New EU state aid law is ‘a huge mess’ say lawyers

A draft law seen by EurActiv that is supposed to clarify how and when state aid can be used by EU states without need to notify the European Commission was dubbed “a huge mess” that could render the EU’s energy rules incoherent, by lawyers.

The General Block Exemption Regulation (or Gber) was meant to outline the precise circumstances in which EU states could, among other things, fund small scale renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, without triggering a process of increased scrutiny from Brussels.

The regulation was meant to be published later in 2014.

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Find further information in ESO on State Aid Modernisation (SAM) http://www.europeansources.info/advSearchLink?keyword=SAM%20&searchOption=all

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