State aid consulting
If you plan to obtain investment funding or your business requires operational financing, it is worth preparing to accept State aid. Or maybe you are on the other side – are you planning to provide funding? In both cases, you must prepare appropriately from the legal, financial and accounting perspective.
What is the threat?
The key issue is to check whether the planned support will constitute the State aid. Since, as a matter of principle, granting State aid is prohibited by law (and it can be allowed upon meeting certain criteria), it is necessary to define the conditions of allowance. The next element is the preparation and implementation of appropriate procedures enabling the legal introduction of a given benefit.
What is the threat?
Quite direct. If you do not find a legal basis for granting the State aid, the subsidy will be inconsistent with the legal framework and introducing it into the budget may result in a negative opinion from the supervisory authorities.
What COMPER can do for you:
- Identify the State aid
- Determine the value of State aid in question
- Prepare solutions to provide legal financing
- Conducting the State aid Test, the Market Economy Investor Principle (and derivatives)
- Select the appropriate exemption from the prohibition (GBER, de minimis, Regulation 1370/2007, SGEI Decision, others)
- Implement the necessary procedures in your company.
Maciej Fornalczyk and his team can support you in this respect and prepare you for effective State aid risk management.
