Gibraltar & The Treaty — The Reading RoomGibraltar and the treaty, in plain wordsGrants for projects between Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar, or that arise from the treaty or touch it.
The English texts come from the official English versions published by the European Union (EU) on EUR-Lex, the United Kingdom (UK) on GOV.UK and UK Parliament, and Gibraltar (the Acts and legal notices that change Gibraltar's law for the treaty, from Gibraltar Laws and the Gibraltar Gazette, and Gibraltar Parliament records: Hansard, Bills and Command Papers), plus HM Government of Gibraltar and European Commission press releases where a statement is quoted. Where a text exists only in Spanish (BOE), we quote it in Spanish and say so, and any translation beside it is ours.
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Every grant or scheme starts with the business that applies: it applies from the side where it is based and has to meet that scheme's own conditions. A business on the other side of the frontier does not start the application for it. Where a scheme's own text allows it, that other business can take part alongside the applicant, as a supplier, a subcontractor, an associated partner or a member of a group, and what each side gains is shown only where the text says it. The first part of the table lists only schemes that are current: open now, or announced in an official text for a date ahead. Each was checked against its official source on the date shown, and the table says what the check found. Two measures that are in force but are not an open call are shown in a second part. Read each scheme's rules before you plan anything together.
| Scheme | Who applies, from where | How the business across the frontier can take part | Status, source and date read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open now, or announced for a date ahead | |||
| Interreg Euro-MED (call 8) | A Campo business as a project partner; a public body leads | Associated partner: not stated for Gibraltar. Supplier: not stated | Open: written applications close on 13 November 2026 at 13:00 Brussels time (programme page, read 30 October 2026) |
| Gibraltar Enterprise Scheme | A Gibraltar-registered start-up | Does not meet the registration condition (our reading); supplier: not stated | Open all year (Office of Fair Trading page, read 30 October 2026); state aid: not stated in any text read |
| In force, not an open call | |||
| Transaction Tax (Deductions) Rules 2026 | A Gibraltar retail or wholesale trader certified by the Office of Fair Trading | Not stated | In force since 23 September 2026 (Legal Notice 2026/338). The 90 days the relief covers ended on 12 October 2026 and no extension notice was found (Gibraltar Laws list, read 30 October 2026) |
| Climate Action Fund | No application: the Board chooses projects | Not stated | In force (Legal Notice 2026/066, commencement 15 July 2026); no application route (Gibraltar Laws, read 30 October 2026) |
Who can apply: retail and wholesale firms in Gibraltar certified by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), except those mainly selling food, drink, groceries, tobacco, wine, spirits, fuel or vehicles.
Transaction Tax deduction: a tax deduction for the extra transaction tax a shop or wholesaler paid in the first 90 days after the treaty began to apply on 15 July 2026, compared with the import duty it would have paid.
Two additions for the Transaction Tax (Deductions) Rules 2026 (Legal Notice 2026/338):
Who can apply: retail and wholesale firms in Gibraltar, and restaurants, up to date with their tax, PAYE (payroll tax) and social insurance.
Business rates relief: an extra 25% reduction on business rates, on top of the 50% reduction for paying on time, for the six months before the treaty takes effect (it has been provisionally applied since 15 July 2026; reading the announcement's "enters into force" as that date is our inference).
Who benefits: tenants of premises used mainly as retail shops or wholesale stores in Gibraltar.
Rent increase moratorium: for 24 months from the date the treaty takes effect (provisionally applied since 15 July 2026; our reading of the announcement's "enters into force"), a landlord of retail shops or wholesale stores may not raise the rent above the level before the moratorium. A landlord who does would face a Government surcharge on the extra income.
Who benefits: retail and wholesale firms in Gibraltar that register job vacancies.
Vacancy-fee waiver: the fees for registering a job vacancy are waived for 36 months from the date the treaty takes effect (provisionally applied since 15 July 2026; our reading of "enters into force"), for retail and wholesale firms.
Who can apply: aimed at retail and hospitality firms in Gibraltar; the rules are not published.
Business Adaptation and Modernisation Support (the "modernisation scheme"): help to share the cost of improving a business: modernisation, process improvement, consultancy, innovation, staff training and digital systems.
Who can apply: no application route for firms is stated in the regulations.
