(Reuters, Brussels, 28 January 2021) Reuters reports that EU competition regulators on 28 January extended looser state aid rules for virus-hit companies to the end of 2021, making it easier for EU governments to pump money into economies battered by the pandemic. This includes extension to the end of 2021 of the temporary removal of all countries from the list of “marketable risk” countries under its short-term export-credit insurance guidance because of the continued lack of sufficient private capacity to cover export risks.
