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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11687

13 December 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 35
ECONOMY - FINANCE / State
Green light to Danish plan in favour of energy-intensive sectors
Brussels, 12/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 12 December, the European Commission announced its decision to give its approval to the Danish plan to grant partial compensation to a greater number of heavy users of energy for the levy to support renewable energy.

Currently, the support provided by the Danish public authorities to renewable energy is paid for out of contributions levied on energy consumption. The EU state aid rules allow governments to offer reductions in these contributions under certain conditions, in...

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