What counts as state aid?
These count as state aid:
- state grants
- interest rate relief
- tax relief
- tax credits
- state guarantees or holdings
- state provision of goods or services on preferential terms
- direct subsidies
- tax exemptions
- preferential interest rates
- guarantees of loans on especially favourable terms
- acquisition of land or buildings either gratuitously or on favourable terms
- provision of goods and services on preferential terms
- indemnities against operating losses
- reimbursement of costs in the event of success
- state guarantees, whether direct or indirect, to credit operations preferential re-discount rates
- dividend guarantees
- preferential public ordering
- reduction of, or exemption from, charges or taxes, including accelerated depreciation and the reduction of social contributions
- deferred collection of fiscal or social contributions
- assistance financed by special levies
- capital transfers
- certain State holdings in the capital of undertakings
- business rates hardship relief payments
- high street support payments.