Key messages
On a general level, we welcome the proposed amendments of the GBER to make the regulation better suited for supporting the green transition.
Member States need more flexibility to design aid instruments, taking into regard safeguards to ensure fair competition. We are concerned that the proposed compulsory competitive bidding process to grant aid regarding clean or zero-emission mobility is too rigid, and in the end may harm instead of help SME’s.
We are concerned that the proposed references in the GBER to the EU Taxonomy Regulation could have the unintended effect of deterring from state aid instruments, those businesses that need such aid most to make the green transition.
