Policy field
Competition: State aid
Target group
All citizens, organisations, companies and public authorities are welcome to contribute to this consultation.
Period of consultation
From 25.02.2026 to 23.04.2026
Objective of the consultation
The Commission is seeking stakeholder views on the draft for a new General Block Exemption Regulation.
The State aid General Block Exemption Regulation (“GBER”) declares specific categories of State aid compatible with Article 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU), if they fulfil certain conditions. Aid fulfilling these conditions is exempted from the requirement of prior notification and Commission approval. The GBER enables Member States to quickly provide aid if conditions limiting the distortion of competition in the Single Market are met.
Following a broad public consultation and call for evidence in 2025, the Commission has reviewed the GBER with the aim to simplify it, bring it into line with social, market and technological developments and streamline it by addressing inconsistencies and improving readability.
The draft for a revised GBER submitted for this public consultation reflects those objectives.
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 GBER-REVISION-PUBLIC-CONSULTATION
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (subject: HT.6365_Reply_from_a_citizen) (here) to submit your contribution. - If you are answering this consultation on behalf of an organisation, please click GBER-REVISION-PUBLIC-CONSULTATIONec [dot] europa [dot] eu (subject: HT.6365_Reply_from_an_organisation) (here) to submit your contribution.
- If you are answering this consultation on behalf of a public authority, please click GBER-REVISION-PUBLIC-CONSULTATIONec [dot] europa [dot] eu (subject: HT.6365_Reply_from_a_public_authority) (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.
We would appreciate receiving submissions electronically as attachments to emails in English, French or German. These attachments should, furthermore, be submitted in “.docx” or “.pdf” format, otherwise they will not be published.
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
Reference documents
- Explanatory Memorandum
- Supporting document - table of correspondence
- Endorsement of the content of a draft Commission Regulation declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, amending Regulations (EU) 2022/2472, (EU) 2022/2473, and (EU) XX/XX [Transport Block Exemption Regulation]
- Press release
- Public consultation and call for evidence (closed)
- Review of the General Block Exemption Regulation website
Contact details
Responsible service:
Directorate-General for Competition – Unit A.3
Please always indicate the reference number in your correspondence: HT. 6365
e-mail: GBER-REVISION-PUBLIC-CONSULTATIONec [dot] europa [dot] eu (GBER-REVISION-PUBLIC-CONSULTATION[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Postal address:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition, Unit A3
State aid Registry
1049 Bruxelles /Brussel
Belgique /België
Ref: HT.6365
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