The conservation, characterization and improvement of genetic resources, especially indigenous ones, has been the model for the design of both new European legislation and FAO's global strategy. This calls for the introduction of aid mechanisms that adapt these policies to the activities of the associations and livestock organizations, which play a fundamental role in adapting the sector to the new regulatory framework. On the one hand, they coordinate and promote efforts to modernize farms, manage the genealogical books, implement the programmes of selection and control of yields. On the other hand, they disseminate the results obtained and help in the marketing of the animals and their products, allowing to achieve greater efficiency in the production and greater profitability of the livestock farms, with the progressive application of innovative programmes and new technologies. To ensure the full effectiveness of the measures within the basic management of the sector, and to ensure the same possibilities of obtaining and enjoyment by their potential recipients throughout the national territory, as well as the The general administration of the State, the centralized management of the funds which is the subject of the general administration of the zootechnical regulations, while avoiding the overall amount of state funds dedicated to the sector, is maintained by the General Administration of the State. (a) the grant of the aid referred to in this order. In accordance with the foregoing, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 17 and concordant of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, General of Grants, the regulatory bases of the grants are established for the promotion and support of the activities carried out by the aforementioned organisations and associations, recognised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and whose scope of action is higher than an Autonomous Community. This aid is in line with the provisions 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 for small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ EU L 358 of 16 December 2006) and the Community guidelines on State aid to the agricultural and forestry sector 2007-2013 (OJ C 319, 27 of 27 June 2006). (December 2006) in which absolute amounts or maximum permitted rates of aid are established in the different eligible concepts. This order is issued in accordance with the provisions of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, General of Grants, and in its Rules of Procedure, approved by Royal Decree 887/2006 of 21 July. In this order, the Autonomous Communities and the entities representing the interests of the sectors concerned have been consulted. In its virtue, I have:

Article 1. Object.

The purpose of this order is to establish, on a competitive basis, the regulatory basis for grants to breeders ' associations and organisations of pure livestock breeds, for the purposes of conservation, selection, improvement and promotion of pure breeds of production livestock.

Article 2. Beneficiaries.

The organisations and associations of breeders of pure livestock breeds of national scope officially recognised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development shall be eligible for the aid provided for in this provision. Food for the management of genealogical books or, where appropriate, second-degree entities officially recognised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which include at least one officially recognised association by the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the management of genealogical books, meeting with the following requirements: (a) Not for profit.

b) That they are found in the current of the tax obligations and with the Social Security. (c) comply with the requirements of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Article 3. Subsidy lines.

The eligible activities, to be carried out by the beneficiary entities, since 1 October of the year in which the grant is applied for, or from the submission of the application, if it is later, up to September, both of which are included in the following year, will be: 1. Education, training and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the field of zootechnical: aid for the conclusion of courses in subjects related to the rules of each race and with the conservation or selection programmes. The eligible concepts are the rental of the place, premises or facilities in which the training activity takes place, the editing and distribution of the training material, the publications, the catalogues or the websites, as well as the fees of the rapporteurs, including travel, accommodation and maintenance costs.

2. Organisation of cattlemen's and the costs incurred for the participation in the same: tests, competitions, auctions, national and international exhibitions and fairs, which are included in the official calendar of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The associations and organisations shall indicate the proposals for the certams to be developed during the financial period and to which they are to attend, with the indication of the participating races, the dates and the places of celebration. For the organization of the events, the financial concepts shall be: expenditure of the place, premises or facilities in which the event is carried out, including rentals or taxes of all kinds and the current costs; cost of publications; and cash prizes to the winner of each category. For participation in competitions, the financial concepts shall be: the rights of participation, including quotas, tuition or other comparable concepts, required by the organizing entity; return and return transportation of the animals if it is run by the organisation; and the insurance of the participating animals. 3. Creation or maintenance of genealogical books. The eligible concepts shall be:

a) Local or offices for book management: In the case of creating the Genealogical Book, renting, buying or leasing with option to purchase, or leasing the premises or offices. In the case of maintenance of the Genealogical Book, the rental or the depreciation of the premises or offices if they are the property of the beneficiary and have already been paid in full or in default the amount of the partial payment corresponding to the period eligible, or lease with option to purchase, or lease. And in both cases, the current expenditure, including where appropriate, the share of the community of owners in the buildings under horizontal ownership.

b) Acquisition, leasing, leasing or leasing with an option to purchase, computers and computer equipment and their maintenance or updating. c) Acquisition of non-inventorable office equipment. (d) Recruitment and expenditure of technical and administrative personnel: salaries and social insurance in charge of the beneficiary institution, or the prices of the corresponding service or work contracts if it is not a matter of personnel subject to the labour law. e) In the case of the creation of the genealogical book, the creation of the register of cattle and its publication. (f) The performance by third parties of genetic studies on the breed, or the publication or publication of the genealogical books and the catalogues of breeding animals and stallions. (g) Animal identification material, except where there are national or Community rules for compulsory individual identification, sampling, transport and laboratory analysis, for the purposes of the herd book: registration, qualification and filiation control. (h) Preparation of qualifying judges: renting of the place, premises or facilities in which preparation, editing and distribution of the preparation material is carried out, fees of the preparers, including their travel expenses, accommodation and maintenance.

