New EU guidance on rescue and restructuring aid out for public comment
( July 24, 2026, 09:45 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: EU state aid regulators are seeking public views on draft new guidelines on rescuing and restructuring companies outside the financial sector that are “in difficulty.” The new guidelines updates ones from 2014 for “today's changed economic context,” including by adding the steel sector to their scope to give member states room to support ailing plants, and to recognize that innovative startups with initial losses are not necessarily at imminent risk of failing. The deadline for comments is Sept. 4.Statement follows. The guidelines are attached....
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