
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General block exemption Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 

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CHAPTER I
COMMON PROVISIONS
Scope
Article 1 
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Definitions
Article 2 
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Conditions for exemption
Article 3 
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Aid intensity and eligible costs
Article 4 
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Transparency of aid
Article 5 
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Individual notification thresholds
Article 6 
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Cumulation
Article 7 
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Incentive effect
Article 8 
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Transparency
Article 9 
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Monitoring
Article 10 
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Annual reporting
Article 11 
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Specific conditions applicable to investment aid
Article 12 
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CHAPTER II
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF AID
SECTION 1
Regional aid
Regional investment and employment aid
Article 13 
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Aid for newly created small enterprises
Article 14 
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SECTION 2
SME investment and employment aid
SME investment and employment aid
Article 15 
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SECTION 3
Aid for female entrepreneurship
Aid for small enterprises newly created by female entrepreneurs
Article 16 
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SECTION 4
Aid for environmental protection
Definitions
Article 17 
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Investment aid enabling undertakings to go beyond Community standards for environmental protection or increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Community standards
Article 18 
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Aid for the acquisition of new transport vehicles which go beyond Community standards or which increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Community standards
Article 19 
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Aid for early adaptation to future Community standards for SMEs
Article 20 
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Environmental investment aid for energy saving measures
Article 21 
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Environmental investment aid for high-efficiency cogeneration
Article 22 
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Environmental investment aid for the promotion of energy from renewable energy sources
Article 23 
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Aid for environmental studies
Article 24 
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Aid in the form of reductions in environmental taxes
Article 25 
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SECTION 5
Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs and SME participation in fairs
Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs
Article 26 
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Aid for SME participation in fairs
Article 27 
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SECTION 6
Aid in the form of risk capital
Definitions
Article 28 
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Aid in the form of risk capital
Article 29 
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SECTION 7
Aid for research and development and innovation
Definitions
Article 30 
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Aid for research and development projects
Article 31 
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Aid for technical feasibility studies
Article 32 
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Aid for industrial property rights costs for SMEs
Article 33 
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Aid for research and development in the agricultural and fisheries sectors
Article 34 
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Aid to young innovative enterprises
Article 35 
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Aid for innovation advisory services and for innovation support services
Article 36 
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Aid for the loan of highly qualified personnel
Article 37 
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SECTION 8
Training aid
Definitions
Article 38 
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Training aid
Article 39 
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SECTION 9
Aid for disadvantaged and disabled workers
Aid for the recruitment of disadvantaged workers in the form of wage subsidies
Article 40 
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Aid for the employment of disabled workers in the form of wage subsidies
Article 41 
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Aid for compensating the additional costs of employing disabled workers
Article 42 
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CHAPTER III
FINAL PROVISIONS
Repeal
Article 43 
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Transitional provisions
Article 44 
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Entry into force and applicability
Article 45 
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ANNEX I
Definition of SME
Enterprise
Article 1 
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Staff headcount and financial thresholds determining enterprise categories
Article 2 
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Types of enterprise taken into consideration in calculating staff numbers and financial amounts
Article 3 
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Data used for the staff headcount and the financial amounts and reference period
Article 4 
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Staff headcount
Article 5 
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Establishing the data of an enterprise
Article 6 
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ANNEX IIForm for the provision of summary information for research and development aid under the extended reporting obligation laid down in Article 9(4) 
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Form for the provision of summary information for aid for large investment projects under the extended reporting obligation laid down in Article 9(4) 
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ANNEX III
Form for the provision of summary information under the reporting obligation laid down in Article 9(1)

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