On Monday 3 November, the European Commission approved a €219 million Italian scheme to support production capacity in the Lazio region, in line with the objectives of the Clean Industrial Deal, according to a press release.
The scheme was approved under the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF) adopted by the Commission on 25 June.
The support will take the form of direct grants. The scheme will be open to all companies that carry out investments that add manufacturing capacity for the production of net‑zero technologies, as well as the production of the main specific components of these technologies, listed in Annex II of the CISAF.
The scheme also includes aid to produce new or recovered related critical raw materials necessary for the final products or main specific components.
The aid will incentivise, among other things, the production of clean technologies as well as their main specific components and related critical raw materials. (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)