{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-70/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-70/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2001/70",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-70",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Large individual aid grants",
  "text": "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:\n(a) the total eligible costs of the whole project are at least EUR 25 000 000 ; and\n(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);\n(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\n(b) the total gross aid amount is at least EUR 15 000 000 .\n2. 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:\n(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\n(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.\nIn the case of aid granted to a Eureka project, the thresholds in the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:\n(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\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004 of 25 February 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 as regards the extension of its scope to include aid for research and development."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/70/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:57:06.165127+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}