# Commission Regulation (EU) No 1388/2014 of 16 December 2014 declaring certain categories of aid to undertakings active in the production, processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (revoked) EU Regulation No 1388/2014 ยท adopted 16 December 2014 Commission Regulation (EU) No 1388/2014 of 16 December 2014 declaring certain categories of aid to undertakings active in the production, processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EU) No 1388/2014 of 16 December 2014 declaring certain categories of aid to undertakings active in the production, processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: COMMON PROVISIONS ## 1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Notification threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Conditions for exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Transparency of aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Incentive effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Aid intensity and eligible costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Cumulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Publication and information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: MONITORING ## 10 Withdrawal of the benefit of the block exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11a Derogation from information and publication requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF AID ### Section 1: Sustainable development of fisheries ## 13 Aid for innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Aid for advisory services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Aid for partnership between scientists and fishermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Aid to promote human capital, job creation and social dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Aid to facilitate diversification and new forms of income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Aid to start-up support for young fishermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Aid to improve health and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Aid to mutual funds for adverse climatic events and environmental incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Aid to support systems of allocation of fishing opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Aid to support the design and implementation of conservation measures and regional cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Aid to limit the impact of fishing on the marine environment and adapt fishing to the protection of species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Aid to innovation linked to the conservation of marine biological resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Aid for the protection and restoration of marine biodiversity and ecosystems and compensation regimes in the framework of sustainable fishing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Aid to improve energy efficiency and to mitigate the effects of climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Aid to added value, product quality and use of unwanted catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Aid to fishing ports, landing sites, auction halls and shelters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Aid to inland fishing and inland aquatic fauna and flora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Sustainable development of aquaculture ## 30 Aid for innovation in aquaculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Aid to productive investments in aquaculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Aid to management, relief and advisory services for aquaculture farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Aid to promote human capital and networking in aquaculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Aid to increase the potential of aquaculture sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Aid to encourage new aquaculture farmers practising sustainable aquaculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Aid for the conversion to eco-management and audit schemes and organic aquaculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Aid to aquaculture providing environmental services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Aid for public health measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Aid for animal health and welfare measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Aid for aquaculture stock insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Marketing and processing related measures ## 41 Aid for marketing measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Aid for the processing of fishery and aquaculture products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Other categories of AID ## 43 Aid for data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Tax exemptions and reductions in accordance with Directive 2003/96/EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 46 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Entry into force and applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: SME DEFINITION ## 1 Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Staff headcount and financial thresholds determining enterprise categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Types of enterprise taken into consideration in calculating staff numbers and financial amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Data used for the staff headcount and the financial amounts and reference period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Staff headcount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Establishing the data of an enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II Information regarding State aid exempt under the conditions of this Regulation to be provided through the established Commission IT application as laid down in Article 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III Provisions for the publication of information referred to in Article 9(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1388 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1388 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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