Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2472 of 14 December 2022 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 (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 60

Aid for CLLD projects

Aid for costs incurred by municipalities participating in CLLD projects, referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and designated as LEADER local development under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in favour of projects referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3), point (c), of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, where it fulfils the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I of this Regulation.

• (a) the costs of preparatory support, capacity building, training and networking with a view of preparing and implementing a CLLD strategy;

• (b) implementation of approved operations;

• (c) preparation and implementation of the cooperation activities;

• (d) running costs linked to the management of the implementation of the CLLD strategy;

• (e) animation the CLLD strategy in order to facilitate exchange between stakeholders to provide information and to promote the strategy and the projects, and to support potential beneficiaries with a view of developing operations and preparing applications.

• (a) research, development and innovation;

• (b) environment;

• (c) employment and training;

• (d) culture and heritage conservation;

• (e) forestry;

• (f) promotion of food products not listed in ANNEX I of the Treaty;

• (g) sports.

Article 61

Limited amounts of aid for CLLD projects

Aid to municipalities participating in, or benefitting from CLLD projects as referred to in Article 60(1), shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3), point (c), of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, where it fulfils the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I of this Regulation.

• (a) research, development and innovation;

• (b) environment;

• (c) employment and training;

• (d) culture and heritage conservation;

• (e) forestry;

• (f) promotion of food products not listed in ANNEX I of the Treaty;

• (g) sports.

CHAPTER IV Transitional and final provisions

Article 62

Replacement and continued application of Regulation (EU) No 702/2014

Article 63

Transitional provisions

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, at the end of the period of validity of this Regulation aid schemes falling within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and either co-financed by the EAFRD or by additional national financing for such co-financed measures shall remain exempted for the duration of the programming period in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

Article 64

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2023.

It shall apply from 1 January 2023 until 31 December 2029.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX I

SME definition

Article 1

Enterprise

An enterprise is considered to be any entity engaged in an economic activity, irrespective of its legal form. This includes, in particular, self-employed persons and family businesses engaged in craft or other activities, and partnerships or associations regularly engaged in an economic activity.

Article 2

Staff headcount and financial thresholds determining enterprise categories

Article 3

Types of enterprise taken into consideration in calculating staff numbers and financial amounts

However, an enterprise may be ranked as autonomous, and thus as not having any partner enterprises, even if this 25 % threshold is reached or exceeded by the following investors, provided that those investors are not linked, within the meaning of paragraph 3, either individually or jointly to the enterprise in question:

• (a) public investment corporations, venture capital companies, individuals or groups of individuals with a regular venture capital investment activity who invest equity capital in unquoted businesses (business angels), provided the total investment of those business angels in the same enterprise is less than EUR 1 250 000 ;

• (b) universities or non-profit research centres;

• (c) institutional investors, including regional development funds;

• (d) autonomous local authorities with an annual budget of less than EUR 10 million and less than 5 000 inhabitants.

• (a) an enterprise has a majority of the shareholders’ or members’ voting rights in another enterprise;

• (b) an enterprise has the right to appoint or remove a majority of the members of the administrative, management or supervisory body of another enterprise;

• (c) an enterprise has the right to exercise a dominant influence over another enterprise pursuant to a contract entered into with that enterprise or to a provision in its memorandum or articles of association;

• (d) an enterprise, which is a shareholder in or member of another enterprise, controls alone, pursuant to an agreement with other shareholders in or members of that enterprise, a majority of shareholders’ or members’ voting rights in that enterprise.

There is a presumption that no dominant influence exists if the investors listed in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 are not involving themselves directly or indirectly in the management of the enterprise in question, without prejudice to their rights as shareholders.

Enterprises having any of the relationships described in the first subparagraph through one or more other enterprises, or any one of the investors mentioned in paragraph 2, are also considered to be linked.

Enterprises which have one or other of such relationships through a natural person or group of natural persons acting jointly are also considered linked enterprises if they engage in their activity or in part of their activity in the same relevant market or in adjacent markets.

An ‘adjacent market’ is considered to be the market for a product or service situated directly upstream or downstream of the relevant market.

