26.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 258/2

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Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 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 agricultural products

(2006/C 258/02)

Aid No: XA 42/06

Member State: Spain

Region: Navarre

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aid for 2006 towards traceability in Navarre's agri-food industry

Legal basis: Orden foral del Consejero de agricultura, ganadería y alimentación, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras que regirán la concesión de ayudas a la trazabilidad en la industria agroalimentaria de Navarra y se aprueba la convocatoria de ayudas para el año 2006

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1 800 000 for the 2006 financial year, charged to the relevant entry in the 2007 budget for expenditure

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the cost of technical support for developing and implementing traceability systems, with a maximum of EUR 6 000 per beneficiary.

35 % of the investment cost of computerising and automating systems to record and transmit data, with a maximum EUR 15 000 per beneficiary

Date of implementation: August 2006

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: Aid may be granted until November 2006 inclusive

Objective of aid: To encourage the introduction of traceability systems in agri-food SMEs in Navarre

Sector(s) concerned: Processing and marketing sector. The subsectors concerned may be any within the sectors mentioned, as long as the agricultural products involved are listed in Annex I to the Treaty, with the exception of the manufacture and marketing of products which imitate or substitute for milk and milk products, and with the exception of processing and marketing activities in the sugar sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gobierno de Navarra. Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación.

c/ Tudela 20

E-31003 Pamplona

Web address: www.navarra.es

Other information: Pamplona, 24 May 2006

XA Number: XA 44/06

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Fryslân province

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Diever (family)

Legal Basis: Algemene wet bestuursrecht, titel 4.2

Algemene Subsidieverordening Provincie Friesland 1998

Provinciewet artikel 145

Verordening met betrekking tot het verlenen van subsidies ten behoeve van het plattelandsbeleid voor de jaren 2005-2008

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid granted to the company: Maximum contribution will be EUR 45 000. The expectation is that 80 % of this amount, i.e. EUR 36 000 will be paid out in 2006. Settlement is expected in 2007 or in 2008 at the latest

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 40 % of eligible costs. The maximum amount of aid is a EUR 45 000

Date of implementation: The decision concerning the granting of the subsidy will be despatched four weeks after the EU has confirmed reception of this notice

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The final settlement date is 30 months after the decision has been notified. This would mean the end of 2008 at the latest. However, the project is expected to be completed in 2007

Objective of aid: The objective of the project is conservation of a historical farmhouse after adapting it to the requirements of modern agricultural management.

Article 5(3) of Regulation 1/2004 is being applied

Sector(s) concerned: Dairy farming

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Friesland

Postbus 20120

8900 HM Leeuwarden

Nederland

Web address: www.fryslan.nl

XA Number: XA 47/06

Member State: France

Title of aid scheme: Aid for technical support for the production of fruit, vegetables and horticulture in greenhouses

Legal basis: Le décret no 83-246 du 18 mars 1983 portant création d'un Office National Interprofessionnel des fruits, des légumes et de l'horticulture et les textes subséquents repris notamment dans la partie réglementaire du code rural (livre 6 ‘productions et marchés’ — articles R 621-120, R 621-134, R 621-140 et R 621-161 à R 621-174)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The overall budget for aid measures is EUR 1 million

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 50 % of eligible costs.

The total amount of state aid may not exceed EUR 100 000 per beneficiary over three years or 50 % of eligible costs, whichever is higher

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will be implemented from the date on the receipt showing the identification number of the measure, subject to mobilisation of the appropriations and publication on the VINIFLHOR internet site

Duration of scheme: One year renewable, within the limits of the budget provided for

Objective of aid: This aid scheme comes under Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003.

It is part of a plan to restructure production in greenhouses, the aim of which is to meet the needs of undertakings with production in greenhouses faced with escalating energy costs and needing support to restructure.

The technical support measures planned aim to promote the restructuring of undertakings in line with higher energy costs by steering them towards technical and administrative improvements, after having analysed their specific circumstances.

