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Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1237 of 23 July 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1237 of 23 July 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1237 of 23 July 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance)
C/2021/5336
OJ L 270, 29.7.2021, p. 39–75
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
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29.7.2021 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 270/39 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2021/1237
of 23 July 2021
amending Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 108(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1588 of 13 July 2015 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of horizontal State aid (1), and in particular Article 1(1), point (a), thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee on State aid,
Whereas:
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 (2) constitutes an important exemption from the general rule that Member States have to notify any plans to grant new aid to the Commission before implementing them, provided that certain pre-defined conditions have been fulfilled. |
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In view of the economic and financial consequences that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on undertakings and in order to ensure consistency with the general policy response adopted by the Commission, especially in the period 2020-2021, Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 should be adapted. Undertakings which became undertakings in difficulty as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic should remain eligible for aid under Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 for a limited period, namely from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021. In addition, beneficiaries of regional investment aid, which have temporarily or permanently laid off staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the period from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2021, should not be considered to have breached the obligation to maintain those jobs in the area concerned for a period of five years from the date the post was first filled, or three years in the case of small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”). |
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State aid granted to undertakings participating in European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability (“EIP”) Operational Group projects covered by Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), or in community-led local development (“CLLD”) projects covered by Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) or by Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) has little impact on competition, in particular, in view of the positive role the aid plays for sharing knowledge, especially for local and farming communities, as well as the often collective nature of the aid, and its relatively small scale. The nature of these projects is integrated, multi-actor and multi-sector, which can lead to certain difficulties for their classification under State aid law. Given the local nature of individual EIP Operational Group and CLLD projects, selected on the basis of a multi-annual local development strategy determined and implemented by public-private partnership and their orientation to community, social, environmental and climate interest, this Regulation should address certain difficulties faced by EIP Operational Group and CLLD projects in order to facilitate their compliance with State aid rules. |
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Given the limited effect on trade and competition of small amounts of aid granted to SMEs benefitting, directly or indirectly, from EIP Operational Group and CLLD projects, simple rules for cases where the aggregate amount of aid per project does not exceed a certain ceiling should be laid down. |
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Undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation (‘ETC’) projects covered by Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) or by Regulation (EU) 2021/1059 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7) often experience difficulties in financing additional costs stemming from the cooperation between partners located in different regions and in different Member States or third countries. Given the importance of ETC for the cohesion policy, providing a framework for the implementation of joint actions and policy exchanges between national, regional and local actors from different Member States or third countries, certain difficulties faced by ETC projects should be addressed in order to facilitate their compliance with State aid rules. In the light of the Commission’s experience, Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 should apply to aid for ETC projects, irrespective of the size of the beneficiary undertakings. |
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In addition, given the limited effect on trade and competition of small amounts of aid granted to undertakings participating in ETC projects, in particular, where those undertakings receive that aid indirectly, simple rules for cases where the aggregate amount of aid per undertaking per project does not exceed a certain ceiling should be laid down. |
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Research and development projects or feasibility studies awarded a Seal of Excellence quality label following an evaluation and ranking carried out by independent experts, which are regarded as excellent and worthy of receiving public funding, but cannot be funded under the Horizon Framework Programme due to lack of available budget, may be supported by national resources including resources from the European Structural and Investment Funds for the period 2014-2020, and from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund+ for the period 2021-2027. State aid granted to such research and development projects which are carried out by SMEs should be considered compatible with the internal market and be exempted from the notification requirement under certain conditions. In addition, it should not be necessary to reassess eligibility conditions already assessed at Union level in accordance with the Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe Framework programme rules prior to the awarding of the Seal of Excellence label. The profit or non-profit character of the entities carrying out the projects is not a relevant criterion under competition law. |
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State aid granted to support the deployment of certain performant fixed broadband networks and State aid granted to support the deployment of certain performant passive mobile networks should be considered compatible with the internal market and be exempted from the notification requirement under certain conditions, in order to help bridge the digital divide in market failure areas, while limiting risks of distorting competition and crowding out private investment. |
