State aid for RDI infrastructure projects

About

2 regional seminars on State aid issues relevant to RDI infrastructure projects were held in Zagreb, Croatia and in Bucharest, Romania in July 2016.

The meetings were attended by around 75 participants from Member States' authorities, project promoters and beneficiaries.

Target audience

The seminars were targeted to representatives from managing authorities, line ministries and beneficiaries that are or will be responsible for the preparation of projects and programmes concerning RDI infrastructure projects in the 2014-2020 programming period.

Objectives

These 2 training seminars were organized in Croatia and Romania as a follow-up of activities previously implemented in Brussels in cooperation with DG REGIO and DG COMP.  

Based on the same agenda, the seminars provided a broader picture on the rationale of State aid rules and its consistency with the European Commission´s Regional and RDI policies. 

They then focused in particular on the existence of State aid in Research and Development infrastructure projects, providing examples on how the concept of ancillary economic activities should apply in practice (calculation of capacity dedicated to economic activities, reporting and monitoring, etc.), how the calculation of maximum aid according to the GBER and the framework on State aid for RDI investments should be conducted.