The Georgian Competition and Consumer Agency (GCCA) has published data regarding the distribution of Insignificant Amounts of Individual State Aid by the government. According to the information processed by the GCCA, a total of 28 instances of Insignificant Amounts of Individual State Aid were granted by various institutions in Georgia in 2024, amounting to GEL 5,313,225.
The largest distributor of Insignificant Amounts of Individual State Aid in 2024 was Ozurgeti Municipality, followed by the Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara and Lanchkhuti Municipality. The primary forms of state aid were financial assistance (73%) and exemptions from penalties as stipulated in contractual agreements (27%).
For context, in 2023, the total volume of de minimis individual state aid amounted to GEL 8,337,803, in 2022 it was GEL 3,010,036, and in 2021 it totaled GEL 14,744,673.
Under the applicable legal framework, the aid-granting authorities are required to submit detailed information to the GCCA by February 1 of the year following the reporting period. This includes the amount of aid, its timeline, and the recipients. Based on this information, the GCCA compiles an annual registry of de minimis individual state aid.
For your information: State aid is granting a selective economic advantage to an undertaking by transferring budgetary funds or state resources or establishing another benefit, in any form. State aid shall be classified as an insignificant amount of individual state aid if the amount of it, in relation to one undertaking, in total, during 3 consecutive fiscal years, does not exceed 400,000 GEL, for one undertaking operating in the field of land freight shipping, in total, shall not exceed 200,000 GEL.
