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State Aid Regulations and Frameworks

HORIZONTAL MEASURES

De Minimis and Block Exemption Regulations

De Minimis Aid Regulation 1998/2006

SME Definition from January 2005
SME Block Exemption Regulations 70/2001
Extension to SME Block Exemption Regulation for SME R&D

Training Aid Block Exemption Regulation 68/2001
Amendment to Training Aid Block Exemption Regulation

Employment Block Exemption Regulation 2204/2002

Prolongation of the SME, Training Aid and Employment Block Exemption Regulation until 30 June 2008

National Regional Investment Aid Block Exemption 1628/2006

Regional Aid

Guidelines on National Regional aid for 2007-2013

Further information on Regional Aid 

Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation

Community Framework for State Aid For Research and Development and Innovation

Other Measures

State aid for Environmental Protection Guidelines

Guidelines on State Aid to promote Risk Capital Investments in SMEs

Guidelines on State Aid for Rescuing and Restructuring Firms in difficulty

VERTICAL MEASURES

Sector Specific rules

All sector-specific legislation can be found on the following Commission link:

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/state_aid/legislation/specific_rules.html

• Audiovisual production
• Broadcasting
• Coal
• Electricity (stranded costs)
• Postal Services
• Shipbuilding
• Steel

Other measures

Amendment to Transparency directive

Community Framework on Service of General Economic Interest (SGEI)
Commission decision on Service of General Economic Interest (SGEI Block Exemption)