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Abstract:
National practice, law, and jurisprudence on state aid are developing rapidly in the present context of EU decentralization. Although the EU rules governing state aid are widely discussed, there has been until now a dearth of practice-oriented material on the actual implementation of these rules at the national level. This book addresses for the first time the full scale of procedural questions arising in the implementation of EU state aid law. It covers all issues, ranging from the intention to grant an aid via judicial protection for competitors right through to recovery of aid and judicial protection of the beneficiary. The book presents the documentation on state aid which was made available to the participants of the 22nd World Congress of the Fédération Internationale de Droit Européenne (FIDE) at Cyprus in November 2006. Detailed reports by well-known practitioners or professors of law discuss and analyze the implementation of EU State aid law in 17 EU Member States, as well as Norway, Switzerland, and Croatia. The national reports, based on a standard questionnaire, are preceded by an analytical general report, comparing and assessing results of the analysis of Member States’ law in the light of Community law, and an EU report on state aid procedures. Issues addressed include the following:
- transparency obligations;
- ensuring compliance with the notification obligation;
- ensuring the compatibility of aid and the application of block exemptions;
- recovery of aid;
- limitation of judicial review; and
- the position of state aid debt in bankruptcy proceedings.
As a unique and thorough overview of state-of-the-art knowledge on national law and practice on EU State aid matters, this book will be of interest to practitioners involved in representing interests of beneficiaries and competitors before national authorities or national courts, or before the European Commission or European Courts. The analyses will also be welcomed by authorities granting state aid, including public enterprises.
Contents:
General Report - Paul F. Nemitz
Community Report - Francisco-Enrique González Díaz
Austria - Alina Lengauer
Belgium - Jacques Derenne and Chris Guirado
Croatia - Marijana Liszt and Siniša Petrović
Cyprus - Constantinos Lycourgos
Denmark - Peter Biering and Kim Lundgaard Hansen
Finland - Heidi Merikalla
France - Alix Müller-Rappard (et al.)
Germany - Jürgen Kühling
Greece - A. Metaxas
Ireland - Anthony M. Collins and Damien Collins
Italy - Cristina Schepisi
Latvia - Egina Šķibele and Andris Vītols
The Netherlands - P.C. Adriaanse
Norway - Erling Hjelmeng
Poland - Slawomir Dudzik
Portugal - Manuel Porto and Jovo Nogueira de Almeida
Spain - José L. Buendia Sierra
Sweden - Ingeborg Simonsson
Switzerland - Pranvera Këllezi
United Kingdom - Alastair Sutton
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