(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER 30 - It is up to the member states to "notify the European Commission" if the German plan to support families and businesses from the increase in energy prices can be classified as "state aid" and it is the task of the EU executive to "monitor that there are reasonable levels of state aid and avoid distortion in the single market".
This was stated by a spokesman for the European Commission at the daily briefing.
"We need to separate the political nature of the debate from the role of the Commission, which is more juridical, that is, to enforce the current framework of rules".
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