Replacement and continued application of Regulation (EU) No 702/2014
1. Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 states that that regulation shall apply until 31 December 2022. The present Regulation will replace Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 upon its expiry.
2. However, the rules set out in Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 shall continue to apply until 31 December 2025 to aid granted pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 49 ) .
Transitional provisions
1. This Regulation shall apply to individual aid granted before the date of entry into force of this Regulation, if that individual aid fulfils all the conditions laid down in this Regulation, with the exception of Article 9.
2. Any aid not exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty shall be assessed by the Commission in accordance with the 2023 Guidelines and any other relevant frameworks, guidelines, communications and notices.
3. Any individual aid granted before 1 January 2023 by virtue of any regulation adopted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2015/1588 in force at the time the aid was granted shall be compatible with the internal market and exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
4. At the end of the period of validity of this Regulation, any aid schemes exempted under this Regulation shall remain exempted during an adjustment period of six months.
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.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2023.
It shall apply from 1 January 2023 until 31 December 2029.