EU Commission: Czech, French, Dutch and Slovak ETS-related State aid schemes get updated approval

The European Commission has given its approval to amendments in four national schemes designed to compensate energy-intensive companies for higher electricity bills caused by carbon pricing (‘indirect emission costs’) under the EU ETS. The national schemes belong to Czechia, France, the Netherlands and Slovakia.

These aid schemes exist to lower the odds that heavy energy users move their operations outside the EU to jurisdictions with weaker climate rules, a shift that would otherwise push global emissions upward rather than down. The updates bring the four countries' schemes in line with the revised ETS State aid Guidelines that the Commission put in place in December 2025.

The Czech, French and Dutch schemes will now cover a wider set of sectors, matching the list added in the annex to…