The project will enable the costs of technical support and of advisors performing technical, economic and energy analyses to be financed at a rate of 50 % of the following costs:

technical and economic analyses on the undertakings' cost headings, in particular the headings for energy, and drafting proposals for improvement (corresponding aid will be limited to 50 % of the cost of the analysis to a maximum of EUR 300 per undertaking),

energy audits, including, where necessary, an evaluation of the investments needed (this aid will be limited to 50 % of the costs of the audit up to a maximum of EUR 0,3 per m2 of heated surface, up to a maximum of 3,5 ha)

Sectors concerned: The production in greenhouses of fruit, vegetables and ornamental horticulture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Office National Interprofessionnel des Fruits, des Légumes, des Vins et de l'Horticulture

164, rue de Javel

F-75739 Paris Cedex 15

Address of website: www.oniflhor.fr

XA Number: XA 48/06

Member State: France

Region: Limousin

Title of aid scheme: Aid for the maintenance of organic farming certification (continuation of aid registered under XA/54/05)

Legal basis:

—	Article 13 du règlement (CE) no 1/2004 du 23 décembre 2003 de la Commission;

—	Articles L. 1511-1 et L. 1511-2 du code général des collectivités territoriales;

—	Décision du Conseil régional du Limousin du 10 mai 2006

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 85 000

Maximum aid intensity: The Regional Council will bear part of the cost of certification. It grants a subsidy equal to 80 % of the unit cost of certification excluding taxes, amounting to between EUR 200 and EUR 800 for 2006

Date of implementation: As soon as acknowledgement of receipt has been received from the European Commission

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 requires all operators in the organic farming sector to have themselves inspected and certified by certification bodies authorised by the Ministry of Agriculture under standard EN 45011. The purpose of the aid is to support the development of organic farming by bearing the costs of farm certification

Sector(s) concerned: All organic farmers whose farm is situated in Limousin, who notified their organic farming activity or conversion in 2006 and who were not receiving conversion aid (CTE-CAB1 or CAD2-CAB) on 1 July 2005 or whose combined CTE or CAD/CAB (over the five years) and certification aid applied for is less than EUR 15 000. Organic notification must be made to the ‘Agence Bio’ and is compulsory. The amount of aid will be checked against the copy of the CTE/CAD/CAB

Name and address of the granting authority:

Monsieur le Président du Conseil Régional du Limousin

27 boulevard de la Corderie

F-87031 Limoges Cedex

Website: http://www.cr-limousin.fr rubrique ‘guide des aides’

XA Number: XA 52/2006

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England

Title of Aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: EBLEX Beef Better Returns Programme

Legal basis: Section 1 of the Agriculture Act 1967

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: GBP 0,402 million per year

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will close on 30 June 2009. However alterations may need to be made to the scheme rules before this time to reflect any changes to European State Aid rules

Objective of aid: The general aim of the scheme is focusing on the education and training of beef producers to give them the skills to adapt to the developing market place. Agreed measures will include training courses, seminars and information provided by the Internet. This complies with Article 14:- Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector

Sector(s) concerned: Cattle production

Name and address of the granting authority:

Meat and Livestock Commission

PO Box 44

Winterhill House

Snowdon Drive

Milton Keynes MK6 1AX

United Kingdom

Web-Address: http://www.eblex.org.uk/betterReturns/beef

Other information: The providers of the technical support will be chosen and remunerated by the Meat and Livestock Commission, operating through its beef sector Executive Committee (EBLEX), according to market principles and in a non-discriminatory way. No aid will be paid directly to beneficiaries. Tendering procedures will be applied in accordance with Community law.

Signed and dated on behalf of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK competent authority)

Neil Marr

Agricultural State Aid Advisor

Defra

8B 9 Millbank

c/o 17 Smith Square

London SW1P 3JR

United Kingdom

Aid No: XA 54/06

Member State: The Netherlands

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Regeling stimulering biologische productiemethode (promotion of organic production)

Legal basis: Artikelen 2 en 4 van de Kaderwet LNV-subsidies

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid granted to the company: The expenditure is related to the costs related to undertakings having to submit themselves to the inspection system referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs. Pursuant to Article 9 of this Regulation, the inspection system monitors compliance with the Regulation's provisions. Costs may vary from year to year. In 2006, the aid will amount to EUR 650 per undertaking (basic aid) plus EUR 150 (application for membership). This amount may increase in line with any increases in membership application fees. On the basis of average costs over five years of approximately EUR 800 a year per undertaking, the aid will amount to approximately EUR 24 800 a year over five years

Maximum aid intensity: Aid towards application fees for membership will not exceeded EUR 3 000 a year per undertaking

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid will be awarded over five years for the costs associated with companies applying for membership to the inspection system

