An Important Project of Common European interest is a specific possibility to find aid compatible with the internal market. In the past it was rarely

 What’s an IPCEI?

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An Important Project of Common European interest is a specific possibility to find aid compatible with the internal market. In the past it was rarely used until 2014 when the European Commission revived this clause by adopting a dedicated Communication laying out the conditions for its application.

Positive spill-over effects on internal market/union society; benefits not limited to participating Member States & companies

In case of R&D&I, projects must be of a major innovative nature or of important added value in the light od the state of the art in the sector

First industrial deployment covered where it allows for the development of a new product with high R&D&I content or of a fundamentally innovative production process

The existence of the market failure affecting the project can be presumed (under normal R&D&I aid rules, this needs to be proven for larger projects;

The project can be aided up to 100% of the funding gap on the basis of a large set of eligible costs (under normal regional aid and R&D&I aid rules. There are upper limits and the closer to the markets, the lower the caps;

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