Submitted on Monday 20th April 2020
Rejected on Friday 3rd July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Change EU state aid rules for CBILS
The government needs to petition the EU to change the Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak 2020/C 91 I/01 (As amended).
Specifically, these sections:
3.2 Aid in the form of Guarantee's on Loans, section 25, subsection (H):The guarantee may be granted to undertakings that were not in difficulty (within the meaning of the General Block Exemption Regulation (23)) on 31 December 2019; it may be granted to undertakings that are not in difficulty and/or to undertakings that were not in difficulty on 31 December 2019, but that faced difficulties or entered in difficulty thereafter as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand that you want the Government to petition the EU to change the temporary framework for state aid measures to support the economy in the current Covid-19 outbreak, but it's not clear what changes you want the Government to request.
You could start a new petition stating what changes you want the Government to request, and to what end.
We have published a number of petitions calling on the Government to provide financial support to individuals and businesses during the pandemic, which you might like to sign. You can view all open petitions relating to coronavirus here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=covid-19
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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