Policy field
Competition: State aid
Target group
Public authorities, citizens, companies and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. Contributions are particularly sought from Member States, undertakings active in the land transport sector, and related associations.
Period of consultation
From 18.06.2024 to 20.09.2024
Objective of the consultation
The Commission is publishing for consultation the draft Land and Multimodal Transport Guidelines (LMTG) and Transport Block Exemption Regulation (TBER).
The TBER will exempt from prior notification certain categories of aid in the rail, inland waterways and multimodal transport sector. The TBER will complement the LMTG, which set out the conditions to assess the compatibility with the Single Market of aid to sustainable land transport that is not block-exempted and will replace the 2008 Railway Guidelines. These two sets of rules will form a comprehensive and up-to-date rulebook for aid to sustainable land transport.
The proposals follow the conclusions of the Fitness Check on the existing State aid rules in the field of land transport sector that showed that adjustments were needed to reflect market developments and the current EU's strategic priorities, including the European Green Deal.
How to submit your contribution
We welcome contributions from citizens, organisations and public authorities.
- If you are answering this consultation as a citizen, please click here to submit your contribution.
- If you are answering this consultation on behalf of an organisation, please click here to submit your contribution.
- If you are answering this consultation on behalf of a public authority, please click here to submit your contribution.
Received contributions will be published on this webpage. Submissions that are clearly marked "confidential" will be treated as such and not published. In that case please also provide a non-confidential version of your reply. It is important to read the privacy statement attached to this consultation for information on how your personal data and contribution will be dealt with.
When providing us with the documents requested above, please ensure that redactions made by you properly cover all confidential information and cannot be reversed.
Please note that we cannot guarantee to take account of replies received after the deadline.
We would appreciate receiving documents in an electronic format.
Consultation documents
- Communication from the Commission - Approval of the content of a draft for a Communication from the Commission - Guidelines on State aid for land and multimodal transport
- Draft Communication from the Commission - Guidelines on State aid for land and multimodal transport
- Communication from the Commission - Approval of the content of a draft for a Commission Regulation declaring certain categories of aid in the rail, inland waterways and multimodal transport sector compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 93, 107 and 108 TFEU
- Draft Commission Regulation declaring certain categories of aid in the rail, inland waterways and multimodal transport sector compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 93, 107 and 108 of the Treaty
- Explanatory note
- Press release: Commission invites comments on draft revised State aid rules for land and multimodal transport
Reference documents and other related consultations
- Communication from the Commission - Community guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings
- Inception impact assessment - Revision of the Community Guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings
- Impact assessment support study for the review of the Community guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings
- Roadmap - New Land Transport Enabling Regulation
- Call for Evidence - Block exemption regulation on the application of Articles 93 and 108 of the Treaty
- Proposal for a Council Regulation on the application of Articles 93, 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of State aid in the rail, inland waterway and multimodal transport sector
- Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2586 of 19 December 2022 on the application of Articles 93, 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of State aid in the rail, inland waterway and multimodal transport sector
Contact details
Responsible service:
Directorate-General for Competition – Unit F2
Please always indicate the reference number in your correspondence: HT.5524
e-mail: comp-rail-revision
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (comp-rail-revision[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Postal address:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Ref.: HT.5524
State aid Registry
1049 Bruxelles /Brussel
Belgique /België
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