The Climate Action Fund Regulations 2026 (Legal Notice 2026/066) have been in force since 15 July 2026 and were amended by Legal Notice 2026/250 on 23 July 2026. On the regulations we read, the fund is not a grant for businesses. Its GEA Sub-fund pays to offset the excess emissions of the Gibraltar Electricity Authority's generating station, investing in projects based wholly or partly in Gibraltar where it can.
The 23 July amendment changed how the Board works (a casting vote for the Chairperson, Gazette notice of appointments), said the Fund may not borrow and must meet its expenditure from the sources in the Climate Change Act 2019, and required annual accounts in pounds sterling. We found no application route for businesses in the regulations. Last checked: 29 October 2026.
1. The Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria, Servicios y Navegación del Campo de Gibraltar (the Cámara) offers 5,000 euros for each person an employer hires under two 2026 programmes: Talento Joven (young people in the national youth guarantee system who have at least finished the programme's vocational guidance) and Talento 45+ (unemployed workers who took part in the programme, hired full time for at least 6 months). The aid is for companies and self-employed people in the Cámara's area; applications close on 31 December 2026, or earlier if the 50,000 euro budget of a call runs out.
2. This may be a grant. The Cámara decides who qualifies; read the call before you apply.
3. Read more: the Cámara's page (https://
Who can apply: the lead partner must be a public body or a body governed by public law; the partnership needs partners from at least five different countries of the programme area.
Interreg Euro-MED is an EU programme for cooperation projects around the northern Mediterranean.
Who this concerns: Gibraltar persons and entities that took part in EU funding programmes before 2021.
In December 2020 the Government of Gibraltar published Technical Notice 20 on funding from the EU, titled "EU Structural Funds" and dated 14 December 2020. It said that, if there were no agreement on the future relationship with the EU by 31 December 2020, eligibility of persons and entities established in Gibraltar to take part in EU projects and programmes, including the Interreg programmes Sudoe and Med, would be lost. It also said an agreement might include provisions on continued participation.
The notice was written before the 2025 treaty, so it is not a statement of the rules today. For Interreg Euro-MED today, see the programme's own document: Gibraltar is no longer part of the programme area. Official copy: https://
Who can apply: entities in the 26 regions of the area (Cádiz is listed); for-profit firms may be partners in the 4th call, but not lead. Gibraltar is not named in the programme document.
Interreg Sudoe funds cooperation projects across South-West Europe (Spain, France, Portugal, Andorra).
Who can apply: not stated. No call exists.
Financial mechanism for the frontier zone (Article 299 of the treaty between the EU and the UK on Gibraltar).
Who can apply: not firms. The money goes to the Mancomunidad de Municipios del Campo de Gibraltar.
Not the same thing: Spain's own funding for the Campo de Gibraltar towns. Royal Decree 732/2026 (Real Decreto) gives up to EUR 7,300,000 to the Mancomunidad de Municipios del Campo de Gibraltar in 2026, for investment in water, waste and similar services. It is for the towns, not for firms. Eight resolutions published in the BOE on 17 and 18 September 2026 extend to 31 December 2027 the agreements of 27 October 2025 with the Mancomunidad and each of the eight towns. A word search of these nine Spanish texts finds no mention of the treaty, its Article 299 or its financial mechanism. The treaty itself names the same Mancomunidad: it defines the contiguous frontier zone as the territory of its municipalities (Article 3(1)(g)) and its preamble recognises a financial mechanism between Gibraltar and the Mancomunidad. Last checked: 29 October 2026.
Who this concerns: any firm in Gibraltar that receives public money.
A grant to a business in Gibraltar is State aid under the treaty between the EU and the UK. Articles 201 to 210 set the rules. On its 2026 business measures the Gibraltar Government has said two things in public. In March 2026 it said it had sought preliminary advice on whether the measures it announced then fit the State aid rules. In the Budget debate the Minister for Business said the Government had been advised that "these measures" do not infringe those rules, without listing which; we found no such statement about the vacancy-fee waiver. The modernisation scheme is to be based on the General Block Exemption Regulations. Claims under the Transaction Tax (Deductions) Rules 2026 must also meet the de minimis rules. Before you plan a project that needs a grant, run it through Check your project. Last checked: 29 October 2026.
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