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State aid granted in the form of connectivity vouchers for consumers in order to facilitate teleworking, online education and training services as well as for SMEs should be considered compatible with the internal market and be exempted from the notification requirement under certain conditions, in order to help bridge the digital divide in market failure areas, while limiting risks of distorting competition and crowding out private investment. |
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State aid granted to certain projects of common interest in the area of trans-European digital connectivity infrastructures financed under Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8) or awarded a Seal of Excellence quality label under that Regulation should be considered compatible with the internal market and be exempted from the notification requirement under certain conditions, in order to help bridge the digital divide in market failure areas, while limiting risks of distorting the competition and crowding out private investment. |
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Grants provided to researchers under the European Research Council (‘ERC’) Proof of Concept and under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (‘MSCA’) that qualify as economic activities should also be considered compatible with the internal market when they benefit from a Seal of Excellence quality label. |
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Combined public funding from national resources and resources directly managed by the Union for research and development projects (such as those implemented under a European institutionalised Partnership based on Article 185 or Article 187 of the Treaty or programme co-fund action as defined in the Horizon Europe Framework programme) can contribute to improving the competitiveness of European research and development, as such research and development projects are considered to meet objectives of common European interest and address well-defined market failures. This is considered to be the case where such projects are selected on the basis of the evaluation and ranking made by independent experts in line with Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe Framework Programme rules, following trans-national calls, where at least three Member States (two Member States in the case of Teaming actions), or alternatively two Member States and at least one associated country, participate. The financial contributions made by Member States, including resources from the European Structural and Investment Funds for the period 2014-2020, and from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund+ for the period 2021-2027, to those co-funded research and development projects should be considered compatible with the internal market and be exempted from the notification requirement under certain conditions. In addition, it should not be necessary to reassess eligibility conditions already assessed at trans-national level in accordance with Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe programme rules by independent experts prior to a research and development project’s selection. |
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The Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe Framework programmes define which research and innovation actions are eligible for funding. In this regard, research and innovation action, as defined under the Horizon Framework Programme, will normally correspond to fundamental research and industrial research activities, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 651/2014. Moreover, innovation action supported under the Horizon Framework Programme will normally correspond to the definition of experimental development activities under Regulation (EU) No 651/2014. The simplifications provided for in this Regulation in the area of research and development should, however, not be used to introduce aid measures that finance activities that are not eligible under State aid rules for research and development, that is to say, activities going beyond the scope of experimental development activities. To this effect, the definitions regarding Technological Readiness Level (‘TRL’) may also be taken into account by the Member States. State aid for research and development activities at TRL 9 level is considered to go beyond the scope of the definition of experimental development and should consequently be excluded from the scope of Regulation (EU) No 651/2014. |
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Support for energy efficiency measures in certain buildings can be combined, under the InvestEU Fund and subject to simplified conditions, with support for the on-site production of renewable energy and its storage, for on-site charging points for vehicles and for the digitalisation of these buildings. This combined support under simplified conditions is possible for residential buildings, buildings dedicated to the provision of education or social services, buildings dedicated to activities related to public administration or to justice, police or fire-fighting services, and buildings in which economic activities occupy less than 35 % of the internal floor area. Given the nature of the activities taking place in such buildings, support to improve the energy performance of such buildings has a more limited impact on competition. To ensure a consistent treatment of projects financed with the InvestEU Fund and with purely national resources, it is appropriate to amend the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 concerning investment aid for energy efficiency measures and to introduce compatibility conditions for facilitating the combination under the same project of investments in energy efficiency measures with investments improving the energy performance of the building (that is to say, integrated on-site installations generating renewable energy, on-site equipment for the charging of electric vehicles of the building’s users), and investments for the digitalisation of the building, in particular to increase its smart readiness. To that end, the entire investment cost of the energy efficiency measure and the various pieces of equipment should constitute the eligible costs while a uniform maximum aid intensity would apply. |
