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The State Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Exiting The European Union

Competition

Made ***

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018f1.

In accordance with paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2018 c. 16.

Contents

  1. Part 1: Introduction
  2. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. Part 2: Framework
  5. 3State aid
  6. 4Application and exemptions
  7. 5Approval of aid under Article 107(3)
  8. 6Approval of aid under Article 93, 106(2) or 107(2)
  9. Part 3: Procedure
  10. Chapter 1: Notified aid
  11. 7Notification
  12. 8Examination of notification
  13. 9Failure to take decision
  14. 10Publicity
  15. 11Notified aid investigation
  16. 12Publication of decision after notified aid investigation
  17. 13Time limit for notified aid investigation
  18. 14Withdrawal of notification
  19. Chapter 2: Unlawful aid
  20. 15Examination of alleged unlawful aid
  21. 16Publicity
  22. 17Unlawful aid investigation
  23. 18Publication of decision after unlawful aid investigation
  24. Chapter 3: Misuse of aid
  25. 19Examination of alleged misuse of aid
  26. 20Publicity
  27. 21Misuse of aid investigation
  28. 22Publication of decision after misuse of aid investigation
  29. Chapter 4: Existing aid schemes
  30. 23Review of existing aid scheme
  31. 24Proposal for appropriate modifications
  32. 25Consequences of proposal for appropriate modifications
  33. 26Publicity
  34. 27Existing aid scheme investigation
  35. 28Publication of decision after existing aid scheme investigation
  36. 29Time limit for existing aid scheme investigation
  37. Chapter 5: Market information
  38. 30Request for market information
  39. 31Market information order
  40. 32Enforcement of market information requests and orders
  41. Chapter 6: General
  42. 33Complaints
  43. 34Decision based on incorrect information
  44. 35Approvals
  45. 36Timing for publication of decisions
  46. Part 4: Enforcement
  47. 37Interim suspension order
  48. 38Interim recovery order
  49. 39Termination order
  50. 40Recovery order
  51. 41Limitation period
  52. 42Information provisions in enforcement order
  53. 43Time to comply with enforcement order
  54. 44Recovery of aid
  55. 45Compliance with enforcement order
  56. Part 5: Monitoring and reporting
  57. 46Monitoring
  58. 47Information requests for monitoring
  59. 48Annual reports for existing aid schemes
  60. 49Publication of CMA annual report
  61. 50Monitoring and reporting of aid that is exempt from notification
  62. Part 6: Statements of policy, notices and guidance
  63. 51CMA statements of policy on exit day
  64. 52Other CMA statements of policy
  65. 53Amendments to CMA statements of policy
  66. 54Consent
  67. 55Notices
  68. 56Secretary of State guidance
  69. Part 7: General and final provisions
  70. Chapter 1: General provisions
  71. 57Application of state aid framework in urgent cases
  72. 58Interest rate for recovery of aid
  73. 59Method for applying interest rate
  74. 60Variation of time periods
  75. 61Service of documents
  76. 62Further publicity requirements
  77. 63Defamation
  78. 64Confidential information
  79. Chapter 2: Final provisions
  80. 65Revocations etc.
  81. 66Crown application
  82. 67Transitional and savings provisions
  83. 68Amendments to legislation
  84. Signature
  85. Schedule 1: Agriculture and fisheries
  86. 1Agriculture and fisheries
  87. Schedule 2: Specified EU projects
  88. 1Specified EU projects
  89. 2Interpretation
  90. Schedule 3: Aid granted by Act of Parliament
  91. 1Interpretation
  92. 2Aid granted by Act of Parliament
  93. 3Investigation
  94. 4Advisory opinion: proposals to grant aid
  95. 5Advisory opinion: aid granted
  96. 6Publicity
  97. Schedule 4: Powers of entry in misuse of aid examinations
  98. Part 1: Interpretation and application
  99. 1Interpretation
  100. 2Application
  101. Part 2: Entry without a warrant
  102. 3Power to enter business premises without a warrant
  103. 4Safeguards
  104. 5Associated powers
  105. Part 3: Entry with a warrant
  106. 6Power to enter business premises with a warrant
  107. 7Application for warrant
  108. 8Powers conferred by search warrant
  109. 9Warrants: further provision
  110. 10Time period
  111. 11Execution of warrants: notice
  112. 12Execution of warrants: evidence of authority
  113. 13Execution of warrants: securing premises after entry
  114. 14Execution of warrants: seizure
  115. Part 4: Offences
  116. 15Offences
  117. Part 5: General
  118. 16Self-incrimination
  119. 17Privileged communication
  120. Schedule 5: Administrative penalties
  121. 1Penalties
  122. 2Secretary of State power to amend maximum amount of penalty
  123. 3Main procedural requirements
  124. 4Payments and interest by instalments
