In order to maintain a level playing field for all undertakings active in the internal market, funding provided by Horizon 2020 should be designed in accordance with State aid rules so as to ensure the effectiveness of public spending and prevent market distortions such as crowding-out of private funding, the creation of ineffective market structures or the preservation of inefficient firms.
Chun cothroime iomaíochta a choimeád do gach gnóthas atá gníomhach sa mhargadh inmheánach, ba cheart cistiú a sholáthraítear trí Fís 2020 a bheith i gcomhréir le rialacha Státchabhrach chun éifeachtacht caiteachais phoiblí a áirithiú agus chun saobhadh ar an margadh a chosc amhail cistiú príobháideach a bhrú amach, struchtúir neamhéifeachtacha margaidh a chruthú agus gnólachtaí neamhéifeachtúla a chaomhnú.