EC Statement: State aid - Commission authorises temporary Slovenian scheme for subsidised state guarantees to boost real economy
( June 12, 2009, 15:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- Extract: The European Commission has authorised under EC Treaty rules on state aid a Slovenian scheme aimed at providing relief to companies encountering financing difficulties as a result of the credit squeeze in the current economic crisis. The scheme allows authorities to grant aid in the form of subsidised guarantees for investment and working capital loans concluded by 31 December 2010.The European Commission has authorised under EC Treaty rules on state aid a Slovenian scheme aimed at providing relief to companies encountering financing difficulties as a result of the credit squeeze in the current economic crisis. The scheme allows authorities to grant aid in the form of subsidised guarantees for investment and working capital loans concluded by 31 December 2010. The scheme, as amended following contacts with the Commission, meets the conditions of the Commission’s Temporary Framework for state aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis (see IP/08/1993), as amended on 25 February 2009, because it is limited in time, respects the relevant thresholds and applies only to companies that were not in difficulties before 1 July 2008. It is therefore compatible with Article 87(3)(b) of the EC Treaty, which permits aid to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State....
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