# C_2016290EN.01001101.xml

| 10.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 290/11 |
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10.8.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 290/11

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Corrigendum to Communication from the Commission — Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020

(
  Official Journal of the European Union C 200 of 28 June 2014
  )

Official Journal of the European Union C 200 of 28 June 2014

(2016/C 290/07)

On page 16, points 51 and 52 are replaced by the following:

| ‘(51) | Member States must introduce and use an application form for aid. The application form includes at least the applicant’s name and the size of the undertaking, a description of the project, including its location and start and end dates, the amount of aid needed to carry it out and the eligible costs. In the application form, beneficiaries must describe the situation without the aid, i.e. a situation that is referred to as the counterfactual scenario, or the alternative scenario or project. In addition, large undertakings must submit documentary evidence in support of the counterfactual scenario described in the application form. When receiving an application form, the granting authority must carry out a credibility check of the counterfactual scenario and confirm that the aid has the required incentive effect. A counterfactual scenario is credible if it is genuine and relates to the decision-making factors prevalent at the time of the decision by the beneficiary regarding the investment. |
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‘(51)

Member States must introduce and use an application form for aid. The application form includes at least the applicant’s name and the size of the undertaking, a description of the project, including its location and start and end dates, the amount of aid needed to carry it out and the eligible costs. In the application form, beneficiaries must describe the situation without the aid, i.e. a situation that is referred to as the counterfactual scenario, or the alternative scenario or project. In addition, large undertakings must submit documentary evidence in support of the counterfactual scenario described in the application form. When receiving an application form, the granting authority must carry out a credibility check of the counterfactual scenario and confirm that the aid has the required incentive effect. A counterfactual scenario is credible if it is genuine and relates to the decision-making factors prevalent at the time of the decision by the beneficiary regarding the investment.

| (52) | It is not required to meet the conditions of paragraph (51) where the aid is awarded on the basis of a competitive bidding process.’; |
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(52)

It is not required to meet the conditions of paragraph (51) where the aid is awarded on the basis of a competitive bidding process.’;

on page 29, point 151 is replaced by the following:

| ‘(151) | Operating aid for high energy efficient cogeneration plants may be granted on the basis of the conditions applying to operating aid from renewable sources as established in Sections 3.3.2.1 and 3.3.2.4, to the extent that more specific provisions do not exist in Section 3.4, and only:






  (a) | to undertakings generating electric power and heat to the public where the costs of producing such electric power or heat exceed its market price; |
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‘(151)

Operating aid for high energy efficient cogeneration plants may be granted on the basis of the conditions applying to operating aid from renewable sources as established in Sections 3.3.2.1 and 3.3.2.4, to the extent that more specific provisions do not exist in Section 3.4, and only:

(a)

to undertakings generating electric power and heat to the public where the costs of producing such electric power or heat exceed its market price;

| (b) | for the industrial use of the combined production of electric power and heat where it can be shown that the production cost of one unit of energy using that technique exceeds the market price of one unit of conventional energy.’ |
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(b)

for the industrial use of the combined production of electric power and heat where it can be shown that the production cost of one unit of energy using that technique exceeds the market price of one unit of conventional energy.’

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