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EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 16.09.2014 C(2014) 6429 final PUBLIC VERSION This document is made available for information purposes only. SUBJECT: State aid SA.39108 (2014/N) – The Netherlands Regional aid map 2014-2020 Sir, 1. PROCEDURE (1) On 28 June 2013 the Commission adopted the Guidelines on regional State aid for 2014- 20201 (hereinafter "RAG"). Pursuant to paragraph 178 of the RAG, each Member State should notify to the Commission, following the procedure of Article 108(3) of the Treaty for the Functioning of the European Union, a single regional aid map applicable from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2020. In accordance with paragraph 179, the approved regional aid map is to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, and will constitute an integral part of the RAG. (2) By electronic notification dated 18 July 2014, registered at the Commission on the same day, the Dutch authorities duly notified a proposal for the Dutch regional aid map for the period from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2020. 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTIFIED REGIONAL AID MAP (3) In their notification, the Dutch authorities propose to designate seven non-predefined 'c' areas with a total population2 of 1,254,830 inhabitants, or 7.478% of the national population of 16,779,575, as eligible for regional aid under the derogation provided in Article 107(3)(c) of the TFEU for the period from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2020. All 1 OJ C 209, 23.7.2013, p.1. 2 All population figures in this document refer to the resident population of the Netherlands of 2013 (source: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS)).
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