Article 4

Data used for the staff headcount and the financial amounts and reference period

Article 5

Staff headcount

The headcount corresponds to the number of annual work units (AWU), i.e. the number of persons who worked full-time within the enterprise in question or on its behalf during the entire reference year under consideration. The work of persons who have not worked the full year, the work of those who have worked part-time, regardless of duration, and the work of seasonal workers are counted as fractions of AWU. The staff consists of:

• (a) employees;

• (b) persons working for the enterprise being subordinated to it and deemed to be employees under national law;

• (c) owner-managers;

• (d) partners engaging in a regular activity in the enterprise and benefiting from financial advantages from the enterprise.

Apprentices or students engaged in vocational training with an apprenticeship or vocational training contract are not included as staff. The duration of maternity or parental leaves is not counted.

Article 6

Establishing the data of an enterprise

To the data referred to in the first subparagraph are added the data of any partner enterprise of the enterprise in question situated immediately upstream or downstream from it. Aggregation is proportional to the percentage interest in the capital or voting rights (whichever is greater). In the case of cross-holdings, the greater percentage applies.

To the data referred to in the first and second subparagraph are added 100 % of the data of any enterprise, which is linked directly or indirectly to the enterprise in question, where the data were not already included through consolidation in the accounts.

For the application of the same paragraph 2, the data of the enterprises which are linked to the enterprise in question are to be derived from their accounts and their other data, consolidated if they exist. To these are added, pro rata, the data of any possible partner enterprise of that linked enterprise, situated immediately upstream or downstream from it, unless it has already been included in the consolidated accounts with a percentage at least proportional to the percentage identified under the second subparagraph of paragraph 2.

ANNEX II

Information regarding State aid exempt under the conditions of this Regulation to be provided through the established Commission IT application as laid down in Article 11

PART I

Aid reference	(to be completed by the Commission)	(to be completed by the Commission)	(to be completed by the Commission)
Member State
Member State reference number
Region	Name of the Region(s) (NUTS [^E0034]) ……	Regional aid status [^E0035] Image omitted; see official sourceOutermost regions Image omitted; see official sourceSmaller Aegean islands Image omitted; see official sourceOther	Regional aid status [^E0035] Image omitted; see official sourceOutermost regions Image omitted; see official sourceSmaller Aegean islands Image omitted; see official sourceOther
Granting authority	Name	Name	Name
Granting authority	Postal address	Postal address	Postal address
Granting authority	Web address	Web address	Web address
Title of the aid measure	……	……	……
National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication)	…… ……	…… ……	…… ……
Web link to the full text of the aid measure	.…	.…	.…
Type of measure	Image omitted; see official sourceScheme	Image omitted; see official sourceScheme	Image omitted; see official sourceScheme
Type of measure	Image omitted; see official source Ad hoc aid	Name of the beneficiary and the group [^E0036] it belongs to	Name of the beneficiary and the group [^E0036] it belongs to
Amendment of an existing aid scheme or ad hoc aid		Commission aid reference	Commission aid reference
Amendment of an existing aid scheme or ad hoc aid	Image omitted; see official sourceProlongation	Image omitted; see official sourceProlongation	Image omitted; see official sourceProlongation
