Annexes to COM(2012)778 - State aid scoreboard - Report on state aid granted by the Member States, 2012 edition

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dossier COM(2012)778 - State aid scoreboard - Report on state aid granted by the Member States, 2012 edition.
document COM(2012)778 EN
date December 21, 2012
Annex III A of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p.1). Aggregation into a single State aid total is thus not possible.

[8]               At the time of finalising this report, information on subsidies to railways had not been submitted by Czech Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Slovakia. Cyprus and Malta have no railway operators.

[9]               Source: DG Competition; GDP figures: Eurostat.

[10]             See previous Scoreboards for more about the reasons for the past decline in State aid expenditure, which can found on DG Competition’s website: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/studies_reports/archive/scoreboard_arch.html.

[11]             For more details, see chapters 2.2.2.1 and 4 in the SWD.

[12]             For instance, Article 107(3)(a) TFEU with respect to regional aid, Article 107(3)(b) TFEU on the execution of an important project of common European interest.

[13]             Rescue and restructuring aid is included in sectoral aid.

[14]             ECOFIN Council conclusion, 8 November 2011.

[15]             Recapitalisation aid granted to Northern Rock in 2007 is included.

[16]             Recapitalisation aid granted to Northern Rock in 2007 is included.

[17]             Communication of the Commission Temporary Union Framework for State aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis; OJ C 6, 11.1.2011, p. 5.

[18]             For more details, see chapter 3.2 of the SWD.

[19]             Commission Regulation (EC) 800/2008; OJ L 214, 9.8.2008, p. 3.

[20]             Article 108(3) TFEU obliges Member States not only to notify new State aid measures to the Commission prior to implementation but also to refrain from putting them into effect until a final decision is adopted. When either of those obligations is not respected, the State aid measure is considered to be unlawful.

[21]             224 cases.

[22]             28 cases.

[23]             OJ C 85, 9.4.2009, p. 1.