Tagungsleiter
												
											
											
												Phedon Nicolaides
												Professor Emeritus at Maastricht University, Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training											
										
										
										
																					
												
													09:00												
											
										
																						
																					
												Registration & Welcome Coffee
												
												
												
												
											 
											
										
																					
												
													09:15												
											
										
																						
																					
												Welcome Words and Introduction Round
												
												
												
												
											 
											
										
																					
												
													09:30												
											
										
																						
																					
												System and Structure of State Aid Control in the EU
												
- Sources of law
 
- Powers of European Commission
 
- Obligations of Member States and the notification procedure under Article 108 TFEU
 
- Judicial review
 
												
												
																									
															Phedon Nicolaides
															, 
															Professor Emeritus at Maastricht University, Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training
													
												
											 
											
										
																					
												
													10:30												
											
										
																						
																					
												Coffee Break & Networking
												
												
												
												
											 
											
										
																					
												
													11:00												
											
										
																						
																					
												Concept of State Aid 
												
- Article 107 of the TFEU
 
- The meaning of aid granted by a Member State or State Resources
 
- The concept of economic and non-economic activity
 
- How to determine advantage to certain undertakings or production of certain goods
 
- How to establish whether a measure is selectivity
 
- The meaning of distortion of competition and effect of trade between the Member States
 
												
												
																									
															Phedon Nicolaides
															, 
															Professor Emeritus at Maastricht University, Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training
													
												
											 
											
										
																					
												
													12:30												
											
										
																						
																					
											
										
																					
												
													14:00												
											
										
																						
																					
												State Aid Assessment: Principles of Compatibility 
												
- Is there a need for a subsidy?
 
- Appropriateness of State aid measure
 
- Incentive effect and proportionality
 
- Funding gap method and market failure
 
- Avoidance of undue negative effects on competition and trade between Member States
 
- Transparency and evaluation
 
												
												
																									
															Phedon Nicolaides
															, 
															Professor Emeritus at Maastricht University, Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training
													
												
											 
											
										
																					
												
													15:30												
											
										
																						
																					
												Coffee Break & Networking
												
												
												
												
											 
											
										
																					
												
													16:00												
											
										
																						
																					
												De minimis Aid 
												
- Application of Regulation 2023/2831
 
- Notion of de minimis aid
 
- Notion of single undertaking
 
- Cumulation
 
- New obligations of Member States
 
												
												
																									
															Phedon Nicolaides
															, 
															Professor Emeritus at Maastricht University, Professor at University of Nicosia, and Academic Director at Lexxion Training
													
												
											 
											
										
																					
												
													16:30												
											
										
																						
																					
											
										
																					
												
													19:30												
											
										
																						
																					
												Common Dinner & Networking