Ole Damsgaard Joint Secretariat April 56th 2017 Stornoway Scotland What is State aid Any aid granted by a Member Statewhich distorts competition by favouring certain undertakings ID: 656571
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Rules and Regulations, State Aid
Ole Damsgaard,
Joint
Secretariat
April
5-6th, 2017 – Stornoway, Scotland Slide2
What is State aid?
“Any aid granted by a Member State…which distorts competition by favouring certain
undertakings
or the production of certain goods shall…be incompatible with the internal market”
EU Treaty, Article 107Slide3
What is an undertaking?
Undertakings are entities engaged in an
economic activity
,
regardless their legal status and the way they are financed:
Charities, clubs or associations, public bodies, universities, social enterprises, private firms…
It does not matter whether the entity aims to generate profit
An undertaking can be engaged in economic and non-economic activities at the same timeSlide4
What is an economic activity?
‘any activity consisting in offering goods or services
o
n a given market’
Also the case where the activity could, in principle, be carried out by a private body!Slide5
Can any of the project’s activities/products/services have the character of direct aid to SMEs?
Identify the flows of resources from the Programme through the Project to SMEs
(end beneficiaries)
if not negligible then State aid
Is the aid given to individual SMEs or has it a broad character
( e.g. distributed through project web site) Slide6
De
minimis
most suitable tool for end users
De
minimis
has a maximum threshold of EUR 200.000 and a grant rate of 100%
(However: all kind of national public support has to be included) Slide7
De
minimis
does not cover all economic activities!
Export activities excluded
Transport restricted
Specific rules for agriculture, fishery and aquaculture (e.g. food processing on farm) Slide8
Self-declaration 1Slide9
Not in difficulty declaration 2Slide10
What happens if the rules not are kept?
“
The MA is entitled, in whole or in part, to terminate this Grant Contract and/or to demand repayment of amounts already paid to the LP from the co-financing, in full or in
part..”
Programme Manual Slide11
Thank you for listening
Ole Damsgaard
ole.damsgaard@interreg-npa.eu