19.5.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 202/14


State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2022/C 202/10)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision

1 February 2022

Case No

88040

Decision No

028/22/COL

EFTA State

Iceland

Title

COVID-19 Scheme to compensate undertakings in the restaurant sector due to pandemic restrictions

Legal basis

Act on grants to undertakings operating restaurants that have been subject to restrictions in opening hours (lög um styrki til rekstraraðila veitingastaða sem hafa sætt takmörkunum á opnunartíma)

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Compensating undertakings operating restaurants, which have a license to serve alcoholic beverages, for the loss of income due to the effects of the containment measures implemented to combat the spreading of COVID-19

Form of aid

Direct grants

Budget

Between ISK 1,5 to 3 billion (approx. EUR 10 to 20 million)

Duration

Until 30 June 2022

Economic sectors

Restaurant sector

Name and address of the granting authority

Iceland Revenue and Customs

Tryggvagata 19

101 Reykjavík

ICELAND

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s Internet: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/