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2014/0246(NLE) Rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Codification

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead JURI DUDA Andrzej (icon: ECR ECR) GERINGER DE OEDENBERG Lidia Joanna (icon: S&D S&D)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 109

Events

2015/09/24
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: codification of Council Regulation (EC) n° 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

CONTENT: in the interests of clarity and rationality, this Regulation codifies Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 which has been substantially amended several times. The new Regulation will supersede the various acts incorporated in it . It will fully preserve the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

The main elements of the Regulation are as follows:

Procedure regarding notified aid : the Regulation stipulates that any plans to grant new aid shall be notified to the Commission in sufficient time by the Member State concerned. The Commission shall inform the Member State concerned without delay of the receipt of a notification. In a notification, the Member State concerned shall provide all necessary information in order to enable the Commission to take a decision.

After examination of the notified measure, the Commission should, within two months: i) decide that this measure is compatible with the internal market; ii) or find that the notified measure raises doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market and decide to open up the formal investigation procedure in order to enable the Commission to gather all the information it needs to assess the compatibility of the aid and to allow the interested parties to submit their comments.

The Commission should be empowered to:

request all necessary market information from any Member State, undertaking or association of undertakings whenever it has doubts as to the compatibility of the measure concerned with the Union rules, and has therefore initiated the formal investigation procedure; enforce compliance with the requests for information it addresses to any undertaking or association of undertakings, as appropriate, by means of proportionate fines and periodic penalty payments.

The Commission shall as far as possible endeavour to adopt a decision within a period of 18 months from the opening of the procedure. This time limit may be extended by common agreement between the Commission and the Member State concerned.

Confidentiality : in cases where information marked as confidential does not seem to be covered by obligations of professional secrecy, the Regulation establishes a mechanism enabling the Commission to decide the extent to which such information can be disclosed.

Unlawful aid : the Commission should be able, on its own initiative, to examine information on unlawful aid. The Regulation lays down the procedures to be followed in this regard. The Commission should have the right to obtain all necessary information enabling it to take a decision and to restore immediately, where appropriate, undistorted competition. The Commission should adopt interim measures addressed to the Member State concerned. These may take the form of information injunctions, suspension injunctions and recovery injunctions.

The powers of the Commission to recover aid shall be subject to a limitation period of 10 years. The powers conferred on the Commission shall be subject to a limitation period of 3 years for the imposition of fines and periodic penalty payments and a limitation period of 5 years for the enforcement of fines and periodic penalty payments.

Handling of complaints : complaints are an essential source of information for detecting infringements of the Union rules on State aid. The Regulation lays down the conditions that a complaint should fulfill in order to put the Commission in possession of information regarding alleged unlawful aid and set in motion the preliminary examination.

Complainants should be required to demonstrate that they are interested parties and provide a certain amount of information in a form that the Commission should be empowered to set out in an implementing provision.

Investigations into sectors of the economy and into aid instruments : in order to ensure that the Commission addresses similar issues in a consistent manner across the internal market, the Regulation provides for a specific legal basis to launch investigations into sectors of the economy or into certain aid instruments across several Member States.

Cooperation with national courts : for a coherent application of state aid rules, the Regulation provides for a cooperation mechanism to be established between the courts of the Member States and the Commission.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 14.10.2015.

Documents
Regulation 2015/1589
OJ L 248 24.09.2015, p. 0009
2015/07/13
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2015/07/13
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2015/07/13
   CSL - Council Meeting
2015/04/29
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2015/04/29
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 643 votes to 45, with 10 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codified text).

Parliament approved, without amendment, the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.

According to the Consultative Working Party, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance.

Documents
T8-0117/2015
2015/03/05
   PT_PARLIAMENT - Contribution
Documents
COM(2014)0534
2014/12/04
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report by Andrzej DUDA (ECR, PL) on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codified text).

The committee recommended that Parliament adopt its position in first reading, taking over the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.

The Consultative Working Party expressed the view that the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance.

Documents
A8-0047/2014
2014/12/02
   EP - Vote in committee
2014/10/27
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
PE541.418
2014/10/27
   EP - DUDA Andrzej (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in JURI
2014/10/20
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2014/08/26
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: codification of Council Regulation (EC) n° 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion.

