Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.113322
Date: 2024-05-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Greece, State aid, control of State aid, newspaper, publishing








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/3207


14.5.2024






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.113322
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/3207)








Date of adoption of the decision


26.04.2024




Aid number


SA.113322




Member State


Greece




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


The procedures and detailed conditions for granting the aid are set out in Joint Ministerial Decision (JMD) A1105/29-07-2022 Joint Ministerial Decision on “Procedure and conditions for subsidy for the year 2022 of transport costs for the distribution, as well as the cost of printing paper of publishing companies publishing newspapers and magazines of local, regional and pan-hellenic circulation, which were affected by the serious economic disturbance caused by the Russian attack on Ukraine and the sanctions imposed by the EU and international partners as well as the countermeasures taken, in accordance with the provisions of Art. 81 of Law 4949/2022”, as was amended JMD A. 1053/21-04-2023, and further amended by the current JMD.




Legal basis


The legal basis for the measure is art. 81 of Law 4949/2022 (A' 126) as stands and will be further amended by Law.........2024. The procedures and detailed conditions for granting the aid are set out in Joint Ministerial Decision (JMD) A1105/29-07-2022 Joint Ministerial Decision on “Procedure and conditions for subsidy for the year 2022 of transport costs for the distribution, as well as the cost of printing paper of publishing companies publishing newspapers and magazines of local, regional and pan-hellenic circulation, which were affected by the serious economic disturbance caused by the Russian attack on Ukraine and the sanctions imposed by the EU and international partners as well as the countermeasures taken, in accordance with the provisions of Art. 81 of Law 4949/2022”, as was amended JMD A. 1053/21-04-2023, and further amended by the current JMD.




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 10 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 10 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 30.06.2024




Economic sectors


Publishing activities, Publishing of newspapers




Name and address of the granting authority


Γενική Γραμματεία Επικοινωνίας και Ενημέρωσης/Δ/νση Εποπτείας Μέσων Ενημέρωσης
Φραγκούδη 11 και Αλ. Πάντου, Καλλιθέα, ΤΚ 101 63




Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3207/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)