Objective of aid: Assistance to small and medium enterprises and aid to encourage the production and marketing of quality agricultural products as referred to in Section 13 of the Community Guidelines for State Aid in the Agricultural Sector. Goods produced in line with Regulation 2092/91 are presumed to be quality products. Compensation for the costs associated with companies having to join the inspection system. Participation in the inspection system referred to in Article 9 of Regulation 2092/91 can be an incentive for companies whose production is in line with this Regulation to continue working with the production method it requires

Sector(s) concerned: producers of agricultural goods not destined for human consumption, such as organic producers of organic trees, plants, flowers and bulbs

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit, Dienst Regelingen

Postbus 20401

2500 ER Den Haag

Nederland

Web address: www.wetten.nl of www.overheid.nl > officiële publicaties > selecteren departementale regelgeving Staatscourant > invoeren titel regeling: Subsidieregeling voortzetting biologische productiemethode

Other disclosures: All organic farmers qualify for aid under the Scheme Regeling stimulering biologische produktiemethode. Aid to organic farmers producing goods destined for human consumption is granted under Title II, Chapter VI of Council regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guaranteed Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (OJ L 160). In this regard the Dutch Government submitted a modification request for the Dutch Rural Development Plan 2005 at the end of 2005. This notification deals with support to organic farmers producing goods not intended for human consumption, bearing in mind that the modification request does not allow for support to said farmers

Aid number: XA 58/06

Member State: France

Region: Department of Indre-et-Loire

Title of aid scheme: Aid for the payment of insurance premiums to protect sensitive crops from hail

Legal basis:

—	Article 11 du règlement (CE) no 1/2004 de la Commission

—	Loi 64.706 du 10 juillet 1964

—	Article L 361-8 du livre III (nouveau) du code rural

—	Article L 122.7 du code des assurances

—	Décret no 2006-370 fixant les modalités d'application de l'article L.361-8 du livre II (nouveau) du code rural en vue de favoriser le développement de l'assurance contre certains risques agricoles et notamment son article 7

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 80 000

Maximum aid intensity: 10 % of the total insurance premiums or contributions paid in 2006 for fruit crops from trees or bushes, fruiting vegetables and leaf-bearing vegetables and 4 % of the total insurance premiums or contributions paid in 2006 for other sensitive crops (vines and flowers)

Date of implementation: 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: One year

Objective of aid: To encourage farmers who do not have the financial means to insure themselves against a number of climate risks, thereby entitling them to have their insurance premiums partly covered by the State, to at least cover themselves against the risk of hail

Sector(s) concerned: Fruit production from fruit-bearing trees and bushes, fruiting vegetables, leaf-bearing vegetables, vines and flowers

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil Général d'Indre-et-Loire

Place de la Préfecture

F-37927 Tours Cedex 9

Address of website: www.cg37.fr

Aid No: XA 59/06

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Province of North Brabant

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Policy rules for granting aid under the Stuurgroep Landbouw Innovatie Noord-Brabant — North Brabant Agricultural Innovation Steering Committee — (‘Stuurgroep LIB’) agreement

Legal basis: Algemene subsidieverordening Provincie Noord-Brabant.

Applications meeting the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 are eligible for aid

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Under the Stuurgroep LIB agreement, the province of North Brabant is to make a total of EUR 481 460,81 available each year to promote agriculture. Of that amount, it is to make EUR 113 445,05 available specifically for organic farming

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum intensity of aid from state funding (percentage of investment eligible for support) is 40 %. In the case of investments promoting the protection and improvement of the environment, this percentage can be increased by 10 % or 20 %.

A maximum of EUR 35 000 per year is to be granted per aid application

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to 1 January 2008. Where necessary the scheme will be adapted accordingly after Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 is reviewed. Details are to be sent to the Commission

Objective of aid: The aid scheme is designed to support implementation of integrated project-based innovation in agriculture and horticulture, aimed at improving the quality of the environment and water and the regional and economic structure of the province of North Brabant. The main recipients of the support are small businesses producing, processing and marketing agricultural products. In practice this will involve supporting small-scale project-based innovation measures under which the economic, environmental and socio-cultural aspects of agriculture and horticulture enhance each other as far as possible.

The following activities may receive financial support from the Stuurgroep LIB:

Market research and the development of quality products to promote their production and marketing (Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004).

Support for know-how development and transfer for farmers and farm workers in the form of producer meetings, hiring consultants and producing and distributing information material (articles, flyers and the internet) on a temporary basis (Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004).

