Germany: EU Commission sees support to DB Regio as compatible with state aid rules
The EU Commission has concluded that the compensation granted by the German federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg to Deutsche Bahn…
Romania: EU Commission finds recapitalisation of CEC Bank does not constitute state aid
The EU Commission has concluded that Romania's €200 million (RON 1 billion) recapitalisation of the wholly state-owned CEC Bank does…
Estonia: EU Commission approves €122m RRF disbursement
The EU Commission has approved a €122 million disbursement for Estonia's Recovery and Resilience Plan, supporting key reforms and investments in…
Czechia: EU Commission approves €960m state aid to support strategic investments
The EU Commission concluded that the Czech scheme is necessary, appropriate and proportionate to accelerate the green transition and facilitate…
Czechia: EU Commission approves €90m state aid to support affordable rental housing
The EU Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €90 million Czech scheme to support the construction, reconstruction, and…
Spain: EU Commission approves €699m state aid to support energy storage
The EU Commission has approved a €699 million Spanish scheme to support investments in energy storage facilities to foster the transition towards a…
Czechia: EU Commission approves €103m state aid for district heating from biomass
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €103 million Czech scheme to support the production of heat from biomass in…
Austria: EU Commission approves €227m state aid to “ams Osram” wafer manufacturing
The EU Commission has approved a €227 million Austrian state aid measure to support ams Osram's advanced manufacturing facility in Premstätten,…
Croatia: EU Commission investigates state aid to wood companies
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether public support that Croatia has allegedly granted to Hrvatske Šume…
Romania: EU Commission finds support to Târgu Mureş Airport to be compatible state aid
The EU Commission has concluded that Romanian public support of €6.6 million to Târgu Mureş Airport, to finance operating costs in the period…
Germany: EU Commission approves €41m state aid to support Uniper Hydrogen
The measure will support Uniper Hydrogen GmbH in the implementation of its ‘CHESS' project. The project concerns the construction and…
Denmark: EU Commission approves €122m state aid for aquaculture and fisheries
The scheme is aimed at supporting large Danish fish-processing companies in reducing CO2 emissions stemming from their energy consumption, by investing…
Infineon semiconductors in Dresden: EU Commission approves €920m Germann state aid
The EU Commission has approved a €920 million German aid measure for the construction of a new semiconductor manufacturing plant…
Finland: EU Commission approves €2.3bn state aid for the transition to net-zero
The European Commission has approved a €2.3 billion Finnish scheme to support investments in strategic sectors and to help industrial…
France: EU Commission approves €500m state aid scheme for hedgerows and trees
The European Commission has approved under EU state aid rules a €500 million French aid scheme to encourage small and…
Chemical recycling of plastic waste: EU Commission approves €500m French state aid
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €500 million French scheme to support the chemical recycling…
France: EU Commission approves €48m for Envision AESC’s EV battery production
The EU Commission approved a €48 million French measure to support Envision AESC France in setting-up a new factory for the…
Italy: EU Commission approves €1.1bn state aid for youth and women employment
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an estimated €1.1 billion Italian scheme to support the employment…
Poland: EU Commission finds support for PCC MCAA in line with EU state aid rules
The European Commission has concluded that two support measures totalling €23 million awarded by Poland to chemical company PCC MCAA Sp. z o. o for…
Floating LNG Terminals: EU Commission approves €4.06bn German state aid
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an estimated €4.06 billion German measure to support the operation…
Poland: EU Commission investigates state aid for nuclear power plant
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether public support that Poland plans to grant for a…
Industrial decarbonisation: EU Commission approves French state aid scheme
The EU Commission has approved a French scheme of a maximum amount of €3 billion to support for a period…
France: EU Commission approves €127 million state aid for the port of Dunkirk
The European Commission has approved €127 million in French state aid under EU state aid rules to support the construction…
Italy: EU Commission approves state support to renewable electricity production
The EU Commission has approved an estimated €9.7 billion Italian scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources to…
