A few minutes ago the Commission published this press release announcing the adoption of the new Regional Aid Guidelines for the period 2014-2020. The guidelines will enter into force on 1 July 2014, with the current guidelines (originally due to expire at the end of 2013) being extended until 30 June 2014.
The text of the new Guidelines has not yet been published, but will be posted up on this blog once it is available.
The EC have now published the Regional Aid Guidelines 2014-2020.
They can be downloaded at: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/regional_aid/rag_new_en.pdf
The EPRC has produced a briefing paper reviewing the main changes under the new RAG. This is available here: http://www.eprc.strath.ac.uk/news/EPRC_Policy_Briefing_July.pdf.