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To ensure a consistent treatment between projects financed with the support of the InvestEU Fund and with purely national resources, it is appropriate to amend Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 by introducing compatibility conditions for investment aid for certain types of low emission mobility infrastructure for road vehicles. Investment aid for publicly accessible recharging or refuelling infrastructure for road vehicles should be considered compatible with the internal market and be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty in so far as it allows for an increased level of environmental protection and does not unduly distort competition. As regards refuelling infrastructure, in the absence of a harmonised definition of low-carbon hydrogen, only investment aid for refuelling infrastructure supplying road vehicles with renewable hydrogen should be covered by the block exemption. The Commission will consider extending the scope of the relevant provisions to also include low-carbon hydrogen once a harmonised definition is adopted. In addition, for both recharging and refuelling infrastructure certain safeguards should be in place to limit distortions of competition. The compatibility conditions should, in particular, ensure that support generates additional investments and addresses market failures or sub-optimal investment situations, that the development of the market is not hindered by support and, in particular, that there is open and non-discriminatory access to the infrastructure. In addition, investment aid for recharging or refuelling infrastructure should be granted on the basis of a competitive bidding process to ensure proportionality and minimise distortions on the infrastructure market. Finally, to stimulate effective competition, aid granted to the same beneficiary under each measure should be capped. |
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Financial products supported by the InvestEU Fund may involve funds controlled by Member States, including Union shared management funds, contributions stemming from the Recovery and Resilience Facility, or other contributions by Member States, in order to increase leverage and support additional investments in the Union. For instance, Member States have the possibility of contributing a part of Union shared management funds or Recovery and Resilience Facility resources to the Member State compartment of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Fund. Moreover, Member States could finance the financial products backed by the InvestEU Fund through their own funds or national promotional banks. Such financing may qualify as ‘State resources’ and may be imputable to the State if the Member States have discretion as to the use of those resources. Conversely, when Member States have no discretion as to the use of the resources or act in line with normal market conditions, the use of those funds may not constitute State aid. |
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Where national funds, including Union shared management funds, constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty, a set of conditions should be set out on the basis of which the aid could be considered compatible with the internal market and be exempted from the notification requirement in order to facilitate the implementation of the InvestEU Fund. |
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The design of the InvestEU Fund incorporates a number of important competition safeguards, such as supporting investments which deliver Union policy objectives and Union added value and the requirement for the InvestEU Fund to be additional and address market failures and sub-optimal investment situations. Moreover, the governance system and decision-making process will ensure, before issuing the EU guarantee, that the InvestEU supported operations meet the above requirements. Finally, the support provided by the InvestEU Fund will be transparent and its effects will be evaluated. Therefore, State aid involved in the financial products supported by the InvestEU Fund should be considered compatible with the internal market and be exempted from the notification requirement based on a limited set of conditions. |
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Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 is amended as follows:
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Article 1 is amended as follows:
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Article 2 is amended as follows:
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in Article 4, paragraph 1 is amended as follows:
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in Article 5, paragraph 2 is amended as follows:
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in Article 6(5), the following points (i), (j), (k) and (l) are added:
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in Article 7(1), the second sentence is replaced by the following: ‘The amounts of eligible costs may be calculated in accordance with the simplified cost options set out in Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*), or Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council (**), whichever is applicable provided that the operation is at least partly financed through a Union fund that allows the use of those simplified cost options and that the category of costs is eligible according to the relevant exemption provision. (*) Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320)." (**) Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159).’;" |
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Article 8 is amended as follows:
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Article 9 is amended as follows:
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in Article 11, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. Member States, or in the case of aid granted to European Territorial Cooperation projects under Article 20, alternatively the Member State in which the Managing Authority, as defined in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013, or Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1059, whichever is applicable, is located, shall transmit to the Commission:
This first subparagraph shall not apply in respect of aid granted to European Territorial Cooperation projects referred to in Article 20a, as well as to European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability (“EIP”) Operational Group projects and to community-led local development (“CLLD”) projects as referred to Article 19b. (*) Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1).’;" |
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in Article 12, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. In order to enable the Commission to monitor the aid exempted from notification by this Regulation, Member States, or alternatively, in the case of aid granted to European Territorial Cooperation projects referred to in Article 20, the Member State in which the Managing Authority is located, shall maintain detailed records with the information and supporting documentation necessary to establish that all the conditions laid down in this Regulation are fulfilled. Such records shall be kept for 10 years from the date on which the ad hoc aid was granted or the last aid was granted under the scheme. The first subparagraph shall not apply in respect of aid granted to European Territorial Cooperation projects referred to in Article 20a, as well as to European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability Operational Group projects and to community-led local development (“CLLD”) projects as referred to Article 19b.’; |
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Article 14 is amended as follows:
