{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2204/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2204/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2002/2204",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 5 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2204",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Entry into force, period of validity, and transitional arrangements",
  "text": "1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.\nIt shall apply until 30 June 2008 .\n2. Notifications pending at the time of entry into force of this Regulation shall be assessed in accordance with its provisions.\nAid schemes implemented before the date of entry into force of this Regulation, and aid granted under these schemes, in the absence of a Commission authorisation and in breach of the obligation in Article 88(3) of the Treaty, shall be compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 87(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted under this Regulation if they fulfil the conditions laid down in Article 3(1)(a) and Article 3(2). Any aid which does not fulfil these conditions shall be assessed by the Commission in accordance with the relevant frameworks, guidelines, communications and notices.\n3. At the end of the period of validity of this Regulation, aid schemes exempted under this Regulation shall remain exempted during an adjustment period of six months.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1976/2006 of 20 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 2204/2002, (EC) No 70/2001 and (EC) No 68/2001 as regards the extension of the periods of application (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/2204/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:56:16.151456+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."
}