On Thursday 27 January, the European Commission approved the map of the Netherlands for the granting of regional aid, valid from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2027, under the revised regional aid guidelines.
According to the revised guidelines, regions covering 8.98% of the population of the Netherlands will be eligible for regional investment aid under the derogation in Article 107(3)(c) TFEU (“c” areas): in order to address regional disparities, the Netherlands has designated parts of the provinces of Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, Gelderland, Flevoland, North Holland and South Holland as non-predefined ‘c’ areas.
The Commission also approved Slovenia’s regional aid map for 2022-2027.
Regions covering 70% of Slovenia’s population will be eligible for regional investment aid: Vzhodna Slovenija is one of the most disadvantaged regions in the EU, with a GDP per capita of less than 75% of the EU average. It is eligible for aid under Article 107(3)(a) TFEU (“a” zone), with a maximum aid intensity of 30% for large companies. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)