4. Tests to determine the genetic quality or performance of livestock. The aid shall be used to cover expenditure relating to the implementation and development of the performance control tests and those covered by the selection schemes and plans for the improvement of officially approved pure breeds. The eligible activities shall be as follows:

(a) Costs related to the control of any of the characters used in the genetic assessment of players or future players.

b) Leasing of inventoried material, computer equipment, software and office equipment, and leasing of premises or testing centres for genetic assessment. (c) Recruitment and expenditure of technical and administrative personnel carrying out the improvement programme. d) Elaboration by a Department of Genetics of the scheme of selection and plan of improvement, development and updating of the same, genetic evaluation and realization of genetic analysis to analyze molecular markers of interest in the production or detect and prevent genetic or chromosomal alterations affecting the production or reproduction indices, as well as the collection of information, sampling, transport to the laboratory and analysis. (e) Organisation and conduct of official selection and testing in testing centres, for plans for the improvement of breeds, as well as transport and participation costs. (f) Publications and catalogues of players participating in the improvement programmes. (g) Insurance of the animals involved in the selection tests. h) Cash prizes to the winner of each category of the improvement programs.

5. Support for genetic improvement through investments in testing centres, breeding centres and other facilities. Eligible expenditure may be those relating to the construction or improvement of immovable property and the acquisition of exclusively intended, and those for, the testing of the selection and control of the performance of the animals subject to genetic evaluation, within a selection scheme, as well as investments in farms for the implementation of innovative techniques or practices in the field of animal husbandry.

Article 4. Subcontracting.

1. The beneficiary may subcontract up to 50% of the subsidised activity. However, that percentage rises to 95% in the case of the activities of the herd book or in the case of second-degree associations which group associations of breeders, for all zootechnical activities.

2. Where the subcontracted activity exceeds 20 per cent of the amount of the subsidy, and the amount is greater than EUR 60 000, the beneficiary shall communicate the contract of subcontracting, necessarily concluded in writing, to the Directorate- General of Livestock, for the purposes of the authorization referred to in Article 29.3.b of Law 38/2003 of 17 November. One month after the receipt of such communication, without receiving the authorization, it shall be deemed to have been granted. 3. For the purposes of Article 29.7 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, it may be subcontracted with the associated members of the beneficiary provided that it is done under normal market conditions, and is authorised in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

Article 5. Collaborating entities.

1. For the purposes of the art. 12 of Law 38/2003, of 17 November, General of Grants, will be a contributing entity of the grants provided for in this order, that which, acting in the name and for the account of the organ granting to all the effects related to the grant, collaborate in the management of the grant, in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November.

2. The private legal person who, without being involved in the prohibitions provided for in Article 3 (2) and (3), may be a contributing entity. 13 of Law 38/2003, meet the following conditions of solvency and effectiveness:

a) That is not for profit. For the purposes of this order, it shall also be deemed to be non-profit-making for entities which carry out activities of a commercial character, provided that the profits resulting therefrom are fully invested in the compliance with its non-commercial institutional purposes.

b) That it be kept abreast of tax obligations and social security. c) It is officially recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. (d) it consists of several breeders ' organizations officially recognized for the carrying of genealogical books and is highly representative of the livestock sector. (e) demonstrating the ability, experience and human and material resources for the performance, organisation and financing of the actions referred to in Article 3 of this order

3. The collaborating entity will be selected according to the provisions of the art. 16.5 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November and will be formalized by convention.

Article 6. Destination of the inventoried goods purchased.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 31.4.a of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, the beneficiary must allocate the inventoried assets acquired at the particular end for which the grant was granted, at least for five years. years in the case of goods entered in a public register, and two years for other goods.

Article 7. Objective criteria for granting and weighting them.

1. In the granting of the grants provided for in this order, priority will be given to those applications which are more suited to the criteria for granting, in order of decreasing order, which are set out below: organisations or associations of breeders of indigenous breeds, according to the classification of the Official Catalogue of Cattle Raasses in Spain, established by Royal Decree 1682/1997 of 7 November, updating the Official Catalogue of Races of Cattle from Spain.

