On Friday 6 October, the European Commission announced that it had authorised a French aid scheme, notified under the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (see EUROPE 13138/1), worth €300 million to support businesses investing in the use of solid recovered fuel, an energy source derived from mixed municipal waste.
The aid, in the form of a direct grant to be awarded before 31 December 2025, will be available for new facilities or for existing facilities of which the capacity has been increased and which use solid recovered fuels derived, to the extent of at least 50%, from so-called renewable waste (food scraps, compostable garden waste).
The European Commission stressed that the measure had been deemed necessary, appropriate and proportionate to accelerate the ecological transition and facilitate the development of certain economic activities. (Original version in French by Émilie Vanderhulst)