#62025CJ0058EU Court Ruling on Municipal Property Purchase Aid
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The European Court ruled that municipal property purchase schemes in high-priced regions, where municipalities have discretion to impose eligibility criteria and determine financial support levels, do not constitute state aid that requires notification to the European Commission. This impacts municipalities looking to implement financial aid schemes for property purchases without needing to notify the Commission.
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Key Changes
- Municipalities can choose to implement property aid schemes.
- Such schemes don't need to be notified as state aid.
- Municipal discretion in setting eligibility and support levels.
Obligations
What this law requires
Flemish Government must establish and update every six years a list of WIES municipalities based on highest immovable property prices, with the first list created in 2023
Municipal councils in designated WIES municipalities must adopt municipal regulations to implement special conditions for property sales if they choose to participate in the scheme
Municipal regulations must establish criteria for imposing sale conditions that relate to the objectives of the WIES Decree and the financial capacity of the municipality
Municipal regulations must determine and specify the final minimum percentage of dwellings or plots to which sale conditions apply (at least 40% for public entity-owned plots, 20-40% for privately-owned plots)
Applicants for environmental permits must indicate in their application which plots of land or dwellings are intended to meet the final percentage determined by the municipal council