To assist the Icelandic authorities in relation to COVID-19, the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has established a working group that will be on hand to advise the authorities on measures that might constitute state aid under the EEA Agreement's competition rules.
The EEA Agreement's state aid rules take account of special circumstances such as COVID-19, and the Agreement provides a legal basis for various measures that can be granted to companies in difficulty. Any state aid or state aid scheme must receive approval from the ESA before it can be implemented. Through the aforementioned working group, the ESA is prepared to take a position on the granting of state aid in a short timeframe.
On the ESA website má finna upplýsingasíðu um ríkisaðstoðarreglur og COVID-19.
Í gær samþykkti framkvæmdastjórn Evrópusambandsins ríkisaðstoðarkerfi sem dönsk yfirvöld ætla að setja á laggirnar, til þess að greiða skipuleggjendum viðburða í Danmörku bætur vegna tjóns sem hlýst vegna afboðunar útaf COVID-19. Er þetta fyrsta ríkisaðstoðin sem hefur verið samþykkt vegna COVID-19. Fréttatilkynning frá því í gær er aðgengileg hér.
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