background - European Commission

On 8th May 2012, the Commission set out an ambitious State aid reform programme in the Communication on State aid modernisation.

Communication on State Aid Modernisation (08.05.2012)
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on SAM (15.11.2012)
Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on SAM (29.11.2012)
Resolution of the European Parliament on SAM (17.01.2013), broadly supporting the Commission initiative and its objectives

Press Releases

Commission and EIB agree on State aid matters in relation to activities of EIB Group (IP/14/53, 21.01.2014)
Commission launches major initiative to modernise state aid control (IP/12/458, 08.05.2012)

Statements

Joint statement by Joaquín Almunia, EU Commissioner for Competition, and Werner Hoyer, President of the EIB, on State aid matters in relation to the activities of the EIB Group

Speeches by Joaquín Almunia

State aid reform and the new Regional State Aid Guidelines (01.02.2013)
Doing more with less – State aid reform in times of austerity: Supporting growth amid fiscal constraints (11.01.2013)
Reviewing the Commission's Regional aid guidelines (11.10.2012)
Presenting the State aid modernisation initiative (25.09.2012)
The State aid modernisation initiative (07.06.2012)
Modernising State aid control (23.02.2012)
Priming Europe for growth (02.02.2012)

Archive - previous State aid reform:

The 2005-2009 reform (The State Aid Action Plan)