European Commission 25 June 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 of 25 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

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CHAPTER I. COMMON PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope
Article 2. Definitions
Article 3. Conditions for exemption
Article 4. Notification thresholds
Article 5. Transparency of aid
Article 6. Incentive effect
Article 7. Aid intensity and eligible costs
Article 8. Cumulation
Article 9. Publication and information
Article 10. Avoidance of double publication
CHAPTER II. PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
Article 11. Withdrawal of the benefit of the block exemption
Article 12. Reporting
Article 13. Monitoring
CHAPTER III. CATEGORIES OF AID
SECTION 1. Aid in favour of SMEs active in primary agricultural production, the processing of agricultural products and the marketing of agricultural products
Article 14. Aid for investments in tangible assets or intangible assets on agricultural holdings linked to primary agricultural production
Article 15. Aid for agricultural land consolidation
Article 16. Aid for investments concerning the relocation of farm buildings
Article 17. Aid for investments in connection with the processing of agricultural products and the marketing of agricultural products
Article 18. Start-up aid for young farmers and the development of small farms
Article 19. Start-up aid for producer groups and organisations in the agricultural sector
Article 20. Aid for the participation of producers of agricultural products in quality schemes
Article 21. Aid for knowledge transfer and information actions
Article 22. Aid for advisory services
Article 23. Aid for farm replacement services
Article 24. Aid for promotion measures in favour of agricultural products
Article 25. Aid to compensate for damage caused by adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster
Article 26. Aid for the costs of the prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases and plant pests and aid to make good the damage caused by animal diseases or plant pests
Article 27. Aids to the livestock sector and aid for fallen stock
Article 28. Aid for the payment of insurance premiums
SECTION 2. Aid for investments in favour of conservation of cultural and natural heritage located on agricultural holdings
Article 29. Aid for investments in favour of the conservation of cultural and natural heritage located on agricultural holdings
SECTION 3. Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters in the agricultural sector
Article 30. Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters in the agricultural sector
SECTION 4. Aid for research and development in the agricultural and forestry sectors
Article 31. Aid for research and development in the agricultural and forestry sectors
SECTION 5. Aid in favour of forestry
Article 32. Aid for afforestation and the creation of woodland
Article 33. Aid for agroforestry systems
Article 34. Aid for the prevention and restoration of damage to forests from forest fire, natural disasters, adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, other adverse climatic events, plant pests and catastrophic events
Article 35. Aid for investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems
Article 36. Aid for disadvantages related to Natura 2000 forest areas
Article 37. Aid for forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation
Article 38. Aid for knowledge transfer and information actions in the forestry sector
Article 39. Aid for advisory services in the forestry sector
Article 40. Aid for investments in infrastructure related to the development, modernisation or adaptation of the forestry sector
Article 41. Aid for investments in forestry technologies and in processing, mobilising and marketing of forestry products
Article 42. Conservation of genetic resources in forestry
Article 43. Aid for forestry land consolidation
SECTION 6. Aids in favour of SMEs in Rural Areas co-financed by the EAFRD or granted as additional national financing to such co-financed measures
Article 44. Aid for investments concerning the processing of agricultural products into non-agricultural products or the production of cotton
Article 45. Business start-up aid for non-agricultural activities in rural areas
Article 46. Aid for advisory services for SMEs in rural areas
Article 47. Aid for knowledge transfer and information actions in favour of SMEs in rural areas
Article 48. Aid for new participation of active farmers in quality schemes for cotton and foodstuffs
Article 49. Aid for information and promotion activities concerning cotton and foodstuffs covered by a quality scheme
CHAPTER IV. TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 50. Repeal
Article 51. Transitional provisions
Article 52. Entry into force and applicability
ANNEX I. DEFINITION OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

1.7.2014

Official Journal of the European Union

L 193/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 702/2014

of 25 June 2014

declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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