General Block Exemption Regulation

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The General Block Exemption Regulation is an EU legal framework that allows certain categories of state aid to be granted by member states without prior notification to the European Commission, simplifying and speeding up the approval process for compatible aid measures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union regulation
secondary EU law
state aid regulation
aimsAt focusing Commission resources on larger or more distortive aid
reducing administrative burden for Member States
allows granting of certain state aid without prior notification
appliesInJurisdiction European Union
appliesTo Member States of the European Union
surface form: EU Member States
covers aid for broadband infrastructure
aid for culture and heritage conservation
aid for local infrastructures
aid for research and development and innovation
aid for sport and multifunctional recreational infrastructures
aid to small and medium-sized enterprises
employment aid
environmental protection aid
regional aid
risk finance aid
training aid
defines categories of aid compatible with the internal market
hasAbbreviation GBER
isImplementedBy national authorities of EU Member States
isPartOf European Union state aid rules
surface form: EU state aid modernisation agenda
legalBasis Articles 107 and 108 TFEU
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
monitoredBy European Commission
objective to ensure that state aid does not unduly distort competition
to support economic development in line with EU priorities
policyArea competition policy
internal market
purpose to exempt certain categories of state aid from prior notification to the European Commission
to simplify state aid procedures
to speed up the approval of compatible state aid measures
regulates state aid
replaced earlier block exemption regulations on specific aid categories
requires compliance with specific conditions for exempted aid
ex post monitoring by the European Commission
publication of information on exempted aid
that exempted aid has an incentive effect
that exempted aid is proportionate
that exempted aid respects internal market rules
sets eligibility conditions for beneficiaries
maximum aid intensities
transparency requirements for aid measures

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European Union state aid rules implementedBy General Block Exemption Regulation