  125. 5Grounds for appeal
  126. 6Recovery of penalties
  127. 7Statement of policy
  128. Schedule 6: Monitoring and reporting of aid that is exempt from notification
  129. Part 1: Block exemption regulations
  130. 1Summary reports
  131. 2High value awards of individual aid
  132. 3Annual reports
  133. 4Monitoring
  134. 5Publication of information
  135. Part 2: De minimis regulations, SGEI decision and road and rail
  136. 6Monitoring of de minimis aid
  137. 7Transparency of aid under the SGEI decision
  138. 8Information under the SGEI decision
  139. 9Reports under the SGEI decision
  140. 10Road and rail regulation
  141. Schedule 7Guidelines, frameworks, notices and communications
  142. Schedule 8: Transitional and savings provisions
  143. 1Interpretation
  144. 2Application
  145. 3EU state aid decisions
  146. 4Duration of EU state aid decisions
  147. 5Categories of aid specified by the Council
  148. 6Pre-exit aid that was exempt from notification requirement
  149. 7CMA approval of pre-exit aid
  150. 8Application to existing Acts of Parliament
  151. 9Deemed authorisation before exit day
  152. 10Savings
  153. Schedule 9: Amendments to retained EU law
  154. Part 1: Amendments to the General Block Exemption Regulation
  155. 1Amendments to the General Block Exemption Regulation
  156. 2Article 1 (Scope)
  157. 3Article 2 (definitions)
  158. 4New Article 2A
  159. 5Article 3 (Conditions for exemption)
  160. 6Article 4 (Notification thresholds)
  161. 7Article 5 (Transparency of aid)
  162. 8Article 6 (Incentive effect)
  163. 9Article 7 (Aid intensity and eligible costs)
  164. 10Article 8 (Cumulation)
  165. 11Article 9 (Publication and information)
  166. 12Article 10 (Withdrawal of benefit of the block exemption)
  167. 13Article 11 (Reporting)
  168. 14Article 12 (Monitoring)
  169. 15Article 13 (Scope of regional aid)
  170. 16Article 14 (Regional investment aid)
  171. 17Article 15 (Regional operating aid)
  172. 18Article 16 (Regional urban development aid)
  173. 19Article 17 (Investment aid to SMEs)
  174. 20Article 18 (Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs)
  175. 21Article 19 (Aid to SMEs for participation in fairs)
  176. 22Article 20 (Aid for cooperation costs incurred by SMEs participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects)
  177. 23Article 21 (Risk finance aid)
  178. 24Article 22 (Aid for start-ups)
  179. 25Article 23 (Aid to alternative trading platforms specialised in SMEs)
  180. 26Article 24 (Aid for scouting costs)
  181. 27Article 25 (Aid for research and development projects)
  182. 28Article 26 (Investment aid for research infrastructures)
  183. 29Article 27 (Aid for innovation clusters)
  184. 30Article 28 (Innovation aid for SMEs)
  185. 31Article 29 (Aid for process and organisational innovation)
  186. 32Article 30 (Aid for research and development in the fishery and aquaculture sector)
  187. 33Article 31 (Training aid)
  188. 34Article 32 (Aid for the recruitment of disadvantaged workers in the form of wage subsidies)
  189. 35Article 33 (Aid for the employment of workers with disabilities in the form of wage subsidies)
  190. 36Article 34 (Aid for compensating the additional costs of employing workers with disabilities)
  191. 37Article 35 (Aid for compensating the costs of assistance provided to disadvantaged workers)
  192. 38Article 36 (Investment aid enabling undertakings to go beyond Union standards for environmental protection or to increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Union standards)
  193. 39Article 37 (Investment aid for early adaptation to future Union standards)
  194. 40Article 38 (Investment aid for energy efficiency measures)
  195. 41Article 39 (Investment aid for energy efficiency projects in buildings)
  196. 42Article 40 (Investment aid for high-efficiency cogeneration)
  197. 43Article 41 (Investment aid for the promotion of energy from renewable sources)
  198. 44Article 42 (Operating aid for the promotion of electricity from renewable sources)
  199. 45Article 43 (Operating aid for the promotion of energy from renewable sources in small scale installations)
  200. 46Article 44 (Aid in the form of reductions in environmental taxes under Directive 2003/96/EC)
  201. 47Article 45 (Investment aid for remediation of contaminated sites)
  202. 48Article 46 (Investment aid for energy efficient district heating and cooling)
  203. 49Article 47 (Investment aid for waste recycling and re-utilisation)
  204. 50Article 48 (Investment aid for energy infrastructure)
  205. 51Article 49 (Aid for environmental studies)
  206. 52Article 50 (Aid schemes to make good the damage caused by certain natural disasters)
  207. 53Article 51 (Social aid for transport for residents of remote regions)
  208. 54Article 52 (Aid for broadband infrastructures)
