Transitional provisions
Article 7
1. This Regulation shall apply to aid granted before its entry into force if the aid fulfils all the conditions laid down in this Regulation. 2. Any individual de minimis aid that was granted between 29 April 2012 and 31 December 2023 and that fulfils the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) No 360/2012 shall be deemed not to meet all the criteria in Article 107(1) of the Treaty and shall therefore be exempt from the notification requirement in Article 108(3) of the Treaty. 3. At the end of the period of validity of this Regulation, any de minimis aid which fulfils the conditions of this Regulation may be validly granted for a further period of 6 months. 4. Until the central register is set up and covers a period of 3 years, where a Member State intends to grant de minimis aid to an undertaking in accordance with this Regulation, that Member State shall inform the undertaking in written or electronic form of the amount of the aid expressed as a gross grant equivalent and its de minimis character, referring directly to this Regulation. Where de minimis aid is granted to different undertakings in accordance with this Regulation on the basis of a scheme and different amounts of individual aid are granted to those undertakings under that scheme, the Member State concerned may choose to fulfil its obligation by informing the undertakings of an amount corresponding to the maximum aid amount to be granted under that scheme. In such cases, the fixed sum shall be used for determining whether the ceiling laid down in Article 3(2) of this Regulation is complied with. Before granting the aid, the Member State shall obtain a declaration from the undertaking concerned, in written or electronic form, about any other de minimis aid received to which this Regulation or other de minimis regulations apply over any period of 3 years.