{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-340/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/340",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 340/2008 of 16 April 2008 on the fees and charges payable to the European Chemicals Agency pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-340",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation:\n1.. ‘SME’ means a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC;\n2.. ‘medium enterprise’ means a medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC;\n3.. ‘small enterprise’ means a small enterprise within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC;\n4.. ‘micro enterprise’ means a micro enterprise within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC.\nIn the application of Recommendation 2003/361/EC for the purposes of this Regulation, the Annex to that Recommendation has effect with the following modifications:\n(a) in Article 2(1)—\n(i) the reference to EUR 50 million has effect as a reference to £43.650 million;\n(ii) the reference to EUR 43 million has effect as a reference to £37.539 million;\n(b) in Article 2(2) the reference to EUR 10 million has effect as a reference to £8.730 million;\n(c) in Article 2(3) the reference to EUR 2 million has effect as a reference to £1.746 million;\n(d) in Article 3(2)—\n(i) in point (a), the reference to EUR 1,250,000 has effect as a reference to £1,091,250;\n(ii) in point (d), the reference to EUR 10 million has effect as a reference to £8.730 million.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 6 para. 3; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/340/article/2",
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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."
}