The European Commission public consultation on the Commission services second draft of the new de minimis Regulation. The purpose of this consultation is to collect the views of citizens and stakeholders on the second draft of the Commission Regulation on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) to de minimis aid in the fishery and aquaculture sector.
“State aid not exceeding a certain ceiling over a period of time is deemed not to meet all the criteria laid down in Article 107(1) TFEU and is therefore exempted from the notification procedure. This is the so called de minimis aid. In the fisheries sector, Commission Regulation (EC) No 875/2007 set this ceiling at 30 000 EUR per beneficiary over any period of three years. It also set a maximum cumulative amount per Member State. De minimis aid granted to all undertakings in the fisheries sector over three-year period cannot exceed 2,5 % of the annual fisheries output per Member State. Since this regulation expired at the end of 2013, the Commission issued, for consultation purpose, a new draft of de minimis regulation. Based on the contributions in the consultation process of the first draft of de minimis regulation, this second draft maintains the ceiling of 30 000 EUR and cumulative amount for each Member State at the level of 2,5 % of the annual catching, processing and aquaculture turnover.”
The consultation is open for eight weeks between 28.03.2014 to 23.05.2014
For more info about the consultation and how to submit your contribution please see link below.