De minimis level for State aid to be raised01/04/07 / cata_european-union-news

The main feature of the new Commission regulation on de minimis aid is to raise the level for State aid to be considered as compatible with EC law from EUR 100,000 to EUR 200,000 over any period of three years as of 1 January 2007. It must be noted that significant changes have been introduced regarding the method used to calculate the de minimis ceiling (now EUR 200,000) as well as the areas to which de minimis rules apply.