State Aid: Guidelines on national regional aid for 2007-2013: Acceptance by 24 Member States of the Commission's proposal of the appropriate measures pursuant to Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty  (pursuant to Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/99 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 EC)
Date: 2006-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, aid system, employment aid, environmental protection, regional aid, research and development, small and medium-sized enterprises

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State Aid: Guidelines on national regional aid for 2007-2013: Acceptance by 24 Member States of
the Commission's proposal of the appropriate measures pursuant to Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty

(pursuant to Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/99 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article
93 EC (1))

(2006/C 153/04)

Following the adoption of the Guidelines on national regional aid for 2007-2013 (2), the Commission by
separate letters dated 6 March 2006, proposed to Member States the following appropriate measures:

1. Without prejudice to Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87
and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for small and medium-sized enterprises, as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 364/2004 and to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 on the application of Articles
87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment, Member States shall limit the application in
time of all existing regional aid schemes to aid to be granted on or before 31 December 2006.

2. Where environment aid schemes allow regional investment aid to be granted for environmental invest-
ments pursuant to footnote 29 of the Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection,
Member States shall amend the relevant schemes in order to ensure that aid may only be granted after
31 December 2006 if it complies with the new regional aid map in force on the date the aid is granted.

3. Member States shall as necessary amend other existing aid schemes in order to ensure that any regional
bonuses such as those allowed for training aid, aid for research and development or environment aid
may be granted only after 31 December 2006 in areas which are eligible for support under Article
87(3)(a) or (c) in accordance with the regional aid maps adopted by the Commission in force on the
date the aid is granted.

By the above mentioned letters, the Commission requested the Member States to express their uncondi-
tional and explicit agreement to the appropriate measures within the given deadline.

The following Member States have given their explicit and unconditional agreement to the proposed
appropriate measures by letters:

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Member State

Date of acceptance

21 April 2006, 8 May 2006, 11 May 2006

25 May 2006

4 April 2006

25 May 2006

7 April 2006

19 April 2006

20 April 2006

7 April 2006

20 April 2006

6 April 2006

25 April 2006

(1) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 54, 4.3.2006, p. 13.

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Member State

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

Date of acceptance

24 April 2006

30 March 2006

5 April 2006

27 April 2006

7 April 2006

20 April 2006

13 April 2006

10 May 2006

30 March 2006

11 April 2006

3 May 2006

6 April 2006

3 April 2006

Pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999, the Commission hereby takes note of the
unconditional and explicit agreement to the appropriate measures by the above mentioned Member States.