State aid: Commission approves 2022-2027 regional aid map for Czechia

Daily News 30 / 07 / 2021


Economia - pubblicata il 02 Agosto 2021


Source: European Commission Spokesperson’s Service

The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules Czechia’s map for granting regional aid from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2027. The Czech regional aid map is the first map
approved by the Commission within the framework of the revised
Regional aid Guidelines
(‘RAG’). The revised RAG, adopted by the Commission on 19 April 2021 and which will enter into force on 1 January 2022, enable Member States to support the least
favoured European regions in catching up and to reduce disparities in terms of economic well-being, income and unemployment – cohesion objectives that are at the heart of the Union.

They also provide increased possibilities for Member States to support regions facing transition or structural challenges such as depopulation, to contribute fully to the green and
digital transitions
. At the same time, the revised RAG maintain strong safeguards to prevent Member States from using public money to trigger the relocation of jobs from one EU Member State
to another, which is essential for fair competition in the Single Market.

In the RAG, the Commission sets out the conditions under which regional aid may be considered to be compatible with the internal market and establishes the criteria for identifying the areas that
fulfil the conditions of
Article 107(3)(a) and (c)
of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘a’ and ‘c’ areas respectively). Czechia’s regional aid map defines the Czech regions eligible for regional
investment aid and establishes the maximum aid intensities in the eligible regions. Under the revised RAG, regions covering 87.76% of the population of Czechia will be eligible for regional
investment aid. A full press release is available online.

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