Brussels, 19/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has adopted guidelines to determine when state aid to support capital risk investment in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can be authorised. These guidelines replace the rules provided for in the 2001 communication “State aid and Capital Investment”. They cover risk capital measures for investment in SMEs which are in the early stages of development (seed, start-up and expansion), where funding is provided jointly by...