CEEAG

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CEEAG
European Commission
  • Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines
Territorial extent EEA (EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway)
Enacted by European Commission
Enacted21 December 2021
Effective EU: 27 January 2022 (Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway: 9 February 2022)
Amends
EEAG
Status: In force

The Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (CEEAG) allow exceptions to the ban on state aid in the European Union (EU). State aid means subsidies or other benefits EU countries or the EU itself grant to companies. [1] [2]

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The CEEAG allow state aid to renewable energy, clean mobility, and hydrogen companies, among others. Fossil fuel production cannot receive state aid under the guidelines, except for gas under some circumstances. [3] [4]

Most EU state aid is provided under block exemption, [5] but it can also be provided under state aid exemption guidelines like the CEEAG. To provide state aid under such a guideline, EU member states require the consent of the European Commission, unless the aid falls under a minimum threshold ('de minimis'). [6] [7] [8]

The three other members of the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) request the exemption from the EFTA Surveillance Authority. [9]

To obtain European Commission approval for aid under the CEEAG, EU member states use a special software. [7] The Commission publishes its decisions on its competition website. [10]

History

The CEEAG replace the Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (EEAG, without 'climate') which were in force from 2014 to 2021. [4] The revision process included a public consultation. [11]

Examples of state aid under EEAG/CEEAG

An example of state aid falling under (C)EEAG is the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG in its German abbreviation), a scheme that subsidises renewable power. The German government revised the EEG at the beginning of 2021. The Commission rejected parts of the revision in April 2021, including subsidies to nuclear power plants, but approved other aspects of it using EEAG. Notably, it approved higher subsidies for solar power and onshore wind farms. As of 15 December 2021, the Commission still is to consider the approval of other aspects of the German scheme's revision. [12] [13] [14] [15]

References

  1. ↑ "State Aid Overview". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  2. ↑ "CEEAG". 466. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20.
  3. ↑ "EU updates rules to pump more state aid into green projects". EUobserver . Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  4. 1 2 "State aid: Commission endorses the new Guidelines on State aid for Climate, Environmental protection and Energy". European Commission Press corner. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  5. ↑ "State aid scoreboard".
  6. ↑ "State aid". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  7. 1 2 "Forms for notifications and reporting". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  8. ↑ "Introduction to state aid". Pinsent Masons . Archived from the original on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  9. ↑ "State aid: ESA adopts revised climate, energy and environmental guidelines". EFTA surveillance authority. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  10. ↑ "State Aid Decisions". European Commission . Archived from the original on 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  11. ↑ von Bonin, Andreas (14 June 2021). "State aid unchained – the EU Commission publishes its proposal for Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy (CEEAG)". Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer . Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  12. ↑ "Beihilferechtliches Genehmigungsverfahren zum EEG 2021" (PDF). Stiftung Umweltenergierecht  [ de ]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-17.
  13. ↑ Klimaschutz, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und. "Stand der beihilferechtlichen Prüfung des EEG 2021 durch die EU-Kommission". www.bmwi.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  14. ↑ Klimaschutz, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und. "FAQ Stand der beihilferechtlichen Prüfung des EEG 2021 durch die EU- Kommission". www.bmwi.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  15. ↑ "State aid: Commission approves prolongation and modification of German scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources". European Commission . 29 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2022-01-23.


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