Guidelines on National Regional aid for 2007-2013 ( OJ C 54, 4.3.2006, p. 13 )  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, development aid, economic development, investment aid, less-favoured region, regional aid








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17.8.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/2





Guidelines on National Regional aid for 2007-2013
(OJ C 54, 4.3.2006, p. 13)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 222/02

Communication of the Commission on the review of the State aid status and the aid ceiling of the statistical effect regions in the following National regional State aid maps for the period 1.1.2011-31.12.2013


N 745/06 — Belgium — (Published in OJ C 73, 30.3.2007, p. 15)


N 408/06 — Greece — (Published in OJ C 286, 23.11.2006, p. 5)


N 459/06 — Germany — (Published in OJ C 295, 5.12.2006, p. 6)


N 324/07 — Italy — (Published in OJ C 90, 11.4.2008, p. 4)


N 626/06 — Spain — (Published in OJ C 35, 17.2.2007, p. 4)


N 492/06 — Austria — (Published in OJ C 34, 16.2.2007, p. 5)


N 727/06 — Portugal — (Published in OJ C 68, 24.3.2007, p. 26)


N 673/06 — United Kingdom — (Published in OJ C 55, 10.3.2007, p. 2)







1.


According to point 20 of the Guidelines on national Regional Aid for 2007-2013 (RAG) Statistical Effect Regions will benefit from a status as an assisted area pursuant to Article 107(3)(a) TFEU until the end of 2010. These regions will lose their status as an Article 107(3)(a) TFEU assisted area as from 1st January 2011, if an ex officio review to be carried out by the Commission in 2010 shows that their GDP/inhabitant over the most recent three years exceeds 75 % of the EU25 average. As already stipulated in the decisions on the regional State aid maps for 2007-2013, these regions changing status will benefit for the period 1.1.2011-31.12.2013 from eligibility to regional aid on the basis of Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.










2.


The most recent statistical data available from Eurostat (Eurostat's News release 25/2010 of 18.2.2010) on GDP in PPS per capita, calculated as a three year average (2005-2007) (EU25 = 100) for the individual statistical effect regions recognised by the RAG are the following: Hainaut (74,0); Brandenburg-Südwest (84,1); Lüneburg (80,6); Leipzig (84,9); Sachsen-Anhalt (Halle) (79,5); Kentriki Makedonia (71,0); Dytiki Makedonia (73,8); Attiki (121,3); Principados de Asturias (90,5); Región de Murcia (83,6); Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta (91,4); Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla (89,8); Basilicata (64,9); Burgenland (79,4); Algarve (77,7); Highlands and Islands (85,0).










3.


According to these data , Hainaut, Kentriki Makedonia, Dytiki Makedonia and Basilicata maintain their status as an Article 107(3)(a) TFEU assisted area with an aid intensity of 30 % as their GDP/inhabitant over the most recent three years (2005-2007) is below 75 % of the EU25 average. All the other Statistical Effect Regions benefit for the period 1.1.2011-31.12.2013 from eligibility to regional aid on the basis of Article 107(3)(c) TFEU, with an aid intensity as indicated in the table below as their GDP/inhabitant over the most recent three years (2005-2007) exceeds 75 % of the EU25 average.












NUTS II


Name


Ceiling for regional investment aid (1) (applicable to large enterprises)




Statistical Effect Regions



1.   Regions which remain eligible for aid under Article 107(3)(a) TFEU until 31.12.2013




 


 


1.1.2007-31.12.2010


1.1.2011-31.12.2013




BE32


Hainaut


30 %


30 %




GR12


Kentriki Makedonia


30 %


30 %




GR13


Dytiki Makedonia


30 %


30 %




ITF5


Basilicata


30 %


30 %



2.   Regions which become eligible for aid under Article 107(3)(c) TFEU as from 1.1.2011 until 31.12.2013




DE42


Brandenburg-Südwest


30 %


20 %




DED3


Leipzig


30 %


20 %




DEE2


Halle


30 %


20 %




DE93


Lüneburg


 


 




DE934


LK Lüchow-Dannenberg


30 %


20 %




DE93A


LK Uelzen


30 %


20 %




DE931


LK Celle


15 %


15 %




DE932


LK Cuxhaven


15 %


15 %




DE935


LK Lüneburg


15 %


15 %




GR30


Attiki


30 %


20 %




ES12


Principado de Asturias


30 %


20 %




ES62


Región de Murcia


30 %


20 %




ES63


C. Autónoma de Ceuta


30 %


20 %




ES64


C. Autónoma de Melilla


30 %


20 %




AT11


Burgenland


30 %


20 %




PT15


Algarve


30 %


20 %




UKM4


Highlands and Islands


30 %


20 %






(1)  For investment projects with eligible expenditure not exceeding EUR 50 million, this ceiling is increased by 10 percentage points for medium-sized companies and 20 percentage points for small companies as defined in the Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36). For large investment projects with eligible expenditure exceeding EUR 50 million, this ceiling is subject to adjustment in accordance with paragraph 67 of the Guidelines on national regional aid for 2007-2013.