State Aid Law of the European Union
| Författare: | Nielsen Mogens Uhd , Vesterdorf Bo |
| Titel: | State Aid Law of the European Union |
| Utgivningsår: | 2008 |
| Omfång: | 368 sid. |
| Förlag: | Sweet & Maxwell |
| ISBN: | 9781847037497 |
| Produkttyp: | Inbunden |
| Ämnesord: | Marknadsrätt , EU-rätt |
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| In June 2005 the European Commission launched a comprehensive reform of state aid rules and procedures. This book provides an up to date, practical examination of the basic state aid rules of the EC treaty, the procedural rules, EC court practice and the role of the national courts, in light of this reform. It presents a detailed examination of the various types of horizontal aid and sectoral aid to offer a comprehensive understanding of each. The authors go through the basic principles and procedural rules, and cover all the relevant issues with regard to article 87 of the European Community Treaty and other relevant state aid articles. It offers practical examples of how to calculate procedural time limits and aid intensities; describes the processes involved in recovering aid, and covers the role of the courts in state aid. Provides detailed coverage of horizontal aid, including aid for SME, training aid, employment aid, environmental aid, rescue and restructuring aid and aid for research, development and innovation. Covers sectoral aid, including coal and steel, shipbuilding, synthetic fibres, transportation, export, electricity, agriculture and fisheries. Provides a detailed examination of the relationship between EC-treaty rules on state aid and other rules on the treaty. Features detailed references to cases and legislation. Contents: The EU's Basic Rules on State Aid - The prohibition of State aid in art.87(1) of the EC Treaty - Different kinds of aidArticle 87 in more detail - Exceptions in art.87(2)Exceptions in art.87(3) - The Commission's exercise of its powers under art.87 - The possibility for exceptions to the prohibitions of State aid in art.87(1) adopted by the Council - The Council's powers under art.89 to make appropriate regulations for the application of arts 87 and 88 - The scope of application of the State aid rules The Administrative Procedure in State Aid Cases - Notification and procedure - Article 88 of the EC Treaty on notification - Regulation (EC) No.659/1999 on procedural rules - The Transparency Directive - Commission communication on the application of arts 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty and of art.5 of the Transparency Directive to public undertakings in the manufacturing sector - The Regulation on horizontal State aid Horizontal Aid - The De Minimis Regulation - Introduction to the General Block exemption Regulation (GBER) - Environmental aid - Aid for research, development and innovationAid for rescuing and restructuring firms - Regional aid - Risk capital investments in small and medium-sized enterprisesState aid and tax - State guarantees and other financial instruments - Privatisation Sectoral Aid - Coal and Steel - Shipbuilding - Synthetic fibre (textiles) and motor vehicles - Air transport - Maritime transport - Export aid - Export credit insurance and State aid - Deprived urban areas - The electricity sector - Aid for transport by rail, road and inland waterway - Agriculture - Fisheries - Services of general economic interest - Radio and television and compensation for public service obligations The Relationship Between the Treaty State Aid Rules, and Between Those Rules and Other Treaty Rules - The relationship between art.87 and art.73 on aid to the transport sector - The relationship between art.87 and art.76 on the prohibition of fares etc. in respect of transport involving any element of support or protection of one or more particular undertakings or industriesThe relationship between art.86 and art.73 - The relationship between the notification requirement in art.88(3) and art.86(2) on compensation for the operation of services of general economic interest - The relationship between art.87 and art.86(2) on undertakings with public service obligations - The relationship between art.87 and art.36 on aid to agriculture - The relationship between art.87 and art.81 on agreements restricting competition, and art.82 on abuse of dominant position - The relationship between art.87 and art.28 on quantitative restrictions on imports and all measures having equivalent effect - The relationship between art.87 and art.31 on State monopolies of a commercial character - The relationship between art.87 and art.90 on discriminatory internal taxes and art.25 on customs duties on imports and exports and charges having equivalent effect Selected Topics - On the legal nature of the Commission's framework provisions, guidelines, notices and letters on State aid - State aid and mergers of undertakings - The market economy investor principle - Cross-subsidisation - Cumulation of aid - Aid ceilings, aid intensity and grant equivalent - Preferential energy tariffs Repayment of State Aid - What must be repaid? - Calculation of interest - Who must carry out the Commission's decision on repayment and under what rules? - Who must repay? - Protection of legitimate expectations - Repayment which is de facto impossible - Non-compliance with a decision to recover State aid Judicial Protection in State Aid Cases - Control by the Community courts - Control by the national courts |