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in Article 16, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The eligible costs shall be the overall costs of the urban development project to the extent that they comply with Articles 37 and 65 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, or Articles 67 and 68 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, whichever is applicable.’; |
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the following Articles 19a and 19b are inserted: ‘Article 19a Aid for costs incurred by SMEs participating in community-led local development (“CLLD”) or European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability (“EIP”) Operational Group projects 1. Aid for costs incurred by SMEs participating in CLLD projects, designated as LEADER local development under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, covered by Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 or Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, as well as for EIP Operational Group projects covered by Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. The following costs, set out in Article 35(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 or Article 34(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, whichever is applicable, shall be eligible for CLLD and EIP Operational Group projects:
3. The aid intensity shall not exceed the maximum co-financing rates provided for in the Fund specific Regulations supporting CLLD and EIP Operational Groups. Article 19b Limited amounts of aid to SMEs benefitting from community-led local development (“CLLD”) or European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability (“EIP”) Operational Group projects 1. Aid to undertakings participating in, or benefitting from, CLLD or EIP Operational Group projects, as referred to in Article 19a(1), shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. The total amount of aid under this Article granted per project shall not exceed EUR 200 000 for CLLD projects, and EUR 350 000 for EIP Operational Group projects.’; |
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after Article 19b, the following section heading is inserted: ‘ SECTION 2a Aid for European Territorial Cooperation ’; |
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Article 20 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 20 Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation project 1. Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects covered by Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 or Regulation (EU) 2021/1059 shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. To the extent that they are linked to the cooperation project, the following costs, which shall have the meaning ascribed to them in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 481/2014 (*), or Articles 38 to 44 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1059, whichever is applicable, shall be eligible costs:
3. The aid intensity shall not exceed the maximum co-financing rate provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 or Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and/or Regulation (EU) 2021/1059, whichever is applicable. (*) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 481/2014 of 4 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to specific rules on eligibility of expenditure for cooperation programmes (OJ L 138, 13.5.2014, p. 45).’;" |
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the following Article 20a is inserted: ‘Article 20a Limited amounts of aid to undertakings for participation in European Territorial Cooperation projects 1. Aid to undertakings for their participation in European Territorial Cooperation projects covered by Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 or by Regulation (EU) 2021/1059 shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. The total amount of aid under this Article granted to an undertaking per project shall not exceed EUR 20 000.’; |
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in Article 25, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. Aid for research and development projects, including research and development projects having received a Seal of Excellence quality label under the Horizon 2020 or under the Horizon Europe programme and co-funded research and development projects and, where applicable, aid for co-funded Teaming actions, shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided that the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled.’; |
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the following Articles 25a to 25d are inserted: ‘Article 25a Aid for projects awarded a Seal of Excellence quality label 1. Aid for SMEs for research and development projects as well as feasibility studies awarded a Seal of Excellence quality label under the Horizon 2020 or the Horizon Europe programme, shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided that the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. The eligible activities of the aided research and development project or feasibility study shall be those defined as eligible under the Horizon 2020 or the Horizon Europe programme rules, excluding activities going beyond experimental development activities. 3. The categories, maximum amounts and methods of calculation of eligible costs of the aided research and development project or feasibility study shall be those defined as eligible under the Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe programme rules. 4. The maximum aid amount shall not exceed EUR 2,5 million per SME per research and development project or feasibility study. 5. The total public funding provided for each research and development project or feasibility study shall not exceed the funding rate set out for that research and development project or feasibility study under the Horizon 2020 or under the Horizon Europe programme rules. Article 25b Aid for Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions and ERC Proof of Concept actions 1. Aid for Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions and ERC Proof of Concept actions awarded a Seal of Excellence quality label under the Horizon 2020 or the Horizon Europe programme shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided that the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. The eligible activities of the aided action shall be those defined as eligible under the Horizon 2020 or the Horizon Europe programme rules. 3. The categories, maximum amounts and methods of calculation of eligible costs of the aided action shall be those defined as eligible under the Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe programme rules. 