Amendment of an existing aid scheme or ad hoc aid	Image omitted; see official sourceModification	Image omitted; see official sourceModification	Image omitted; see official sourceModification
Duration [^E0037]	Image omitted; see official sourceScheme	dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy	dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy
Date of granting	Image omitted; see official source Ad hoc aid	dd/mm/yyyy	dd/mm/yyyy
Economic sector(s) concerned	Image omitted; see official sourcePlease specify at NACE group level [^E0038]	Image omitted; see official sourcePlease specify at NACE group level [^E0038]	Image omitted; see official sourcePlease specify at NACE group level [^E0038]
Type of beneficiary	Image omitted; see official sourceSME	Image omitted; see official sourceSME	Image omitted; see official sourceSME
Type of beneficiary	Image omitted; see official sourceLarge undertakings	Image omitted; see official sourceLarge undertakings	Image omitted; see official sourceLarge undertakings
Budget	Scheme: Overall amount [^E0039] in national currency… (full amounts) ……	Scheme: Overall amount [^E0039] in national currency… (full amounts) ……	Scheme: Overall amount [^E0039] in national currency… (full amounts) ……
Budget	Ad hoc aid: Overall amount [^E0040] in national currency… (full amounts) ……	Ad hoc aid: Overall amount [^E0040] in national currency… (full amounts) ……	Ad hoc aid: Overall amount [^E0040] in national currency… (full amounts) ……
Budget	Image omitted; see official sourceFor guarantees [^E0041]	National currency… (full amounts) ……	National currency… (full amounts) ……
Aid instrument	Image omitted; see official sourceGrant/Interest rate subsidy	Image omitted; see official sourceGrant/Interest rate subsidy	Image omitted; see official sourceGrant/Interest rate subsidy
Aid instrument	Image omitted; see official sourceSubsidised services	Image omitted; see official sourceSubsidised services	Image omitted; see official sourceSubsidised services
Aid instrument	Image omitted; see official sourceLoan/Repayable advances	Image omitted; see official sourceLoan/Repayable advances	Image omitted; see official sourceLoan/Repayable advances
Aid instrument	Image omitted; see official sourceGuarantee (where appropriate with a reference to the Commission decision [^E0042])	Image omitted; see official sourceGuarantee (where appropriate with a reference to the Commission decision [^E0042])	Image omitted; see official sourceGuarantee (where appropriate with a reference to the Commission decision [^E0042])
Aid instrument	Image omitted; see official sourceTax advantage or tax exemption	Image omitted; see official sourceTax advantage or tax exemption	Image omitted; see official sourceTax advantage or tax exemption
Aid instrument	Image omitted; see official sourceOther (please specify) …… Indicate to which broad category below it would fit best in terms of its effect/function: Image omitted; see official sourceGrant Image omitted; see official sourceLoan Image omitted; see official sourceGuarantee Image omitted; see official sourceTax advantage	Image omitted; see official sourceOther (please specify) …… Indicate to which broad category below it would fit best in terms of its effect/function: Image omitted; see official sourceGrant Image omitted; see official sourceLoan Image omitted; see official sourceGuarantee Image omitted; see official sourceTax advantage	Image omitted; see official sourceOther (please specify) …… Indicate to which broad category below it would fit best in terms of its effect/function: Image omitted; see official sourceGrant Image omitted; see official sourceLoan Image omitted; see official sourceGuarantee Image omitted; see official sourceTax advantage
Image omitted; see official sourceIf co-financed by EU fund(s)	Name of EU fund(s): …… ……	Amount of funding (as per EU fund) ……	National currency… (full amounts) ……

