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
CHAPTER I
COMMON PROVISIONS
Article 1
Scope
Article 2
Definitions
Article 3
Conditions for exemption
Article 4
Notification thresholds
Article 5
Transparency of aid
Article 6
Incentive effect
Article 7
Aid intensity and eligible costs
Article 8
Cumulation
Article 9
Publication and information
Article 10
Avoidance of double publication
CHAPTER II
PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
Article 11
Withdrawal of the benefit of the block exemption
Article 12
Reporting
Article 13
Monitoring
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
Article 14
Aid for investments in tangible assets or intangible assets on agricultural holdings linked to primary agricultural production
Article 15
Aid for agricultural land consolidation
Article 16
Aid for investments concerning the relocation of farm buildings
Article 17
Aid for investments in connection with the processing of agricultural products and the marketing of agricultural products
Article 18
Start-up aid for young farmers and the development of small farms
Article 19
Start-up aid for producer groups and organisations in the agricultural sector
Article 20
Aid for the participation of producers of agricultural products in quality schemes
Article 21
Aid for knowledge transfer and information actions
Article 22
Aid for advisory services
Article 23
Aid for farm replacement services
Article 24
Aid for promotion measures in favour of agricultural products
Article 25
Aid to compensate for damage caused by adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster
Article 26
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 27
Aids to the livestock sector and aid for fallen stock
Article 28
Aid for the payment of insurance premiums
SECTION 2
Aid for investments in favour of conservation of cultural and natural heritage located on agricultural holdings
Article 29
Aid for investments in favour of the conservation of cultural and natural heritage located on agricultural holdings
SECTION 3
Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters in the agricultural sector
Article 30
Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters in the agricultural sector
SECTION 4
Aid for research and development in the agricultural and forestry sectors
Article 31
Aid for research and development in the agricultural and forestry sectors
SECTION 5
Aid in favour of forestry
Article 32
Aid for afforestation and the creation of woodland
Article 33
Aid for agroforestry systems
Article 34
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 35
Aid for investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems
Article 36
Aid for disadvantages related to Natura 2000 forest areas
Article 37
Aid for forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation
Article 38
Aid for knowledge transfer and information actions in the forestry sector
Article 39
Aid for advisory services in the forestry sector
Article 40
Aid for investments in infrastructure related to the development, modernisation or adaptation of the forestry sector
Article 41
Aid for investments in forestry technologies and in processing, mobilising and marketing of forestry products
Article 42
Conservation of genetic resources in forestry
Article 43
Aid for forestry land consolidation
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
Article 44
Aid for investments concerning the processing of agricultural products into non-agricultural products or the production of cotton
Article 45
Business start-up aid for non-agricultural activities in rural areas
Article 46
Aid for advisory services for SMEs in rural areas
Article 47
Aid for knowledge transfer and information actions in favour of SMEs in rural areas
Article 48
Aid for new participation of active farmers in quality schemes for cotton and foodstuffs
Article 49
Aid for information and promotion activities concerning cotton and foodstuffs covered by a quality scheme
CHAPTER IV
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 50
Repeal
Article 51
Transitional provisions
Article 52
Entry into force and applicability
ANNEX I
DEFINITION OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
Article 1
Enterprise
Article 2
Staff headcount and financial ceilings determining enterprise categories
Article 3
Types of enterprise taken into consideration in calculating staff numbers and financial amounts
Article 4
Data used for the staff headcount and the financial amounts and reference period
Article 5
Staff headcount
Article 6
Establishing the data of an enterprise
ANNEX II
INFORMATION REGARDING STATE AID EXEMPTED UNDER THIS REGULATION
as provided for in Article 9(1)
(Text with EEA relevance(1))
PART I
Aid reference |
(to be completed by the Commission) |
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Member State |
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Member State reference number |
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Region |
Name of the Region ( NUTS (2) ) … … |
Regional aid status (3) … … |
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Granting authority |
Name |
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Postal address Web address |
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Title of the aid measure |
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National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) |
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Web link to the full text of the aid measure |
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Type of measure |
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Name of the beneficiary and the group (4) it belongs to … |
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Amendment of an existing aid scheme or ad hoc aid |
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Commission aid reference |
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Duration (5) |
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dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy |
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Date of granting |
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dd/mm/yyyy |
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Economic sector(s) concerned |
Please specify at NACE group level (6) |
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Type of beneficiary |
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Budget |
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National currency … (full amounts) … |
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National currency … (full amounts) … |
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For guarantees (9) |
National currency … (full amounts) … |
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Aid instrument |
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… Indicate to which broad category below it would fit best in terms of its effect/function:
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If co-financed by EU fund(s) |
Name of EU fund(s):
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Amount of funding (as per EU fund) … |
National currency … (full amounts) … |
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Other information |
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PART II
Please indicate under which provision of this Regulation the aid is implemented
Primary objectives (11) |
Maximum aid intensity in % |
Maximum aid amount in national currency (in full amounts) |
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