Commission Regulation (EC) No 1040/2006 of  7 July 2006  amending Regulations (EC) No 2204/2002, (EC) No 70/2001 and (EC) No 68/2001 as regards period of application
Date: 2006-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, application of EU law, job creation, small and medium-sized enterprises, vocational training

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1040/2006

of 7 July 2006

amending Regulations (EC) No 2204/2002, (EC) No 70/2001 and (EC) No 68/2001 as regards period
of application

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 of 7 May
1998 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 of the Treaty
establishing the European Community to certain categories of
horizontal State aid (1), and in particular points (a)(i), (ii), (iv)
and b) of Article 1(1) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Having published a draft of this Regulation,

categories of aid which might be considered compatible
with the Treaty. In order to proceed with the current
consultations and the analysis of their results, it is appro-
priate to extend the validity of Regulations (EC) No
2204/2002, (EC) No 70/20012 and (EC) No 68/2001
until the end of 2007.

Regulations (EC) No 2204/2002, (EC) No 68/2001 and
(EC) No 70/2001 should
amended
accordingly.

therefore be

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with
the Advisory
Committee on State Aids,

opinion

the

of

After consulting the Advisory Committee on State Aid,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

70/2001

(EC) No

(EC) No

Regulation

2204/2002

Commission Regulation
of
12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87
and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment (2),
of
Commission
12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and
88 of the EC Treaty to state aid for small and medium-
sized enterprises (3) and Commission Regulation (EC) No
68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of
Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid (4)
will expire on 31 December 2006.
In its State Aid
Action Plan (5)
the Commission has proposed to
regroup
block
exemption Regulation and possibly add other areas
mentioned in Article 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No
994/98.

these Regulations,

single

one

in

The second sentence of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 68/2001 is replaced by:

‘It shall apply until 31 December 2007.’

Article 2

The second sentence of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001 is replaced by:

‘It shall apply until 31 December 2007.’

(2)

The contents of the future block exemption Regulation
depends in particular on the results of the public consul-
tations initiated by the State Aid Action Plan and by
the Commission consultation document on State aid
and Innovation (6). Discussions with representatives of
Member States are also necessary in order to define the

(1) OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 337, 13.12.2002, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 33. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 364/2004 (OJ L 63, 28.2.2004, p. 22).

(4) OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 20. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 364/2004 (OJ L 63, 28.2.2004, p. 20).

(5) COM(2005) 107 final.
(6) COM(2005) 436 final.

Article 3

The second sentence of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 2204/2002 is replaced by:

‘It shall apply until 31 December 2007.’

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 July 2006.

For the Commission

Neelie KROES
Member of the Commission