León) may pay an additional sum from their own resources up to the ceiling cited above

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the calls for applications by the above Autonomous Communities

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: One-off compensatory payment funded from the 2007 budget, although payment may be made in 2008

Objective of aid: Aid to SMEs (sheep farmers) affected by the quarantine measures imposed following an outbreak of bluetongue in the areas of Spain listed in Annex I to Commission Decision 2005/393/EC of 23 May 2005. The aid complies with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and specifically with paragraph 2(a)(ii) thereof

Sector(s) concerned: Sheep farmers with holdings located within the restricted zone referred to in Order APA/3046/2007 of 19 October 2007 laying down special protective measures. The restricted zone was established in accordance with Article 8(1) of Directive 2000/75/EC and published on the Commission's website pursuant to Article 6(5) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación

C/ Alfonso XII, 62

E-28014 Madrid

Website: http://rasve.mapa.es/Publica/InformacionGeneral/Legislacion/legislacion.asp

Other information: The grants will be compatible with any others that may be granted by other public administrations, public bodies, be they national or international, attached to or subordinate to them, and other private natural or legal persons. However, grants, taken alone or together with one or more other aid payments or grants from any other administration, public body or natural or legal person, may not exceed the limit of EUR 6 per animal referred to above or 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 amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Carlos ESCRIBANO MORA

El director general de ganadería

1.11.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

C 279/11

(2008/C 279/07)

Aid No: XA 269/08

Member State: Kingdom of Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Resolución de 7 de marzo de 2008 de la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se adjudican a Agroalimed determinadas tareas

Legal basis: Proyecto de resolución de 7 de marzo de 2008, de la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se adjudican a Agroalimed determinadas tareas

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1 722 000

Maximum intensity of aid: 100 % of the eligible expenditure

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Year 2008, and can be extended annually if it is provided for in the budgets

Objective of aid: To ensure execution of the actions provided for in the Decision of 23 January 2008 of the Director-General for Agricultural Production approving the Annual Animal Health Plan for 2008 and implementing the measures contained therein. (D.O.C.V. No 48621, 14 February 2008).

The aid is granted under Article 10(1) of 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. The eligible expenses are those relating to visits to holdings by vets, the administration of vaccines and sampling or the performance of certain diagnostic tests, all with a view to controlling certain diseases.

It is also covered by Article 14(b) as regards the introduction of animal identification systems which guarantee traceability of production, the eligible expense being that of implanting the identification system on the animals

Sector(s) concerned: Small livestock businesses in the Comunidad Valenciana which are on the Comunidad's Register of Livestock Holdings for pigs, bovines, sheep, goats, rabbits, bees and equines

Name and address of the granting authority:

Fundación Agroalimed

Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias

Ctra. Moncada- Náquera, Km 5

E-46113 Moncada (Valencia)

Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/AGROALIMED.pdf

Other information: —

Valencia, 13 June 2008.

Laura PEÑARROYA FABREGAT

La Directora General de Producción Agraria

Aid No: XA 270/08

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunidad Valenciana

Name of company receiving individual aid: Federación Cunícola Valenciana

Legal basis: Resolución de la Consellera de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, que concede la subvención basada en una línea nominativa descrita en la ley 15/2007 de presupuestos de la Generalitat

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 30 000 in 2008

Maximum intensity of aid: 100 %

Duration of individual aid award: Year 2008

Objective of aid: Training, promotion and dissemination of livestock production in accordance with market requirements, with respect to food safety and traceability for the rabbit sector in the Comunidad Valenciana (Articles 14 and 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006).

Includes eligible costs of services, human resources and materials, and expenditure relating to attendance at information days and meetings on health and hygiene aspects of rabbit production which relate to the subject of the aid

Sector(s) concerned: The rabbit sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación

Amadeo de Saboya, 2

E-46010 Valencia

Other information: —

Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/FeVaCunicola.pdf

Valencia, 26 June 2008.

Laura PEÑARROYA FABREGAT

La Directora General de Producción Agraria

Aid No: XA 273/08

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: —

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Sofinanciranje zavarovalnih premij za zavarovanje kmetijske proizvodnje za leto 2008

Legal basis: Uredba o sofinanciranju zavarovalnih premij za zavarovanje kmetijske proizvodnje in ribištva za leto 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The expenditure planned for 2008 totals EUR 6 076 950

Maximum aid intensity: The co-financing covers 40 % of expenditure on insurance premiums for insuring crops and fruit against the risks of hail, fire, lightning, spring frost, storm and floods.

