A New but Dubious Concept of Advantage [1]
When the Commission orders recovery of aid that is intended to be passed on to […]
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Exclusive Rights
The granting of exclusive rights may confer an advantage but does not in itself result […]
Failure to Satisfy Ex Post the Altmark Criteria, but Compliance with the 2014 Aviation Guidelines
Public service obligations must be entrusted by an official act and defined with sufficient precision. […]
Restructuring and the Market Economy Investor Principle
Different interventions that aim to finance the same restructuring plan constitute a single measure. A […]
i) Environmental Harm Does Not Make State Aid Incompatible with the Internal Market ii) the Market Economy Investor Principle Applied to Monopolies
Security of energy supply can be a service of general economic interest. Avoiding harm to […]
Non-Commercial Public Infrastructure: Another Judgment, More Questions
Public infrastructure which is not exploited for commercial purposes does not result in an advantage […]
Use of Publicly-Funded Infrastructure without State Aid
Public funding of infrastructure which is open to any user does not constitute State aid. […]
“Good” Procedures Make “Good” State Aid: Ex Ante Conditionality for Effective Application of EU State Aid Rules
Structural fund rules for the period 2014-2020 define ex ante conditionalities that have to be […]
Tax Measures with Specific Objectives Can still Be General
A tax measure that applies to certain transactions is not selective if it does not […]
Another Measure that Cannot Be Justified by the Logic of the Tax System
The granting of a tax exception is often found to constitute State aid. But the […]