4. The total public funding provided for each aided action shall not exceed the maximum level of support provided for in the Horizon 2020 or the Horizon Europe programme. Article 25c Aid involved in co-funded research and development projects 1. Aid provided to a co-funded research and development project or a feasibility study (including research and development projects implemented under a European institutionalised Partnership based on Article 185 or Article 187 of the Treaty or a programme co-fund action, as defined in the Horizon Europe programme rules) which is implemented by at least three Member States, or alternatively two Member States and at least one associated country, and selected on the basis of the evaluation and ranking made by independent experts following trans-national calls in line with the Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe programme rules, shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty provided that the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. The eligible activities of the aided research and development project or feasibility study shall be those defined as eligible under the Horizon 2020 or the Horizon Europe programme rules, excluding activities going beyond experimental development activities. 3. The categories, maximum amounts and methods of calculation of eligible costs shall be those defined as eligible under the Horizon 2020 or the Horizon Europe programme rules. 4. The total public funding provided shall not exceed the funding rate established for the research and development project or feasibility study following the selection, ranking and evaluation under the Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe programme rules. 5. The funding provided by the Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe programme shall cover at least 30 % of the total eligible costs of a research and innovation action or an innovation action as defined under the Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe programme. Article 25d Aid for Teaming actions 1. Aid provided to co-funded Teaming actions, involving at least two Member States and selected on the basis of the evaluation and ranking made by independent experts following transnational calls under the Horizon 2020 or the Horizon Europe programme rules, shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty provided that the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. The eligible activities of the co-funded Teaming action shall be those defined as eligible under the Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe programme rules. Activities going beyond experimental development activities are excluded. 3. The categories, maximum amounts and methods of calculation of eligible costs shall be those defined as eligible under the Horizon 2020 or the Horizon Europe programme rules. In addition, investment costs in project-related tangible and intangible assets shall be eligible. 4. The total public funding provided shall not exceed the funding rate established for the Teaming action following the selection, ranking and evaluation under the Horizon 2020 or the Horizon Europe programme rules. In addition, for investments in project related tangible and intangible assets the aid shall not exceed 70 % of the investment costs. 5. For investment aid for infrastructures under a Teaming action the following additional conditions shall apply:
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the following Article 36a is inserted: ‘Article 36a Investment aid for publicly accessible recharging or refuelling infrastructure for zero and low emission road vehicles 1. Aid for the deployment of recharging or refuelling infrastructure for the supply of energy to zero and low emission road vehicles for transport purposes shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided that the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. This Article shall only cover aid granted for the deployment of recharging or refuelling infrastructures that supply vehicles with electricity or renewable hydrogen for transport purposes. The Member State shall ensure that the requirement to supply renewable hydrogen is complied with throughout the economic lifetime of the infrastructure. 3. The eligible costs shall be the costs of the construction, installation or upgrade of the recharging or refuelling infrastructure. These may include the costs of the recharging or refuelling infrastructure itself, installation of or upgrades to electrical or other components, including power transformers that are required for connecting the recharging or refuelling infrastructure to the grid or to a local electricity or hydrogen production or storage unit, as well as related technical equipment, civil engineering works, land or road adaptations, installation costs and costs for obtaining related permits. The costs of local production or storage units generating or storing the electricity and the costs of local hydrogen production units are excluded. 4. Aid under this Article shall be granted in a competitive bidding process on the basis of clear, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria and the aid intensity may reach up to 100 % of the eligible costs. 5. The aid granted to any one beneficiary shall not exceed 40 % of the overall budget of the scheme concerned. 6. Aid under this Article shall only be granted for the construction, installation or upgrade of recharging or refuelling infrastructure accessible to the public and providing non-discriminatory access to users, including in relation to tariffs, authentication and payment methods and other terms and conditions of use. 7. The necessity of aid to incentivise the deployment of recharging or refuelling infrastructure of the same category (for example, for recharging infrastructure: normal or high power) shall be verified through an ex ante open public consultation or an independent market study. In particular, it shall be verified that no such infrastructure is likely to be deployed on commercial terms within three years from the publication of the aid measure. 8. By way of derogation from paragraph 7, the necessity of aid for recharging or refuelling infrastructure can be presumed where either battery electric vehicles (for recharging infrastructures) or hydrogen vehicles (for refuelling infrastructures) represent respectively less than 2 % of the total number of vehicles of the same category registered in the Member State concerned. For the purpose of this paragraph, passenger cars and light commercial vehicles shall be considered as being part of the same category of vehicles. 9. Any concession or other entrustment to a third party to operate the supported recharging or refuelling infrastructure shall be assigned on a competitive, transparent and non-discriminatory basis, having due regard to the applicable procurement rules.’; |
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Article 38 is amended as follows:
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Article 39 is amended as follows:
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Article 52 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 52 Aid for fixed broadband networks 1. Aid for fixed broadband network deployment shall be compatible with the internal market pursuant to Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided that the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. The eligible costs shall be all costs for the construction, management and operation of a fixed broadband network. The maximum aid amount for a project shall be established on the basis of a competitive selection process as set out in paragraph 6, point (a). Where an investment is carried out in accordance with paragraph 6, point (b), without a competitive selection process, the aid amount shall not exceed the difference between the eligible costs and the operating profit of the investment. The operating profit shall be deducted from the eligible costs ex ante on the basis of reasonable projections and verified ex post through a claw-back mechanism. 3. The following alternative types of investment are eligible:
