De Mimimis Aid Quiz

Is De-minimis a grant scheme?

Is De minimis a mechanism to track small aids given to undertaking?

Under De minimis, a company can receive up to €200,000 (at applicable exchange rate) of De minimis state aid over a rolling three-year period

If your company is operating in the road freight transport sector, the De minimis threshold level is set at :

ABC company received €10,000 in October 2019 and €150,000 in January 2022.
The company’s fiscal year runs from 1st January to 31 December.
If an application is approved on 1 February 2022, what is the amount of De-minimis aid that the company should declare?

My company has recently merged with another one. Does the amount of De minimis to be reported under the new company is the total amount of De minimis received by each of the merged enterprises?

Any false declaration on De minimis made by a company can result in the aid being recovered plus some additional interest.