176In those circumstances, and contrary to the contentions of the applicant and the intervener, it cannot be held that the aid in question enjoyed an exemption because it came under Regulation No 800/2008 or the IZG. As it exceeded the threshold for triggering mandatory notification, the Commission was correct in finding that it had to assess it as individual aid and not as aid coming under the regulation on block exemptions or as authorised existing aid (see, by analogy, Opinion of Advocate General Wathelet in Commission v Italy, C‑467/15 P, EU:C:2017:24, points 61 to 73 and the case-law cited).