Modernisation: The European Commission adopts new regional guidelines for 2014-2020

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The current Regional Aid Guidelines for 2007-2013 and the Commission Communication on the criteria for the in-depth assessment of regional aid to large investment projects were due to expire at the end of the year. The Commission is extending them until 30 June 2014 to allow Member States to draw up new regional aid maps which determine the regions eligible for such aid. It already now lays down the guidelines which will apply for the following period and on the basis of which the new maps will be drawn up. With regard to contextual elements, regional disparities have decreased. However, this has not led the Commission to reduce the percentage of the