Article 14 Steps preceding grant of aid
United Kingdom
In order to qualify for exemption under this Regulation, aid under an aid scheme shall only be granted in respect of activities undertaken or services received after the aid scheme has been set up and published in accordance with this Regulation.
If the aid scheme creates an automatic right to receive the aid, requiring no further action at administrative level, the aid itself may only be granted after the aid scheme has been set up and published in accordance with this Regulation.
If the aid scheme requires an application to be submitted to the competent authority concerned, the aid itself may only be granted after the following conditions have been fulfilled:
the aid scheme must have been set up and published in accordance with this Regulation;
an application for the aid must have been properly submitted to the competent authority concerned;
the application must have been accepted by the competent authority concerned in a manner which obliges that authority to grant the aid, clearly indicating the amount of aid to be granted or how this amount is to be calculated; such acceptance by the competent authority may only be made if the budget available for the aid or aid scheme is not exhausted.
In order to qualify for exemption under this Regulation, individual aid outside any aid scheme shall only be granted in respect of activities undertaken or services received after the conditions in points (b) and (c) of the third subparagraph of paragraph 1 have been satisfied.