Important projects of common European interest (IPCEIs), namely projects that support and promote large-scale, cross-border projects that are considered to be essential for the economic growth, innovation, and competitiveness of the Union, are deemed to be compatible with the internal market where they enable cross-European cooperation for innovative technologies or pan-European infrastructures. To help accelerate the design of new and the implementation of existing IPCEIs, support from the ERDF for investments in projects participating in an IPCEI which the Commission has found to be compatible with the internal market pursuant to Article 107(3), point (b), TFEU having taken into account the Commission communication of 25 November 2021 entitled Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of State aid to promote the execution of important projects of common European interest, should be allowed in all categories of regions. Furthermore, operations contributing to an IPCEI approved by the Commission should benefit from simplified selection procedures.
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