1. Aid for research and development in the fishery and aquaculture sector shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided that the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I are fulfilled.
2. The aided project shall be of interest to all undertakings in the particular sector or sub-sector concerned.
3. Prior to the date of the start of the aided project the following information shall be published on the internet:
(a)
that the aided project will be carried out;
(b)
the goals of the aided project;
(c)
the approximate date for the publication of the results expected from the aided project and its place of publication on the internet;
(d)
a reference that the results of the aided project will be available to all undertakings active in the particular sector or sub-sector concerned at no cost.
4. The results of the aided project shall be made available on internet from the end date of the aided project or the date on which any information concerning those results is given to members of any particular organisation, whatever comes first. The results shall remain available on internet for a period of at least 5 years starting from the end date of the aided project.
5. Aid shall be granted directly to the research and knowledge-dissemination organisation and shall not involve the direct granting of non-research related aid to an undertaking producing, processing or marketing fishery or aquaculture products.
6. The eligible costs shall be those provided in Article 25(3).
7. The aid intensity shall not exceed 100 % of the eligible costs.