
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 702/2014 of 25 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (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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Avoidance of double publication
Article 10 
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CHAPTER II
PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
Withdrawal of the benefit of the block exemption
Article 11 
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Reporting
Article 12 
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Monitoring
Article 13 
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CHAPTER III
CATEGORIES OF AID

                  SECTION 1
               
Aid in favour of SMEs active in primary agricultural production, the processing of agricultural products and the marketing of agricultural products
Aid for investments in tangible assets or intangible assets on agricultural holdings linked to primary agricultural production
Article 14 
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Aid for agricultural land consolidation
Article 15 
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Aid for investments concerning the relocation of farm buildings
Article 16 
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Aid for investments in connection with the processing of agricultural products and the marketing of agricultural products
Article 17 
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Start-up aid for young farmers and the development of small farms
Article 18 
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Start-up aid for producer groups and organisations in the agricultural sector
Article 19 
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Aid for the participation of producers of agricultural products in quality schemes
Article 20 
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Aid for knowledge transfer and information actions
Article 21 
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Aid for advisory services
Article 22 
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Aid for farm replacement services
Article 23 
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Aid for promotion measures in favour of agricultural products
Article 24 
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Aid to compensate for damage caused by adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster
Article 25 
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Aid for the costs of the prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases and plant pests and aid to make good the damage caused by animal diseases or plant pests
Article 26 
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Aids to the livestock sector and aid for fallen stock
Article 27 
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Aid for the payment of insurance premiums
Article 28 
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                  SECTION 2
               
Aid for investments in favour of conservation of cultural and natural heritage located on agricultural holdings
Aid for investments in favour of the conservation of cultural and natural heritage located on agricultural holdings
Article 29 
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                  SECTION 3
               
Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters in the agricultural sector
Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters in the agricultural sector
Article 30 
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                  SECTION 4
               
Aid for research and development in the agricultural and forestry sectors
Aid for research and development in the agricultural and forestry sectors
Article 31 
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                  SECTION 5
               
Aid in favour of forestry
Aid for afforestation and the creation of woodland
Article 32 
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Aid for agroforestry systems
Article 33 
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Aid for the prevention and restoration of damage to forests from forest fire, natural disasters, adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, other adverse climatic events, plant pests and catastrophic events
Article 34 
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Aid for investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems
Article 35 
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Aid for disadvantages related to Natura 2000 forest areas
Article 36 
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Aid for forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation
Article 37 
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Aid for knowledge transfer and information actions in the forestry sector
Article 38 
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Aid for advisory services in the forestry sector
Article 39 
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Aid for investments in infrastructure related to the development, modernisation or adaptation of the forestry sector
Article 40 
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Aid for investments in forestry technologies and in processing, mobilising and marketing of forestry products
Article 41 
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Conservation of genetic resources in forestry
Article 42 
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Aid for forestry land consolidation
Article 43 
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                  SECTION 6
               
Aids in favour of SMEs in Rural Areas co-financed by the EAFRD or granted as additional national financing to such co-financed measures
Aid for investments concerning the processing of agricultural products into non-agricultural products or the production of cotton
Article 44 
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Business start-up aid for non-agricultural activities in rural areas
Article 45 
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Aid for advisory services for SMEs in rural areas
Article 46 
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Aid for knowledge transfer and information actions in favour of SMEs in rural areas
Article 47 
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Aid for new participation of active farmers in quality schemes for cotton and foodstuffs
Article 48 
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Aid for information and promotion activities concerning cotton and foodstuffs covered by a quality scheme
Article 49 
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CHAPTER IV
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Repeal
Article 50 
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Transitional provisions
Article 51 
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Entry into force and applicability
Article 52 
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ANNEX I
DEFINITION OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
Enterprise
Article 1 
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Staff headcount and financial ceilings 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 EXEMPTED UNDER THIS REGULATION
as provided for in Article 9(1)
(Text with EEA relevance)
PART I
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PART II
Please indicate under which provision of this Regulation the aid is implemented
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ANNEX III
Provisions for the publication of information as laid down in Article 9(2)

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