Desuden vil det argument, at der til projekter, hvortil der er ydet regional investeringsstøtte, ikke også må ydes uddannelsesstøtte, indirekte forfordele dårligt stillede regioner i EU ved at fratage dem muligheden for støtte til uddannelsesprojekter.
Furthermore, a line of reasoning according to which projects which received regional investment aid should not receive training aid would implicitly penalise the Union’s disadvantaged regions, by precluding them from the possibility to support training projects.