Announcement
30 Jul 2021
In July 2021, the European Commission has approved Germany's temporary grant scheme to support long-distance and international passenger rail travel in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the German authorities increased the budget of an already existing aid scheme to promote rail freight transport.
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Number of interventions
2
2 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
30 Jul 2021
Revocation date:
31 Dec 2021
Last action: 30 Jul 2021
Tax or social insurance relief
On 30 July 2021, the European Commission approved a second budget increase of EUR 410 million (approx. USD 486.4 million) for the year 2021 of a scheme to support rail freight transport in Germany. Th...
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Implementation date
30 Jul 2021
Revocation date:
31 May 2022
Last action: 30 Jul 2021
Tax or social insurance relief
On 30 July 2021, the European Commission approved Germany's EUR 2.1 billion (approx. USD 2.49 billion) financial aid scheme to support operators of long-distance passenger rail travel affected by a de...
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Related State Acts
Announced: 25 Jul 2022
Germany: Reintroduction of state aid scheme to support long-distance passenger rail travel (Covid-19)
Removed: 31 Dec 2021
Germany: Temporary budget increase of aid scheme for rail freight transport (COVID-19)
Announced: 10 Dec 2018
Germany: Financial scheme for track access charges to support for rail freight transport
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