Executive Summary Competitive bidding for state aid ensures that the aid is proportional but does not eliminate the advantage it confers to the beneficiaries. Eligibility criteria must be objective. No ex post adjustment is allowed, but indexing of inflation is permitted. Table of Contents: Introduction Eligibility Auctions Figure 1 Reference prices Table 1 Form of aid Feed-in-tariffs Presence and compatibility of the state aid with the internal market […]