4. The mapping and public consultation referred to in paragraph 3 shall meet all the following requirements:
5. The aided project shall bring a significant improvement (step change) compared to networks present or credibly planned to be deployed within three years from the moment of publication of the planned aid measure or within the same time horizon as the deployment of the subsidised network, which cannot be shorter than two years, in accordance with paragraph 4. A step change takes place if, as a result of the subsidised intervention, a significant new investment in the broadband network is undertaken and the subsidised network brings significant new capabilities to the market in terms of broadband internet access service availability and capacity, speeds and competition compared to the present or credibly planned networks. The project must include substantial investments in passive infrastructure going beyond marginal investments related merely to the upgrade of the active elements of the network. 6. The aid shall be granted as follows:
7. The operation of the subsidised network shall offer the widest possible active and passive wholesale access, in accordance with Article 2, point (139), under fair and non-discriminatory conditions, including physical unbundling. A project may offer virtual unbundling instead of physical unbundling if the virtual access product is declared as equivalent to physical unbundling by the national regulatory authority. Active wholesale access shall be granted for at least seven years and the wholesale access to the physical infrastructure including ducts or poles shall not be limited in time. The same access conditions shall apply to the entirety of the subsidised network, including on parts of the network where existing infrastructures have been used. The access obligations shall be enforced irrespective of any change in ownership, management or operation of the subsidised network. In the case of aid for the construction of ducts, the ducts shall be large enough to cater for at least three networks and different network topologies. 8. The wholesale access price shall be based on one of the following benchmarks: (i) the average published wholesale prices that prevail in other comparable, more competitive areas of the Member State or the Union; or (ii) in the absence of such published prices, the regulated prices already set or approved by the national regulatory authority for the markets and services concerned; or (iii) in the absence of such published or regulated prices, the pricing shall comply with cost orientation and the methodology mandated in accordance with the sectorial regulatory framework. Without prejudice to the competences of the national regulatory authority under the regulatory framework, the national regulatory authority shall be consulted on the terms and conditions for access, including on prices, and on disputes related to the application of this Article. 9. Member States shall put in place a monitoring and claw-back mechanism if the amount of aid granted to the project exceeds EUR 10 million.’; |
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the following Articles 52a, 52b, and 52c are inserted: ‘Article 52a Aid for 4G and 5G mobile networks 1. Aid for 4G and 5G mobile network deployment shall be compatible with the internal market pursuant to Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided that the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. The eligible costs shall be all costs for the construction, management and operation of a passive mobile network. The maximum aid amount for a project shall be established on the basis of a competitive selection process as set out in paragraph 7, point (a). Where an investment is carried out in accordance with paragraph 7, point (b), without a competitive selection process, the aid amount shall not exceed the difference between the eligible costs and the operating profit of the investment. The operating profit shall be deducted from the eligible costs ex ante on the basis of reasonable projections and verified ex post through a claw-back mechanism. 3. 5G investment shall be located in areas where mobile networks have not been deployed or where only mobile networks able to support mobile services of up to 3G are available and where there are no 4G and no 5G mobile networks present or credibly planned to be deployed within three years from the moment of publication of the planned aid measure or within the same time horizon as the deployment of the subsidised network, which shall not be shorter than two years. This shall be verified by mapping and public consultation in accordance with paragraph 4. 4G investment shall be located in areas where mobile networks have not been deployed or where only mobile networks able to support mobile services of up to 2G are available and where there are no 3G, 4G or 5G mobile networks present or credibly planned to be deployed within three years from the moment of publication of the planned aid measure or within the same time horizon as the deployment of the subsidised network, which shall not be shorter than two years. This shall be verified by mapping and public consultation in accordance with paragraph 4. 4. The mapping and public consultation referred to in paragraph 3 shall meet all the following requirements:
5. The aided infrastructure shall not be taken into account to meet the coverage obligations of the mobile networks operators that arise out of conditions attached to rights of use of 4G and 5G spectrum. 6. The supported project shall bring a significant improvement (step change) compared to mobile networks present or credibly planned to be deployed within three years from the moment of publication of the planned aid measure or within the same time horizon as the deployment of the subsidised network, which cannot be shorter than two years, in accordance with paragraph 4. A step change takes place if, as a result of the subsidised intervention, a significant new investment in the mobile network is undertaken and the subsidised network brings significant new capabilities to the market in terms of mobile service availability, capacity, speeds and competition compared to the present or credibly planned networks. The project must include substantial investments in passive infrastructure going beyond marginal investments related merely to the upgrade of the active elements of the network. 7. The aid shall be granted as follows:
