Editing De minimis (section)

===European Union usage===
According to European Union regulations, ''de minimis'' "state aid" is any amount of [https://kpsfinanciallab.it/calcolo-de-minimis-2025/ aid up to the ''de minimis'' ceiling of €300,000] provided from state funds to a [[business]] enterprise over a rolling three-year period. For businesses in the land transport sector, the ''de minimis'' ceiling is €100,000. If a business receives more than the ''de minimis'' ceiling amount of aid, it is subject to a different set of regulations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:379:0005:0010:en:PDF|title=Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to de minimis aid|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref>

Under [[European Union competition law]], some agreements infringing [[Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union|Article 101(1)]] of the [[Treaties of the European Union#Treaty on the functioning of the European Union|Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union]] (formerly Article 81(1) of the [[Treaties of the European Union|EC Treaty]]) are considered to be ''de minimis'' and therefore accepted. Horizontal agreement, that is one between competitors, will usually be ''de minimis'' where the parties' market share is 10% or less, and a vertical agreement, between undertakings operating at different levels of the market, where it is 15% or less.<ref name="OJEC">{{cite journal |date=2001-12-22 |title=Commission Notice on agreements of minor importance which do not appreciably restrict competition under Article 81(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community (''de minimis'') |journal=Official Journal of the European Communities |volume=2001/C |issue=368/07 |pages=13–5 |oclc=52301298 |url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2001/c_368/c_36820011222en00130015.pdf |access-date=2008-08-20 }}</ref>

[[Government procurement in the European Union|Procurement]] of low value contracts is subject to limited regulation when their value falls below certain low thresholds.<ref>[[Cheshire East Council]], [https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/business/procurement/doing_business/eu_procurement_thresholds.aspx EU Procurement thresholds as at 1 January 2018], accessed 29 May 2018</ref>