state aid

Bankwatch Romania addressed the European Commission (EC) to analyse the state aid granted to Oltenia Energy Complex (OEC) by the Romanian Government for expropriations for coal mine expansions and the payment of CO2 emissions certificates…

The European Commission has approved today Romania’s plans to grant a temporary loan of EUR 36.7 million (around RON 176 million) to the state-owned flag carrier TAROM. The EC says that Romania has committed to fully reimburse the loan…

The European Commission has found Romanian plans to support the creation of a network of recharging stations for electric vehicles to be in line with EU State aid rules. The measure will contribute to reducing CO2 and other pollutant…

Hunedoara Energy Complex, a state-owned company with 4,000 employees, has asked for insolvency on Monday. Despite the state aids the complex had enjoyed over the time, Hunedoara Energy Complex has posted huge losses of over RON 270 million…

The European Commission has decided on Friday to refer Romania to the European Court of Justice for failing to fully recover illegal State aid worth up to EUR 92 million from Viorel and Ioan Micula and their group of companies, as required…

The European Commission has found that energy producer Complexul Energetic Hunedoara (CE Hunedoara) received around EUR 60 million of incompatible State aid from Romania through four publicly financed loans. Romania now needs to recover…

The Government will adopt in its Thursday's sitting a draft that will enable the state aid programmes directed to the investments with a major impact on the economy. The novelty is that the eligibility threshold for investors has declined…

Prime Minister, Viorica Dancila, has said on Wednesday that the Government aims a real strategic partnership with the large companies willing to invest in Romania, and that soon a state aid scheme for private investments over EUR 10 million…

The European Commission (EC) has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether various public support measures from Romania in favour of the National Uranium Company (CNU) are in line with EU rules on state aid to companies in…

President Klaus Iohannis has notified the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) on Monday over the law on the state aid for pig farms, but also over the law on the aid for poultry sector. The Romanian President argues that the European…