Within the category of indigenous breeds, which will maintain priority over all breeds of the Official Catalogue, aid for breeds classified as breeding breeds will preferably be directed to the (a) selection and control programmes for yields; and aid for the classified breeds of special protection, shall cover primarily the costs of breeding books and the implementation of conservation programmes. Consideration shall be given to the progress and degree of implementation of the basic criteria laid down by the zootechnical regulations of the relevant species and breeds, and in particular those actions framed within a conservation scheme or officially approved selection. b) Capacity of the breeders ' organization or association to develop the actions to be financed, with the greatest efficiency, efficiency and economy of personal and material means, and effectiveness of the measures applied by the applicants for achieve the objectives and enable optimal results, which can be verified and quantified, as well as the degree of implementation of the grant requested in previous years. c) Relevance of the proposal in relation to the set of requests and amplitude of the zootechnical, productive and social interests of the applicant entity, in terms of the degree of diffusion of the activity, according to the number of livestock and livestock and its territorial distribution, as well as in relation to the information collected, in quality and quantity, for its processing and application in the schemes.

2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the budgetary resources are insufficient to cover the total amount of the applications, the granting authority may make a pro rata of the amount to be granted between them.

Article 8. The amount and compatibility of the grants.

1. The grants shall be compatible with any other public administration, public authorities attached or dependent on them, both national and international, and other natural or legal persons of private nature, with the exception of those referred to in the national legislation in force laying down the regulatory bases for subsidies for the promotion of indigenous breeds at risk of extinction.

However, the amount of the subsidy, either on its own or in concurrence with other or other aid or subsidies that any other public administration or entity or natural or legal person mentioned in the The above paragraph shall not exceed EUR 1 million per race and shall not exceed the total cost of the activity covered by the grant, nor the limits laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid for small and medium-sized enterprises (a) on the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, the following amounts and maximum percentages for grants, without prejudice to what may be laid down for each year, call:

(a) Education, training and dissemination of scientific knowledge in zootechnical matters. The maximum percentage of the aid is 100% of the expenditure, in accordance with Article 15 (3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 26 December.

(b) Organisation of livestock farmers: The maximum rate of aid is 100% of the expenditure, in accordance with Article 15 (3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 26 December. Without prejudice to this, in addition, the combined amount of this aid, together with that granted by the preceding letter, may not exceed EUR 100 000 over three fiscal years, without the eligible amount of the prizes being awarded in the Cash for the winners can be more than 250 euros per prize. c) Creation or maintenance of genealogical books. The maximum percentage of the aid is 100 per cent, in accordance with Article 16.1.a of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 26 December, although the maximum amounts and limitations in the following concepts shall be:

1. No. The maximum annual gross salary of the executive secretary is fixed at 38,000 euros; 25,000 euros per university degree, engineer, doctor or equivalent; 21,000 euros per university graduate, engineer technical or equivalent and 18,000 euros per administrative.

2. º The maximum rent of premises for the headquarters of the genealogical book is fixed at 22,000 euros.

d) Tests to determine the genetic quality or performance of livestock. The maximum percentage of the aid is 70% of the expenditure, in accordance with Article 16.1.b of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 26 December and the eligible amount of cash prizes for the winners cannot be more than EUR 250.

e) Aid for investment in testing centres, breeding centres and holdings. The maximum rate of aid is 40 per cent of the expenditure, in accordance with Article 16.1.c of Commission Regulation 1857/2006 of 26 December.

2. Without prejudice to the foregoing, the maximum amount per person per day in accommodation and maintenance expenses, included in the activities of the preceding paragraphs, shall be that corresponding to a group 2 diet according to the Royal Decree 462/2002, of 24 May, on compensation for the service, and the maximum amount of travel expenses shall be that provided for in Article 17 of that Royal Decree.

3. In computer equipment, the maximum is set at 20 per cent of the total amount of the grant awarded. 4. In any event, if the expenditure actually incurred was lower than the initially budgeted for the approved application, or other aid was obtained, which, cumulated to those received under this order, exceeds the financing, the resolution may be amended and a deduction of the aid proportional to that granted in the corresponding resolution, and may, provided that there is budgetary availability, readjust the amounts to bring them into line with the applications received, the activities of which must be justified, Article 14 of this provision. 5. Financial costs, legal or financial advice, notarial and registration fees and the costs incurred for the implementation of the project, the specific administration and the bank guarantee costs are eligible if they are directly related to the subsidised activity and are indispensable for the proper preparation or implementation of the activity.

