The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €3.8 billion Italian scheme made available through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to deploy high-performing gigabit networks in areas of the country where there is no current or planned network able to provide at least 300 megabits per second (Mbps) download speed.
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules: €2.55 billion of restructuring aid to enable the Group Transportes Aéreos Portugueses SGPS S.A. and the airline TAP Air Portugal return to viability; and €107.1 million aid to compensate TAP Air Portugal for damages suffered as a result of the coronavirus pandemic between 1 July 2020 and 30 December 2020.
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €3 billion Spanish scheme to support research, development and innovation, as well as environmental protection and energy efficiency measures of companies in the value chain for electric and connected vehicles.