EU approves Italian State aid for Friuli Venezia Giulia amid Russia-Ukraine conflict
The European Commission has approved an amendment to an existing Italian scheme, including a €150 million budget increase, to support companies in…
France: EU Commission approves €900m state aid for energy and fuel production from biomass and hydrogen
The European Commission has approved a €900 million French scheme to support companies investing in the use of biomass and renewable…
Italy: EU Commission approves €750m to support companies affected by Russia’s war
The European Commission has approved a €750 million Italian scheme to support small and medium-sized companies (“SMEs”) and mid-caps companies in the context of Russia's war…
EU Commission approves €1.1bn Italian State aid scheme to support net-zero economy
The European Commission has approved a €1.1 billion Italian scheme to support investments for the production of equipment necessary to foster the transition towards…
Onshore wind and photovoltaic: EU Commission approves €3bn Romanian state aid
The EU Commission has approved a €3 billion (RON 15.22 billion) Romanian scheme to support installations producing electricity from onshore wind and…
EU Commission seeks feedback on new rules to simplify green transport state aid
The EU Commission has launched today a call for evidence on its plan to adopt new rules that would exempt…
EU Commission approves €350m Portuguese State aid scheme to support the transition to a net-zero economy
The European Commission has approved a €350 million Portuguese scheme to support investments for the production of equipment necessary to foster the transition towards…
Portugal: EU Commission approves €350m to support transition to a net-zero economy
The European Commission has approved a €350 million Portuguese scheme to support investments for the production of equipment necessary to foster the transition towards…
RRF: EU Commission approves €1.3bn German State aid to support ArcelorMittal decarbonise its steel production
The aid will take the form of a direct grant and will support the construction of a direct reduction plant and three new electric arc furnaces. The…
EU Commission approves €240m Danish State aid scheme to foster the transition to a net-zero economy
The European Commission has approved a €240 million (DKK 1.8 billion) Danish scheme to support the production of investments in specific strategic goods to…
EU Commission approves €720m French State aid scheme to support forestry sector
France notified the Commission of its plans to support operators in the forestry sector in the prevention and restoration of…
IPCEI: EU Commission approves up to €6.9bn of State aid to boost hydrogen value chain
The Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a third Important Project of Common European Interest (‘IPCEI') to support…
Romania: EU Commission approves €241m to support agricultural producers affected by Russia’s war
The European Commission has approved an approximately €241 million (RON 1.2 billion) Romanian scheme to support the agricultural primary plant production sector in the context of…
EU Commission probes Corsair’s restructuring plan
In September 2023, France informed the Commission of its plan to amend Corsair's restructuring plan with the view to allow…
EU Commission approves €300m Polish State aid to alleviate social costs of closing coal and lignite power plants and lignite mines
Support to workers does not constitute State aid. The Commission found that the paid leave does not provide an advantage…
EU approves €550m Italian aid for hydrogen transition
The European Commission has approved a €550 million Italian scheme to support investments for the use of hydrogen in industrial processes to foster the…
EU Commission approves €1bn German State aid schemes to improve animal welfare in livestock breeding
Under the first €675 million scheme, the aid will take the form of direct grants covering up to 60% of…
Risk finance: Do public measures to facilitate access to finance constitute state aid?
