62020CJ0347_SUM
Case C‑347/20
SIA ‘Zinātnes parks’
v
Finanšu ministrija
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa)
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 January 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Structural Funds – European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 – Co-financing programme – State aid – Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 – Scope – Limits – Concepts of ‘subscribed share capital’ and ‘undertaking in difficulty’ – Exclusion of undertakings in difficulty from ERDF support – Conditions for the taking effect of an increase of the subscribed share capital – Date of submission of evidence of that increase – Principles of non-discrimination and transparency)
Aid granted by a Member State – Prohibition – Exceptions – Categories of aid, defined by regulation, which may be regarded as compatible with the internal market – Regulation No 651/2014 – Scope – Exclusion of aid granted to undertakings in difficulty – Concept of undertaking in difficulty – Criteria for assessment
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1301/2013, Art. 3; Commission Regulation No 651/2014, recital 14 and Arts 1(4) and 2(18)(a); Commission Communication 2014/C 249/01, paras 20 and 23)
(see paragraphs 38-54, operative part 1)
Economic, social and territorial cohesion – European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – Scope of support from the ERDF – Exclusion of undertakings in difficulty – Assessment of the financial situation of the undertaking concerned – Evidential requirements – Application of national law – Conditions
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1301/2013, Art. 3(3)(d); Commission Regulation No 651/2014, Art. 2(18)(a))
(see paragraphs 55-69, operative part 2)
Economic, social and territorial cohesion – European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – Scope of support from the ERDF – Exclusion of undertakings in difficulty – Assessment of the financial situation of the undertaking concerned – Time limits
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1303/2013, Art. 125(3))
(see paragraphs 70-80, operative part 3)
See the text of the decision.