To ensure that financing is limited to tackling market, policy and institutional failures, and with a view to avoiding market distortions, funding from the COSME programme should comply with the State aid rules of the Union.
Chun a áirithiú nach n-úsáidtear maoiniú ach chun dul i ngleic le teipeanna sa mhargadh, le teipeanna beartais agus le teipeanna institiúideacha, agus chun saobhadh an mhargaidh a sheachaint, ba cheart do chistiú ó chlár COSME rialacha an Aontais maidir le Státchabhair a chomhlíonadh.