Full Description
This revised and updated Research Handbook on European State Aid Law brings together established academics and practitioners to provide a wide-ranging coverage of the field. Incorporating political science, economics and the law in its analysis, it provides a strong overview of the salient issues in State aid law and policy.
Chapters address the significance of State aid to various aspects of the political and legal systems of the Member States, including taxation, the financial sector, and the interplay between EU rules on State aid, free movement and public procurement. The Research Handbook further examines the application of the State aid rules to major sectors of the EU economy and introduces brand new themes for State aid analysis, such as arbitration, social services and the impact of Brexit.
Featuring theoretical explorations and empirical studies, this Research Handbook will be crucial reading for scholars and researchers of EU State aid law, especially those searching for new avenues of research. It will also be a useful reference point for officials in national governments and the European Commission who are engaged in the State aid approval process. Judges hoping to expand their knowledge of EU State aid law and policy will also benefit from this insightful Research Handbook.
Contents
Contents:
Foreword x
Preface xii
1 State aid control from a political science perspective 1
Michelle Cini
2 The market economy operator principle: an economic role model for
assessing economic advantage 15
Nicole Robins and Laura Puglisi
3 Taxation and State aid 40
Julia Rapp
4 State aid in the energy sector 64
Leigh Hancher and Francesco Maria Salerno
5 State aid and free movement 87
Andrea Biondi
6 State aid and international trade law 103
Luca Rubini
7 State aid and the financial sector: the crisis and beyond 134
Małgorzata Agnieszka Cyndecka
8 Material selectivity outside the field of taxation 153
Andreas Bartosch
9 EU State aid and arbitration 163
Kai Struckmann, Genevra Forwood, Aqeel Kadri, Irina Trichkovska
10 State aid and Brexit 183
George Peretz
11 Social services and State aid: new steps towards a more 'social Europe'? 206
Delia Ferri
12 The private enforcement of State aid law 226
Fernando Pastor-Merchante
13 State aid procedures 249
Elisabetta Righini and Flavia Tomat
14 State aid to airports and airlines 269
Brian R. Byrne and Ella Adler
15 State aid law beyond the EU 297
Juan Jorge Piernas López
16 Tax rulings and State aid: musings on recovery 314
Dimitrios Kyriazis
17 State aid and EU public procurement: more interactions, fuzzier boundaries 329
Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells
Index
