Denmark: EU Commission approves €20m state aid for higher pig welfare standards
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Danish scheme, with a budget of approximately €20 million…
EU Commission approves €700m Dutch state aid promoting sustainable livestock farming
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €700 million Dutch scheme to compensate farmers for voluntarily…
Netherlands: EU Commission approves state aid amendments related to Russian war
The EU Commission has approved amendments to an existing Dutch scheme, including a €50 million budget increase, to support agricultural producers in the context of…
Slovakia: EU Commission approves amended support to energy-intensive companies
The EU Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, amendments to a Slovak scheme to partially compensate energy-intensive companies…
Italy: EU Commission approves amendment to Italian RRF state aid scheme
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an amendment to an Italian scheme made available through the…
Renewable hydrogen: EU Commission approves €998m and €80m Dutch state aid schemes
The European Commission has approved two Dutch state aid schemes to support the technology and the production of renewable hydrogen.
Condor: EU Commission opens in-depth investigation into €321.2m German state aid
The German measure was initially approved in July 2021 by the Commission under the State aid Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines, but the Commission's…
Hungarian advertisement tax: EU Commission closes state aid investigation
The European Commission has formally closed its in-depth investigation opened in March 2015 into the Hungarian advertisement tax as the issue has…
Renewable hydrogen: €1.2bn Spanish investment state aid approved by EU
The European Commission has approved a €1.2 billion Spanish scheme to support investments in the production of renewable hydrogen to…
DG COMP: Koen Van de Casteele appointed Director for State Aid Scrutiny and Enforcement
Today, the European Commission has appointed Koen Van de Casteele as Director ‘State aid: General Scrutiny and Enforcement' at the Directorate-General for…
Finland: EU Commission approves €200m aid to renewable fuels and energy storage
The European Commission has approved a €200 million Finnish scheme to support the production of renewable fuels of non-biological origin and the deployment of energy…
Italy: EU Commission approves €400m aid to support industrial decarbonisation
The purpose of the scheme is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from production processes by at least 40% and/or reduce…
Bulgaria: EU Commission approves €142m state aid to the support energy sector
The scheme aims to alleviate part of the costs for companies that stored natural gas at the Chiren underground gas…
Poland: EU Commission approves €194m aid to Gdańsk offshore wind terminal
The EU Commission has approved Poland's support measure of approximately €194 million (PLN 900.45 million) for the construction of an offshore…
Lithuania: EU Commission approves €122m aid to AB Achema fertiliser production
The measure will contribute to the achievement of the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the European Green Deal and the Green Deal Industrial Plan targets, while…
Slovakia: EU Commission opens in-depth investigation into support to NAJPI
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether public support granted to the Slovak company NAJPI a.s.…
Lufthansa recapitalisation: EU Commission opens in-depth state aid investigation
The EU Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether a German recapitalisation measure of €6 billion in favour…
Germany: EU Commission approves amendments to German State aid scheme to compensate energy-intensive companies for indirect emission costs
The scheme was originally approved by the EU Commission on 19 August 2022. Under the scheme, the compensation is granted to…
Portugal: EU Commission approves €45m state aid to shift freight from road to rail
The EU Commission has approved a €45 million Portuguese scheme to encourage freight traffic to shift from road to rail.…
Dutch state aid: EU Commission approves €158m to foster the net-zero transition
The EU Commission has approved a €158 million Dutch scheme to support the investments for the production of equipment necessary…
Bulgaria: EU Commission approves €25.51m restructuring aid for Bulgarian Posts
The EU Commission has approved Bulgaria's plans to grant postal operator Bulgarian Posts restructuring aid for up to €25.51 million (BGN 50…
Sweden: EU Commission approves €3bn state support to roll-out of biogenic CCS
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €3 billion (SEK 36 billion) Swedish scheme to support…
Sweden: EU Commission clears €265m RRF state aid to H2GS’s green steel plant
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €265 million Swedish measure made available in part through…
Italy: EU Commission approves amendments to Italian state aid scheme
