Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/2008 of 8 December 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 702/2014, (EU) No 717/2014 and (EU) No 1388/2014, as regards their period of application and other relevant adjustments (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2020/2008
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 702/2014

Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 1(6), the following point (c) is added:

‘(c)

aid to undertakings which were not in difficulty on 31 December 2019 but became undertakings in difficulty in the period from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2021.’;

(2)

in Article 9, the following paragraph 8 is added:

‘8.   By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 6, where a Member State wishes to prolong measures in respect of which summary information was submitted to the Commission, summary information regarding the prolongation of those measures shall be deemed to have been communicated to the Commission and published, provided that no substantive amendment, other than a budget increase, is made to the measures concerned.’;

(3)

in Article 52, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘It shall apply until 31 December 2022.’.

Article 2 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 717/2014

In Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 717/2014, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘It shall apply until 31 December 2022.’.

Article 3 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1388/2014

Regulation (EU) No 1388/2014 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 1(3), point (d) is replaced by the following:

‘(d)

aid granted to undertakings in difficulty, with the exception of aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters and aid to undertakings which were not in difficulty on 31 December 2019 but became undertakings in difficulty in the period from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2021;’;

(2)

the following Article 11a is inserted:

‘Article 11a

Derogation from information and publication requirements

By way of derogation from Article 9(5) and Article 11, point (a), where a Member State wishes to prolong measures in respect of which summary information was submitted to the Commission, summary information regarding the prolongation of those measures shall be deemed to have been communicated to the Commission and published, provided that no substantive amendment, other than a budget increase, is made to the measures concerned.’;

(3)

in Article 47, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘It shall apply until 31 December 2022.’.

Article 4 Application of references to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 in Regulation (EU) No 1388/2014

The references to provisions of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 in Articles 1 and 13 to 43 of Regulation (EU) No 1388/2014 shall be understood as references to the version of those provisions applicable on 31 December 2020, regardless of whether that Regulation is repealed.

Article 5 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .