The State Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Publication of information

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5.—(1) An aid grantor must publish on a website—

(a)any summary information provided by the aid grantor to the CMA under paragraph 1, or an internet link to a website that contains the information; and

(b)any internet links to the full text of aid provided by the aid grantor to the CMA under paragraph 1.

(2) The CMA must publish on a website—

(a)any summary information received by the CMA under paragraph 1, or an internet link to a website that contains the information;

(b)any internet links to the full text of aid received by the CMA under paragraph 1; and

(c)any information on high value awards of aid received by the CMA under paragraph 2.

(3) The publication requirements in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to final consumers for schemes under Article 51 of the GBER.

(4) The publication requirements in sub-paragraph (1) do not apply to individual aid under the ABER if—

(a)the aid falls within scope of 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;

(b)the aid is either—

(i)support for rural development; or

(ii)granted as additional national financing for rural development under Article 82 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; and

(c)the aid award has already been published in accordance with Articles 111, 112 and 113 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008.

(5) If sub-paragraph (4) applies, the aid grantor must include a reference to the website referred to in Article 111 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 on the website referred to in sub-paragraph (1).

(6) In this paragraph, “support for rural development” means financial support granted under Title III of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or Title III, Chapter 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.