Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF)
INITIATIVECompetitiveness, Innovation & Strategic Investment
CISAF sets simplified rules for Member States to back decarbonisation, clean-tech manufacturing and energy, while preserving the Single Market. It clarifies when grants, tax credits and accelerated depreciation are compatible, favours competitive tenders, and permits funding-gap methods. It aligns with the Net-Zero Industry Act to build EU value chains and invites proportionate European-preference criteria consistent with EU law, while crowding in private capital through risk-sharing schemes. The framework complements guidance on CfDs/PPAs and cross-border forward capacity allocation, giving industry and administrations longer planning horizon and legal certainty to invest at speed and scale.