2008/484/EC: Commission Decision of 20 June 2008 on the prolongation of certain State aid decisions (notified under document number C(2008) 2883) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, regional aid

25.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 164/43

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 June 2008

on the prolongation of certain State aid decisions

(notified under document number C(2008) 2883)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/484/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Articles 87 and 88 thereof,

establishing the European

No 2204/2002, (EC) No 70/2001 or (EC) No 68/2001,
for a limited period of time,
in order to allow for an
appropriate transition period until the entry into force of
the general block exemption regulation,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

The period of validity of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2204/2002 of 5 December 2002 on the application of
Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for
employment (1), Commission Regulation
(EC) No
70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of
Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for
small and medium-sized enterprises (2) 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 (3) has been extended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1976/2006 of 20 December 2006
(EC) No
amending Regulations (EC) No 2204/2002,
70/2001 and (EC) No 68/2001 as
the
extension of the periods of application (4) until 30 June
2008. The validity of the Decisions of the Commission
approving State aid schemes on the basis of Regulations
(EC) No 2204/2002,
(EC) No
68/2001 was prolonged, until 30 June 2008, by
Commission Decision 2007/72/EC (5).

(EC) No 70/2001 or

regards

(2)

In view of the fact that the general block exemption
regulation (6) replacing these regulations is scheduled to
be adopted and published in the Official Journal at a date
later than 30 June 2008, it is necessary to prolong the
validity of the Decisions of the Commission approving
State aid schemes on the basis of Regulations (EC)

Article 1

Without prejudice to the appropriate measures contained in the
third indent of point 107 of the Guidelines on national regional
aid for 2007-2013 of 4 March 2006 (7) and accepted by all
Member States, the validity of the Decisions of the Commission
approving State aid schemes on the basis of Regulations (EC)
No 2204/2002, (EC) No 70/2001 or (EC) No 68/2001 before
the entry into force of this Decision shall be extended until
30 September 2008.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

It shall be applicable from 1 June 2008.

Done at Brussels, 20 June 2008.

For the Commission

Neelie KROES
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 13.12.2002, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1040/2006 (OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 8).

(2) OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 33. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1040/2006.

(3) OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 20. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1040/2006.
(4) OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 85.
(5) OJ L 32, 6.2.2007, p. 180.
(6) OJ C 210, 8.9.2007, p. 14.

(7) OJ C 54, 4.3.2006, p. 13.