{"id":22857,"date":"2025-10-03T10:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/?p=22857"},"modified":"2025-10-09T14:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:01:53","slug":"ehpa-feedback-on-the-revision-the-general-block-exemption-regulation-gber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/news-and-resources\/position-papers\/ehpa-feedback-on-the-revision-the-general-block-exemption-regulation-gber\/","title":{"rendered":"State aid rules revision: our input"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22857\" class=\"elementor elementor-22857\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f99af78 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f99af78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eada31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8eada31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>EU State aid rules define how Member States can channel public money into specific sectors, such as heat pumps.<\/p><p>The European Commission is now looking to simplify its State aid rules, which is a positive step in the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA)&#8217;s view.\u00a0<\/p><p>In particular, the &#8216;General Block Exemption Regulation&#8217; (GBER) enables Member States to give public money to certain categories more swiftly, by exempting them from prior notification to the Commission.<\/p><p>This revision represents a valuable opportunity to make full use of state aid instruments to direct national subsidies toward priority industries.<\/p><p>In this context, EHPA recommends that the European Commission ensures the revised GBER is fully integrated within the broader State Aid reforms. The rules must support the EU transition towards climate neutrality, energy security, and economic resilience.<\/p><p>Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccdd3f4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ccdd3f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EHPA-feedback-on-GBER.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Position paper<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU State aid rules define how Member States can channel public money into specific sectors, such as heat pumps. The European Commission is now looking to simplify its State aid rules, which is a positive step in the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA)&#8217;s view. In particular, the &#8216;General Block Exemption Regulation&#8217; (GBER) enables Member States [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":22905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,61,32],"tags":[130,79],"class_list":["post-22857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-policy","category-position-papers","tag-affordability","tag-policy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>State aid rules revision: our input - European Heat Pump Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/news-and-resources\/position-papers\/ehpa-feedback-on-the-revision-the-general-block-exemption-regulation-gber\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State aid rules revision: our input - European Heat Pump Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EU State aid rules define how Member States can channel public money into specific sectors, such as heat pumps. 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