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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1857/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/1857",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1857",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Conditions for exemption",
  "text": "1. Transparent individual aid outside any scheme, fulfilling all the conditions of this Regulation, shall be compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty and shall be exempt from the notification requirement of Article 88(3) of the Treaty provided that the summary information provided for in Article 20(1) has been submitted and that the aid contains an express reference to this Regulation, by citing its title and publication reference in the Official Journal of the European Union.\n2. Transparent aid schemes fulfilling all the conditions set out in this Regulation shall be compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty and shall be exempt from the notification requirement of Article 88(3) of the Treaty provided that:\n(a) any aid that could be awarded under such scheme fulfils all the conditions set out in this Regulation;\n(b) the scheme contains an express reference to this Regulation, citing its title and publication reference in the Official Journal of the European Union;\n(c) the summary information provided for in Article 20(1) has been submitted.\n3. Aid granted under the schemes referred to in paragraph 2 shall be compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty and shall be exempt from the notification requirement of Article 88(3) of the Treaty provided that the aid granted directly fulfils all the conditions of this Regulation.\n4. Aid which does not fall within the scope of this Regulation, or of other Regulations adopted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 994/98 or Regulations listed in Article 17 of this Regulation, shall be notified to the Commission in accordance with Article 88(3) of the Treaty. Such aid shall be assessed in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007-2013.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1857/article/3",
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  "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."
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