BACKGROUND: Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 has been substantially amended several times. It is recalled that on 1 April 1987 the Commission decided to instruct its staff that all acts should be codified after no more than ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement.

The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh European Council in December 1992 confirmed this, stressing the importance of codification.

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, by an interinstitutional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-track adoption of codification instruments.

CONTENT: in the interests of clarity and rationality, the Commission presents this proposal, the objective of which is to codify Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

The new Regulation will supersede the various acts incorporated in it . It will fully preserve the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

The proposal seeks to establish procedural rules concerning the application of state aid rules . In accordance with Article 108(3) TFEU, any plans to grant new aid are to be notified to the Commission and should not be put into effect before the Commission has authorised it.

Procedure regarding notified aid : the proposal stipulates that any plans to grant new aid shall be notified to the Commission in sufficient time by the Member State concerned. The Commission shall inform the Member State concerned without delay of the receipt of a notification. In a notification, the Member State concerned shall provide all necessary information in order to enable the Commission to take a decision.

After examination of the notified measure, the Commission should, within two months : i) decide that this measure is compatible with the internal market; ii) or find that the notified measure raises doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market and decide to open up the formal investigation procedure in order to enable the Commission to gather all the information it needs to assess the compatibility of the aid and to allow the interested parties to submit their comments.

The Commission should be empowered to:

request all necessary market information from any Member State, undertaking or association of undertakings whenever it has doubts as to the compatibility of the measure concerned with the Union rules, and has therefore initiated the formal investigation procedure; enforce compliance with the requests for information it addresses to any undertaking or association of undertakings, as appropriate, by means of proportionate fines and periodic penalty payments .

Confidentiality : in cases where information marked as confidential does not seem to be covered by obligations of professional secrecy, the proposal establishes a mechanism enabling the Commission to decide the extent to which such information can be disclosed.

Unlawful aid : the Commission should be able, on its own initiative, to examine information on unlawful aid. The proposal lays down the procedures to be followed in this regard. The Commission should have the right to obtain all necessary information enabling it to take a decision and to restore immediately, where appropriate, undistorted competition. It is therefore appropriate to enable the Commission to adopt interim measures addressed to the Member State concerned. These may take the form of information injunctions, suspension injunctions and recovery injunctions. For reasons of legal certainty it is appropriate to provide for a period of limitation of 10 years with regard to unlawful aid, after the expiry of which no recovery can be ordered.

Handling of complaints : complaints are an essential source of information for detecting infringements of the Union rules on State aid. The proposal lays down the conditions that a complaint should fulfill in order to put the Commission in possession of information regarding alleged unlawful aid and set in motion the preliminary examination.

Complainants should be required to demonstrate that they are interested parties and provide a certain amount of information in a form that the Commission should be empowered to set out in an implementing provision.

Investigations into sectors of the economy and into aid instruments : in order to ensure that the Commission addresses similar issues in a consistent manner across the internal market, it is appropriate to provide for a specific legal basis to launch investigations into sectors of the economy or into certain aid instruments across several Member States.

Cooperation with national courts : for a coherent application of state aid rules, the proposal provides for a cooperation mechanism to be established between the courts of the Member States and the Commission.

Documents
COM(2014)0534
EUR-Lex

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2015/04/29 Outcome: +: 643, -: 45, 0: 10
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71
52
54
48
32
69
21
20
26
18
20
19
14
18
19
13
12
12
11
10
8
8
7
6
6
6
6
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34

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16

Spain PPE

17

Poland PPE

22

Romania PPE

13

France PPE

19

Czechia PPE

7

Belgium PPE

4

Netherlands PPE

5

Austria PPE

5

Portugal PPE

6

Hungary PPE

11

Bulgaria PPE

6

Sweden PPE

4

Greece PPE

4

Slovakia PPE

6

Finland PPE

3

Croatia PPE

5

Ireland PPE

4

Lithuania PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

5

Latvia PPE

4

Luxembourg PPE

3

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Tunne KELAM
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2