The European Commission has approved amendments to an existing Italian scheme supporting companies active in Southern Italy in the context…
Hungary: EU Commission approves €35m state aid to Hyginett toothbrush manufacturing
The EU Commission has approved a €35 million Hungarian measure in favour of Hyginett Magyar-Amerikai Higiéniai Cikkeket Gyártó Kft (‘Hyginett'), which is…
EU Commission investigates Flemish state aid to land management associations
The EU Commission's assessment started on the basis of a complaint, alleging that the Flemish region and its municipalities granted…
Italy: EU Commission approves €570m state aid to reduce emissions in ports
The measure contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and noise in line with the objectives of the European Green…
Malta: EU Commission approves €500m state aid to support audiovisual productions
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €500 million Maltese scheme to support the production of…
Hungarian support for auto parts plant in Észak Magyarország incompatible state aid – EU Commission
The European Commission has concluded that Hungary's plan to support the construction of a new automotive components plant in Észak…
De minimis agricultural aid rules: EU Commission seeks feedback on draft amendments
The Agricultural de minimis Regulation exempts small amounts from State aid control since they are deemed to have no impact on competition…
New air routes between Italy and Sardinia: EU Commission approves state aid
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €30 million Italian scheme to support the establishment of…
Italy: EU Commission approves state aid for renewable electricity production
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an Italian scheme to support a total of 4590 MW…
High-Level Forum on State Aid: Speech by EVP Margrethe Vestager
"State aid policy must continue to fulfil its mandate to avoid undue distortions to competition, while allowing the EU to stay…
Poland: EU Commission approves €486m state aid scheme for cereal producers
The European Commission has approved an approximately €486 million (PLN 2.1 billion) Polish scheme to support producers of cereals in the context of Russia's war against…
France: EU Commission approves €4bn decarbonisation state aid for manufacturers
The European Commission has approved a €4 billion French scheme to support measures aiming at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in…
Germany: EU Commission approves €1.7bn state aid for rail freight operators (updated)
The EU Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €1.7 billion German scheme to support rail freight operators in…
Spain: EU Commission approves €120m state aid for the net-zero transition
The European Commission has approved a €120 million Spanish scheme to support investments in strategic sectors in the region of Asturias to foster the transition towards…
Czechia: EU Commission approves state aid for nuclear power plant
The EU Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Czech support measure for the construction and operation of…
Romania: EU Commission approves €95.3m restructuring aid for airline TAROM
The measure will enable the company to restore its long-term viability while minimising competition distortions.
France: EU Commission approves €300m state aid for Nuward’s small modular nuclear reactors
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €300 million French measure to support Electricité de France's…
The Future of the Single Market with Enrico Letta – EU Parliament discussion
In June 2023, Mr Letta was appointed by the European Council to draft an independent high-level report on the future…
Industrial decarbonisation: EU Commission approves €2.2bn German state aid scheme
Under the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, Germany asked the Commission to approve a €2.2 billion scheme to support investments…
EU Commission approves €476m Czech state aid to facilitate affordable rental flats
The aim of the scheme is to facilitate an additional supply of rental flats that the market would not supply…
2023 State aid Scoreboard: Decreasing state aid, continued crisis support to businesses
The 2023 report shows that, despite a strong reduction in State aid expenditure in 2022 compared to 2021, Member States continued…
Russia’s war: EU Commission approves €35m Italian state aid to telecom operators
Under the scheme, the aid will take form of direct grants. The purpose of the scheme is to provide financial support…
Russia’s war: EU Commission allows re-introduction of €2.5bn Romanian state aid scheme
Under the reintroduced scheme, state aid will take the form of guarantees and direct grants. The scheme aims at ensuring that…
EU Commission approves changes to Durch state aid schemes reducing nitrogen
The EU Commission has approved amendments to existing Dutch schemes that compensate livestock farmers for the voluntary definitive closure of…
Greece: EU Commission approves €1bn state aid for renewable energy and storage projects
The aid will take the form of a two-way contract for difference over a period of twenty years. The strike price will…