Announcement
18 Sep 2023
In September 2023, the European Union approved its Chips Act. The act includes the establishment of the EUR 3.3 billion Chips for Europe Initiative, which provides, among others, blended finance to the semiconductor sector.
Source
Number of interventions
3
3 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
21 Sep 2023
Revocation date:
31 Dec 2027
Announced: 11 Dec 2025
Germany: EUR 128 million State aid scheme to X-FAB for setting up a "first-of-a-kind chips factory"
Announced: 11 Dec 2025
Germany: EUR 495 million direct grant scheme to GlobalFoundries to support the developoment of semiconductor technologies
Announced: 19 Jun 2025
Spain: EUR 10.1 million financial grant for the Fundacio Institut de Ciències Fotòniques under Horizon Europe
Announced: 19 Jun 2025
Netherlands: EUR 10.1 million financial grant to TNO under Horizon Europe
Announced: 23 Feb 2025
Austria: EUR 227 million scheme to support ams Osram new wafer manufacturing facility
Announced: 20 Feb 2025
Germany: EUR 920 million grant to support Infineon Technologies AG's construction project of a semiconductor and integrated circuit factory
Announced: 16 Jan 2025
Germany: EIB and Bosch sign EUR 700 million financing agreement for semiconductor production expansion
Announced: 17 Dec 2024
Italy: EUR 1.3 billion to support Singapore's Silicon Box in setting up a new semiconductor facility
Announced: 20 Aug 2024
Germany: EUR 5 billion in state aid to support ESMC's microchip plant in Dresden
Announced: 18 Sep 2023
EU: Establishment of the Chips Joint Undertaking
Announced: 19 Jun 2023
Germany: Government plans to provide up to EUR 9.9 billion to support Intel's new semiconductor factory in Magdeburg
Announced: 09 Mar 2023
EU: Commission adopts new state aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework under the Green Deal Industrial Plan
Announced: 05 Oct 2022
Italy: Introduction of financial grant to support the construction of a semiconductor plant in Sicily
Announced: 12 May 2021
EU: Approval of EUR 95.5 billion Horizon Europe for funding RDI projects until 2027
Announced: 11 May 2021
EU: Approval of EUR 7.6 billion Digital Europe Programme
Announced: 26 Mar 2021
EU: Establishment of the InvestEU Programme in continuation of the Investment Plan for Europe
Announced: 18 Mar 2021
EU: Launch of the European Innovation Council, including a EUR 3 billion fund
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