State Aid Measures For The Real Economy

This article was originally published in the schoenherr roadmap`10 - if you would like to receive a complimentary copy of this publication, please visit: http://www.schoenherr.eu/roadmap.

While the situation on the financial markets appears to be improving, the full impact of the financial crisis on the real economy is only slowly starting to be felt. Following comprehensive and specifically crisis-related State aid rules for the banking sector¹, the European Commission (the Commission) has for almost a year also applied modified rules for the real economy to support access to financing. These rules give beneficiary undertakings additional opportunities to escape a credit squeeze.