Entry into force and period of application

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2024.

It shall apply until 31 December 2030.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 248, 24.9.2015, p. 1 .

( 2 ) Commission 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 ( OJ L, 2023/2831, 15.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2831/oj ).

( 3 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 360/2012 of 25 April 2012 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid granted to undertakings providing services of general economic interest ( OJ L 114, 26.4.2012, p. 8 ).

( 4 ) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 10 January 2006, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze v Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze and Others , C-222/04, ECLI:EU:C:2006:8, paragraph 107.

( 5 ) Ibid, paragraphs 112 and 113.

( 6 ) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 13 June 2002, Netherlands v Commission , C-382/99, ECLI:EU:C:2002:363.

( 7 ) Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises ( OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36 ).

( 8 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty ( OJ L 187, 26.6.2014, p. 1 ).

( 9 ) Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to State aid in the form of public service compensation granted to certain undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest ( OJ L 7, 11.1.2012, p. 3 ).

( 10 ) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 12 December 2002, France v Commission , C-456/00, ECLI:EU:C:2002:753, paragraph 31.

( 11 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to de minimis aid ( OJ L 379, 28.12.2006, p. 5 ).

( 12 ) Judgment of the Court of Justice 28 February 2018, ZPT AD v Narodno sabranie na Republika Bulgaria and Others , C-518/16, ECLI:EU:C:2018:126, paragraph 55 and 56.

( 13 ) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 24 July 2003, Altmark Trans GmbH and Regierungspräsidium Magdeburg v Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Altmark GmbH, and Oberbundesanwalt beim Bundesverwaltungsgericht , C-280/00, ECLI:EU:C:2003:415, paragraphs 88 to 93.

( 14 ) Communication from the Commission – European Union framework for State aid in the form of public service compensation (2011) ( OJ C 8, 11.1.2012, p. 15 ).

( 15 ) Communication from the Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and discount rates ( OJ C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6 ).

( 16 ) Communication from the Commission – Guidelines on State aid to promote risk finance investments ( OJ C 508, 16.12.2021, p. 1 ).

( 17 ) For instance, Commission Notice on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid in the form of guarantees ( OJ C 155, 20.6.2008, p. 10 ).

( 18 ) Commission Notice on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid in the form of guarantees ( OJ C 155, 20.6.2008, p. 10 ).

( 19 ) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – SME Relief Package (COM(2023) 535 final).

( 20 ) Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 ( OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 1 ).

( 21 ) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) ( OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1 ), Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC ( OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39 ).

( 22 ) Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1184/2006 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 ( OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 1 ).

( 23 ) Commission Regulations (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid in the agriculture sector ( OJ L 352, 24.12.2013, p. 9 ) and (EU) No 717/2014 of 27 June 2014 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid in the fishery and aquaculture sector ( OJ L 190, 28.6.2014, p. 45 ), and Regulation (EU) 2023/2831.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2832/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2023/2832 of 13 December 2023 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to