SUBSIDIES
New
and Full Notification Pursuant to Article XVI:1
of the GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
European
Union
Addendum
The following addendum
to the notification of the European Union dated and received on 31 July 2025 relates to the
subsidy programmes of Estonia.
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Table
of contents
1 AID FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.. 3
1.1 R & D Financing Programmes. 3
2 Other horizontal aid.. 5
2.1 Support for the Participation of Entrepreneurs in Trade
Fairs and for Organizing Conferences. 5
2.2 Training Programmes for Companies. 6
2.3 Guarantee Schemes for Companies. 7
2.4 Start-Up Programmes. 8
2.5 Employment Aid.. 9
2.6 Loan Scheme for Companies. 10
2.7 Consultancy Programmes. 11
2.8 Subsidies for Companies in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. 13
3 Regional Aid.. 14
3.1 Programmes of Investment and Other Regional Support. 14
4 Environmental aid.. 16
4.1 Environmental Programmes. 16
4.2 Support for electricity produced from renewable sources
and efficient cogeneration.. 17
4.3 Subsidy for Biomethane Production.. 18
4.4 Exemption on Excise Duty for Electricity for
Electro-intensive Companies.. 19
4.5 Exemption on Excise Duty for Natural Gas for Companies
with Intensive Gas Consumption.. 19
4.6 Temporary Use of Special Purpose Diesel for Companies
Holding an Extraction Permit. 20
5 DOMESTIC SUPPORT IN AGRICULTURE.. 21
5.1 General Services. 21
5.2 Domestic food AID.. 24
5.3 Structural adjustment assistance provided through resource
retirement programmes. 25
5.4
Structural Adjustment Assistance Provided Through Investment Aids. 26
5.5 Payment Under Environmental Programs. 27
5.6 Insurance support. 29
5.7 Fuel Tax Exemption.. 30
5.8 Short-Term Loans and LOAN Guarantees. 31
5.9 Product specific support. Exceptional temporary support. 32
6 DOMESTIC SUPPORT IN FISHERIES SECTOR.. 33
6.1 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) 2014-2020
SUPPORT.. 33