Press Release: State aid: Commission consults on draft rules for state support in energy and environmental field

On 18 December 2013 the European Commission invited comments on a proposal for revised State aid guidelines for assessing public support projects in the field of energy and the environment. This revision is part of a broader initiative to modernise EU State aid rules. The Commission proposes to extend the scope of the existing guidelines beyond the environmental field into the energy area and to clarify and simplify the assessment of state aid measures. Comments can be submitted until 14 February 2014.