Article 9. Report of the inspector of race and submission of applications.

1. Applications shall be submitted in the form, time and place to be determined by the call.

2. Such requests shall be accompanied by a report from a Race Inspector and the documentation set out in the relevant call.

Article 10. Instruction and collegiate body.

1. The instruction of the procedure corresponds to the General Directorate of Livestock of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The assessment of applications, in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 7 of this order, shall be carried out by the collegiate body provided for in this paragraph, which may, where appropriate, obtain a report from the relevant inspector of race. on the degree of adequacy of the application to the objective criteria.

The collegiate body shall consist of:

a) President, Deputy Director General of Livestock Production Media.

b) Vocals: Two race inspectors appointed by the Deputy Director General of Livestock Production Media, two officials from the General Directorate of Livestock Production Media and two representatives from at least two Communities Autonomous. (c) Secretary: an official of the General Subdirectorate of Livestock Production Means, appointed by its holder.

2. The collegiate body shall examine and evaluate the applications submitted and issue the relevant report. The instructor, in the light of the file and of the report of the collegiate body, shall make the proposal for a provisional decision, which shall contain a list of the applicants for which the aid is proposed and its amount, and shall notify the the applicants, granting a period of 10 days to submit claims, after the completion of which the final proposal for a final decision is made.

Upon examination of the allegations, if any, the collegiate body will formulate the proposal for a definitive resolution, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 22.1 and 24.4 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, which the instructor raise with your report the body to which it is appropriate to resolve by delegation of the Holder of the Department, in accordance with the Order APA/1603/2005, of 17 May, of delegation of powers in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The proposal for a final decision shall be notified to the persons concerned who have been proposed as beneficiaries in the training phase, so that within a maximum of 10 days they shall communicate their acceptance. 3. In accordance with Article 27 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, it is expressly provided that, where the amount of the grant of the provisional motion for a resolution is lower than that in the application submitted, the beneficiaries, the beneficiary may be asked to reformulate their application, in order to adjust the commitments and conditions to the grant.

Article 11. Resolution.

1. Applications for aid shall be determined by the body to which it corresponds by delegation of the holder of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, as provided for in Order APA/1603/2005 of 17 May 2005.

2. The maximum time limit for issuing and notifying the decision shall be six months from the date of publication of the corresponding call for each year. After that period has not been notified to the parties concerned, the application may be understood to be rejected. 3. The resolution shall be notified to the persons concerned in accordance with Articles 58 and 59 of Law 30/1992 of 26 November 1992, of the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure. The full content of the resolution shall also be set out in the bulletin board of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. 4. The decision referred to in this Article ends the administrative route, and may be brought against the Administrative Court of Appeal before the Administrative Board of the National Court, within two months, without prejudice to the interposition, where appropriate, of a replacement, on a preliminary and a provisional basis, with the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food within one month.

Article 12. Obligations of the beneficiaries.

The beneficiaries of these grants will be obliged, in addition to the provisions of Article 14 of Law 38/2003, of 17 November, to comply with the following obligations: (a) Credit the performance of the actions which have been the subject of a grant, in accordance with the provisions of this order.

b) To incorporate in a visible and easily readable form in the promotion and advertising material of the activity a logo of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that allows to identify the origin of the grant. (c) To provide information as required by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the Court of Auditors and to submit to the checks and financial control measures necessary to be carried out by the inspection bodies competent. (d) to justify, as appropriate, the procedures for obtaining from its associates the express authorization for the transfer to the Administration of his personal data, for the purposes of the activities and the grants provided for in the the present provision. (e) To comply with the procedure for the distribution and application of the aid, in addition to the fact that it is in line with the zootechnical rules and the criteria of this provision, in order to cover the costs of the organisations themselves, they have an impact on the farmers themselves, to encourage and facilitate their participation and their permanence in the plans for the improvement of the breed in question. (f) Dispose of the accounting records, completed records and other documents duly audited, in the terms required by the commercial and sectoral legislation applicable to the beneficiary in each case, in order to guarantee the appropriate exercise of the powers of verification and control.

Article 13. Payment advances.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 17.3.k and 34.4 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, advances may be made for the payment of the aid, on the basis of the justification for the aid activities, the beneficiary of a bank guarantee, of indefinite duration, which is in solidarity with the express waiver of the benefit of excision, equal to the anticipated amount increased by 10%, constituting at the disposal of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Article 14. Justification for the grants.

