The European Commission has extended the effectiveness of several regulations governing public support. The reason was their impending expiration at the end of this year.
This concerns, for example, the following regulations:
- Guidelines on Regional State Aid for 2014-2020;
- Guidelines on State Aid to promote risk finance investments;
- Communication from the Commission – Guidelines on State Aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020;
- Commission Regulation (EU).No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (“GBER”);
- Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Function of the European Union to de minimis.
In connection with these adjustments and to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic, the European Commission has also amended the regulations concerning companies in difficulty and the conditions relating to the prohibition of transfer within regional investment support. Adjustments have been made in the area of providing support to companies in difficulty, which is prohibited: an eligible company is now one that gets into difficulty due to the pandemic, namely in the period from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2021. There have also been adjustments in the prohibition of transfer to which companies are committed; the commitments made before 31 December 2019 will not be considered violated if employees are laid off as a result of the pandemic.
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