EU Commission removes many industries fr • Table.Briefings

The authority has presented the new guidelines for climate and energy subsidies. For Germany, this means that several sectors can no longer be exempted from the EEG surcharge. Nevertheless, the industry is relieved.

On the one hand, the EU Commission is expanding the scope for member states to use state aid to drive forward the transformation to a climate-neutral economy. At the same time, however, the competition authorities are limiting their options for providing relief to energy-intensive industries. This is likely to affect German industry in particular, which is complaining about high electricity prices by European standards due to the burden of taxes, levies, and surcharges.

EU Commission removes many industries from aid list

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