EU Competition Law - State Aid

With the adoption of its 2005 Action Plan, the European Commission has launched a major reform of its State Aid policy. New rules on research and development, innovation, risk capital, regional policy, and services of general economic interest and de minimis have recently been adopted. This entirely new two volume work will explain in detail the substance and procedure established by the EU Treaty rules on State Aid, as well as covering these major changes. In addition, the book will...
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With the adoption of its 2005 Action Plan, the European Commission has launched a major reform of its State Aid policy. New rules on research and development, innovation, risk capital, regional policy, and services of general economic interest and de minimis have recently been adopted. This entirely new two volume work will explain in detail the substance and procedure established by the EU Treaty rules on State Aid, as well as covering these major changes. In addition, the book will provide an exhaustive guide to the major upheaval of the Commission's State Aid policy that has taken place during the course of 2007, including: the revision of the Environmental State Aid Guidelines, notably to take account of the EU's new European Energy Policy, with its increased focus on renewable energy and the Emissions Trading Scheme . the adoption of a first draft of a new comprehensive general State Aid block exemption . the new Commission Communication on reference rates . the Review of the Commission's policy on public guarantees . the Review of the rescue and restructuring aid guidelines . the increasingly important dimension of the multilateral state aid discipline in the global context. --- It brings together the largest number ever of commission officials on State Aid matters. The Commission's Chief Competition Economist also explains how the refined economic approach is being applied in State Aid cases, and more than 30 experts provide a comprehensive overview of recent developments in all State Aid areas.