state aid

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…

At the proposal of the Ministry of Energy, the Romanian Government adopted on Wednesday a Draft Emergency Ordinance, stating that the power plants of the Hunedoara Energy Complex (CEH) will have to provide 400 MW-system services in the next…

The European Commission (EC) has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether various public support measures from Romania in favour of Hunedoara Energy Complex (EC) are in line with EU rules on state aid to companies in difficulty, a…

Romanian authorities are working on an emergency ordinance about a state aid to cover the IT staff costs that will result from the transfer of employer-employee's social contributions, which will be discussed by the Government in its next…

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation on Monday into Romanian state support for rail freight operator CFR Marfă, saying debt write-offs many have given the company an unfair advantage. The Commission, which…