The EU Commission approves €21M Polish scheme to compensate the tourism sector for damages suffered due to restrictive measures at the Polish-Belarusian border

State aid: Commission approves €21 million Polish scheme to compensate tourism sector for damages suffered due to restrictive measures at the Polish-Belarusian border* The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €21 million (PLN 100 million) Polish scheme to compensate companies active in the tourism sector for damages suffered as result of the restrictive measures adopted by Poland in response to the instrumentalisation of migrants by the Belarusian authorities at the EU's external border. The Polish measure On 2 September 2021, Poland declared the state of emergency in a part of the Podlaskie