State aid
This article is written according to the legal status current as of: 2024-01-12
What does the term "state aid" refer to? State aid for entrepreneurs is primarily a financial help that comes from the national budget or local authorities’ budgets. The aim of the state aid is to benefit certain economic operators, to potentially distort the competition and improve the trade in the EU. Article 87 of the Treaty of the European Union says that state aid is any form of support that jointly meets the following criteria: Aid granted to enterprises – in connection with employing a person assigned by the district labour office – in form of intervention works, public works, refund of social insurance contributions is state aid intended to support employment, i.e. creating new jobs and help in the process of recruitment. The employer applying for such a form of support informs the district labour office whether he has received state aid. It takes a form of a written declaration attached to the application form. De minimis aid is a form of state aid. Every employer, applying for reimbursement of the costs borne on furnishing or providing additional equipment for a work-stand for an unemployed person following an assignment, is obliged to attach a de minimis state aid declaration to an application form. This information is required in order to check whether the enterprise does not exceed the admissible aid amount. In the case of one-off subsidies for undertaking business activities, de minimis regulations are also applied. State aid may be granted to an employer if the total amount of aid the entrepreneur has received for the period of three years does not exceed €200 000 or, in the case of the transport sector, €100 000. Source: http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/competition/state-aid Development: Editorial team of Zielona Linia state aid
Aid to companies that create new jobs is granted if:
Aid in the process of recruitment is granted to enterprises if:
De minimis aid:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/overview/index_en.html