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1. The Commission may adopt, subject to Article 5 of this Regulation, regulations declaring that the following categories of aid, within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty, are compatible with the internal market and are not subject to the notification requirements of Article 108(3) of the Treaty:

(a) aid for the coordination of transport;

(b) aid for reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations inherent in the concept of a public service, excluding public service compensation in relation to public passenger transport services, which is covered by Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007.

2. Regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall specify for each category of aid:

(a) the purpose of the aid;

(b) the categories of beneficiaries;

(c) thresholds expressed in terms of:

(i) aid intensities in relation to a set of eligible costs;

(ii) maximum aid amounts; or (iii) the maximum level of State support in, or related to, the aid for certain types of aid where it may be difficult to precisely identify the aid intensity referred to in point (i) or the amount of aid referred to in point (ii), in particular financial engineering instruments or risk capital investments or those of a similar nature, without prejudice to the qualification of the measures concerned in the light of Article 107(1) of the Treaty;

(d) the conditions governing the cumulation of aid; and (e) the transparency and monitoring rules set out in Article 2.

3. In addition, regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 may, in particular:

(a) set thresholds or other conditions for the notification of awards of individual aid;

(b) exclude certain sectors from their scope;

(c) attach further conditions for the compatibility of aid with the internal market.