stateaid

EU General Court T-57/11: Aid to Spanish coal power plants granted in order to ensure a secure supply of electricity in Spain is compatible with EU rules on State aid

Click here to see the relevant article as published in Energypress.

Revisions on Capacity Assurance Mechanism risk facing illegal state aid charges, troika says

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Speech of Dr. A. Metaxas, Chairman of the Hellenic State aid Institute in the conference "Modernisation of the Normative Framework of State aid Control-Challenges for the Greek Public Administration"

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1rst part here

2nd part here

3rd part here

Dr. A.Metaxas: State aid shaping new energy market environment

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Conference Announcement

Modernisation of the Normative Framework of State aid Control - Challenges for the Greek Public Administration" on 13/11/2014, 09.00-16.30. The Conference will take place in the auditorium "Giannos Kranidiotis"  1, Akadimias Str. Athens

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Treaty Provisions on State aid

Core provisions of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), formerly called "Treaty establishing the European Community" (EC)

 

Other relevant provisions

 

State Aid Modernisation (SAM)

On 8 May 2012, the Commission set out an ambitious State aid reform programme in the Communication on State aid modernisation.

For further information, click here.

 

Block Exemption Regulation

Council Regulation No 994/98 of 7 May 1998, amended by Council Regulation No 733/2013 of 22 July 2013, enables the Commission to adopt so-called Block Exemption Regulations for State aid. With these regulations, the Commission can declare specific categories of State aid compatible with the Treaty if they fulfil certain conditions, thus exempting them from the requirement of prior notification and Commission approval.

General block exemption Regulation (GBER)

Enabling Regulation

De minimis aid

  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/legislation/block.html#minimis)
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to de minimis aid
    Official Journal L 379 of 28.12.2006 applicable until 31 December 2013. Any de minimis aid which fulfils the conditions of this Regulation may be validly implemented until 30 June 2014 (see article 5(3) of Regulation No 1998/2006). Therefore de minimis aid schemes adopted under this Regulation before 31 December 2013 and applicable until 30 June 2014 remain covered by it.

 

Rules of Procedure

Procedural Regulation

Implementing Regulation

Recovery notice

Enforcement of State Aid law by national courts

 

Horizontal Rules

Important objects of Common European Interests

Actions in response to the economic and financial crisis

Aid to disadvantaged and disabled workers

Training aid

Regional aid

Research and Development and Innovation

Environmental and Energy aid

State Aid in the context of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Risk Capital

Rescue and restructuring aid

Definition of SMEs

  • Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (notified under document number C(2003) 1422)
    Please note that this definition of SMEs applies from 01.01.2005.
  • Commission communication - Model declaration on the information relating to the qualification of an enterprise as an SME
  • Corrigendum to the Commission Communication - Model Declaration on the information relating to the qualification of an enterprise as an SME

 

Sector- Specific Rules

Agriculture

Audiovisual production

Broadband

  • 15.01.2013 EU Guidelines for the application of state aid rules in relation to the rapid deployment of broadband networks/
  • EU Guidelines for the application of State aid rules in relation to the rapid deployment of broadband networks (Guidelines adopted on 18 December 2012

Broadcasting

Coal Industry

Council Decision on State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines

Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 of 23 July 2002 on State aid to the coal industry
OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 1–8

Electricity (stranded costs)

  • Commission Communication relating to the methodology for analysing State aid linked to stranded costs – Adopted by the Commission on 26.07.2001
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    Commission letter SG (2001) D/290869 of 6.8.2001

Fisheries

Guidelines for the examination of State aid to fisheries and aquaculture

The de minimis rules for the fisheries sector(adopted in 2007) state that a limited amount of State aid can be given to fisheries companies (30 000 Euros per company over a period of three fiscal years).

European Fisheries Fund and temporary fleet measures

  • Funding that is co-financed by Member States under the rules of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) generally is not considered as State aid. (See Regulation 1198/2006, article 7).
  • Temporary specific actions to promote the restructuring of the EU fishing fleets affected by the economic crisis (adopted in 2008 in response to the sharp rise in fuel prices) are also generally not considered as State aid (see Regulation 744/2008 , article 4).
  • EMFF Regulation (EU) No 508/2014

Postal Services

Shipbuilding

Steel

Synthetic fibres - Motor vehicles industry

Transport 

 

Services of General Economic Interest (SGEIs)

Previous Legislation

 

Specific aid instruments

State Guarantees

Public Land Sales

Export Credit Insurance

The Banking Communication

The application of State aid rules to measures taken in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis

OJ C 270, 25.10.2008, p. 8

The Recapitalisation Communication

The recapitalisation of financial institutions in the current financial crisis: limitation of aid to the minimum necessary and safeguards against undue distortions of competition

OJ C 10, 15.1.2009, p. 2

The Impaired Assets Communication

The Communication from the Commission on the Treatment of Impaired assets in the Community Banking Sector

OJ C 72, 26.3.2009, p. 1