8. The operation of the subsidised network shall offer the widest possible active and passive wholesale access, in accordance with Article 2, point (139), under fair and non-discriminatory conditions. Active wholesale access shall be granted for at least seven years and wholesale access to the physical infrastructure including ducts or poles shall not be limited in time. The same access conditions shall apply on the entirety of the subsidised network, including on the parts of such network where existing infrastructures have been used. The access obligations shall be enforced irrespective of any change in ownership, management or operation of the subsidised network. In the case of aid for the construction of ducts, the ducts shall be large enough to cater at least for all existing mobile networks operators. 9. The wholesale access price shall be based on one of the following benchmarks: (i) the average published wholesale prices that prevail in other comparable, more competitive areas of the Member State or the Union; or (ii) in the absence of such published prices, the regulated prices already set or approved by the national regulatory authority for the markets and services concerned; or (iii) in the absence of such published or regulated prices, the pricing shall comply with the cost orientation and the methodology mandated in accordance with the sectorial regulatory framework. Without prejudice to the competences of the national regulatory authority under the regulatory framework, the national regulatory authority shall be consulted on the terms and conditions for access, including on prices, and on disputes related to the application of this Article. 10. Member States shall put in place a monitoring and claw-back mechanism if the amount of aid granted to the project exceeds EUR 10 million. 11. The use of the publicly funded 4G or the 5G network to provide fixed wireless access services shall only be allowed as follows:
Article 52b Aid for projects of common interest in the area of trans-European digital connectivity infrastructure 1. Aid for projects of common interest in the area of trans-European digital connectivity infrastructure financed under Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 or awarded a Seal of Excellence quality label under that Regulation shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty provided that the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. Projects shall fulfil the cumulative general compatibility conditions laid down in paragraph 3. They shall, in addition, fall under one of the categories of eligible projects laid down in paragraph 4 and shall fulfil all specific compatibility conditions for the relevant category laid down in that paragraph. Only projects which refer solely to the elements and entities specified under each relevant category in paragraph 4 shall fall within the scope of the exemption in paragraph 1. 3. The general cumulative compatibility conditions shall be the following:
4. The categories of eligible projects and the specific cumulative compatibility conditions applicable to them shall be the following:
Article 52c Connectivity vouchers 1. Aid in the form of a connectivity voucher scheme for consumers in order to facilitate teleworking, online education, training services or for SMEs shall be compatible with the internal market pursuant to Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided that the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled. 2. The duration of a voucher scheme shall not exceed 24 months. 3. The following categories of voucher schemes shall be eligible:
4. The vouchers shall cover up to 50 % of the total set-up costs and monthly fee to subscribe to a broadband internet access service with the speeds specified in paragraph 3, whether on a stand-alone basis or as part of a bundle of services, which include at least the necessary terminal equipment (modem/router) for access to the internet with the speed specified in paragraph 3. The voucher shall be paid by the public authorities directly to the end-users or directly to the service provider chosen by the end-users, in which case the amount of the voucher shall be deducted from the end-users’ invoice. 5. The vouchers shall be available to consumers or SMEs only in areas where there is at least one existing network able to reliably provide the speeds specified in paragraph 3, which shall be verified by mapping and public consultation. The mapping exercise and the public consultation shall identify the geographic target areas covered by at least one network able to reliably provide the speed specified in paragraph 3 for the duration of the vouchers scheme, the eligible providers present in the area and collect information to calculate their market share. The mapping shall be performed (i) for wireline-based fixed networks at address level on the basis of premises passed; and (ii) for fixed wireless access networks or mobile networks at address level on the basis of premises passed or on the basis of maximum 100 x100 metre grids. The mapping shall always be verified through a public consultation. The public consultation shall be carried out by the competent public authority through publication of the main characteristics of the planned measure and the list of geographic target areas identified in the mapping exercise on an appropriate website, including at national level. The public consultation shall invite interested parties to comment on the draft measure and to submit substantiated information regarding their existing networks able to reliably provide the speed specified in paragraph 3. The public consultation shall last at least 30 days. 6. The voucher scheme shall comply with the principle of technological neutrality, in the sense that the vouchers can be used for subscriptions to services of any operators able to reliably provide the speeds specified in paragraph 3 over an existing broadband network, irrespective of the technologies used. In order to facilitate the choice of the consumers or SMEs, the list of eligible providers for each of the geographic target areas shall be published on-line and every interested providers shall be able to apply for being included on the basis of open, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria. 7. In order to be eligible, in cases where the provider of the broadband internet access service is vertically integrated and has a retail market share above 25 %, it must offer on the corresponding wholesale access market to any electronic communication services provider at least one wholesale access product able to ensure that the access-seeker will be able to reliably provide a retail service at the speed specified in paragraph 3, under open, transparent and non-discriminatory conditions. The wholesale access price shall be set on one of the following benchmarks: (i) the average published wholesale prices that prevail in other comparable, more competitive areas of the Member State or the Union; or (ii) in the absence of such published prices, the regulated prices already set or approved by the national regulatory authority for the markets and services concerned; or (iii) in the absence of such published or regulated prices, the pricing shall comply with the cost orientation and the methodology mandated in accordance with the sectorial regulatory framework. Without prejudice to the competences of the national regulatory authority under the regulatory framework, the national regulatory authority shall be consulted on the terms and conditions for access, including on prices, and on disputes related to the application of this Article. (*) Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 of 28 September 2018 establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (OJ L 252, 8.10.2018, p. 1)." (**) Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1290/2013 and (EU) No 1291/2013 (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 1).’;" |
