3
Picardie - Marne
- Ardennes Sud
FR221 Aisne
Vénérolles
216
10% GGE
Haut-Rhin
FR422 Haut-Rhin Issenheim
3 434
10% GGE
Sentheim
1 596
10% GGE
Lauw
962
10% GGE
Ardennes-Nord FR211 Ardennes Deville
1 131
10% GGE
Charentes -
Limousin zone
Nord
FR633 Haute-
Vienne
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre
1 393
10% GGE
Oradour-sur-Vayres
1 518
10% GGE
Châlus
1 628
10% GGE
Champagnac-la-Rivière
560
10% GGE
FR631 Corrèze
Meymac
2 526
10% GGE
FR531 Charentes Voeuil et Giget
1 603
10% GGE
Saint-Groux
140
10% GGE
Limousin zone
Sud
FR633 Haute-
Vienne
Pierre-Buffière
1 150
10% GGE
Saint-Maurice-les-
Brousses
965
10% GGE
Saint-Jean-Ligoure
418
10% GGE
Les Cars
598
10% GGE
Rilhac-Lastours
353
10% GGE
Haut Jura - Côte
D'Or
FR432 Jura
Lamoura
529
10% GGE
Maine-et-Loire -
Sud Sarthe
FR512 Maine-et-
Loire
Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe
3 016
10% GGE
Etriché
1 541
10% GGE
Neuillé
945
10% GGE
FR514 Sarthe
Arnage
5 118
10% GGE
Aire centrale
FR302 Pas-de-
Calais
Racquinghem
2 312
10% GGE
Eperlecques
3 225
10% GGE
Houlle
983
10% GGE
Serques
1 149
10% GGE
Evin-Malmaison
4 544
10% GGE
Piémont
pyrénéen et
Gascogne
industriels
FR626 Hautes-
Pyrénées
Bénac
508
10% GGE
Haute-Marne -
Ouest Lorrain
FR411 Meurthe-
et-Moselle
Custines
2 950
10% GGE
Dordogne
FR611 Dordogne Ligueux
268
10% GGE
Nîmes - Gard
Rhodanien
Avignon Berre
FR812 Gard
Manduel
5 690
10% GGE
Redessan
3 763
10% GGE
FR824 Bouches-
du-Rhône
Ensuès-la-Redonne
5 225
10% GGE
Montpellier
FR813 Hérault
Mauguio
16 307
10% GGE
Piémont
pyrénéen et
Gascogne
industriels
FR624 Gers
Bézéril
116
10% GGE
Lahas
166
10% GGE
Dieppe - Vallée
de la Bresle
FR232 Seine-
Maritime
Ponts-et-Marais
828
10% GGE
4
Aube - Nièvre -
Yonne
FR212 Aube
Gélannes
722
10% GGE
Total population
108 434
(8)
The French authorities propose to add 1 municipality as a non-predefined 'c' area
to an existing zone in accordance with Criterion 5 as set out in paragraph 168(e)
of the RAG. Table 2 below presents the proposed non-predefined 'c' area along
with the maximum aid intensity to be applied in that area:
Table 1: non-predefined 'c' area proposed under Criterion 5
Name of zone
NUTS Code
Name of LAU 2
Population
5
Max. aid intensity
Flin-sur-Seine
– Carrières-
sous-Poissy
FR103 Yvelines Archères
19 626
10% GGE
Total
19 626
2.3.
Maximum aid intensities for SMEs
(9)
In accordance with paragraph 177 of the RAG, the French authorities propose that
the maximum aid intensities applicable to large enterprises can be increased by up
to 20 percentage points for small enterprises and by up to 10 percentage points for
medium-sized enterprises. However, the increased maximum aid intensities for
SMEs will not apply to aid awarded for large investment projects with eligible
expenditure above EUR 50 million.
3.
A
SSESSMENT OF THE MEASURE
3.1.
Proposed second use of the population reserve
(10)
In accordance with the decision of 7 May 2014
6
, France could designate areas
with a population of up to 0.36% of the national population (or 233,757
inhabitants) as non-predefined ‘c’ areas using its population reserve
7
.
(11)
In accordance with the decision of 3 June 2015
8
, France can still designate areas
with a population of up to 172,207 inhabitants as non-predefined 'c' areas using it
remaining population reserve
9
.
(12)
France proposes 52 additional municipalities with a total population of 128,060
inhabitants, which leaves a population reserve of 44,147 inhabitants for future
use.
(13)
According to paragraph 168(a) of the RAG, a Member State may designate as
non-predefined ‘c’ areas under Criterion 1 contiguous areas of at least 100,000
inhabitants located in NUTS 2 or NUTS 3 regions that have a GDP per capita
5
France – population census 2010
6
See footnote 1 above.
7
See recital 33.
8
C(2015) 3613 final. See footnote 2 above.
9
Recital 15.