On Thursday 19 March, the European Commission adopted a Temporary Framework to enable Member States to
use the full flexibility foreseen under State aid rules to support their economy and help overcome the extremely
difficult situation triggered by the Coronavirus outbreak. From direct grants to subsidised public loans to State
guarantees for loans, the Temporary Framework provides for five types of aid, which can be granted by Member
States.
This Temporary Framework is based on Article 107(3)(b) TFEU and complements other possibilities available
to Member States to mitigate the social-economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak in line with EU State aid
rules, notably the possibility under Article 107(2)b TFEU to compensate specific companies or specific sectors
for the damages directly caused by exceptional occurrences, such as the coronavirus outbreak.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, the following State aid measures have been adopted under
both Article 107(2)b and under the Temporary Framework:
