On 3 April, the Commission adopted an Amendment to extend the Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the COVID-19 outbreak adopted on 19 March (covered in our previous alert: European Commission...more
The European Commission has now adopted a Framework of temporary State aid rules enabling Member States to adopt measures to support the growing number of businesses suffering because of the COVID-19 outbreak. This is the...more
3/25/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Response ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Grants ,
Federal Loans ,
Financial Distress ,
Interest Rates ,
Member State ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
State Aid ,
State of Emergency ,
Subsidies ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deferral ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
As the number of businesses around the EU affected by the COVID-19 outbreak grows, many Member States are considering or have announced substantial supporting packages in an effort to limit the impact of the outbreak on the...more
On Thursday, 27 March, the European Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) annulled the General Court's ruling and the European Commission's decision on the EEG 2012 on the grounds that it was wrong to conclude that the...more
4/11/2019
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EU ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Germany ,
Green Energy ,
Member State ,
Renewable Energy ,
Reversal ,
State Aid ,
State Budgets ,
Surcharges