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Official Journal of the European Union
8.11.2013
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1114/2013
of 7 November 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 as regards its period of application
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(3) Regulation
(EC)
No
1857/2006
should
therefore
be
amended accordingly.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union, and in particular Article 108(4) thereof,
(4) It
is
important
to
ensure
continuity
in
implementing
the
rural development policy and a smooth passage from
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 of 7 May
one programming period to the following. A period of
1998 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 of the Treaty
overlapping application of rural development
establishing the European Community to certain categories of
programmes and the corresponding legal provisions of
horizontal State aid (
the 2007-13 programming period and those of the

1 ),
programming period following it is inevitable. In this
context, the Member States may, under certain
Having published a draft of this Regulation ( 2 ),
conditions, continue to make commitments under
Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 ( 7 ) after the
end of the programming period 2007-13 until
After consulting the Advisory Committee on State Aid,
31 December 2015. Consequently, it is appropriate to
clarify for the purposes of legal certainty that, where
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 refers to the criteria of
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, those criteria should
continue to be applicable for the assessment of State
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
1857/2006
( 3 ) will
aid under Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 during its
expire on 31 December 2013.
extended period of application even after the entry into
force of a new Regulation replacing Regulation (EC) No
1698/2005.
(2) In
its
Communication
on
EU
State
Aid
Modernisation
( 4 )
of 8 May 2012 the Commission launched a wide review
of State aid rules. In the context of that review, Regu
(5)
In the light of the extension of the period of application
lation (EC) No 994/98 has already been amended by
of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, some Member States
Council Regulation (EU) No 733/2013 ( 5 ). A number of
may wish to prolong measures on which summary
other legislative instruments relevant for the assessment
information has been provided in accordance with
of State aid in the agricultural sector are still in the
Article 20 of that Regulation. In order to reduce the
process of revision, in particular the future rules
administrative burden, it is appropriate to lay down
applicable to rural development, the new agricultural
that summary information regarding the prolongation
State aid guidelines, and the new general block
of those measures is to be deemed to have been
exemption Regulation replacing Commission Regulation
communicated to the Commission, provided that no
(EC) No 800/2008 ( 6 ). It will not be possible to finalise
substantive amendment is made to the measures
the adaptation of those instruments before Regulation
concerned.
(EC) No 1857/2006 expires or they will not be fully
applicable on 1 January 2014. In order to ensure a
consistent approach across all State aid instruments, it
is therefore appropriate to extend the period of appli
(6) This
Regulation
should
enter
into
force
on
the
day
cation of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 until 30 June
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
2014.
the European Union in order to allow for the extension of

the period of application of Regulation (EC) No
1857/2006 before it expires,
( 1 ) OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ C 227, 6.8.2013, p. 1.
( 3 ) 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
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of
agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
(OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 3).
Article 1
( 4 ) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament,
the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the
In Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the second
Committee of the Regions, EU State Aid Modernisation (SAM),
subparagraph is replaced by the following:
8.5.2012, COM(2012) 209 final.
( 5 ) Council Regulation (EU) No 733/2013 of 22 July 2013 amending
Regulation (EC) No 994/98 on the application of Articles 92 and 93
of the Treaty establishing the European Community to certain
‘It shall apply from 1 January 2007 until 30 June 2014’.
categories of horizontal State aid (OJ L 204, 31.7.2013, p. 11).
( 6 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008
declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common
( 7 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on
market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General
support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund
block exemption Regulation) (OJ L 214, 9.8.2008, p. 3).
for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1).

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Article 2
Where, as a consequence of the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, a Member State wishes to
prolong measures in respect of which summary information was submitted to the Commission in
accordance with Article 20 of that Regulation, summary information regarding the prolongation of those
measures shall be deemed to have been communicated to the Commission, provided that no substantive
amendment is made to the measures concerned.
Article 3
Where Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 refers to the criteria of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, those criteria
shall continue to be applicable for the assessment of State aid under Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 during
its extended period of application even after the entry into force of a new Regulation replacing Regulation
(EC) No 1698/2005.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 November 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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