
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) 

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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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Notification thresholds
Article 4 
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Transparency of aid
Article 5 
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Incentive effect
Article 6 
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Aid intensity and eligible costs
Article 7 
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Cumulation
Article 8 
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Publication and information
Article 9 
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CHAPTER II
MONITORING
Withdrawal of the benefit of the block exemption
Article 10 
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                  Reporting
               

                     Article 11
                   
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                  Monitoring
               

                     Article 12
                   
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CHAPTER III
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF AID

                  SECTION 1
               
Regional aid

                     Subsection A
                  
Regional investment and operating aid

                        Scope of regional aid
                     

                           Article 13
                         
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Regional investment aid
Article 14 
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                        Regional operating aid
                     

                           Article 15
                         
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                     Subsection B
                  
Urban development aid
Regional urban development aid
Article 16 
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                  SECTION 2
               
Aid to SMEs
Investment aid to SMEs
Article 17 
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Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs
Article 18 
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Aid to SMEs for participation in fairs
Article 19 
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Aid for cooperation costs incurred by SMEs participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects
Article 20 
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                  SECTION 3
               
Aid for access to finance for SMEs
Risk finance aid
Article 21 
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Aid for start-ups
Article 22 
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Aid to alternative trading platforms specialised in SMEs
Article 23 
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Aid for scouting costs
Article 24 
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                  SECTION 4
               
Aid for research and development and innovation
Aid for research and development projects
Article 25 
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Investment aid for research infrastructures
Article 26 
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Aid for innovation clusters
Article 27 
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Innovation aid for SMEs
Article 28 
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Aid for process and organisational innovation
Article 29 
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Aid for research and development in the fishery and aquaculture sector
Article 30 
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                  SECTION 5
               
Training aid
Training aid
Article 31 
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                  SECTION 6
               
Aid for disadvantaged workers and for workers with disabilities
Aid for the recruitment of disadvantaged workers in the form of wage subsidies
Article 32 
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Aid for the employment of workers with disabilities in the form of wage subsidies
Article 33 
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Aid for compensating the additional costs of employing workers with disabilities
Article 34 
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Aid for compensating the costs of assistance provided to disadvantaged workers
Article 35 
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                  SECTION 7
               
Aid for environmental protection
Investment aid enabling undertakings to go beyond Union standards for environmental protection or to increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Union standards
Article 36 
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Investment aid for early adaptation to future Union standards
Article 37 
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Investment aid for energy efficiency measures
Article 38 
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Investment aid for energy efficiency projects in buildings
Article 39 
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Investment aid for high-efficiency cogeneration
Article 40 
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Investment aid for the promotion of energy from renewable sources
Article 41 
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Operating aid for the promotion of electricity from renewable sources
Article 42 
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Operating aid for the promotion of energy from renewable sources in small scale installations
Article 43 
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Aid in the form of reductions in environmental taxes under Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 44 
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Investment aid for remediation of contaminated sites
Article 45 
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Investment aid for energy efficient district heating and cooling
Article 46 
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Investment aid for waste recycling and re-utilisation
Article 47 
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Investment aid for energy infrastructure
Article 48 
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Aid for environmental studies
Article 49 
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                  SECTION 8
               
Aid to make good the damage caused by certain natural disasters
Aid schemes to make good the damage caused by certain natural disasters
Article 50 
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                  SECTION 9
               
Social aid for transport for residents of remote regions
Social aid for transport for residents of remote regions
Article 51 
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                  SECTION 10
               
Aid for broadband infrastructures
Aid for broadband infrastructures
Article 52 
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                  SECTION 11
               
Aid for culture and heritage conservation
Aid for culture and heritage conservation
Article 53 
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Aid schemes for audiovisual works
Article 54 
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                  SECTION 12
               
Aid for sport and multifunctional recreational infrastructures
Aid for sport and multifunctional recreational infrastructures
Article 55 
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                  SECTION 13
               
Aid for local infrastructures
Investment aid for local infrastructures
Article 56 
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                     SECTION 14
                  
               

                        Aid for regional airports
                     

                     Aid for regional airports
                  

                        Article 56a
                      
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                     SECTION 15
                  
               

                        Aid for ports
                     

                     Aid for maritime ports
                  

                        Article 56b
                      
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                     Aid for inland ports
                  

                        Article 56c
                      
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               CHAPTER IV
            
FINAL PROVISIONS
Repeal
Article 57 
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Transitional provisions
Article 58 
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Article 59 
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ANNEX I
SME DEFINITION
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 II
INFORMATION REGARDING STATE AID EXEMPT UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THIS REGULATION
PART I
to be provided through the established Commission IT application as laid down in Article 11
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                     PART II
                  

                        to be provided through the established Commission IT application as laid down in Article 11
                     
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ANNEX III
Provisions for the publication of information as laid down in Article 9(1)

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