As regards insurance of animals against the risks of destruction, slaughter on the orders of a veterinary surgeon and economic slaughter on account of disease, the co-financing of insurance premiums is determined in absolute terms per species and category of animal but may not be more than 50 % of the justified expenditure on insurance premiums

Date of implementation: Date of implementation: July 2008 (the aid will not be granted until the summary has been published on the European Commission's website)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid may be granted up to 31.12.2008

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: The Decree includes measures and eligible costs constituting State aid in accordance with Article 12 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 amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums

Sectors: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano

Dunajska cesta 58

SLO-1000 Ljubljana

Agencija RS za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželja

Dunajska cesta 160

SLO-1000 Ljubljana

Website: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=200868&objava=2965

Other information: The purpose of paying a proportion of the expenditure on insurance premiums is to encourage agricultural producers to insure themselves against potential losses due to natural disasters or adverse weather conditions, as well as losses due to disease in animals, whilst taking responsibility for reducing risk in the area of plant production and livestock farming.

For fire, only damage arising from fires caused by adverse weather conditions, e.g. a lightning strike, is covered.

The draft Decree meets the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on aid towards the payment of insurance premiums and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid).

Amendments to the summary include changes to the legal basis and updating of the internet address. Scheme XA 424/07 will cease to apply on the day that this scheme enters into force

Branko RAVNIK

Generalni direktor Direktorata za kmetijstvo

Aid No: XA 274/08

Member State: Republic of Slovenia

Region: Območje občine Rečica ob Savinji

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Programi razvoja podeželja v občini Rečica ob Savinji 2008–2013

Legal basis: Pravilnik o dodeljevanju pomoči za ohranjanje in razvoj kmetijstva in podeželja v občini Rečica ob Savinji za programsko obdobje 2008–2013 (II. poglavje)

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

2008: EUR 22 250

2009: EUR 18 000

2010: EUR 18 000

2011: EUR 17 000

2012: EUR 17 000

2013: EUR 17 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Investment in agricultural holdings for primary production:

—	up to 50 % of eligible costs in less-favoured areas,

—	up to 40 % of eligible costs in other areas,

—

where the investment concerns young farmers, the intensity of aid may be increased by 10 % (such investments must be set out in business plans as stipulated in Article 22(c) and the conditions laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2006 must be met). The investment must be made within five years of taking over the farm.

2. Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings:

—	up to 100 % of actual costs for investment in non-productive features,

—	up to 75 % of actual costs for investment in productive assets on farms in less-favoured areas, or 60 % in other areas,

—	up to 100 % of aid to cover the extra costs incurred by using traditional materials necessary to conserve the heritage features of buildings.

3. Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest:

—	up to 100 % of actual costs, provided that relocation involves only dismantling, removing and re-building existing buildings,

—

where the relocation results in the farmer benefiting from more modern facilities, the farmer must contribute at least 60 %, or 50 % in less-favoured areas, of the increase in the value of the facilities concerned after relocation. If the beneficiary is a young farmer, this contribution is to be at least 55 % or 45 % respectively,

—

where the relocation results in an increase in production capacity, the contribution from the beneficiary must be at least 60 %, or 50 % in less-favoured areas, of the expenses relating to this increase. If the beneficiary is a young farmer, this contribution is to be at least 55 % or 45 % respectively.

4. Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums:

—	the amount of municipal co-financing is the difference between the amount of co-financing of insurance premiums from the national budget and up to 50 % of eligible costs of insurance premiums for insuring crops and fruit and insuring livestock against disease.

5. Aid for land reparcelling:

—	up to 100 % of eligible legal and administrative costs.

6. Aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products:

—	up to 100 % of the maximum aid intensity authorised; this is to be provided in the form of subsidised services and does not involve direct payments of money to producers.

7. Provision of technical support:

—	up to 100 % of the costs,

—	the aid is to be granted in the form of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers

Date of implementation: August 2008 (the aid will not be granted until a summary has been published on the European Commission's website)

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

Objective of aid: To support SMEs

Reference to Articles in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 and eligible costs: Chapter II of the draft Rules on granting aid for preserving and developing agriculture and rural areas in the municipality of Rečica ob Savinji for the programming period 2008-2013 includes measures constituting State aid in accordance with the following Articles 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 amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3):

Article 4: Investment in agricultural holdings,

Article 5: Conservation of traditional landscapes and buildings,

Article 6: Relocation of farm buildings in the public interest,

Article 12: Aid towards the payment of insurance premiums,

Article 13: Aid for land reparcelling,

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

Article 15: Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of granting authority:

Občina Rečica ob Savinji

Rečica ob Savinji 55

SLO-3332 Rečica ob Savinji

Website: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=200855&objava=2324

Other information: The measure concerning the payment of insurance premiums to insure crops and fruit includes the following adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters: spring frost, hail, fire, lightning, storm and floods.