NUTS – Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. Typically, the region is specified at level 2.

Please indicate if the aid is granted in favour of an undertaking active in one of the pre-defined areas. Otherwise, please select the box ‘other’.

An undertaking for the purposes of rules on competition laid down in the Treaty and for the purposes of this Regulation is any entity engaged in an economic activity, regardless of its legal status and the way in which it is financed. The Court of Justice has ruled that entities which are controlled (on a legal or on a de facto basis) by the same entity should be considered as one undertaking.

Period during which the granting authority can commit itself to grant the aid.

NACE Rev. 2 – Statistical classification of Economic Activities in the European Community. Typically, the sector shall be specified at group level.

In the case of an aid scheme: indicate the overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme or the estimated tax loss for its whole duration for all aid instruments contained in the scheme.

In case of an ad hoc aid award: Indicate the overall aid amount or tax loss.

For guarantees, indicate the (maximum) amount of loans guaranteed.

Where appropriate, reference to the Commission decision approving the methodology to calculate the gross grant equivalent, in accordance with Article 5(3)(c)(ii) of this Regulation.

PART II

to be provided through the established Commission electronic notification system as laid down in Article 11

Please indicate under which provision of the ABER the aid measure is implemented

Primary Objectives (Multiple objectives are possible; in this case indicate all objectives)	Maximum aid intensity in %	Maximum aid amount in national currency in full amounts
□Aid for investments in agricultural holding linked to primary agricultural production (Article 14)
□Aid for agricultural land consolidation (Article 15)
□Aid for investments concerning the relocation of farm buildings (Article 16)
□Aid for investments in connection with the processing and the marketing of agricultural products (Article 17)
□Start-up aid for young farmers and start up aid for agricultural activities (Article 18)
□Start-up aid for producer groups and organisations in the agricultural sector (Article 19)
□Aid for the participation of producers of agricultural products in quality schemes (Article 20)
□Aid for knowledge exchange and information actions (Article 21)
□Aid for advisory services (Article 22)
□Aid for farm replacement services (Article 23)
□Aid for promotion measures in favour of agricultural products (Article 24)
□Aid to make good the damage caused by adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to a natural disaster (Article 25)
	Type of adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster:	□  frost □  storm □  hail □  ice □  heavy or persistent rain □  hurricane □  severe drought □  other Please specify:
	Date of occurrence of the event:	dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy
□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 26)
□Aid to the livestock sector and aid for fallen stock (Article 27)
□Aid for the payment of insurance premiums and for financial contributions to mutual funds (Article 28)
□Aid to make good the damage caused by protected animals (Article 29)
□Aid for conservation of genetic resources in agriculture (Article 30)
□Aid for animal welfare commitments (Article 31)
□Aid for cooperation in the agricultural sector (Article 32)
□Aid for disadvantages related to Natura 2000 (Article 33)
□Aid for agri-environmental-climate commitments (Article 34)
□Aid for organic farming (Article 35)
□Aid for investments in favour of the conservation of cultural and natural heritage located on agricultural holdings or in forests (Article 36)
□Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters in the agricultural sector (Article 37)
□Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters in the agricultural sector (Article 37)	Type of natural disaster:	□  earthquake □  avalanche □  landslide □  flood □  tornado □  hurricane □  volcanic eruption □  wild fire □  other Please specify:
□Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters in the agricultural sector (Article 37)	Date of occurrence of the natural disaster:	dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy
□Aid for research and development in the agricultural and forestry sectors (Article 38)
□Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in EIP Operational Group projects (Article 39)
□Aid for afforestation and the creation of woodland (Article 41)
□Aid for agroforestry systems (Article 42)
□Aid for the prevention and restoration of damage to forests (Article 43)
□Aid for investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems (Article 44)
□Aid for area-specific disadvantages resulting from certain mandatory requirements (Article 45)
□Aid for forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation (Article 46)
□Aid for knowledge exchange and information actions in the forestry sector (Article 47)
□Aid for advisory services in the forestry sector (Article 48)
□Aid for investments in infrastructure related to the development, modernisation or adaptation of the forestry sector (Article 49)
□Aid for investments in forestry technologies and in processing, in mobilising and in marketing of forestry products (Article 50)
□Conservation of genetic resources in forestry (Article 51)
□Start-up aid for producer groups and organisations in the forestry sector (Article 52)
□Aid for forestry land consolidation (Article 53)
□Aid for cooperation in the forestry sector (Article 54)
□Aid for basic services and infrastructure in rural areas (Article 55)
□Business start-up aid for non-agricultural activities in rural areas (Article 56)
□Aid for new participation of farmers in quality schemes for cotton and foodstuffs (Article 57)
□Aid for information and promotion activities concerning cotton and foodstuffs covered by a quality scheme (Article 58)
□Aid for cooperation in rural areas (Article 59)
□Aid for CLLD projects (Article 60)

ANNEX III

Provisions for the publication of information as laid down in Article 9(1)

Member States shall organise their comprehensive State aid websites, on which the information referred to in Article 9(1) is to be published, in such a way as to allow easy access to that information. Information shall be published in a spreadsheet data format, which allows data to be searched, extracted and easily published on the internet, for instance in CSV or XML format. Access to the State aid website shall be allowed to any interested party without restrictions. No prior user registration shall be required to access the State aid website.

The following information on individual awards as laid down in Article 9, paragraph 1, point (c) shall be published:

• (a) Reference of the identification number of the aid ([^E0043]);

• (b) Beneficiary’s identifier ([^E0044]);

• (c) Type of enterprise (SME/large) at the date of granting the aid;

• (d) Region in which the beneficiary is located, at NUTS level II ([^E0045]) and, if applicable, Outermost regions or Smaller Aegean islands;

• (e) Sector of activity at NACE group level ([^E0046]);

• (f) Aid instrument, expressed as full amount in national currency ([^E0047]);

• (g) Aid instrument ([^E0048]) (grant/interest rate subsidy, loan/repayable advances/reimbursable grant, guarantee, tax advantage or tax exemption, risk finance, other (please specify));

• (h) Date of granting the aid;

• (i) Objective of the aid ([^E0049]);

• (j) Granting authority.

