Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty

In the context of a thorough modernization of State aid rules to contribute both to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy for growth and to budgetary consolidation, Article 107 of the Treaty should be applied effectively and uniformly throughout the Union.

Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 codified and reinforced the Commission's previous practice to increase legal certainty and to support the development of State aid policy in a transparent environment.

However, in the light of the experience gained in its application and of recent developments such as enlargement and the economic and financial crisis, certain aspects of that Regulation should be amended in order to enable the Commission to be more effective.

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