24.3.2010

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 74/10

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Summary information communicated by Member States on State aid granted in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2008 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, processing and marketing of fisheries products

(Text with EEA relevance)

2010/C 74/07

Aid No: XF 16/09

Member State: Slovak Republic

Region/Authority granting the aid: NUTS 1 — Slovak Republic

Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving an ad hoc aid: Schéma štátnej pomoci na úhradu straty na rybách v dôsledku nariadeného opatrenia

Legal basis: članok 25 nariadenia vlády Slovenskej republiky č. 264/2009 Z. z. zo 17. júna 2009 o podporných opatreniach v pôdohospodárstve v znení neskorších predpisov

članok 19a ods. 1 zákona č. 194/1998 Z. z. o Šľachtení a plemenitbe hospodárskych zvierat a o zmene a doplnení zákona č. 455/1991 Zb. o živnostenskom podnikaní v znení neskorších predpisov

zákon č. 39/2007 Z. z. o veterinarnej starostlivosti v znení neskorších predpisov

zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení neskorších predpisov.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or amount of ad hoc aid granted: The planned volume of funding under the scheme for 2009 is EUR 190 000 (SKK 5,72 mil.).

The overall aid budget per year from 2009 is EUR 190 000 (SKK 5 720 000).

The overall aid budget for the 2009-2013 period is EUR 950 000 (SKK 28 620 000).

Maximum aid intensity: Aid to compensate for losses of fish caused by a compulsory veterinary measure may be granted to fish farmers up to a level of 100 % of the calculated loss, minus any insurance payments received, if the farmer was insured, and up to a maximum of EUR 30 000 to each individual fish farmer in a calendar year.

This aid intensity (EUR 30 000) is the maximum ceiling for the expected level of subsidy to a single fish farmer in the calendar year in question.

Losses are calculated only on the market value of fish that perished as a result of disease or were killed as a result of compulsory veterinary measures ordered by the state veterinary care authority.

If the fish farmer does not submit an expert report, losses are calculated as the product of the market value of the unit amount and the total quantity of fish (e.g. in kg or numbers of fish) that died as a result of the compulsory veterinary measure.

Date of entry into force: The scheme enters into force and becomes applicable on the date of publication on the Ministry’s website (8 December 2009).

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award (not later than 30 June 2014); indicate:

—	under the scheme: the date until which aid may be granted,

—	in the case of an ad hoc aid: the expected date of the last instalment to be paid,

—	the scheme will expire on 31 December 2013.

Objective of aid: The purpose of the aid is to contribute to the control and eradication of disease in aquaculture under the terms laid down in the Council Decision, in the form of compensation for losses incurred by fish farmers through the death of fish as a result of disease or compulsory veterinary measures.

Indicate which of Articles 8 to 24 is used: Article 14 — Aid for animal health measures.

Activity concerned: Aquaculture (fish farming).

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva SR

Dobrovičova 12

812 66 Bratislava

SLOVENSKO/SLOVAKIA

Tel. +421 259266111

Web-address where the full text of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under which ad hoc aid is granted outside of an aid scheme can be found: http://www.land.gov.sk/sk/index.php?navID=161&id=1908

Motivation: Indicate why a State aid scheme has been established instead of assistance under the European Fisheries Fund:

This State aid does not form part of Slovakia’s Fisheries Operational Programme for 2007-2013. It concerns support to small and medium-sized businesses, granted in the form of compensation to fish farmers based in the Slovak Republic for losses sustained by them as a result of compulsory veterinary measures carried out under public programmes to eliminate, control or study animal diseases.

Aid number: XF 1/10

Member State: Italy

Region/Authority granting the aid: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna

Title: arresto temporaneo della pesca marittima nelle acque prospicienti il territorio della Sardegna anno 2009 — sistemi di pesca a strascico e/o volante.

