Paragraph 4 Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013^f1 is amended as follows.

In Schedule 4, after paragraph 29(3), insert—

“(4)

In addition to sub-paragraph (1), anything that the CMA Board is required or permitted to do under or by virtue of the state aid legislation may be done by a member of the CMA panel, who is authorised for that purpose by the CMA Board, whether generally or specifically.

(5)

In this paragraph, “state aid legislation” means—

(a)

the Financial Transparency (EC Directive) Regulations 2009;

(b)

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;

(c)

Commission Regulation (EU) No. 702/2014 of 25 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

(d)

Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1388/2014 of 16 December 2014 declaring certain categories of aid to undertakings active in the production, processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

(e)

the State Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.”.