Malta PPE

3
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25

Italy S&D

30

Spain S&D

12

United Kingdom S&D

21

Poland S&D

5

Romania S&D

16

France S&D

12

Czechia S&D

4

Belgium S&D

4

Netherlands S&D

3

Austria S&D

5

Portugal S&D

8

Hungary S&D

4

Bulgaria S&D

3

Sweden S&D

4

Greece S&D

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Slovakia S&D

4

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Notis MARIAS
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Jussi HALLA-AHO
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Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1
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4

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7

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3

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Czechia ALDE

4

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5

Netherlands ALDE

7

Austria ALDE

For (1)

Angelika MLINAR
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Bulgaria ALDE

4

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3

Finland ALDE

4

Denmark ALDE

3

Croatia ALDE

2

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

Marian HARKIN
1

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2

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Ivo VAJGL
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Charles GOERENS
1

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Netherlands Verts/ALE

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Austria Verts/ALE

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4

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Heidi HAUTALA
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For (1)

Margrete AUKEN
1

Croatia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

Slovenia Verts/ALE

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Igor ŠOLTES
1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Claude TURMES
1

Estonia Verts/ALE

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1
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Fabio DE MASI
7

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3

Spain GUE/NGL

11

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

France GUE/NGL

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Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON
4

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3

Netherlands GUE/NGL

3

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Marisa MATIAS
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For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

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5

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United Kingdom EFDD

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1

Czechia EFDD

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Petr MACH
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Germany NI

For (1)

