Competition and State Aid
an analysis of the EC practice
- ISBN: 9789041126177
- Editorial: Kluwer Law International
- Fecha de la edición: 2007
- Lugar de la edición: Alphen aan den Rijn. Países Bajos
- Colección: International competition Law series
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 25 cm
- Nº Pág.: 418
- Idiomas: Inglés
What are the real issues underlying the Commission#s extensive application of Article 87 EC in relation to State aid schemes? In this important new interpretation of the relation of State aid to EU inter-state competition, nine prominent Italian jurists of Santa Maria law firm (#Studio Santa Maria#) present arguments and case studies showing that the widely-embraced, persistent assessment whereby State aid is expressly linked to competition law is fundamentally misconceived. Instead, they contend, the true starting point for such assessment lies in whether the Member state granting the aid has observed (or failed to observe) any of the fundamental freedoms. This re-orientation, in the authors# view # based primarily on extensive representation of Italian undertakings and trade associations and even of the Italian Government in State aid cases # both restores the spirit in which Article 87 EC was intended to operate and promotes the full accomplishment of the Community#s objectives.
Ed. Alberto Santa Maria
