PLN 21.42 bln in public aid in 2013

In 2013, Polish authorities granted businesses PLN 21.42 billion worth of public aid, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) said in a report on Thursday. A year earlier the figure was PLN 21.8 billion. Just like in previous years, tax reliefs and subsidies stood for 97.8 percent of the total value of public aid, the UOKiK said. In the transportation sector, aid was PLN 4.9 billion in 2013, which is PLN 1 billion more than in 2012. Railway sector companies received some 65 percent of that sum.