Part 1 Amendments to the General Block Exemption Regulation

1. 1Amendments to the General Block Exemption Regulation
2. 2Article 1 (Scope)
3. 3Article 2 (definitions)
4. 4New Article 2A
5. 5Article 3 (Conditions for exemption)
6. 6Article 4 (Notification thresholds)
7. 7Article 5 (Transparency of aid)
8. 8Article 6 (Incentive effect)
9. 9Article 7 (Aid intensity and eligible costs)
10. 10Article 8 (Cumulation)
11. 11Article 9 (Publication and information)
12. 12Article 10 (Withdrawal of benefit of the block exemption)
13. 13Article 11 (Reporting)
14. 14Article 12 (Monitoring)
15. 15Article 13 (Scope of regional aid)
16. 16Article 14 (Regional investment aid)
17. 17Article 15 (Regional operating aid)
18. 18Article 16 (Regional urban development aid)
19. 19Article 17 (Investment aid to SMEs)
20. 20Article 18 (Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs)
21. 21Article 19 (Aid to SMEs for participation in fairs)
22. 22Article 20 (Aid for cooperation costs incurred by SMEs participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects)
23. 23Article 21 (Risk finance aid)
24. 24Article 22 (Aid for start-ups)
25. 25Article 23 (Aid to alternative trading platforms specialised in SMEs)
26. 26Article 24 (Aid for scouting costs)
27. 27Article 25 (Aid for research and development projects)
28. 28Article 26 (Investment aid for research infrastructures)
29. 29Article 27 (Aid for innovation clusters)
30. 30Article 28 (Innovation aid for SMEs)
31. 31Article 29 (Aid for process and organisational innovation)
32. 32Article 30 (Aid for research and development in the fishery and aquaculture sector)
33. 33Article 31 (Training aid)
34. 34Article 32 (Aid for the recruitment of disadvantaged workers in the form of wage subsidies)
35. 35Article 33 (Aid for the employment of workers with disabilities in the form of wage subsidies)
36. 36Article 34 (Aid for compensating the additional costs of employing workers with disabilities)
37. 37Article 35 (Aid for compensating the costs of assistance provided to disadvantaged workers)
38. 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)
39. 39Article 37 (Investment aid for early adaptation to future Union standards)
40. 40Article 38 (Investment aid for energy efficiency measures)
41. 41Article 39 (Investment aid for energy efficiency projects in buildings)
42. 42Article 40 (Investment aid for high-efficiency cogeneration)
43. 43Article 41 (Investment aid for the promotion of energy from renewable sources)
44. 44Article 42 (Operating aid for the promotion of electricity from renewable sources)
45. 45Article 43 (Operating aid for the promotion of energy from renewable sources in small scale installations)
46. 46Article 44 (Aid in the form of reductions in environmental taxes under Directive 2003/96/EC)
47. 47Article 45 (Investment aid for remediation of contaminated sites)
48. 48Article 46 (Investment aid for energy efficient district heating and cooling)
49. 49Article 47 (Investment aid for waste recycling and re-utilisation)
50. 50Article 48 (Investment aid for energy infrastructure)
51. 51Article 49 (Aid for environmental studies)
52. 52Article 50 (Aid schemes to make good the damage caused by certain natural disasters)
53. 53Article 51 (Social aid for transport for residents of remote regions)
54. 54Article 52 (Aid for broadband infrastructures)
55. 55Article 53 (Aid for culture and heritage conservation)
56. 56Article 54 (Aid schemes for audiovisual works)
57. 57Article 55 (Aid for sport and multifunctional recreational infrastructures)
58. 58Article 56 (Investment aid for local infrastructures)
59. 59Article 56a (Aid for regional airports)
60. 60Article 56b (Aid for maritime ports)
61. 61Article 56c (Aid for inland ports)
62. 62Article 58 (Transitional provisions)
63. 63Article 59
64. 64Annex I
65. 65Annex II
66. 66Annex III