In accordance with Article 108 (4) of the Treaty the Commission may adopt regulations relating to those categories of State aid. By virtue of Regulation (EC) No 994/98 the Council decided, in accordance with Article 109 of the Treaty, that de minimis aid could constitute one such category.

Dec 15, 2023 · In order to simplify the treatment of financial intermediaries implementing de minimis aid schemes, where Member States rely on option (iii), this Regulation should provide for a clear rule that is easy to apply and takes into account the overall amount of loans involving de minimis aid issued by the financial intermediary over 3 years.

Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2015/1588 (see summary) on the application of Articles 107 and 108 to certain types of State aid allows the Commission to include a de minimis rule in any regulation it adopts. This enables it to exempt small amounts of aid from EU State aid control since they are considered not to have any impact on competition or ...

Jun 23, 2023 · The de minimis Regulation exempts small aid amounts from the scope of EU State aid control because they are deemed to have no impact on competition and trade in the internal market.

The European Commission has today adopted two regulations amending the general rules for small amounts of aid (de minimis Regulation) and for small amounts of aid for Services of General Economic interest, such as public transport and healthcare (SGEI de minimis Regulation).

What is the “de minimis” rule? The “de minimis” policy, begun by the Commission in 1992, is designed to benefit small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The current “de minimis” rule, laid down in Commission Regulation No 69/2001, provides that subsidies of less than

What is the regulatory framework applicable to de minimis aid? The Commission formalized this position in its Regulation (EU) 2023/2831 of 13 December 2023 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid.

Jan 31, 2025 · In 1938, Congress enacted Section 321(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, (codified as amended at 19 U.S.C. §1321(a)(2)(C)) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to waive or reduce certain duties, fees, and other taxes “in order to avoid expense and inconvenience to the Government disproportionate to the amount of revenue that would otherwi...

In the de minimis Regulation, the European Commission (EC) sets out the basis under which small amounts of public aid given to an undertaking would not count as State aid in the sense of Articles 107 and 108 of the treaty.

Oct 15, 2024 · BIS offers the De minimis and Direct Product Rules Decision Tool “to help determine if a non-U.S.-made item located outside the United States is subject to [EAR].” As well, EAR features guidelines for de minimis rules (15 CFR Appendix Supplement No. 2 to Part 734)