EStAL - European State Aid Law Quarterly

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Valentine Lemonnier

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 22 (2023), Issue 2, Page 123 - 131

On 1 February 2023, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen presented the Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age. With this plan, the European Commission aims to enhance the competitiveness of Europe’s net-zero industry and, simultaneously, support the fast transition to climate neutrality. The plan lays out several reform proposals. A reform of EU State aid rules was also put on the table. On 9 March 2023, the European Commission adopted the new Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF), as well as the reform of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER). This article provides an overview of the background and outcome of the latest State aid reform, with a particular focus on the TCTF. Keywords: Green Deal Industrial Plan; Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF); Temporary Crisis Framework (TCF); EU Green Deal; Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)

Steven Verschuur, Cecilia Sbrolli

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 19 (2020), Issue 3, Page 284 - 289

The European Green Deal is the prelude and the foundation of a daunting, but necessary, environmental-centric industrial revolution. EU legislation has obviously dealt with environmental policies in the past, but the European Green Deal is a far-reaching project that will require unprecedented investments. The transition envisioned in the European Green Deal will also require amendments to a wide variety of existing EU legislation and policies, including in the field of State aid. The Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy (EEAG), in force until the end of 2021, are the legal framework in force to assess environmental State aid. This raises the question whether these Guidelines are a suitable instrument to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal. This paper is the first of a series that will discuss the interplay between existing State aid rules and policy on the one hand and the European Green Deal on the other. It will provide a broader introduction to the European Green Deal and its envisaged means of financing and will discuss the application of the incentive effect to the State aid assessment of national support measures to achieve objectives of the European Green Deal. Keywords: EU Green Deal, Environmental and Energy Guidelines, incentive effect, environmental targets, financing

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