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Back to all in-depth newsDe minimis state aid - 15.07.2006
CEMR welcomes the Commission's proposal but calls for clarifications
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) welcomes the European Commission's proposal to double the threshold from which state aid must be notified to the European Commission. The doubling (2 x 100,000 €) must however follow the inflation rate and on an annual basis.
In the current regulation, de minimis state aid covers any aid granted by a Member State to a company where the amount does not exceed € 100,000 over a three-year period (cash grant or equivalent). This aid, where the amount involved is small, is accordingly exempt from the competition rules and does not have to be presented to the Commission for agreement. At local and regional level, aid - for ...
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