The phrase "amounts to state aid" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing financial support or assistance provided by the government that may affect competition or market conditions.
Example: "The funding provided to the company amounts to state aid, which could raise concerns regarding compliance with EU regulations."
Alternatives: "constitutes state aid" or "is considered state aid".
Tottenham say that money would not have been made available to West Ham by a bank so it amounts to state aid.
Tottenham argue that a £40m loan West Ham were given by Newham Council to help fund their tenancy of the stadium in Stratford – which lies in Newham – amounts to state aid and so breaches European law.
The Commission is investigating whether the tax regimes of certain EU nations amounts to state aid.
It suspects the deal amounts to state aid and a distortion of competition.
The European Commission suspects that the tax deal amounts to state aid, which was not available to other companies and could, therefore, be illegal.
In January, the commission took a preliminary view that Amazon's deal with Luxembourg also amounted to state aid.
Mr Almunia said in 2010 that the exemption amounted to state aid that might breach EU competition law.
The £130m Google tax deal faces an investigation by the European Commission into whether the agreement amounted to state aid in breach of EU rules.
The European commission is investigating "sweetheart" tax deals between the Irish state and Apple, and last month Brussels provisionally found that the iPhone maker's tax arrangements in Ireland were so generous as to amount to state aid.
In the case of Apple, the European commission released a provisional finding that Apple's private tax approvals from the Irish authorities, stretching back decades, were so ridiculously generous that they amounted to state aid.
The commission has been investigating whether Apple's tax deals with Ireland, which have allowed the company to pay very little tax on income earned throughout Europe, amounted to state aid.
