Policy field
Competition: State aid
Target group
Member States, credit insurers and other interested parties
Consultation period
From 15.03.2018 to 16.04.2018
Objective of the consultation
As a consequence of the difficult situation in Greece, a lack of insurance or reinsurance capacity to cover exports to Greece was observed in the years 2012-2017. This led the Commission to amend the Communication of the Commission to the Member States on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty to short-term export-credit insurance (Communication on short-term export-credit insurance) by temporarily removing Greece from the list of marketable risks countries. The most recent modification is due to expire on 30 June 2018.
The Commission shall determine whether the current market situation justifies the expiry of Greece’s removal from the list of marketable risk countries in the second half of 2018 and first half of 2019, or whether a prolongation is needed.
In order to establish the availability of sufficient private capacity the Commission invites Member States, credit insurers and other interested parties to submit the following information:
- (a) Private credit insurance capacity: availability of credit insurance from private insurers in all Member States in the first half of 2018 (changes in the private capacity, withdrawals from or entries of private credit insurers to that market), quarterly data on the exposure to Greece per private insurer, per Member State for the last two quarters (number of requests, acceptance ratio, total insured turnover, and average premium charged).
- (b) Activity of insurers acting on behalf or with State guarantee or the State itself in provision of short-term credit insurance for exports to Greece in the first half of 2018: availability of credit insurance in all Member States, number of requests, acceptance ratio, total insured turnover, and average premium charged in Member States concerned.
- (c) Sovereign sector ratings: changes in Greece's credit ratings for the last six months.
- (d) Corporate sector performance in Greece (e.g. insolvencies ratio in the first half of 2018, forecasts for the remainder of 2018).
- (e) Other relevant data and information.
How to submit your contribution
Please submit your contribution in an electronic format.
e-mail: stateaidgreffe
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (subject: HT-4524) (stateaidgreffe[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Please always indicate the reference number in your correspondence: HT.4524
Due to the confidential nature of the information sought received contributions will not be published.
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Contact details
Directorate-General for Competition – Unit D5 State Aids III – Financial Institutions
For any questions please contact: Ms Annick DEBLAERE (00 32 2 29 74156; e-mail: Annick [dot] DEBLAEREec [dot] europa [dot] eu (Annick[dot]DEBLAERE[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)), or Mr. Maurits PINO (00 32 29 93367; e-mail: Maurits [dot] PINOec [dot] europa [dot] eu (Maurits[dot]PINO[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)).