This new edition of an immensely useful book follows the same proven format as its predecessors, updates its analysis of case law with hundreds of new decisions by the courts of the European Union (EU), and thus remains the quickest source of reference for practitioners working with EU State aid matters. Following a highly organized sequence of subject headings, it presents extracts from all judgments and orders of both the Court of Justice and the General Court of the EU on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) rules on State aids. The book covers the relevant case law of both courts. There is additional material on many subjects, among which the concept of State aid, direct taxation and the State aid provisions, particularly on tax rulings, advantages for undertakings, selectivity, forms of State aid, procedures and unlawful aids.
With this book, practitioners will quickly find relevant paragraphs and full citations regarding all issues raised by Articles 107–109 TFEU, including the following and much more:
territorial scope of State aids;
Article 107(1) European Commission and World Trade Organization Agreements;
conditions for categorizing a national measure as State aid;
free movement of goods;
undertakings;
private versus public investment;
justification of selective measures;
interstate trade and competition;
tax measures;
restructuring aids;
procedural aspects; and
locus standi of trade associations.
In many areas, the extracts relate to points of the judgments which are not or only partially covered in official summaries.
For accessibility of this case law, this updated edition of the preeminent analysis of EU State aid case law has no peers. Practitioners in this key area of EU competition law will find this book indispensable.
