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Book SynopsisThis timely new Handbook reflects on current issues that confront State aid law and policy in the EU.
Trade Review'This Research Handbook
provides an in-depth exploration of some of the most difficult and controversial issues in current State aid law and policy. It is unusual in providing not only a legal but also an economic and political science perspective on this rapidly developing area of EU law. The Handbook
will be a welcome addition to the shelves of State aid practitioners and academics alike.' --Kelyn Bacon, Brick Court Chambers, London, UK
'Erika Szyszczak is to be applauded for having assembled a very significant line-up of contributors and contributions in a very well-geared edited collection. . . the reviewer has enjoyed reading this edited collection. . . The book is comprehensive in highlighting the right issues and offering the right mix of high-level/detailed analysis that a complex subject such as State aid requires. As such, this edited collection will certainly be of use to policy-makers, practitioners, and students alike. What is also certain is that it will have a privileged position on my State aid shelf for a long time.'
--Luca Rubini, Yearbook of European Law
'Erika Szyszczak and the team have come up trumps with a modern comment on state aid and policy. Thank you!'
--Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine
Table of ContentsContents: Preface Erika Szyszczak 1. Modernization of State Aid Policy Thibaut Kleiner 2. State Aid Control from a Political Science Perspective Michael Blauberger 3. State Aid in the Accession States Alexander Birnstiel and Helge Heinrich 4. The Role of Economics in State Aid Analysis and the Balancing Test Lorenzo Coppi 5. The Market Economy Investor: An Economic Role Model for Assessing State Aid James Kavanagh, Gunnar Niels and Simon Pilsbury 6. The Intersection between the Market Economy Investor Principle and the One Time-last Time Principle in the Context of Airline Restructuring Operations Antigoni Lykotrafiti 7. The Great Recession and Other Mishaps: The Commission’s Policy of Restructuring Aid in a Time of Crisis Christian Ahlborn and Daniel Piccinin 8. The Concept of Selectivity? Andreas Bartosch 9. State Aid and Taxation in EU Law Claire Micheau 10. Regional State Aid Maja-Alexandra Dittel and Klaus-Otto Junginger-Dittel 11. State Aid in the Energy Sector Leigh Hancher and Francesco Salerno 12. The Relationship between State Aid and the Single Market Andrea Biondi and Martin Farley 13. Altmark Assessed Erika Szyszczak 14. European Economic Rights and National State Aids Policy in Conflict: The Problem of the Democratic Securing of Welfare Michelle Everson 15. Procedural Aspects of EU State Aid Law and Practice Michael Schütte 16. Judicial Review of Commission Decisions in State Aid Herwig C.H. Hofmann and Alessandro Morini 17. State Aid and the Role of National Courts Paolisa Nebbia 18. State Aid (Subsidies) in International Trade Law Rike Krämer and Markus Krajewski Index