13.5.2010

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 125/16

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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 125/09

Aid No: XA 302/09

Member State: France

Region: Département du Loiret

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aides à la réalisation d’études (réserves d’eau pour l’irrigation) dans le Loiret (assistance technique)

Legal basis:

—	article 1511-1 et suivants du code général des collectivités territoriales

—	délibération du Conseil général du Loiret en date du 11 juin 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 8 000

Maximum aid intensity: 40 %

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: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: To fund the provision of technical assistance to promote the construction of water reserves for irrigation so as to stock winter rainfall and reduce the pressure on water courses and ground water in summer.

The aid will take the form of subsidies to fund studies relating to the construction of water storage facilities fed by deposits when water is available, in order to reduce the current pressure on a locally deficit resource. It will be calculated on the basis of eligible expenditure of a maximum of EUR 5 000.

Furthermore, aid will be paid exclusively to:

farms whose size does not exceed that of an SME as defined in EU legislation (cf. Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008, OJ L 214 of 9 August 2008),

farms that are enterprises active in the primary production of agricultural products,

farms that are not enterprises in difficulty within the meaning of the Community guidelines on State aid for the rescue and restructuring of companies in difficulty (OJ C 244 of 1 October 2004).

Sector(s) concerned: This provision concerns all agricultural holdings that have adopted a collective water management strategy.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil général du Loiret

15 rue Eugène Vignat

45000 Orléans

FRANCE

Website: http://www.loiret.com/cgloiret/index.php?page=display&class=guide_des_aides&object=dae_evld_a3&method=display_full&objectTheme=rubrique_guide_des_aides3f78582d8377f

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Aid No: XA 305/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Comunitat Valenciana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas destinadas a paliar los daños producidos por las lluvias persistentes del mes de septiembre en el cultivo del caqui.

Legal basis: Resolución de la Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por la que se establecen y convocan ayudas para paliar los daños producidos por las lluvias persistentes del mes de septiembre en el cultivo del caqui. Directrices Comunitarias sobre ayudas estatales al sector agrario y forestal (2007/2013).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The annual expenditure planned in respect of 2010 is EUR 1 000 000.

Maximum aid intensity: On the basis of the assessment formula laid down in the fifth paragraph of the decision on the application process and the relevant supporting study, the estimated maximum intensity of the aid amounts to 14 %.

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: Until 31 December 2010.

Objective of aid: Adverse climatic events (Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: A10204 — Growing of pome fruits and stone fruits.

Name and address of the granting authority: Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación de la Comunidad Valenciana (Spain).

Website: http://www.agricultura.gva.es/especiales/ayudas_agrarias/pdf/caqui2009.pdf

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Aid No: XA 56/10

Member State: France

Region: Franche-Comté

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aides aux coûts supportés par les éleveurs bovins, ovins et caprins, afférents aux contrôles sanitaires, aux tests et autres mesures de dépistage ainsi que l’administration de vaccins et de médicaments concernant certaines maladies animales et épizooties (liste jointe ci-dessous), en Franche-Comté

Legal basis:

—	code général des collectivités territoriales, articles L 1511-2-3-5,

—	arrêtés du ministre de l’agriculture et de la pêche des 19 et 24 septembre et 26 novembre 2008 modifiant l’arrêté du 1er avril 2008 définissant les zones réglementées relatives à la fièvre catarrhale ovine,

—	Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field (repealing Decision 90/424/EC);

—	délibération du Conseil régional de Franche-Comté.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 50 000 in 2010, EUR 50 000 in 2011.

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

The maximum cumulative rate of public aid is 100 % of costs for health checks, tests, other screening measures and the purchase and administration of vaccines and medicines (for the same list of diseases).

Date of implementation: From receipt of the acknowledgement of receipt showing the identification number of the measure and publication of the summary of the measure on the Commission website.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2010 and 2011.

Objective of aid: This aid scheme comes under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006.

This exceptional aid will make it possible to cover part of the costs for a service open to all livestock farmers.

It will also make it possible to cover part of the costs listed above, borne by cattle, sheep and goat farmers (SMEs) within the framework of preventing and eradicating the following animal diseases:

bovine brucellosis,

ovine and caprine brucellosis

bovine tuberculosis,

infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR),

bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD/MD),

paratuberculosis.

These diseases are listed in Annex 1 to Decision 2009/470/EC or in the list compiled by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

Any amounts received through insurance schemes, as well as other aid received, will be taken into account when verifying compliance with the 100 % maximum rate of aid.

No aid will be paid directly to livestock farmers, who will benefit solely from the provision of services funded by the aid schemes.

No aid will be granted to firms in difficulty.

Sector(s) concerned: Cattle, sheep and goat farms (SMEs).

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil régional de Franche-Comté

Direction des affaires Économiques

4 square Castan

25031 Besançon Cedex

FRANCE

Website: http://www.franche-comte.fr/fileadmin/Demo/PDF/Conseil_Regional/politiques_regionales/europe-et-international/2010/regim_aides_maladie_animales.pdf

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