11/07/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 11 July, the European Commission announced that it had authorised an Austrian scheme (SA.1141763) worth €50 million to support primary agricultural producers who risk losing their financial liquidity as a result of the disruption to agricultural markets caused by Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. The aid, which will be granted no later than 31 December 2024, will not exceed €280,000 per beneficiary. The Commission found that the aid complied with the EU rules on State aid, and in particular with the conditions set out in the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework and Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which allows aid to be authorised to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State. (EV)