The map defines the Portuguese regions that are eligible for regional investment aid under EU state aid rules and establishes the maximum levels of aid (so-called “aid intensities”) that can be granted.
The 2014 Guidelines on Regional State Aid allow for a mid-term review of the regional aid maps approved by the Commission.
This enables Member States to make amendments to the list of supported areas and/or the level of aid intensities in supported areas, in order to take into account recent changes in the social and economic circumstances of individual
regions.
The modifications to the maps need to comply with the criteria set out in the Guidelines.
Portugal notified plans to allow higher levels of regional investment aid to companies investing in the Region of Madeira. The maximum aid intensity ceiling for large enterprises in Madeira will be 45 percent of the investment costs instead of 35 percent as set out in the regional aid map approved by the Commission in 2014.
The modified map will be in force from 1 January 2017 until 31 December 2020.