Udo VOIGT
1

Italy NI

5

Spain NI

1

Poland NI

2

France NI

22

Belgium NI

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4

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4

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2

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  • date: 2015-03-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2014)0534 title: COM(2014)0534 type: Contribution body: PT_PARLIAMENT
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  • date: 2014-08-26T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2014/0534/COM_COM(2014)0534_EN.pdf title: COM(2014)0534 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2014&nu_doc=0534 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: codification of Council Regulation (EC) n° 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion. BACKGROUND: Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 has been substantially amended several times. It is recalled that on 1 April 1987 the Commission decided to instruct its staff that all acts should be codified after no more than ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement. The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh European Council in December 1992 confirmed this, stressing the importance of codification. The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, by an interinstitutional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-track adoption of codification instruments. CONTENT: in the interests of clarity and rationality, the Commission presents this proposal, the objective of which is to codify Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The new Regulation will supersede the various acts incorporated in it . It will fully preserve the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself. The proposal seeks to establish procedural rules concerning the application of state aid rules . In accordance with Article 108(3) TFEU, any plans to grant new aid are to be notified to the Commission and should not be put into effect before the Commission has authorised it. Procedure regarding notified aid : the proposal stipulates that any plans to grant new aid shall be notified to the Commission in sufficient time by the Member State concerned. The Commission shall inform the Member State concerned without delay of the receipt of a notification. In a notification, the Member State concerned shall provide all necessary information in order to enable the Commission to take a decision. After examination of the notified measure, the Commission should, within two months : i) decide that this measure is compatible with the internal market; ii) or find that the notified measure raises doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market and decide to open up the formal investigation procedure in order to enable the Commission to gather all the information it needs to assess the compatibility of the aid and to allow the interested parties to submit their comments. The Commission should be empowered to: request all necessary market information from any Member State, undertaking or association of undertakings whenever it has doubts as to the compatibility of the measure concerned with the Union rules, and has therefore initiated the formal investigation procedure; enforce compliance with the requests for information it addresses to any undertaking or association of undertakings, as appropriate, by means of proportionate fines and periodic penalty payments . Confidentiality : in cases where information marked as confidential does not seem to be covered by obligations of professional secrecy, the proposal establishes a mechanism enabling the Commission to decide the extent to which such information can be disclosed. Unlawful aid : the Commission should be able, on its own initiative, to examine information on unlawful aid. The proposal lays down the procedures to be followed in this regard. The Commission should have the right to obtain all necessary information enabling it to take a decision and to restore immediately, where appropriate, undistorted competition. It is therefore appropriate to enable the Commission to adopt interim measures addressed to the Member State concerned. These may take the form of information injunctions, suspension injunctions and recovery injunctions. For reasons of legal certainty it is appropriate to provide for a period of limitation of 10 years with regard to unlawful aid, after the expiry of which no recovery can be ordered. Handling of complaints : complaints are an essential source of information for detecting infringements of the Union rules on State aid. The proposal lays down the conditions that a complaint should fulfill in order to put the Commission in possession of information regarding alleged unlawful aid and set in motion the preliminary examination. Complainants should be required to demonstrate that they are interested parties and provide a certain amount of information in a form that the Commission should be empowered to set out in an implementing provision. Investigations into sectors of the economy and into aid instruments : in order to ensure that the Commission addresses similar issues in a consistent manner across the internal market, it is appropriate to provide for a specific legal basis to launch investigations into sectors of the economy or into certain aid instruments across several Member States. Cooperation with national courts : for a coherent application of state aid rules, the proposal provides for a cooperation mechanism to be established between the courts of the Member States and the Commission.
  • date: 2014-10-20T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2014-12-02T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2014-12-04T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A8-2014-0047&language=EN title: A8-0047/2014 summary: The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report by Andrzej DUDA (ECR, PL) on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codified text). The committee recommended that Parliament adopt its position in first reading, taking over the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. The Consultative Working Party expressed the view that the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance.
  • date: 2015-04-29T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=25016&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2015-04-29T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2015-0117 title: T8-0117/2015 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 643 votes to 45, with 10 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codified text). Parliament approved, without amendment, the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. According to the Consultative Working Party, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance.
  • date: 2015-07-13T00:00:00 type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament body: EP/CSL
  • date: 2015-07-13T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 2015-09-24T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: codification of Council Regulation (EC) n° 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. CONTENT: in the interests of clarity and rationality, this Regulation codifies Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 which has been substantially amended several times. The new Regulation will supersede the various acts incorporated in it . It will fully preserve the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself. The main elements of the Regulation are as follows: Procedure regarding notified aid : the Regulation stipulates that any plans to grant new aid shall be notified to the Commission in sufficient time by the Member State concerned. The Commission shall inform the Member State concerned without delay of the receipt of a notification. In a notification, the Member State concerned shall provide all necessary information in order to enable the Commission to take a decision. After examination of the notified measure, the Commission should, within two months: i) decide that this measure is compatible with the internal market; ii) or find that the notified measure raises doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market and decide to open up the formal investigation procedure in order to enable the Commission to gather all the information it needs to assess the compatibility of the aid and to allow the interested parties to submit their comments. The Commission should be empowered to: request all necessary market information from any Member State, undertaking or association of undertakings whenever it has doubts as to the compatibility of the measure concerned with the Union rules, and has therefore initiated the formal investigation procedure; enforce compliance with the requests for information it addresses to any undertaking or association of undertakings, as appropriate, by means of proportionate fines and periodic penalty payments. The Commission shall as far as possible endeavour to adopt a decision within a period of 18 months from the opening of the procedure. This time limit may be extended by common agreement between the Commission and the Member State concerned. Confidentiality : in cases where information marked as confidential does not seem to be covered by obligations of professional secrecy, the Regulation establishes a mechanism enabling the Commission to decide the extent to which such information can be disclosed. Unlawful aid : the Commission should be able, on its own initiative, to examine information on unlawful aid. The Regulation lays down the procedures to be followed in this regard. The Commission should have the right to obtain all necessary information enabling it to take a decision and to restore immediately, where appropriate, undistorted competition. The Commission should adopt interim measures addressed to the Member State concerned. These may take the form of information injunctions, suspension injunctions and recovery injunctions. The powers of the Commission to recover aid shall be subject to a limitation period of 10 years. The powers conferred on the Commission shall be subject to a limitation period of 3 years for the imposition of fines and periodic penalty payments and a limitation period of 5 years for the enforcement of fines and periodic penalty payments. Handling of complaints : complaints are an essential source of information for detecting infringements of the Union rules on State aid. The Regulation lays down the conditions that a complaint should fulfill in order to put the Commission in possession of information regarding alleged unlawful aid and set in motion the preliminary examination. Complainants should be required to demonstrate that they are interested parties and provide a certain amount of information in a form that the Commission should be empowered to set out in an implementing provision. Investigations into sectors of the economy and into aid instruments : in order to ensure that the Commission addresses similar issues in a consistent manner across the internal market, the Regulation provides for a specific legal basis to launch investigations into sectors of the economy or into certain aid instruments across several Member States. Cooperation with national courts : for a coherent application of state aid rules, the Regulation provides for a cooperation mechanism to be established between the courts of the Member States and the Commission. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 14.10.2015. docs: title: Regulation 2015/1589 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32015R1589 title: OJ L 248 24.09.2015, p. 0009 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2015:248:TOC
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PURPOSE: codification of Council Regulation (EC) n° 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

