Translation of "règle de minimis " (French → English) :

Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 allows the Commission to adopt in a regulation a de minimis rule, under which small aid amounts are considered not to be State aid because they have no effect on competition and/or trade between EU countries; they therefore also do not have to be notified under Article 108(3) TFEU.

On the question raised at the very end by Mrs Doyle concerning the application of subsidies by some Member States and not others, the information that the Commission has is that these subsidies that have been granted by different Member States either fall within the parameters of the de minimis (and any Member State can grant subsidies as long as they fall within the threshold of de minimis) or are under restructuring programmes to which I made reference before.

On the question raised at the very end by Mrs Doyle concerning the application of subsidies by some Member States and not others, the information that the Commission has is that these subsidies that have been granted by different Member States either fall within the parameters of the de minimis (and any Member State can grant subsidies as long as they fall within the threshold of de minimis) or are under restructuring programmes to which I made reference before.

12. Expresses its disappointment at the rules recently announced by the Commission, raising the 'de minimis' aid ceiling for the fishing industry to only EUR 30 000 over three years; recalls the insistent requests from the industry and the administrations of many Member States that the amount of such aid be increased to EUR 100 000, and compares this figure with the ceiling recently agreed for other productive sectors, which stands at up to EUR 200 000; underlines the commitments given as regards increasing the value of the "de minimis" rule for the fishing industry and calls on the Commission to revise the recently adopted agreement u ...[+++]pwards as a matter of urgency;

12. Expresses its disappointment at the rules recently announced by the Commission, raising the 'de minimis' aid ceiling for the fishing industry to only EUR 30 000 over three years; recalls the insistent requests from the industry and the administrations of many Member States that the amount of such aid be increased to EUR 100 000, and compares this figure with the ceiling recently agreed for other productive sectors, which stands at up to EUR 200 000; underlines the commitments given as regards increasing the value of the "de minimis" rule for the fishing industry and calls on the Commission to revise the recently adopted agreement u ...[+++]pwards as a matter of urgency;

13. Expresses its disappointment at the rules recently announced by the Commission, raising the 'de minimis' aid ceiling for the fishing industry to only EUR 30 000 over three years; recalls the insistent requests from the industry and the administrations of many Member States that the amount of such aid be increased to EUR 100 000, and compares this figure with the ceiling recently agreed for other productive sectors, which stands at up to EUR 200 000; underlines the commitments given as regards increasing the value of the ‘de minimis’ rule for the fishing industry and calls on the Commission to revise the recently adopted agreement u ...[+++]pwards as a matter of urgency;