Denmark: EU Commission approves €1.7bn state support for renewable gas production
The EU Commission has approved an estimated €1.7 billion Danish scheme to support the production of renewable gas to be…
Italy: EU Commission approves €167m state aid to support the agricultural sector
The EU Commission has approved a €167 million Italian scheme to support the primary agricultural production sector in the context of Russia's war against…
Spain: EU Commission approves €81m state support to Diamond Foundry Europe
The EU Commission has approved a €81 million Spanish measure to support Diamond Foundry Europe in setting-up a new factory for…
Finland: EU Commission approves €400m net-zero economy state aid
The European Commission has approved a €400 million Finnish scheme to help companies decarbonise their production processes and to support investments in…
Slovenia: EU Commission approves €52m state aid to support Lek Pharmaceuticals
The EU Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Slovenian measure of around €52 million to support Lek Pharmaceuticals (‘Lek')…
Estonia: EU Commission approves €2.6bn state aid for offshore wind energy
The European Commission has approved a €2.6 billion Estonian scheme to support renewable offshore wind energy to foster the transition…
Electricity storage: EU Commission approves €590m Bulgarian state aid
The European Commission has approved a €590 million (BGN 1.15 billion) Bulgarian scheme to support investments in electricity storage facilities to foster…
DB Cargo: EU Commission approves €1.9bn German state aid
The EU Commission has concluded that a German State aid measure of €1.9 billion to support DB Cargo, one of…
Tax rulings: EU Commission closes state aid investigations into Fiat, Amazon, and Starbucks
The EU Commission has closed three in-depth State aid investigations into transfer pricing tax rulings granted by Luxembourg to Fiat and Amazon, and…
Sweden: EU Commission approves €122.2m recapitalisation of Swedavia
The European Commission has approved a Swedish €122.2 million (SEK 1.418 billion) measure to support Swedavia, the operator of ten…
France: EU Commission approves state aid to Corsica Linea and La Méridionale
The European Commission has found a €853.6 million public service compensation in favour of Corsica Linea and La Méridionale to…
Estonia: EU Commission finds state aid to Tartu Agro incompatible with EU law
The EU Commission has concluded that by renting agricultural land at a rate below market price to Tartu Agro AS, an…
Greece: EU Commission welcomes correction of of tonnage tax scheme
The EU Commission has recorded the acceptance by Greece of appropriate measures proposed by the Commission to bring the existing…
EU Commission: Public capital injection into WestSpiel is incompatible state aid
The European Commission has concluded that a German public capital injection in favour of the casino operator Westdeutsche Spielbanken GmbH &…
Romania: EU Commission approves €578m state aid to support energy-intensive companies
The EU Commission has approved a €578 million (RON 2.9 billion) Romanian state aid scheme to lower an electricity levy…
Romania: EU Commission approves €790m state aid for coal mine closures in Jiu Valley
The EU Commission has approved a €790 million (approximately RON 3.9 billion) Romanian state aid measure to cover exceptional costs arising…
EU Commission clears exclusive rights of “Française des Jeux” lottery games
The EU Commission has concluded that the increased remuneration by Française des Jeux (‘FDJ') to France for the modification of…
Greece: EU Commission approves €150m state aid for carbon storage in Prinos
The measure will be fully financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), following the Commission's positive assessment of Greece's Recovery…
Denmark: EU Commission approves €724m GHG tax reduction to avoid carbon leakage
The EU Commission has approved a €724 million Danish scheme to lower the rate of a new greenhouse gas (GHG)…
Romania: EU Commission approves €400m state aid for farmers affected by severe drought
The EU Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €400 million (RON 2 billion) Romanian scheme to compensate farmers for damages…
ECA: EU Commission must intensify state aid checks for recovery and industrial policy
In recent years, the EU Commission has introduced three temporary state aid frameworks to enable member states to support companies…
Sweden: EU Commission approves €128m state aid for decarbonisation of SSAB steel production
Brussels, 21 October 2024 The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a...
“Apple tax” state aid judgment: MEPs discussed implications with Margrethe Vestager
MEPs of the tax subcommittee discussed with Commissioner Vestager the Apple tax state aid case in Ireland and its implications…
Bulgaria: EU Commission approves two state aid schemes to support farmers
The two approved schemes include €84 million to support producers of grain and oilseed crops, and €84.9 million to support farmers in the…