CONTENT: in the interests of clarity and rationality, this Regulation codifies Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 which has been substantially amended several times. The new Regulation will supersede the various acts incorporated in it. It will fully preserve the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

The main elements of the Regulation are as follows:

Procedure regarding notified aid: the Regulation stipulates that any plans to grant new aid shall be notified to the Commission in sufficient time by the Member State concerned. The Commission shall inform the Member State concerned without delay of the receipt of a notification. In a notification, the Member State concerned shall provide all necessary information in order to enable the Commission to take a decision.

After examination of the notified measure, the Commission should, within two months: i) decide that this measure is compatible with the internal market; ii) or find that the notified measure raises doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market and decide to open up the formal investigation procedure in order to enable the Commission to gather all the information it needs to assess the compatibility of the aid and to allow the interested parties to submit their comments.

The Commission should be empowered to:

  • request all necessary market information from any Member State, undertaking or association of undertakings whenever it has doubts as to the compatibility of the measure concerned with the Union rules, and has therefore initiated the formal investigation procedure;
  • enforce compliance with the requests for information it addresses to any undertaking or association of undertakings, as appropriate, by means of proportionate fines and periodic penalty payments.

The Commission shall as far as possible endeavour to adopt a decision within a period of 18 months from the opening of the procedure. This time limit may be extended by common agreement between the Commission and the Member State concerned.

Confidentiality: in cases where information marked as confidential does not seem to be covered by obligations of professional secrecy, the Regulation establishes a mechanism enabling the Commission to decide the extent to which such information can be disclosed.

Unlawful aid: the Commission should be able, on its own initiative, to examine information on unlawful aid. The Regulation lays down the procedures to be followed in this regard. The Commission should have the right to obtain all necessary information enabling it to take a decision and to restore immediately, where appropriate, undistorted competition. The Commission should adopt interim measures addressed to the Member State concerned. These may take the form of information injunctions, suspension injunctions and recovery injunctions.

The powers of the Commission to recover aid shall be subject to a limitation period of 10 years. The powers conferred on the Commission shall be subject to a limitation period of 3 years for the imposition of fines and periodic penalty payments and a limitation period of 5 years for the enforcement of fines and periodic penalty payments.

Handling of complaints: complaints are an essential source of information for detecting infringements of the Union rules on State aid. The Regulation lays down the conditions that a complaint should fulfill in order to put the Commission in possession of information regarding alleged unlawful aid and set in motion the preliminary examination.

Complainants should be required to demonstrate that they are interested parties and provide a certain amount of information in a form that the Commission should be empowered to set out in an implementing provision.

Investigations into sectors of the economy and into aid instruments: in order to ensure that the Commission addresses similar issues in a consistent manner across the internal market, the Regulation provides for a specific legal basis to launch investigations into sectors of the economy or into certain aid instruments across several Member States.

Cooperation with national courts: for a coherent application of state aid rules, the Regulation provides for a cooperation mechanism to be established between the courts of the Member States and the Commission.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 14.10.2015.

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 643 votes to 45, with 10 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codified text).

    Parliament approved, without amendment, the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.

    According to the Consultative Working Party, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance.
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PURPOSE: codification of Council Regulation (EC) n° 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion.

CONTENT: in the interests of clarity and rationality, the Commission presents this proposal, the objective of which is to codify Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 has been substantially amended several times. It is recalled that on 1 April 1987 the Commission decided to instruct its staff that all acts should be codified after no more than ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement.

The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh European Council in December 1992 confirmed this, stressing the importance of codification.

