This week the European Commission amended its Temporary Framework for state aid to include new types of aid, including COVID-19-related R&D, manufacture and infrastructure, and clarify the conditions under which the existing categories are permitted. The Commission is already consulting on the next amendment to the Temporary Framework to include cash for equity aid, expected next week. The Temporary Framework has been used to approve 46 notifications out of a total of 52 notified state aid schemes relating to COVID-19, altogether amounting to over €500bn in aid. Only eight EEA Member States have yet to use the Temporary Framework four weeks after it was first introduced.