Since July 2015, evaluation has been an important innovation in the governance of State aid. Introducing a requirement for the ex-post evaluation of large or novel State aid schemes has contributed to making Member States increasingly responsible for and aware of the effectiveness of the State a...
This report provides a detailed review of State aid rules relating to the Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) package. The report presents key notions of the SGEI Communication and Decision respectively and identifies challenges arising from these documents under the legal framework for...
The present work is the result of over one year of discussions among experts and European Commission (EC) staff from the different relevant services in order to provide guidelines in the form of a decision tree for research organisations when dealing with the current EC rules and regulations on ...
The Florence Competition Programme (FCP) of the European University Institute (EUI) recently organised two workshops in Brussels with Bird & Bird LLP and Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners LLP. The first event, entitled ‘EU State aid policy: the forecast for the next five years’, was h...
In the current economic and social landscape, it is more important than ever that the challenges of the crisis be turned into opportunities to create sustainable growth and jobs. The new rules do that by providing incentives for rapid and effective restructuring; by targeting aid where it serves...
This Eurobarometer survey examines the awareness about state aid amongst European citizens, as well as their perceptions about the transparency of information in this area. Its findings are important to better understand the policy context when applying the EU framework for state aid. Indeed, su...
This Flash Eurobarometer was carried out at the request of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition by the TNS Political & Social network in the 28 Member States of the European Union, between 8 and 10 September 2014. This survey is a follow-up to Flash Eurobarometer no. 264...