1. The beneficiaries are obliged to accredit, with original documentation, or certified copy by notary or competent public official, and a copy, on paper or scanned in computer support, before 3 November of the financial year following the request for grants, each year, before the General Directorate of Livestock of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the implementation of the activity which has been the subject of the grant, by means of a supporting account which shall contain the following documentation: (a) a memory of the performance of the conditions imposed in the grant of the grant, indicating the activities carried out and the results obtained.

(b) An abbreviated economic memory, which shall include at least one representative state of the expenditure incurred in carrying out the subsidised activities, duly grouped, and, where appropriate, the amounts initially (i) the budget and the deviations. The supporting account shall be accompanied by an auditor's report registered as an exercise in the Official Register of Auditors under the Accounting and Audit Institute of Accounts, to which the auditor shall carry out the review of the supporting account verifying that the expenditure has been justified by the corresponding invoices within the eligible period, paid or committed in accordance with the provisions of this order, and the object of which is with the concepts eligible for each line, subject to the rules of action and (a) supervision which, if any, proposes the General Intervention of the State Administration. This audit report shall be submitted as a deadline one month after the completion of the period for the implementation of the financial actions. 2. However, in respect of expenditure incurred in a eligible period, but which by its own nature cannot be paid before 31 August of each year, including obligations with social security and periodic payments for supply contracts, and the verification of which is not included in the auditor's report, the expenditure and the payment shall be justified until 1 December of the financial year in question. 3. Value added tax shall be considered eligible expenditure, except where it is eligible for recovery by the beneficiary. 4. For the purposes of Article 31.2 of Law 38/2003, expenditure is deemed to have been carried out on 17 November if it has been committed during the eligible period, even if it has not actually been paid within it.

Article 15. Compensation of expenditure.

Compensation will be allowed for some expenses corresponding to concepts with different ones, provided that the object of the activity subsidised in both cases is analogous or related, and without, in any case, exceeded the ceilings set out in Article 8.

Article 16. Simplified supporting account.

1. If the amount of the grant awarded does not exceed EUR 60 000, the simplified supporting account shall be accepted, with the content of Article 75 of the Regulation of 17 November, General Grant, approved by Royal Decree 887/2006, dated July 21.

2. For the purposes of Article 75.3 of that Regulation, invoices shall be submitted to the administration for which the date of issue corresponds to three weeks of the eligible period to be determined by the administration and, failing that, to three weeks. weeks, up to at least 5 per cent of the amount granted.

Article 17. Justification through accounting statements.

The beneficiary may justify the grant by submitting accounting statements provided that: (a) The information necessary to determine the amount of the grant may be deducted directly from the financial statements incorporated into the accounting information.

(b) This accounting information has been audited in accordance with the system provided for in Article 14.

Article 18. Payment of the aid.

Once the activity has been justified, the grant will be paid, after verification in accordance with Article 32 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November.

Frated payments may be made over the course of the year, which will respond to the rate of execution of the supported actions and which will be paid for an amount equivalent to the justification presented.

Article 19. Amendment of the resolution.

Any alteration of the conditions under consideration for the grant of the grant may result in the modification of the grant decision. Also, if the expenditure actually incurred is lower than the initially budgeted, a deduction of the aid proportional to that granted in the corresponding resolution shall be made, and may, provided that there is availability budget, readjustment of amounts in order to bring them into line with applications received, the activities of which must be justified, as set out in Article 14.

Article 20. Non-compliance and drawback.

If the beneficiary of any of the grants provided for in this order fails to meet the deadlines, commitments or conditions provided for in this provision, regardless of other responsibilities in which it could have been It would lose the right to the grant granted, with the obligation to reimburse the amounts already received, increased with the interest of legal delay.

Likewise, the recovery of the amounts collected will be carried out, as well as the requirement of interest for late payment from the time of payment of the grant, in the cases referred to in Article 37.1 of Law 38/2003, of 17 of November.

Single transient arrangement. Extinction of investment aid in testing centres, breeding centres and farms.

The eligible activities referred to in Article 3.5 shall be eligible only until 31 December 2011.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

The following provisions are hereby repealed: 1. The fifth and sixth headings and Annexes IV and V to the Order of 17 March 1988 for the updating and regulating of pure-bred breeding animals of a national character and the stimulus to participation in them is fixed.

2. Order APA/956/2005 of 30 March establishing the regulatory basis for grants to breeders ' organisations and associations for the conservation, selection and promotion of pure livestock breeds.

Final disposition first. Competence title.

This order is dictated by the exclusive state competence in the field of bases and coordination of the general planning of economic activity referred to in Article 149.1.13.

Final disposition second. Entry into force.

This order shall enter into force on 1 November 2007.

Madrid, October 30, 2007. -Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Elena Espinosa Mangana.