The European Commission is to investigate a grant given by Slovenia’s government to a Renault unit to see if rules on state aid have been breached.

The investigation centres on an EUR40m contribution to a project in the Novo Mesto region, the Commission said.

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“The Commission will verify whether the positive effects of the project for regional development outweigh the distortions of competition triggered by the public support,” the Commission said in a statement.