What changed, Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid…

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− Article 1
− | (a) | regional aid; |
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− | (b) | aid to SMEs in the form of investment aid, operating aid and SMEs' access to finance; |
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− | (c) | aid for environmental protection; |
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− | (d) | aid for research and development and innovation; |
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− | (e) | training aid; |
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− | (f) | recruitment and employment aid for disadvantaged workers and workers with disabilities; |
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− | (g) | aid to make good the damage caused by certain natural disasters; |
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− | (h) | social aid for transport for residents of remote regions; |
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− | (i) | aid for broadband infrastructures; |
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− | (j) | aid for culture and heritage conservation; |
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− | (k) | aid for sport and multifunctional recreational infrastructures; and |
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− | (l) | aid for local infrastructures. |
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− | (a) | schemes under Sections 1 (with the exception of Article 15), 2, 3, 4, 7 (with the exception of Article 44), and 10 of Chapter III of this Regulation, if the average annual State aid budget exceeds EUR 150 million, from six months after their entry into force. The Commission may decide that t…
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− | (b) | any alterations of schemes referred to in Article 1(2)(a), other than modifications which cannot affect the compatibility of the aid scheme under this Regulation or cannot significantly affect the content of the approved evaluation plan; |
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+ ## CHAPTER I / **COMMON PROVISIONS**
+ ### Article 1 — Scope
+ (a) regional aid;
+ (b) aid to SMEs in the form of investment aid, operating aid and SMEs' access to finance;
+ (c) aid for environmental protection;
+ (d) aid for research and development and innovation;
+ (e) training aid;
+ (f) recruitment and employment aid for disadvantaged workers and workers with disabilities;
+ (g) aid to make good the damage caused by certain natural disasters;
+ (h) social aid for transport for residents of remote regions;
+ (i) aid for broadband infrastructures;
+ (j) aid for culture and heritage conservation;
+ (k) aid for sport and multifunctional recreational infrastructure;
+ (l) aid for local infrastructures;
+ (m) aid for regional airports; and
+ (n) aid for ports.
+ (a) schemes under Sections 1 (with the exception of Article 15), 2, 3, 4, 7 (with the exception of Article 44), and 10 of Chapter III of this Regulation, if the average annual State aid budget exceeds EUR 150 million, from six months after their entry into force. The Commission may decide that this …
+ (b) any alterations of schemes referred to in Article 1(2)(a), other than modifications which cannot affect the compatibility of the aid scheme under this Regulation or cannot significantly affect the content of the approved evaluation plan;
+ (c) aid to export-related activities towards third countries or Member States, namely aid directly linked to the quantities exported, to the establishment and operation of a distribution network or to other current costs linked to the export activity;
+ (d) aid contingent upon the use of domestic over imported goods.
+ 3. ►M1 This Regulation shall not apply to:
+ (a) aid granted in the fishery and aquaculture sector, as covered by Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) with the exception of training aid, aid for SMEs' access to finance, aid in the field of research and development, innovation aid for SMEs, aid for disa…
+ (b) aid granted in the primary agricultural production sector, with the exception of regional investment aid in outermost regions, regional operating aid schemes, aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs, risk finance aid, aid for research and development, innovation aid for SMEs, environmental aid, tr…
+ (c) aid granted in the sector of processing and marketing of agricultural products, in the following cases:
+ (i) where the amount of the aid is fixed on the basis of the price or quantity of such products purchased from primary producers or put on the market by the undertakings concerned;
+ (ii) where the aid is conditional on being partly or entirely passed on to primary producers;
+ (d) aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines, as covered by Council Decision 2010/787/EU (2);
+ (e) the categories of regional aid referred to in Article 13.** ◄ **
+ (a) aid schemes which do not explicitly exclude the payment of individual aid in favour of an undertaking which is subject to an outstanding recovery order following a previous Commission decision declaring an aid granted by the same Member State illegal and incompatible with the internal market, wi…
+ (b) ad hoc aid in favour of an undertaking as referred to in point (a);