Pöördumine

Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / 611 3558 / [email protected] / www.rahandusministeerium.ee

registrikood 70000272

Ivo Jaanisoo

Kliimaministeerium

[email protected]

Komisjoni küsimustik ja kutse

kohtumisele teemal sotsiaalne ja

taskukohane eluase

Austatud härra Jaanisoo

Euroopa Komisjoni konkurentsi peadirektoraat (edaspidi komisjon) korraldab 26. juunil

Brüsselis liikmesriikide vahelise kohtumise teemal „State aid in the field of social and

affordable housing“.

Kuna elamumajanduse valdkond kuulub Kliimaministeeriumi kompetentsi, edastame Teile

kutse kohtumisele koos päevakavaga. Koos kutsega saatis komisjon ka küsimustiku, millele

ootab vastuseid 1. juuniks. Kutse, päevakava ja küsimustik on lisas.

Palume Teil vastata hiljemalt 30. maiks küsimustikule ning teavitada meid, kas

Kliimaministeeriumil on võimalik kohtumisel osaleda ning kes osaleb.

Lugupidamisega

(allkirjastatud digitaalselt)

Tarmo Porgand

osakonnajuhataja halduspoliitika asekantsleri ülesannetes

Lisa(d):

Komisjoni küsimustik;

Kutse 26.06.2024 kohtumisele;

Päevakava

Maris Kalda 5885 1434

[email protected]

Meie 14.05.2024 nr 12.1-1/2256-1

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË — Tel. +32 22991111

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMPETITION

Directorate F – Transport, Post and other services Unit F3 – State aid – Post and other services

Brussels, 29/04/2024 COMP.F.3/comp(2024)3611462

TO THE MEMBER STATES

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am pleased to invite you to attend a meeting on State aid in the field of social and affordable housing in Brussels.

• Date: Wednesday, 26th June 2024 from 09:00 to 17:00 • Location: Centre de Conférences Albert Borschette, meeting room TBC

(Rue Froissart, 36 – 1040 Brussels)

You will find enclosed the draft agenda of the meeting, as well as a list of questions in preparation for the meeting. I would ask you to submit your answers by 1st June 2024.

Please note that all participants to this meeting should confirm their attendance before 1st June 2024. This procedure is mandatory for all participants in order to comply with security rules to access the Commission’s building.

The usual Commission rules regarding the reimbursement of officials from the Member States participating at meetings shall apply.

• The travel costs incurred by one representative per Member State will be borne by the Commission within the limits of its regulations. Reimbursement can only be paid into bank accounts in the name of the Member State, ministry or public organisation to which he/she belongs and not into a private bank account.

• That representative has to fill in the electronic form and insert documents necessary for reimbursement, as required by the financial rules applicable in the Commission, no later than 30 calendar days after the final day of the meeting.

• Payment is only guaranteed if the representative submits the documents requested and signs the presence sheet at the beginning of the meeting.

Do not hesitate to inform us of any particular need resulting from a disability, so that we may take it into account when organising this meeting/conference.

Please note that the Commission is committed to protect your personal data and to respect your privacy. The Commission collects and further processes personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË — Tel. +32 22991111

2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data.

Yours faithfully,

(e-signed)

Eduardo MARTINEZ RIVERO Head of Unit

Enclosures: - Draft Agenda - Questions to be replied to by 1st June 2024

Contacts: - For administrative matters: [email protected] - For questions on the topic of the meeting: [email protected]

Preparatory questions

Q1. Can you please provide an overview of the current state of the housing sector in your Member State, including its size, sources of financing, key players and their ownership (public or private), and key challenges? When describing the key challenges in your country, please focus on challenges regarding affordability in the i) construction and renovations sector, ii) sales sector and iii) rental sector, depending on relevance. If possible, please also describe if, and to what extent the housing market in your Member State is the object of cross-border investments and activities from undertakings established in other Member States.

Q2. In your assessment, are there any indications or evidence suggesting the existence of market failures within the housing sector in your Member State? For example, are there observable patterns such as low construction rates or lack of affordable housing? If so, please elaborate on the nature and extent of these failures.

It is important to distinguish that not all market outcomes that seem undesirable are due to market failures. Specifically, the mere decision by undertakings/investors to avoid investing in housing projects with low profitability or in a region with limited market demand and/or poor cost competitiveness may not be an indication of a market failure. However, a market failure might be at play where market forces alone are unable to achieve an efficient outcome (e.g., due to externalities, information asymmetry, public goods). Such market failures may be evidenced by supply-demand mismatches in the housing sector.

Q3. In you view, is there any evidence suggesting that the housing sector in your Member State is unable to address certain policy objectives, for instance regarding access to adequate housing for all citizens?

Q4. How are the following concepts defined in legislation in your Member State, if at all?

a. Social housing

b. Affordable housing c. Adequate housing

Q5. Have there been any challenges or obstacles connected to State aid legislation encountered by your Member State in addressing issues related to [affordable] housing? If so, what are they, and how have they impacted the sector? In your reply, please distinguish between EU State aid rules on the one hand, and national legislation implementing and interpreting these rules, on the other hand.

Q6. Can you recommend certain best practices, or successful initiatives implemented by your Member State or its regions, that other Member States could potentially adopt or learn from to improve outcomes in their housing markets?

29 April 2024

State aid in the field of social and affordable housing: 26 June 2024

Agenda

Location: Brussels, European Commission – Rue Froissart, 36 – 1040 Brussels

Conference Centre Albert Borschette - Room TBC

Date & time: Wednesday, 26 June 2024 from 09:00 to 17:00

Indicative timing Item Title

9.00-9.30 1 Welcome and registration

9.30-10.00 2 Introduction by H. Mørch, Director for transport, post and other services DG Competition, European Commission

10.00-10.30 3 Presentation by, the Netherlands

Coffee break 10.30-10.45

10.45-12.30 4 Roundtable with stakeholders (Housing Europe, Build Europe, International Union of Property Owners)

Lunch break 12.30-14.00

14.00-15.15 5.1 Roundtable with Member States

Coffee break 15.15-15.30

15.30-16.30 5.2 Roundtable with Member States (continued)

16.30-17.00 6 Closing remarks