Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008Show full title

[F1 Article 37a U.K. Communication related to State aid

1. Notwithstanding Article 5(8), the third paragraph of Article 16 and the second subparagraph of Article 20(1) of this Regulation, when Member States grant State aid in accordance with Article 103n(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (1) , they shall communicate to the Commission the following:

(a) when applicable, the list of aid measures already authorised under Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty to be used for the implementation of the programmes or the reason why the national aid in question has been exempted from any notification obligations;

(b) in other cases, the elements that are needed for the appraisal under competition rules.

2. If paragraph (1)(a) is applicable, Member States shall fill in Table 1 of Annex VIIIc,

(a) indicating whether support will be granted in respect of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2007 (2) on de minimis support for primary production in the agriculture sector or Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 (3) for processing and marketing of agricultural products; or

(b) providing the registration number and the reference to the Commission exemption Regulation adopted on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 (4) under which the measure was introduced; or

(c) providing the case number and reference number under which the measure has been declared compatible with the Treaty by the Commission.

3. If paragraph (1)(b) is applicable, Member States shall transmit to the Commission

(a) Table 2 of Annex VIIIc for each of the measures referred to in Articles 103p, 103t and 103u of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 for which national aid is granted;

(b) Table 3 of Annex VIIIc in case of national aid granted for the measure promotion on third country markets as referred to in Article 103p of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007;

(c) Table 4 of Annex VIIIc in case of national aid granted for the harvest insurance measure referred to in Article 103t of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007;

(d) Table 5 of Annex VIIIc in case of national aid granted for the investments measure referred to in Article 103u of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

4. The elements communicated in form of any of the tables of Annex VIIIc must be valid over the entire life cycle of the programme without prejudice to any subsequent changes of the programmes.

5. Notwithstanding Article 103n(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and without prejudice to Article 3(2) of this Regulation, Member States granting national aid shall modify their support programme for the future, by filling in the appropriate tables of Annex VIIIb by 15 October 2009 at the latest. Article 103k(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 apply to these modifications.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 702/2009 of 3 August 2009 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine as regards support programmes, trade with third countries, production potential and on controls in the wine sector.

(1)

[F1 OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1 .

(2)

OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 35 .

(3)

OJ L 379, 28.12.2006, p. 5 .

(4)

OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p. 1 .]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 702/2009 of 3 August 2009 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine as regards support programmes, trade with third countries, production potential and on controls in the wine sector.