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A contribution to the debate on EC State aid, this book captures the direct knowledge and experience of twenty-six current and former Commission State aid litigators, offering detailed 'insider' analysis of EC State aid court cases, as well as related internal legal issues, between 1994 and 2008.
List of contents
Forewords/Avant-propos; G.C. Rodriguez Iglesias, K. Van Miert, M. Monti, N. Kroes. Preface. Preface. 1. The Limited Role of the 'Refined Economic Approach' in Achieving the Objectives of State Aid Control: Time for Some Realism; J.L. Buendia Sierra, B. Smulders. 2. Economic Analysis and State Aid Law: The Questions Lawyers Need to Ask; P. Nemitz. 3. Quelques aspects institutionnels du droit des aides d'Etat; V. Di Bucci. 4. State Resources and PreussenElektra: When Is a State Aid Not a State Aid? H. van Vliet. 5. Pier Pressure: The Sad End of a Victorian Masterpiece? J. Flett. 6. The Private Market Investor Principle: Reality Check or Distorting Mirror? N. Khan, K.-D. Borchardt. 7. La selectivite regionale; C. Urraca Caviedes. 8. La procedure de controle des aides d'Aetat peut-elle etre utilisee pour controler la bonne application d'autres dispositions de droit communautaire? C. Giolito. 9. Export Aid and EC State Aid Control; B. Martenczuk. 10. Finding the Right Balance: State Aid and Services of General Economic Interest; J. L. Buendia Sierra. 11. An Ecotax under the State Aid Spotlight: The UK Aggregates Levy; J. Flett, K. Walkerova. 12. Privatisations et dereglementations en droit communautaire; A. Abate. 13. Godot is Here: Recovery as an Effective State Aid Remedy; E. Righini. 14. The EC Rules Concerning Existing Aid: Substantive and Procedural Aspects; G. Conte. 15. The Temporal Application of State Aid Rules; V. Di Bucci, A. Stobiecka-Kuik. 16. Third Parties in State Aid Control: More than Just a Source of Information? M. Niejahr, T. Scharf. 17. Some Thoughts on the Jurisprudence of European Courts Concerning the Admissibility of Actions against State Aid Decisions; V. Kreuschitz. 18. Quelques considerations sur le role du juge national dans le controle des aides dA Etat; J.-P. Keppenne, K. Gross. 19. La fiscalite faconnee par la discipline des aides d'Etat; D. Triantafyllou. 20. L'application de la discipline des aides d'Etat: la quete judiciaire d'un nouveau graal; G. Rozet, B. Stromsky. 21. The Relationship between WTO Subsidies Law and EC State Aid Law; J. Flett, A.C. Jessen, K. Talaber-Ritz.
