European State Aid Restrictions

  • a. Export Aid;
  • b. Coal;
  • c. Steel;
  • d. Shipbuilding;
  • e. Synthetic Fibres;
  • f. Agriculture, Fisheries, Aquaculture;
  • g. Construction;
  • h. Banks or Insurance;
  • i. Education institutions;
  • j. Retail or Retail development;
  • k. Dismantling of Nuclear Power Stations;
  • l. Investment in undertakings in difficulty as defined by the Communication from the Commission Community Guidelines on State Aid for Rescuing and Restructuring Firms in Difficulty (2004/C 244/02) as amended by paragraph 15 of Regulation 800/2008 with respect to early stage SMEs;
  • m. Investment into a business subject to an outstanding recovery following a previous Commission declaring aid illegal.