On March 9, in Vienna, Austria the Energy Community Secretariat organized the workshop on the following topic: Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020. At this event, the Competition Council was represented by Dumitru Gîrdea, Head of the Sectoral State Aid Department and Mihaela Teleman, Chief State Controller, State Aid for Regional Development Department. The seminar was focused on state aid enforcement issues, namely the European Commission guidelines on state aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020, granting state aid to promote the use of renewable energy sources and the role of state aid authorities in implementing the relevant legislation. We would like to mention that the Republic of Moldova became a full member of the European Energy Community in 2010.