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State aid definition
Communication from the Commission – Commission Notice on the notion of State aid pursuant to Art. 107(1) TFEU
Rules on Procedure
Council Regulation (EU) No 1589/2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of art. 108 of the TFUE
Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty
Commission Regulation (EU) No 2282/2015 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 as regards the notification forms and information sheets
Commission Regulation (EU) No 372/2014 of 9 April 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 as regards the calculation of certain time limits, the handling of complaints, and the identification and protection of confidential information
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1125/2009 of 23 November 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty, as regards Part III.2, Part III.3 and Part III.7 of its Annex I
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 24 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty
Corrigendum of the Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1627/2006 of 24 October 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 as regards the standard forms for notification of aid
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1935/2006 of 20 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1147/2008 of 31 October 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty, as regards Part III.10 of its Annex 1
Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2008 of 30 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty
Council Regulation (EC) No 1588/2015 of 12 July 2015 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of horizontal State aid
Council Regulation (EU) No 733/2013 of 22 July 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 994/98 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 of the Treaty establishing the European Community to certain categories of horizontal State aid
Details of arrangement for the electronic transmission of State aid notifications including addresses together with the arrangements for the protection of confidential information – Article 3(6) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty
Commission communication C(2003) 4582 of 1 December 2003 on professional secrecy in State aid decisions
Commission notice on the enforcement of State aid law by national courts
Commission notice on the determination of the applicable rules for the assessment of unlawful State aid (notified under document number C(2002) 458)
Notice from the Commission — Towards an effective implementation of Commission decisions ordering Member States to recover unlawful and incompatible State aid
Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of the Council of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits
Commission Recomandation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
Commission communication – Model declaration on the information relating to the qualification of an enterprise as an SME
Corrigendum to the Commission Communication — Model Declaration on the information relating to the qualification of an enterprise as an SME
Simplification Package regarding State aid Proceedings
Commission Notice on Simplified procedure for the treatment of certain types of State aid
Commission Notice on a Best Practices Code on the conduct of State aid control proceedings
Transparency of State aid and of public undertakings
Commission communication to the Member States: Application of Articles 92 and 93 [now 87 and 88] of the EEC Treaty and of Article 5 of the Commission Directive 80/723/EEC to public undertakings in the manufacturing sector
Commission Directive 2006/111/EC of 16 November 2006 transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings as well as on financial transparency within certain undertakings (Codified version)
Public Land Sales
Commission communication concerning aid elements in land sales by public authorities
General Block Exemption Regulation
Commission Regulation (EC) No 651/2014 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Article 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation – GBER)
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1084/2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 as regards aid for port and airport infrastructure, notification thresholds for aid for culture and heritage conservation and for aid for sport and multifunctional recreational infrastructures, and regional operating aid schemes for outermost regions and amending Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 as regards the calculation of eligible costs
De minimis aid
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013on the application of Article 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid
Horizontal rules
Guidelines on regional State aid for 2014 – 2020
Communication from the Commission – Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of the state aid for the promotion of the development of some important common European projects
Annex to the la Communication from the Commission- Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of the state aid for the promotion of the development of some important common European projects(Available only in Romanian)
Community framework for State aid for research and development and innovation
Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020
Corrigendum to Communication from the Commission – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020
Community guidelines on certain State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme post-2012
Communication from the Commission – Guidelines on State aid to promote risk finance investments
Communication from the Commission – Guideline on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty
Communication from the Commission – Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility of State aid for the employment of disadvantaged workers subject to individual notification
Communication from the Commission – Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility of State aid for training subject to individual notification
Communication from the Commission – Criteria for an in-depth assessment of regional aid to large investment projects
Modification of some sector-specific rules and some specific aid instruments rules
Communication from the Commission amending the Communications from the Commission on EU Guidelines for the application of State aid rules in relation to the rapid deployment of broadband networks, on Guidelines on regional State aid for 2014-2020, on State aid for films and other audiovisual works, on Guidelines on State aid to promote risk finance investments and on Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines
Sector-specific rules
Comunity Guidelines for the application of State aid rules in relation to rapid development of broadband networks
Communication from the Commission on the application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting
Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 of 23 July 2002 on State aid to the coal industry
Council Decision of 10 December 2010 on State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines
Communication from the Commission on State aid for films and other audiovisual works
Commission Communication relating to the methodology for analysing State aid linked to stranded costs
Notice from the Commission on the application of the competition rules to the postal sector and on the assessment of certain State measures relating to postal services
Communication from the Commission concerning the prolongation of the application of the Framework on State aid to shipbuilding
Framework on State aid to shipbuilding
Communication from the Commission — Rescue and restructuring aid and closure aid for the steel sector (notified under document No C(2002) 315)
Communication from the Commission concerning certain aspects of the treatment of competition cases resulting from the expiry of the ECSC Treaty
Communication from the Commission – Guidelines on certain State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme post-2012
Communication from the Commission amending the Communication from the Commission – Guidelines on certain State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme post-2012
Specific aid instruments
Commission Notice on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid in the form of guarantees
Commission Communication amending the Annex to the Communication from the Commission to the Member States on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to short-term export-credit insurance
Communication from the Commission extending until end-2014 the list of marketable risk countries in the Communication from the Commission to the Member States on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to short-term export-credit insurance
Communication from the Commission to the Member States on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to short-term export-credit insurance
Communication from The Commission amending the list of marketable risk countries in the Communication from the Commission to the Member States on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to short-term export-credit insurance
Commission Notice on the application of the State aid rules to measures relating to direct business taxation
Services of general economic interest
Communication form the Commission on the application of the European Union State aid rules to compensation granted for the provision of services of general economic interest
Commission Decision of 20 December on the application of art. 106 (2) of the TFEU to State aid in the form of public service compensation granted to certain undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest
Communication form the Commission – European Union framework for State aid in the form of public service compensation
Regulation (EU) nr. 360/2012 on the application of art. 107 and 108 of the TFUE to de minimis aid granted to undertakings providing services of general economic interest
State aid on transport sector
Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines
Communication from the Commission concerning the prolongation of the specific regime for operating aid for airports with up to 700 000 passengers per annum provided for in the Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines
Community guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings
Community guidelines on State aid to maritime transport
Communication from the Commission (2008) providing guidance on State aid complementary to Community funding for the launching of the motorways of the sea
Communication from the Commission (2009) providing guidance on State aid to shipmanagement companies
Community rules on public services in transport
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations Nos. 1191/1969 and 1107/70
Regulation (EU) No 2338/2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 concerning the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail
Communication from the Commission on interpretative guidelines concerning Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road
Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings
Community rules in the agriculture and forestry sectors
Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013 on support for rural development by the EAFRD
European Union Guidelines for State aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas 2014 to 2020
Regulation (EU) No. 702/2014 declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in the application of art. 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Regulation (EC) No. 1408/2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the TFUE to the minimis aid in the sector of agricultural products
Community rules in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors
Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Community Guidelines for the examination of State aid to fisheries and aquaculture
Adoption of amendments to the EU Guidelines for State aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas 2014 to 2020
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1388/2014 declaring certain categories of aid to undertakings active in the production, processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Regulation (EU) No 717/2014 on the application of art. 107 and 108 of the TFEU to de minimis aid in the fishery and aquaculture sectors