The municipality's Rules meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 concerning the measures to be adopted by the municipality and the general provisions applicable (steps preceding grant of aid, cumulation, transparency and monitoring of aid)

Vincenc JERAJ

Župan

1.11.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

C 279/15

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 279/08)

Aid No

XS 180/08

Member State

Italy

Region

Calabria

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Pacchetti integrati di agevolazione (Р.I.А.) — 2008

Legal basis

—	Legge regionale dell'11 maggio 2007, articolo 24

—	Delibera di Giunta regionale del 19 marzo 2008, n. 220

—	Delibera di Giunta regionale del 18 giugno 2008, n. 224

—	Decreto Dirigente generale del dipartimento Attività produttive del 26 giugno 2008, n. 8237

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 84 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

27.6.2008

Duration

31.12.2008

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

Other manufacturing, Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Presidente della Giunta regionale

Via Sensales — Palazzo Alemanni

I-88100 Catanzaro

Aid No

XS 222/08

Member State

Germany

Region

Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Firma H. Schumacher, Inh. Reiner Schumacher, Am Wall 1, D-21073 Hamburg

Legal basis

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom 12. Januar 2001 über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 des EG-Vertrags auf staatliche Beihilfen an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (ABl. EG 13.1.2001 L 10/33 verlängert durch ABl. EU 23.12.2006 L 368/85); Gesetz über die Kreditkommission vom 29.4.1997 (Hamburgisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt 1997, Nr. 18, Seite 133)

Type of measure

Ad hoc

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 4 450

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

25.8.2008

Duration

25.2.2009

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Behörde für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Alter Steinweg 4

D-20459 Hamburg

Aid No

XS 224/08

Member State

Belgium

Region

Bruxelles-Capitale

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Arrêté du Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale relatif aux aides pour les investissements généraux

Legal basis

Arrêté du Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale du 26 juin 2008 relatif aux aides pour les investissements généraux, en application de l'ordonnance organique du 13 décembre 2007 relative aux aides pour la promotion de l'expansion économique

Besluit van de Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Regering van 26 juni 2008 betreffende de steun voor algemene investeringen, in toepassing van de Organieke ordonnantie van 13 december 2007 betreffende de steun ter bevordering van de economische expansie

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 20 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

15.8.2008

Duration

31.12.2013

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministère de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale

Administration de l'Économie et de l'Emploi

Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 20

B-1035 Bruxelles

Tél. (32-2) 800 34 21

E-mail: jcboeckmans@mrbc.irisnet.be

Aid No

XS 226/08

Member State

Poland

Region

—

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Pomoc na świadczenie usług doradczych dla MŚP, udzielana na podstawie rozporządzenia Ministra Rozwoju Regionalnego z dnia 6 maja 2008 r. w sprawie udzielenia pomocy publicznej w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Kapitał Ludzki

Legal basis

—	Program Operacyjny Kapitał Ludzki (w szczególności priorytety: VII, VIII) — Komunikat Ministra Rozwoju Regionalnego z dnia 26 października 2007 r. o podjęciu przez Komisję Europejską decyzji zatwierdzającej Program Operacyjny Kapitał Ludzki (M.P. nr 82, poz. 877).

—	Art. 21 ust. 3 ustawy z dnia 6 grudnia 2006 r. o zasadach prowadzenia polityki rozwoju (Dz.U. 227, poz. 1658 z późn. zm.).

—	Rozdziały 1, 4, 6 rozporządzenia Ministra Rozwoju Regionalnego z dnia 6 maja 2008 r. w sprawie udzielania pomocy publicznej w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Kapitał Ludzki (Dz.U. nr 90, poz. 557)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 50 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

6.5.2008

Duration

31.12.2013

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of the granting authority

Departament Wdrażania EFS, Ministerstwo Pracy i Polityki Społecznej

ul. Żurawia 4a

PL-00-513 Warszawa

Tel. (48-22) 693 59 54

Fax (48-22) 693 40 72

E-mail: elzbietawojtowicz@mpips.gov.pl

		ISSN 1725-2423
Official Journal of the European Union		C 279

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 51 1 November 2008

Notice No	Contents	page
	II Information
	INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES
	Commission
2008/C 279/01	Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections ( 1 )	1

2008/C 279/02	Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections	2

	IV Notices
	NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES
	Council
2008/C 279/03	List of appointments made by the Council (July, August and September 2008) (Social field)	3

	Commission
2008/C 279/04	Euro exchange rates	6

	The European Court of Auditors
2008/C 279/05	Special Report No 7/2008 Intelligent Energy 2003-2006	7

	NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES
2008/C 279/06	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	8

2008/C 279/07	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	11

2008/C 279/08	Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises ( 1 )	15

2008/C 279/09	Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises ( 1 )	18