This is the new MLex platform. Existing customers should continue to use the existing MLex platform until migrated.
For any queries, please contact Customer Services or your Account Manager.
Dismiss

State Aid

Insight View More

UAE's Adnoc sees EU foreign-subsidy probe into Covestro takeover paused June 03, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has seen EU foreign subsidy regulators pause their review of its takeover of German chemicals group Covestro, according to a new update on the European Commission’s website. The ... (more story)

Manchester authority's loans had independent scrutiny, it tells UK court May 29, 2025 | Jon Menon

A UK local authority accused of subsidizing a real estate developer defended itself in the country's specialized competition court today, arguing that loans it made were independently scrutinized and weren't a... (more story)

Manchester authority distorted market with real estate loans, UK court hears May 27, 2025 | Jon Menon

Greater Manchester Combined Authority subsidized a real estate developer without going through the proper process to determine the pricing of loans, a rival told a UK specialized competition court. The challen... (more story)

Heavy-duty vehicle makers prefer electricity over hydrogen, says EU Commission May 27, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Truck and bus manufacturers are choosing electricity over hydrogen to reduce their CO2 emissions, a European Commission report said today. With one in three new heavy-duty vehicles expected to be zero emission... (more story)

ECHR president Marko Bošnjak set to join the EU Court of Justice May 26, 2025 | Jean Comte

Representatives of EU member states are set to approve the nomination of Marko Bošnjak, the current president of the European Court of Human Rights, as a judge at the EU Court of Justice. The appointment is pa... (more story)

Czech president raises EU foreign subsidies probe with Von der Leyen May 21, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Czechia’s president used a trip to Brussels to air concerns to the head of the European Commission about a looming EU subsidies probe into the award of a 16 billion-euro contract to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power... (more story)

EU cross-border aid program needs further simplification, France says May 20, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello and Jean Comte

Paris is pushing for more exemptions and co-financing for the EU-wide program that allows the unlocking of state-aid for cross-border strategic projects, according to a note seen by MLex. The country also sugg... (more story)

Adnoc seeks EU foreign subsidy clearance for Covestro deal May 15, 2025 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has sought EU foreign subsidy approval for its plan to take over German chemicals group Covestro, MLex has learned. The European Commission will now have 25 working days to decid... (more story)

Comment View More

Dealmakers eying EU M&A get stark warning in subsidy review of UAE telecom buyout April 14, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst, Lewis Crofts and Andrew Boyce

The European M&A landscape for companies backed by foreign states looks more complicated, in light of newly published documents that show the dealmaking of UAE telecom operator Etisalat — known as e& — will fa... (more story)

ADNOC’s previous EU FSR clearance will help Covestro deal, but by how much? February 27, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company must feel its path to EU foreign-subsidy approval for its 14.7 billion-euro takeover of Germany's Covestro has been smoothed by the European Commission’s clearance of another lar... (more story)

Unleashing the EU's cross-border subsidy ‘giant’ is key to growth ambitions February 20, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Multistate, subsidy-backed projects in fields such as semiconductors, AI, advanced materials and clean tech will take center stage in the EU's push for growth and economic transition, as the European Commissio... (more story)

EU hydrogen bank’s state aid tool is here to stay December 26, 2024 | Stefano Porciello

The EU hydrogen bank’s option to use EU-wide auctions to guide national funding has the potential to align national and EU financial firepower toward common objectives. The tool developed for hydrogen is alrea... (more story)

Nuclear industry still unclear over EU policy direction after commissioner hearings November 13, 2024 | Stefano Porciello

Any hopes in the EU nuclear-power industry that lawmakers' questioning of candidates to front the next European Commission would bring clarity over the EU approach to sector’s future were frustrated again yest... (more story)

Comment: For Covestro deal, ADNOC should study EU foreign-subsidy troubles that e&-PPF had October 04, 2024 | Tono Gil and Andrew Boyce

Efforts by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to complete its buyout of Germany’s Covestro will undoubtedly include a close study of the remedies that Emirates Telecommunications Group recently offered to win ... (more story)

Comment: Need for speed will see Ribera revisit EU’s competition rulebook September 26, 2024 | Lewis Crofts

The edict is writ large for the EU’s new competition enforcer: go faster. When Teresa Ribera takes up the reins later this year, one of her main challenges will be to accelerate the machinery of enforcement, c... (more story)

PPF-e& clearance shows EU foreign-subsidy rules have room for compromise September 24, 2024 | Lewis Crofts

Dealmakers may have been concerned that the EU’s new foreign-subsidy rulebook might leave their transactions in limbo, but today’s decision to clear a United Arab Emirates-backed deal — two and a half months b... (more story)