EC state aid law represents an increasingly important part of EC competition law. The case law at national and European levels is growing rapidly, both in quantity and importance. Significant and increasingly frequent legislative and regulatory measures have been adopted at the European level in this field.
There are various reasons for this developing EU focus on public intervention in the economy, however the fundamental and primary rational is the completion of the internal market, and the pressure which that brings for liberalization and privatization. This volume analyzes the...