Investment in immovable property and equipment and hiring consultants for (feasibility) studies and cooperative associations to reduce production costs, improve and redeploy production, improve product quality, and improve animal welfare and the natural environment (Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004).

Investment in immovable property and equipment and hiring consultants for (feasibility) studies and cooperative associations to improve processing and marketing and improve performance as regards the environment, food quality and animal welfare (Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004)

Sector(s) concerned: In principle all production sectors in agriculture and horticulture (livestock and arable production). Associated links in the agri-food chain (suppliers, purchasers and the retail trade) will only be involved in projects where this leads to a strengthening of the primary sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gedeputeerde Staten van Noord-Brabant

Brabantlaan 1

Postbus 90151

5200 MC 's-Hertogenbosch

Nederland

Web address: http://www.brabant.nl/Werken/Landbouw.aspx

XA Number: XA 60/06

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: The traditional crafting counties of Scotland as set out in Section 61 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993

Title of Aid scheme: Crofting Counties Agricultural Grants Scheme

Legal Basis: Title: Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 (sections 42(1), (2) and (3). Also 46 (4)

‘An Act for the purpose of aiding and developing agricultural production on crofts, the Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Commission and with the approval of the Treasury, make schemes for providing grants and loans to crofters’.

In addition, a new Statutory Instrument will be processed to provide the powers to apply the provisions of the scheme

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: 2006-2007: GBP 3,16 million

2007-2008: GBP 2,40 million

Total: GBP 5,56 million

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % in Less Favoured Areas (LFA)

40 % in all other areas (non-LFA)

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme: The scheme will be opened on the 21 July 2006 and will run until the 31 March 2009. However alterations may need to be made to the scheme rules before this time to reflect any changes to European state aid rules

Objective of aid: The survival of crofting is important to the retention of population in these very extensive and remote areas of Scotland because crofting families often comprise a major part of existing local communities. Croft land is the common link amongst crofters, and encouragement of beneficial use of that land for agricultural purposes contributes to population retention. Crofters face disadvantages not shared by other producers in the EU, such as climate, remoteness and poor quality land. This scheme seeks to help crofters develop their businesses and improve long term sustainability. This complies with Article 4 in relation to Investment in Agricultural Holdings as it is an investment in a croft which is an Agricultural Holding

Sectors concerned: Agriculture

Name and Address of the granting authority:

Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department

Rural Communities Division

Area 1D

Pentland House

47 Robbs Loan

Edinburgh EH14 1TY

United Kingdom

Web address: http://www.crofterscommission.org.uk/documents/060508CCAGS_GUIDANCE_NOTES.pdf

Other information: Further and more detailed information relating to eligibility and rules for the scheme can be found through the above weblink.

Signed and dated on behalf of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK competent authority)

Neil Marr

Agricultural State Aid Advisor

Defra

8E 9 Millbank

c/o 17 Smith Square

London SW1P 3JR

United Kingdom

Aid No: XA 61/06

Member State: Spain

Region: Basque Country

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Aid scheme for groups of producers of potatoes for human consumption and seed different from those intended for the starch industry

Legal basis: Orden del Consejero de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, pendiente de publicación, por la que se procede a la convocatoria de ayudas a las Agrupaciones de Productores Agrarios de Patata de consumo y de siembra, prevista en el Decreto 13/2004, de 20 de enero

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 the beneficiaries as a whole is EUR 150 000 in 2006

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum quantity of aid will be 100 % of the eligible costs incurred in the first year, and will be temporary and degressive; in no case may the total amount of aid granted to a group exceed EUR 100 000, pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation 1/2004

Date of implementation: From the day following the date of publication of the call for grant proposals in the Boletín Oficial del País Vasco

Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid:

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The aid is basically covered by Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 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 agricultural products (published in the Official Journal of the European Communities of 3 January 2004). Under the said Article, aid should cover eligible expenditure mentioned in paragraph 3.

—	Primary objective: Promotion of groups of producers of these products, whose members market the production under the domestic rules drawn up for the group.

—	Eligible expenditure: renting suitable premises at the market price; purchase of office equipment; costs of administrative staff; general, legal and administrative costs

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture (producer groups)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Dirección de Agricultura y Ganadería

Departamento de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación del Gobierno Vasco

c/ Donostia — San Sebastian, 1

E-01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz

Web site: http://www.euskadi.net/bopv

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