  209. 55Article 53 (Aid for culture and heritage conservation)
  210. 56Article 54 (Aid schemes for audiovisual works)
  211. 57Article 55 (Aid for sport and multifunctional recreational infrastructures)
  212. 58Article 56 (Investment aid for local infrastructures)
  213. 59Article 56a (Aid for regional airports)
  214. 60Article 56b (Aid for maritime ports)
  215. 61Article 56c (Aid for inland ports)
  216. 62Article 58 (Transitional provisions)
  217. 63Article 59
  218. 64Annex I
  219. 65Annex II
  220. 66Annex III
  221. Part 2: Amendments to the general de minimis regulation
  222. 67Amendments to the general de minimis regulation
  223. 68Article 1 (Scope)
  224. 69Article 2 (Definitions)
  225. 70Article 3 (De minimis aid)
  226. 71Article 4 (Calculation of gross grant equivalent)
  227. 72Article 5 (Cumulation)
  228. 73Article 6 (Monitoring)
  229. 74Article 7 (Transitional provisions)
  230. 75Article 8 (Entry into force and period of application)
  231. Part 3: Amendments to the SGEI de minimis regulation
  232. 76Amendments to the SGEI de minimis regulation
  233. 77Article 1 (Scope and definitions)
  234. 78Article 2 (De minimis aid)
  235. 79Article 3 (Monitoring)
  236. 80Article 4 (Transitional provisions)
  237. 81Article 5 (Entry into force and period of validity)
  238. Part 4: Amendments to the SGEI decision
  239. 82Amendments to the SGEI decision
  240. 83Article 1 (Subject matter)
  241. 84Article 2 (Scope)
  242. 85Article 3 (Compatibility and exemption from notification)
  243. 86Article 4 (Entrustment)
  244. 87Article 5 (Compensation)
  245. 88Article 6 (Control of overcompensation)
  246. 89Article 7 (Transparency)
  247. 90Article 8 (Availability of information)
  248. 91Article 9 (Reports)
  249. 92Article 13 (Addressees)
  250. Part 5: Amendments to the financial transparency regulations
  251. 93Amendments to the financial transparency regulations
  252. Part 6: Amendments to other retained EU law
  253. 94Amendments to the Agricultural Block Exemption Regulation
  254. 95Amendments to the Fisheries Block Exemption Regulation
  255. 96Amendments to the agricultural de minimis regulation
  256. 97Amendments to the fisheries de minimis regulation
  257. 98Amendments to the maritime and fisheries fund regulation
  258. Schedule 10: Amendments to legislation
  259. Part 1: Amendments to UK primary legislation
  260. 1Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
  261. 2Enterprise Act 2002
  262. 3Banking Act 2009
  263. 4Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
  264. Part 2: Amendments to UK subordinate legislation
  265. 5Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Fees and Determination of Turnover) Order 2003
  266. 6Electronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Penalties) (Rules for Calculation of Turnover) Order 2003
  267. 7Water Mergers (Determination of Turnover) Regulations 2004
  268. 8Pension Protection Fund (Partially Guaranteed Schemes) (Modification) Regulations 2005
  269. 9Water Industry (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Order 2005
  270. 10Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations 2005
  271. 11Mobile Roaming (European Communities) Regulations 2007
  272. 12Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010
  273. 13Climate Change Agreements (Administration) Regulations 2012
  274. 14Payment of Pension Levies for Past Periods Regulations 2014
  275. 15Bank Recovery and Resolution (No. 2) Order 2014
  276. 16Open Internet Access (EU Regulation) Regulations 2016
  277. Part 3: Amendments to devolved legislation
  278. Chapter 1: Scotland
  279. 17Non-Domestic Rates (Renewable Energy Generation Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2010
  280. 18Non-Domestic Rates (Enterprise Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2012
  281. 19Non-Domestic Rates (Enterprise Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2016
  282. 20Non-Domestic Rates (Steel Sites) (Scotland) Regulations 2016
  283. 21Non-Domestic Rates (District Heating Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
  284. 22Non-Domestic Rates (Transitional Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
  285. 23Non-Domestic Rates (Day Nursery Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2018
  286. Chapter 2: Northern Ireland
  287. 24Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977
  288. 25Gas (Applications for Licences and Extensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
  289. 26Pension Protection Fund (Partially Guaranteed Schemes) (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  290. 27Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  291. 28Water Industry (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007
  292. 29Payment of Pension Levies for Past Periods Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
  293. Explanatory note