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ARTICLE · 18 JULY 2022

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State Aid Measures For Research, Development And Innovation

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On 21 May 2014, the EU Commission has adopted new rules for state aid measures to support research, development and innovation activities.

European UnionGovernment, Public Sector
Daniel Dohrn
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Andrés Martin-Ehlers
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Simon Spangler
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Faster, simpler and more transparent: EU Commission adopts new framework to facilitate state aid measures for research, development and innovation

On 21 May 2014, the EU Commission has adopted new rules for state aid measures to support research, development and innovation activities. Besides the new R&D state aid Framework, the new General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) was released widening the scope of measures that are exempted from prior notification to the Commission. Both set of rules will enter into force 1 July 2014. Being embedded in both the EU state aid modernization initiative and the Europe 2020 Strategy, the new rules seek to insure that state aid measures to support R&D activities can be granted easier, quicker and more effective. Equally, they aim to increase legal certainty and to provide guidance with regard to the application of state aid rules.

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