On Friday 21 January, the European Commission approved France’s regional aid map, valid from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2027, under the revised regional aid guidelines.
The revised guidelines, which were adopted by the Commission on 19 April 2021 and entered into force on 1 January 2022, will enable Member States to help Europe’s least-favoured regions to catch up and to reduce disparities on the subject of economic well-being, income, and unemployment, all of which are cohesion objectives at the heart of the Union.
The French regional aid map identifies the regions in France eligible for regional investment aid.
According to the revised guidelines, regions covering 31.95% of France’s population will be eligible for regional investment aid. In France, six outermost regions (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin) will remain eligible for support since they are “a” areas. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)