18 June 2024
The European Commission is revising its guidelines for state aid in the transport sector to align with current strategic priorities such as the European Green Deal. The current guidelines for the rail sector have been effective but need updating to reflect technological and market changes.
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on new rules for land and multimodal transport, which will replace the Guidelines for Rail Transport with Guidelines for Land and Multimodal Transport (LMT) and introduce a Transport Block Exemption Regulation (TBER). These new rules aim to broaden the scope of state aid to include all less polluting modes of land transport and to streamline aid procedures. Interested parties can respond until the 20th of September 2024.
The draft texts of the LMT Guidelines and the TBER will be discussed in meetings with Member States, followed by a multi-stakeholder meeting. This will allow extensive opportunities for feedback from stakeholders. Adoption of the revised Guidelines and the new TBER is planned for the end of 2025.