On Wednesday 18 October, the European Commission announced that it had authorised an Irish state aid scheme worth €25.6 million, another Irish scheme worth €7 million and a Belgian scheme worth €16 million to support the Irish and Flemish fishing industries, respectively, due to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (Brexit).
The first aid is intended to compensate, through direct grants, the owners of certain vessels registered in Ireland for the loss of turnover suffered in 2021 and...