group exemption

Finally, I would like to express deep concern about the group exemptions proposed for certain categories of government support.

Nobody is asking for exemption measures or so-called group exemptions.

Reforming the group exemption regulation has not helped.

If it has, you do not have to file a separate application unless your organization no longer wants to be included in the group exemption letter.

The Commission's Green Paper gives us an excellent opportunity to review group exemptions and perhaps redefine them or change their scope.

We in Germany have a regulation entitled the Group Exemption Regulation, which states that a regulatory framework should continue to exist, subject to a time limit.

A subordinate that is organized and operated in a foreign country may not be included in a Group Exemption Letter (GEL).

In this regard, the group exemption regulations, which are currently being prepared for aid to SMEs - training aid and de minimis aid - should be mentioned.

Group exemptions are addressed in IRS Publication 4573, "Group Exemptions."

By being included in the Group Exemption Letter, the subordinates do not have to file an application for exemption, and can accept donations that are tax-deductible under the law.

If a group exemption letter does not cover your organization, ask your central organization about being included in the next annual group ruling update that is submits to the IRS.

During the period of Conservative government 1991-1994, an almost identical copy of the EEC's competition legislation was introduced in Sweden, with the addition of a group exemption for large chains.

A Group Exemption Letter or (GEL) is a special letter that is issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

I have particular concerns regarding the fate of SMEs which will lose part of their legal and financial protection, as is already the case, one has got to admit, within the new vertical group exemption for the distribution sector.

By obtaining a Group Exemption Letter, the central organization is able to pass along, to its subordinates, its tax exemption status, thus, making the subordinate organizations eligible to be claimed as a 501(c)(3) organization under the same status as the central organization.

Another of these basic principles is the responsibility - as I have already mentioned - of a competition authority, to ensure that it is possible for information to be sought by both sides, as well as the exchange of secret and confidential information, and the range of group exemptions that are available.

Mr President, I agree with the Commission's view that, on the one hand, state aid must be made more public and controlled more effectively, but, on the other, the Commission must be given the opportunity to focus on more important and larger-scale cases, where group exemptions can be considered properly.

But we would remind colleagues that there are a wide variety of instruments in the EU Treaties that could be use to protect young players, to deal with players' agents, to provide for group exemptions to competition law, and to interpret whether sporting organisations provide services of general economic interest under Article 86 of the EU Treaty.