Will the amendment to the GBER regulation actually accelerate investment? Commentary by Dr Magdalena Porzeżyńska for Terazśrodowisko.pl
9 July 2025 • Autor: Kancelaria Brysiewicz Bokina i Wspólnicy
At the beginning of March this year. The European Commission approved amendments to the GBER block exemption regulation. These aim to facilitate the provision of state aid for so-called ‘green transition’ investments.
Although EU law imposes a general prohibition on the granting of state aid, in certain cases it may be deemed permissible. Such assessment is made by the EC after prior notification (notification), and the member state is obliged to withhold support pending approval by the Commission - unless one of the exceptions to the notification obligation applies. These include the GBER, which provides for the conditions under which Member States may grant State aid in certain areas without prior notification to the Commission. Thus, this regulation plays a key role from the perspective of the efficient allocation of state aid, as it allows Member States to provide support without having to initiate the - often complex and months-long - notification procedure to the Commissio
-emphasises Dr Magdalena Porzeżyńska, legal counsel, partner at BBS Law Firm. According to the expert, the changes are important and significant, however, they do not constitute a clear breakthrough in the context of the applied methodology, hence at this point it is difficult to determine their role in the actual acceleration of investment financing.
The entire speech is available in an article by Patrycja Rapacka on the Terazśrodowisko.pl portal.
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