Brussels, 05/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 5 November, the European Commission opened a consultation of interested parties that will run until 31 December 2013 on the Commission's new guidelines on state aid for struggling companies (not including banks) before the guidelines are issued in the first quarter of 2014.
The new guidelines will replace those that came into force in 2004 and have twice been extended (in 2009 and 2012). The Commission says the new guidelines aim to strike a...