The EU European Commission has issued practical guidance for Member States to assess whether or not public measures to facilitate certain companies'…
EU Commission approves €230m Polish State aid scheme to support corn producers affected by Russia’s war
The European Commission has approved an approximately €230 million (PLN 1 billion) Polish scheme to support the corn production sector in the context of Russia's war…
EU Commission approves €1.46bn Czech State aid to prevent the poultry and pig diseases
Czechia notified the Commission of its plans to adopt two schemes with a total budget of around €1.46 billion (CZK…
EU Commission approves €902m German State aid to support Northvolt electric vehicle battery production
The European Commission has approved a €902 million German measure to support Northvolt in the construction of a plant for the production of batteries…
EU Commission approves re-introduction of Danish State aid scheme, including €3.87bn budget increase
The Commission approved the original scheme in April 2002 (SA.8562). The so-called “Flexi-jobs” scheme is aimed at supporting the employment of workers…
EU Commission approves €2.9bn French State aid scheme to support transition towards a net-zero economy
Today, the European Commission has approved under State aid rules, namely the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, a €2.9 billion…
EU Commission approves €17.7bn aid for Italian electricity storage
The measure aims to facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources (‘RES') in the Italian electricity system. The production of…
EU Commission approves €2.6bn aid for German steel decarbonisation
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €2.6 billion German measure to support SHS Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH…
EU Commission approves €1bn Slovak aid for net-zero transition
The European Commission has approved a €1 billion Slovak scheme to support investments for the production of equipment necessary to foster the transition towards…
State aid: EU Commission amends rules for small amounts “de minimis”
The European Commission has today adopted two regulations amending the general rules for small amounts of aid (de minimis Regulation) and for…
EU Commission approves amendment to 2022-2027 regional State aid map for Belgium
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an amendment to Belgium's map for granting regional aid until…
Cloud and edge computing: EU Commission approves state aid for project by seven Member States
The Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an Important Project of Common European Interest (‘IPCEI') to support research,…
EU Commission approves up to €1.2bn of State aid by seven Member States for IPCEI
The Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an Important Project of Common European Interest (‘IPCEI') to support research,…
EU Commission approves €500m French State aid scheme to support investments in agriculture
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €500 million French scheme to support investments in holding…
EU Approves €1.1bn Spanish aid for net-zero transition
The European Commission has approved a €1.1 billion Spanish scheme to support investments for the production of equipment necessary to foster the…
EU Commission approves €5.7bn Italian State aid scheme under the RRF to support renewable energy communities
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €5.7 billion Italian scheme made available in part through…
EU Commission approves amendments to Spanish State aid scheme, including €5.61 bn budget increase
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, amendments to a Spanish scheme to partially compensate certain energy-intensive companies for…
EU Commission fine-tunes state aid tools phase-out
Today, the European Commission has adopted an amendment to the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework to prolong by six months a limited…
EU approves €3bn aid for Austria amid energy cost surge
The European Commission has approved an approximately €3 billion Austrian scheme to support companies facing increased energy costs in the…
RRF: EU Commission approves €1.7bn Italian State aid scheme to support agrivoltaic installations
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €1.7 billion Italian scheme made available in part through…
EU Commission consults on adjusting state aid phase-out schedule
The European Commission has sent to Member States for consultation a draft proposal to partially adjust the phase-out schedule of…
Italy: EU Commission approves €450m State aid scheme to foster investments in the agriculture
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €450 million Italian scheme to support the agricultural sector by fostering investments related…
EU Commission approves €659m French aid for electric vehicle batteries
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €659 million French measure to support Verkor in researching and developing…
EU Commission approves €150m Italian aid for war-affected companies
Under the scheme, the aid will take the form of direct grants. The scheme will be open to SMEs in the…
EU Commission approves amendment to Slovakia’s regional State aid map
On 16 September 2021, the Commission approved the 2022-2027 regional aid map for Slovakia, and its amendment on 17 February 2023 to increase…
EU Commission approves amendment to 2022-2027 regional State aid map for Greece
On 6 January 2022, the Commission approved the 2022-2027 regional aid map for Greece, and its amendment on 14 July 2022 to increase…
EU approves €400m aid to support Bulgargaz amid Russia’s War
The European Commission has approved an around €400 million (BGN 800 million) Bulgarian measure to support the public supplier of…
EU approves €2.5bn Czech plan for industrial decarbonization
The European Commission has approved a €2.5 billion (60 billion CZK) Czech scheme to help manufacturing companies to decarbonise their production processes…
EU clears €300m French scheme to promote solid fuel transition
The European Commission has approved a €300 million French scheme to support companies investing in the use of solid recovered…
EU Commission amends rules on aid to fisheries
The European Commission has adopted today an amendment of the so-called 'de minimis' regulation for the fishery and aquaculture sector (‘Fishery de minimis Regulation').…
EU Commission approves €910m Italian agro-industrial RRF scheme
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €910 million Italian scheme made available in part through…
EU Commission approves amendment to Bulgaria’s regional aid map
In this context, the amendment to Bulgaria's regional aid map approved today enables higher maximum amounts of aid to investments…
EU Commission approves changes to Belgian capacity mechanism
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, modifications to the Belgian capacity mechanism to safeguard security of…