# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, Article 20: Transparency and monitoring

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. At the latest 10 working days before the entry into force of an aid scheme exempted by this Regulation, or the granting of individual aid exempted by this Regulation outside any scheme, Member States shall forward to the Commission, with a view to its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, a summary of the information regarding such aid scheme or individual aid in the form laid down in Annex I. This shall be provided in computerised form. Within 10 working days of receipt of that summary, the Commission will send a notice of receipt with an identification number and publish the summary on the internet.
2. Member States shall maintain detailed records regarding the aid schemes exempted by this Regulation, the individual aid granted under those schemes, and the individual aid exempted by this Regulation that is granted outside any existing aid scheme. Such records shall contain all information necessary to establish that the conditions for exemption, as laid down in this Regulation, are fulfilled, including information on the status of the company as an SME. Member States shall keep a record regarding each individual aid for 10 years from the date on which it was granted and, regarding an aid scheme, for 10 years from the date on which the last individual aid was granted under such scheme. On written request, the Member State concerned shall provide the Commission, within a period of 20 working days or such longer period as may be fixed in the request, with all the information which the Commission considers necessary to assess whether the conditions of this Regulation have been complied with.
3. Member States shall compile a report on the application of this Regulation in respect of each whole or part calendar year during which this Regulation applies, in the form laid down in Annex II. This report may be integrated into the annual report to be submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 21(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999, and shall be submitted by 30 June of the year following the calendar year covered by the report. By the same date, the Member State shall submit a separate report relating to payments made under Articles 10 and 11 of this Regulation, describing the amounts paid in that calendar year, the conditions for payment, the diseases concerned under Article 10 and, in relation to Article 11, the appropriate meteorological information proofing type, timing, relative magnitude and location of the climatic events and on its consequences on the production for which compensation has been granted.
4. As soon as an aid scheme exempted by this Regulation enters into force, or an individual aid exempted by this Regulation is granted outside an aid scheme, Member States shall publish on the internet the full text of such aid scheme, or the criteria and conditions under which such individual aid is granted.
The address of the web-sites including a direct link to the text of the scheme shall be communicated to the Commission together with the summary of the information regarding the aid required pursuant to paragraph 1. It shall also be contained in the annual report submitted pursuant to paragraph 3.
5. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to aid covered by Article 17.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1857/article/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1857/article-20
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