Legal basis: decreto n. 2210/DecA/88 dell’8 settembre 2009 dell’Assessore dell’Agricoltura e riforma agro-pastorale, Legge regionale 14 aprile 2006 n. 3 art. 6, Legge Regionale 14 maggio 2009, n. 1, art. 4, comma 27.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or amount of individual aid granted: EUR 2 100 000

Maximum aid intensity: Aid is granted in accordance with Article 24(1)(v) of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 and paid out in accordance with Annex II to that Regulation and Article 9 of Regulation (EC) 736/2008 of 22 July 2008.

Date of entry into force:

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award (not later than 30 June 2014); indicate: until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: To provide socio-economic compensation to seamen and financial incentives for vessel owners for good behaviour in accordance with Measure 1.2 ‘Public aid for temporary cessation’ of the Operational Programme to implement fishing effort adjustment plans, with the aim of achieving a balance between fishing effort and the available resources taking into account the existence of extreme differences between different fishing areas and between fishing segments within the same area.

Indicate the Article or Articles applied: Article 9

Activity concerned: sea-bed and/or floating trawl fishing carried out by vessels from the fleet registered in the maritime districts and that are active in the territorial waters surrounding the coast of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (GSA 11)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Autonoma della Sardegna

Assessorato dell’Agricoltura e della riforma agro-pastorale

Via Pessagno 4

09126 Cagliari CA

ITALIA

per il tramite dell’Agenzia regionale autonoma ARGEA Sardegna.

Web address where the full text of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under which ad hoc aid is granted outside of an aid scheme can be found: http://www.regione.sardegna.it

(http://www.regione.sardegna.it/j/v/118?s=1&v=9&c=1473&c1=6404&id=16279)

Indicate why a State aid scheme has been established instead of assistance under the European Fisheries Fund: The financial resources provided for by the EFF OP for the implementation of Measure 1.2 Temporary cessation have been completely exhausted for the regions not covered by the convergence objective while the maximum duration of eight months, as stipulated in Article 24(1)(v) of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006, has not been used up.

Aid No: XF 2/10

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Region/Authority granting the aid: Rheinland-Pfalz

Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving an ad-hoc aid: Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Förderung der rheinland-pfälzischen Fischereiwirtschaft

Legal basis: Landesfischereigesetz, Landeshaushaltsordnung, Richtlinie des MUFV über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Förderung der rheinland-pfälzischen Fischereiwirtschaft

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of ad-hoc aid granted to the company: EUR 50 000 annually

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 35 %

Date of implementation: Continuous

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: As of the date of receipt from the European Commission, pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 736/2006, of the notice of receipt with an identification number, until 30 June 2014

Objective of aid: Aid for investments in the areas of aquaculture and inland fishing for building, extending, equipping and modernising installations to improve working conditions, hygiene, human and animal health protection, product quality and the environment

Aid to support processing and marketing and for the development of new markets in these areas

Aid for the protection of aquatic flora and fauna

Indicate which of Articles 8 to 24 is used: Article 11 Aid for productive investments in aquaculture

Article 12 Aid for aqua-environmental measures

Article 15 Aid for inland fishing

Article 16 Aid for processing and marketing

Article 18 Aid for measures intended to protect and develop aquatic fauna and flora

Article 20 Aid for development of new markets and promotional campaigns

Sector(s) concerned: Fishing and aquaculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Struktur- und Genehmigungsdirektion Nord

Stresemannstr. 3—5

56068 Koblenz

DEUTSCHLAND

Struktur- und Genehmigungsdirektion Süd

Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 14

67433 Neustadt/Weinstraße

DEUTSCHLAND

Website where the full text of the scheme or the criteria and conditions under which ad hoc aid is granted outside of an aid scheme can be found: http://213.139.159.61/servlet/is/484/FörderungFischerei.pdf?command=downloadContent&filename=FörderungFischerei.pdf

or can be found at http://www.wasser.rlp.de/servlet/is/484/ in the section on grants; grants law

Reason: Indicate why a State aid scheme has been established instead of assistance under the European Fisheries Fund:

Rheinland-Pfalz does not receive any EU funds within the Federal Republic of Germany's operational programme for the European Fisheries Fund.

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