State Aid - steel sector rules explained

The rules for when State Aid is allowable in the steel sector, as applied to the new EU member States (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, etc) are explained in an Competition Policy Newsletter published by the European Commission earlier this year.

The newsletter article discusses steel company viability, and the importance of permanent capacity reductions as essential aspects of restructuring if State Aid is to be allowed

You can find the article on our main website together with our other steel industry reports, or you can download a copy directly from our archive.

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