State Aid Transparency Register
With the modernization of state aid law (State Aid Modernization), the requirements for the transparency of state aid were increased in 2015. EEA member states - which include the 27 EU member states as well as the three EEA/EFTA states Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway - are required to publish individual aid exceeding the threshold of EUR 500,000 on a national website as of July 1, 2016.
State Aid scheme under the Media Support Act 2023-2029
ESA ID: College Decision 051/23/COL - Prolongation of the Liechtenstein media support scheme
Name of the aid beneficiary: -
Type of beneficiary: SME
Region: Liechtenstein
Economic sector: media company
Aid Instrument: direct and indirect media support
Objective of aid: preservation of pluralism of opinion, promotion of journalistic-editorial quality, support for the dissemination of opinion-forming media in Liechtenstein
Amount of aid: total CHF 11.04 million, annual CHF 1.84 million
Date of grant: -
Name of granting authority: Media Commission
Individual aid under the Media Support Act
ESA ID: College Decision 051/23/COL - Prolongation of the Liechtenstein media support scheme
Name of the aid beneficiary: -
Type of beneficiary: SME
Region: Liechtenstein
Economic sector: media company
Aid Instrument: direct and indirect media support
Objective of aid: preservation of pluralism of opinion, promotion of journalistic-editorial quality, support for the dissemination of opinion-forming media in Liechtenstein
Amount of aid: CHF 925’615
Date of grant: 12.07.2024
Name of granting authority: Media Commission
General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
With the help of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER), the EEA/EFTA States Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway can implement aid measures without having to comply with the notification procedure. Instead, states can simply submit information to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) using the AGVO information sheet template.