Article 6F1Large individual aid grants

1

In the case of aid covered by Articles 4 and 5, this Regulation shall not exempt an individual aid grant where one of the following thresholds is met:

a

the total eligible costs of the whole project are at least EUR 25 000 000; and

  1. (i)

    in areas or in sectors which do not qualify for regional aid, the gross aid intensity is at least 50 % of the ceilings laid down in Article 4(2);

  2. (ii)

    in areas and in sectors which qualify for regional aid, the net aid intensity is at least 50 % of the net aid ceiling as determined in the regional aid map for the area concerned; or

b

the total gross aid amount is at least EUR 15 000 000.

2

In the case of aid covered by Articles 5a, 5b and 5c, this Regulation shall not exempt an individual aid grant where the following thresholds are met:

a

the total eligible costs of the whole project incurred by all companies participating in the project are at least EUR 25 000 000; and

b

it is proposed to provide aid with a gross grant equivalent of at least EUR 5 000 000 to one or more of the individual companies.

In the case of aid granted to a Eureka project, the thresholds in the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:

a

the total eligible costs of the Eureka project incurred by all companies participating in the project are at least EUR 40 000 000; and

b

it is proposed to provide aid with a gross grant equivalent of at least EUR 10 000 000 to one or more of the individual companies.