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, by an interinstitutional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-track adoption of codification instruments.

The new Regulation will supersede the various acts incorporated in it. It will fully preserve the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

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PURPOSE: codification of Council Regulation (EC) n° 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion.

BACKGROUND: Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 has been substantially amended several times. It is recalled that on 1 April 1987 the Commission decided to instruct its staff that all acts should be codified after no more than ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement.

The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh European Council in December 1992 confirmed this, stressing the importance of codification.

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, by an interinstitutional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-track adoption of codification instruments.

CONTENT: in the interests of clarity and rationality, the Commission presents this proposal, the objective of which is to codify Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

The new Regulation will supersede the various acts incorporated in it. It will fully preserve the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

The proposal seeks to establish procedural rules concerning the application of state aid rules. In accordance with Article 108(3) TFEU, any plans to grant new aid are to be notified to the Commission and should not be put into effect before the Commission has authorised it.

Procedure regarding notified aid: the proposal stipulates that any plans to grant new aid shall be notified to the Commission in sufficient time by the Member State concerned. The Commission shall inform the Member State concerned without delay of the receipt of a notification. In a notification, the Member State concerned shall provide all necessary information in order to enable the Commission to take a decision.

After examination of the notified measure, the Commission should, within two months: i) decide that this measure is compatible with the internal market; ii) or find that the notified measure raises doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market and decide to open up the formal investigation procedure in order to enable the Commission to gather all the information it needs to assess the compatibility of the aid and to allow the interested parties to submit their comments.

The Commission should be empowered to:

  • request all necessary market information from any Member State, undertaking or association of undertakings whenever it has doubts as to the compatibility of the measure concerned with the Union rules, and has therefore initiated the formal investigation procedure;
  • enforce compliance with the requests for information it addresses to any undertaking or association of undertakings, as appropriate, by means of proportionate fines and periodic penalty payments.

Confidentiality: in cases where information marked as confidential does not seem to be covered by obligations of professional secrecy, the proposal establishes a mechanism enabling the Commission to decide the extent to which such information can be disclosed.

Unlawful aid: the Commission should be able, on its own initiative, to examine information on unlawful aid. The proposal lays down the procedures to be followed in this regard. The Commission should have the right to obtain all necessary information enabling it to take a decision and to restore immediately, where appropriate, undistorted competition. It is therefore appropriate to enable the Commission to adopt interim measures addressed to the Member State concerned. These may take the form of information injunctions, suspension injunctions and recovery injunctions. For reasons of legal certainty it is appropriate to provide for a period of limitation of 10 years with regard to unlawful aid, after the expiry of which no recovery can be ordered.

Handling of complaints: complaints are an essential source of information for detecting infringements of the Union rules on State aid. The proposal lays down the conditions that a complaint should fulfill in order to put the Commission in possession of information regarding alleged unlawful aid and set in motion the preliminary examination.

Complainants should be required to demonstrate that they are interested parties and provide a certain amount of information in a form that the Commission should be empowered to set out in an implementing provision.

Investigations into sectors of the economy and into aid instruments: in order to ensure that the Commission addresses similar issues in a consistent manner across the internal market, it is appropriate to provide for a specific legal basis to launch investigations into sectors of the economy or into certain aid instruments across several Member States.

Cooperation with national courts: for a coherent application of state aid rules, the proposal provides for a cooperation mechanism to be established between the courts of the Member States and the Commission.
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  • The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report by Andrzej DUDA (ECR, PL) on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codified text).

    The committee recommended that Parliament adopt its position in first reading, taking over the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.

    The Consultative Working Party expressed the view that the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance.
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  • PURPOSE: codification of Council Regulation (EC) n° 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

    PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.

    ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion.

    CONTENT: in the interests of clarity and rationality, the Commission presents this proposal, the objective of which is to codify Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

    Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 has been substantially amended several times. It is recalled that on 1 April 1987 the Commission decided to instruct its staff that all acts should be codified after no more than ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement.

    The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh European Council in December 1992 confirmed this, stressing the importance of codification.

    The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, by an interinstitutional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-track adoption of codification instruments.

    The new Regulation will supersede the various acts incorporated in it. It will fully preserve the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.
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