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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of Articles 92 and 93 of the Treaty establishing the European Community to certain categories of horizontal State aid (repealed)
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1.The Commission may, by means of regulations adopted in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 8 of this Regulation and in accordance with Article 92 of the Treaty, declare that the following categories of aid should be compatible with the common market and shall not be subject to the notification requirements of Article 93(3) of the Treaty:
(a)aid in favour of:
small and medium-sized enterprises;
research and development;
environmental protection;
employment and training;
(b)aid that complies with the map approved by the Commission for each Member State for the grant of regional aid.
2.The Regulations referred to in paragraph 1 shall specify for each category of aid:
(a)the purpose of the aid;
(b)the categories of beneficiaries;
(c)thresholds expressed either in terms of aid intensities in relation to a set of eligible costs or in terms of maximum aid amounts;
(d)the conditions governing the cumulation of aid;
(e)the conditions of monitoring as specified in Article 3.
3.In addition, the regulations referred to in paragraph 1 may, in particular:
(a)set thresholds or other conditions for the notification of awards of individual aid;
(b)exclude certain sectors from their scope;
(c)attach further conditions for the compatibility of aid exempted under such regulations.
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