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UOKiK’s workshop on State Aid for the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine

13-15 June 2022, online /room: 017 (KNF) UOKiK

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Day 1 (13 June) 

9:30 – 10:00 

Aleksandra Kopeć

Department of State Aid Monitoring

State Aid System in Poland: role of UOKiK

10:00 – 11:00

Marcin Machoń

Department of State Aid Monitoring

Regional aid:

regions eligible for support - mapping of regional aid for the Member State concerned

conditions for granting regional aid (definition of new investment, incentive effect, relocation, cumulation of aid)

examples of regional investment aid in Poland (SSE, government grants, real estate tax exemptions)

11:00 – 11.20

Q&A

11:20 – 11:40

Break

11:40-12:40

Marcin Machoń

Department of State Aid Monitoring

State aid provided by local government units in the form of tax reductions and exemptions:

differentiation of property tax rates

tax exemptions

reliefs in repayment of tax liabilities

examination of the premise of impact on competition and trade (local character) in the case of municipal aid

Conditions for granting state aid for sports infrastructure, multifunctional recreational infrastructure and local infrastructure set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty:

aid for sports and multifunctional recreational infrastructure

investment aid for local infrastructure

12:40 – 13:00

Q&A

13:00 – 14:30

Break

14:30 – 15:00

Marcin Pawlak

Department of State Aid Monitoring

The activities of the Export Credit Insurance Corporation (Polish Export Insurance Agency) in the context of state aid regulations.

15:00 – 15:20

Q&A

Day 2 (14 June) 

9:30-10:30

Piotr Krasnodębski

Department of State Aid Monitoring

The application of state aid rules to entities operating within the national education system (kindergartens, schools, universities)

1) The scope of the concept of a national education system

2) Special status of higher education institutions

3) Possible exemptions from the application of the state aid rules

10:30 – 10:50

Q&A

10:50 – 11:20

Izabela Kopcińska

Department of State Aid Monitoring

• Private Operator Test:
• General principles (including issues related to recapitalization of municipal companies)
• Evidence that must be provided to demonstrate that the test is met
• The main differences between the Private Investor Test and the Private Creditor Test
• Other types of test, i.e. cases of sale/purchase of goods and services, loans and guarantees
• The case law of the EU courts

11:20 – 11:40

Q&A

11:40 – 12:00

Break

12:00 – 13:00

Izabela Kopcińska

Department of State Aid Monitoring

Services of general economic interest in the land transport sector:

• Regulation 1370 - general rules (including rolling stock/vehicle rules)
• Practical aspects of the application of Regulation 1370 (noting that we may not be able to provide the documents requested by AMCU, as well as having limited experience with exclusive rights)

13:00 – 13:20

Q&A

Day 3 (15 June)

9:30-10:30

Aleksandra Kopeć

Department of State Aid Monitoring

Application of state aid rules to entities employing people with disabilities in Poland

1) Measures to promote the employment and rehabilitation of disabled people

2) Possible exemptions from the application of state aid rules

3) Types and conditions of admissibility of public aid granted for employment and rehabilitation of disabled people

10:30 – 10:50

Q&A

10:50 – 11:10

Break

11:10 – 11:40

Aleksandra Kopeć

Department of State Aid Monitoring

The application of the Temporary Crisis Framework, i.e.:

• Communication Notice – “Temporary Crisis Framework on State Aid Measures to Support the Economy as a Result of Russia's Aggression Against Ukraine”
• Communication Notice – “Temporary Framework on Aid Measures to Support the Economy in the context of the Ongoing COVID-19 Outbreak”

11:40 – 12:00

Q&A