EU: Updated State aid rules for sustainable transportation
Effective March 30, 2026
The European Commission (EC) yesterday announced that it has adopted the State aid Land and Multimodal Transport Guidelines (LMT Guidelines) and the State aid Transport Block Exemption Regulation (TBER), which establish a coherent State aid framework for a broad range of sustainable transportation modes.
The new rules replace the 2008 Guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings and become effective March 30, 2026. The TBER will be in place until December 31, 2034. There is no end date for the LMT Guidelines.