[^E0001]: Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (OJ L 187, 26.6.2014, p. 1).

[^E0002]: OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.

[^E0003]: WT/MIN(15)/45 – WT/L/980.

[^E0004]: Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1184/2006 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 1).

[^E0005]: Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on zootechnical and genealogical conditions for the breeding, trade in and entry into the Union of purebred breeding animals, hybrid breeding pigs and the germinal products thereof and amending Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, Council Directives 89/608/EEC and 90/425/EEC and repealing certain acts in the area of animal breeding (‘Animal Breeding Regulation’) (OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 66).

[^E0006]: Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1).

[^E0007]: Guidelines on regional State aid (OJ C 153, 29.4.2021, p. 1).

[^E0008]: Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 (OJ L 78, 20.3.2013, p. 41).

[^E0009]: Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1).

[^E0010]: ‘State Aid Transparency Public Search’, available at the following website: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/competition/transparency/public?lang=en

[^E0011]: Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (OJ L 26, 28.1.2012, p. 1).

[^E0012]: Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1).

[^E0013]: Technical guidance on the climate proofing of infrastructure in the period 2021-2027 (OJ C 373, 16.9.2021, p. 1).

[^E0014]: Regulation (EU) 2020/741 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 2020 on minimum requirements for water reuse (OJ L 177, 5.6.2020, p. 32).

[^E0015]: As regards the notion of control, Chapter II, point 1, of the Commission Consolidated Jurisdictional Notice under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (OJ C 95, 16.4.2008, p. 1) shall apply by analogy.

[^E0016]: Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1).

[^E0017]: Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 (OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 1).

[^E0018]: Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 14).

[^E0019]: Commission Communication – EU best practice guidelines for voluntary certification schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ C 341, 16.12.2010, p. 5).

[^E0020]: Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 1).

[^E0021]: Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 1).

[^E0022]: Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1).

[^E0023]: Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).

[^E0024]: Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71).

[^E0025]: ‘A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)’ (COM(2017) 339 final).

[^E0026]: Regulation (EU) 2021/690 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing a programme for the internal market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, the area of plants, animals, food and feed, and European statistics (Single Market Programme) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 99/2013, (EU) No 1287/2013, (EU) No 254/2014 and (EU) No 652/2014 (OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 1).

[^E0027]: Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 35).

[^E0028]: This applies to cooperation relating to the production of energy from renewable sources or the production of biofuels on holdings, provided that the conditions laid down in Article 14 are complied with.

[^E0029]: Communication of the Commission of 15 December 2021 on Sustainable Carbon Cycles (COM(2021) 800 final).

[^E0031]: General Guidelines for the Sustainable Management of Forests in Europe adopted at the Second Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe held in Helsinki on 16-17 June 1993 (https://www.foresteurope.org/docs/MC/MC_helsinki_resolutionH1.pdf).

[^E0032]: OJ C 341, 16.12.2010, p. 5.

[^E0033]: Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487).

[^E0043]: As provided by the Commission under the procedure as referred to in Article 9, paragraph 1 of this Regulation

[^E0044]: Considering the legitimate interest in transparency to provide information to the public, in weighting up the needs of transparency with the rights under the data protection rules, the Commission concludes that the publication of the name of the aid beneficiary when the aid beneficiary is a natural person or a legal persons which have names of natural persons, is justified (see C-92/09, Volker und Markus Schecke and Eifert, paragraph 53), taking into account Article 49(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Transparency rules aim to a better compliance, greater accountability, peer review and ultimately more effective public spending. This aim shall prevail over the data protection rights of natural persons receiving public support.

[^E0045]: NUTS – Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. Typically, the region shall be specified at level 2.

[^E0046]: Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

[^E0047]: Gross grant equivalent.

[^E0048]: If the aid is granted through multiple aid instruments, the aid amount shall be provided by an aid instrument.

[^E0049]: If the aid has multiple objectives, the aid amount shall be provided by an objective.