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the following Section 16 is inserted after Article 56c: ‘ SECTION 16 Aid involved in financial products supported by the InvestEU Fund Article 56d Scope and common conditions 1. This Section shall apply to aid involved in financial products supported by the InvestEU Fund that provide aid to implementing partners, financial intermediaries or final beneficiaries. 2. The aid shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided that the conditions laid down in Chapter I, this Article, and either Article 56e or Article 56f are fulfilled. 3. The aid shall comply with all applicable conditions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/523 and the InvestEU Investment Guidelines laid down in the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1078 (*). 4. The maximum thresholds laid down in Articles 56e and 56f shall apply to the total outstanding financing, in so far as that financing provided under any financial product supported by the InvestEU Fund contains aid. The maximum thresholds shall apply:
5. Aid shall not be granted in the form of refinancing of or guarantees on existing portfolios of financial intermediaries. Article 56e Conditions for aid involved in financial products supported by the InvestEU Fund 1. Aid to the final beneficiary under a financial product supported by the InvestEU Fund shall:
2. Aid for projects of common interest in the area of trans-European digital connectivity infrastructure financed under Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 or awarded a Seal of Excellence quality label under that Regulation shall only be granted to projects fulfilling all general and specific compatibility conditions laid down in Article 52b. The nominal amount of total financing provided to any final beneficiary per project under the support of the InvestEU Fund shall not exceed EUR 150 million. 3. Aid for investments in fixed broadband networks to connect only certain eligible socioeconomic drivers shall comply with the following conditions:
4. Aid for energy generation and energy infrastructure shall comply with the following conditions:
5. Aid for social, educational, cultural and natural heritage infrastructure and activities shall comply with the following conditions:
6. Aid for transport and transport infrastructures shall comply with the following conditions:
7. Aid for other infrastructures shall comply with the following conditions:
8. Aid for environmental protection, including climate protection, shall comply with the following conditions:
9. Aid for research, development, innovation and digitalisation shall comply with the following conditions:
10. SMEs or, where applicable, small mid-caps may, in addition to the categories of aid provided for in paragraphs 2 to 9, also receive aid in the form of financing supported by the InvestEU Fund provided that one of the following conditions are fulfilled:
Article 56f Conditions for aid involved in intermediated commercially-driven financial products supported by the InvestEU Fund 1. Financing to the final beneficiaries shall be provided by commercial financial intermediaries which shall be selected in an open, transparent and non-discriminatory way based on objective criteria. 2. The commercial financial intermediary that provides financing to the final beneficiary shall retain a minimum risk exposure of 20 % of each financing transaction. 3. The nominal amount of total financing provided to each final beneficiary through the commercial financial intermediary shall not exceed EUR 7,5 million. (*) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1078 of 14 April 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council by setting out the investment guidelines for the InvestEU Fund (OJ L 234, 2.7.2021, p. 18)." (**) Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 (OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39)." (***) Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 1191/69 and (EEC) No 1107/70 (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 1).’;" |
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in Article 58, paragraph 3a is replaced by the following: ‘3a. Any individual aid granted between 1 July 2014 and 2 August 2021 in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation as applicable at the time of granting the aid shall be compatible with the internal market and exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty. Any individual aid granted before 1 July 2014 in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation, with the exception of Article 9, as applicable either before or after 10 July 2017, or before or after 3 August 2021, shall be compatible with the internal market and exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty.’; |
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in Annex II, Part II is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation. |
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 July 2021.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 248, 24.9.2015, p. 1.
(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (OJ L 187, 26.6.2014, p. 1).
(3) Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487).
(4) Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320).
(5) Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159).
(6) Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on specific provisions for the support from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation goal (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 259).
(7) Regulation (EU) 2021/1059 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 on specific provisions for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) supported by the European Regional Development Fund and external financing instruments (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 94).
(8) Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014 (OJ L 249, 14.7.2021, p. 38).
ANNEX
‘PART II
to be provided through the established Commission electronic notification system as laid down in Article 11
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(1) In the case of ad hoc regional aid supplementing aid awarded under aid scheme(s), please indicate both the aid intensity granted under the scheme and the intensity of the ad hoc aid.
(2) According to Article 11(1), reporting on aid granted under Article 19b is not mandatory. Reporting on such aid is, therefore, merely optional.
(3) According to Article 11(1), reporting on aid granted under Article 20a is not mandatory. Reporting on such aid is, therefore, merely optional.’.