State Aid And The European Economic Constitution

Author : Francesco de Cecco
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781782250517

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State Aid and the European Economic Constitution by Francesco de Cecco Pdf

Recent years have seen the rise of EU State aid law as a crucial component of the European economic constitution. To date, however, the literature has neglected the contribution of this area of EU law to the internal market. This book seeks to fill this gap in our understanding of the economic constitution by exploring the significance of State aid law in addressing questions that go to the core of the internal market project. It does so by examining the case law relating to three different activities that Member States engage in: market participation, market regulation, and funding for Services of General Economic Interest. Each of these areas offers insights into fundamental questions surrounding the economic constitution, such as the separation between the State and the market, the scope for Member States to engage in regulatory competition, and the tension between market and nonmarket concerns.

Author : Herwig C.H. Hofmann,Katerina Pantazatou,Giovanni Zaccaroni
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781788978309

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The Metamorphosis of the European Economic Constitution by Herwig C.H. Hofmann,Katerina Pantazatou,Giovanni Zaccaroni Pdf

Demonstrating the ways in which the micro and macro-economic constitutions of Europe have reacted to legal measures enacted to counter the economic crisis of the past decade, this innovative book takes an interdisciplinary approach in its attempt to understand and portray the metamorphosis of the European Economic Constitution. It contains contributions from leading scholars and experts in European economic law, discussing the challenges, solutions found, problems arising and possible approaches to embed the economic constitution in the broader constitutional framework of the EU. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial}

Author : Bruno Nascimbene,Alessia Di Pascale
Publisher : Springer
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319992266

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The Modernisation of State Aid for Economic and Social Development by Bruno Nascimbene,Alessia Di Pascale Pdf

This book analyses the recent modernisation of EU State aid law from various perspectives, and considers both substantive and procedural aspects. It also discusses the reasons for, and the goals and future implications of the modernisation programme, including the evolution of the concept of State aid. The ambitious reform programme was launched in 2012 and has now been almost fully implemented by virtue of the adoption of new rules of procedure in July 2013, and exemption in June 2014. The book highlights the main aspects of this sector reform, which include the Commission’s change of attitude towards so-called positive aid, i.e. those able to promote economic growth, and the intention to focus on matters of greater systematic extent. These objectives also imply a third aspect: increasing the intensity of the control powers conferred on the Commission with regard to that aid that prove to be harmful to competition and the internal market. The book also examines the greater responsibility given to States for self-assessment of their economic policy measures, and explores the resulting impact on, and challenges posed to the administrations of the Member States. The book’s second part is devoted to the application State aid rules in the area of services of general economic interest, with a special focus on aid in the field of social health and infrastructure.

Author : Clemens Kaupa
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509901081

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The Pluralist Character of the European Economic Constitution by Clemens Kaupa Pdf

This monograph intervenes in the long-standing and controversial debate on the socio-economic orientation of the European Union. Arguing that the European economic constitution is pluralist in the sense that it does not favour any specific socio-economic paradigm, it shows that European law allows the pursuit of very different regulatory projects by the European and the national legislators. This pluralist character of the European economic constitution stands in an uncomfortable relationship with the policies currently pursued by the European Union, which are often neoliberal in their orientation. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach: it analyses the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as interpreted and developed in the case law of the Court of Justice, its history, and its regulatory purpose in the light of conflicting socio-economic paradigms. By challenging the orthodoxy, the book makes a bold proposition that will likely resonate in both European economic law scholarship and European law in general. With the ongoing economic crisis triggering a significant interest in economic questions among legal scholars it is particularly timely and topical.

Author : Luigi Paganetto
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0754649482

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The Political Economy of the European Constitution by Luigi Paganetto Pdf

The issue of the European Constitution refers not only to a simplification of the Community Treaties but also to the relationship between the system of the European Community and constitutional system of the Member States. A political Constitution should be complementary to existing economic Constitutions.

Author : Erika Szyszczak,Johan Willem van de Gronden
Publisher : T.M.C. Asser Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9067049638

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Financing Services of General Economic Interest by Erika Szyszczak,Johan Willem van de Gronden Pdf

This book examines the legacy of the 2003 ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Altmark. This case changed the direction of how Services of General and Economic Interest (SGEI) should be funded in the EU against a background of liberalisation, and the need for efficiency and global competitiveness. The book examines the European Commission’s response to the Altmark ruling in the measures known as the ‘Altmark-Monti-Kroes Package’ and charts the review of this package from 2009 culminating in a new package of measures, known as the ‘Almunia Package’. The seemingly technocratic idea of a review of the ‘Altmark-Monti-Kroes Package’ could not have anticipated the demanding and changed economic and constitutional context of the EU in 2009. It is in this light that the authors in this book explore in great detail the different components of the new ‘Almunia Package’ of measures introduced in 2011-2012, offering a critical review and highlighting where the future direction of the regulation of SGEI may lead as the EU struggles in an economic climate of austerity to balance a new constitutional dimension of a ‘highly competitive social market economy’ with a modernisation agenda for the single market.

Author : Juan Jorge Piernas López
Publisher : Oxford Studies in European Law
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198748694

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The Concept of State Aid Under EU Law by Juan Jorge Piernas López Pdf

An analysis of the evolution of the legal concept of State aid in the EU, this book examines the main formulas established by the Court of Justice of the EU since the early 1950s, underpinning the legal boundaries of State aid in relation to the historical, political, economic, and legal evolution of its field of application: the internal market.

Author : Herwig Hofmann,Claire Micheau,Bucura C. Mihaescu-Evans
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198727460

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State Aid Law of the European Union by Herwig Hofmann,Claire Micheau,Bucura C. Mihaescu-Evans Pdf

Rules controlling State aid and subsidies on the EU and the WTO level can have a decisive influence on both regulatory and distributive decision-making. This field of law has grown exponentially in importance and complexity over the past decades. Rules on State aid and subsidies control are one of the key instruments to ensure that public spending and regulatory measures do not lead to discriminatory distortions of competition. As a consequence, hardly any part of national law is free from review under criteria of State aid and subsidy regulation. In turn, State aid and subsidies law is linked to economic, constitutional, administrative law of the EU and the Member States as well as to public international law. This book brings together leading experts from academia, the judiciary, civil servants from the European Commission, and practicing lawyers to provide expert opinion and commentary on the diverse dimensions of the complex and vital area of law. Critically analysing and explaining developments and current approaches in State aid law and subsidies, the chapters take into account not only the legal dimensions but also the economic and political implications. They address the EU law applicable to State aid in the aftermath of the recent State Modernization reform, and coverage includes: an in-depth analysis of the notion of State aid as interpreted by the Court's cases-law and the Commission's practice; the rules on compatibility of State aid with the internal market; the rules governing the procedure before the Commission; the litigation before the Court of Justice of the European Union; and analysis of the other trade defense instruments, including WTO subsidy law and EU anti-subsidy law.

Author : Juan Jorge Piernas López
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191065590

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The Concept of State Aid Under EU Law by Juan Jorge Piernas López Pdf

How has the evolution and transformation of the Common Market affected the legal concept of State aid? How has State aid adapted to the development of the European Union? These questions and more are answered in Juan Jorge Piernas López's examination of the historical, political, constitutional, and economical events that have affected the development of State aid in the EU. Examining three key, interwoven arguments, this book provides a richer understanding of current formulas which depict the concept of aid through the prism of policy and enforcement considerations. First, the book demonstrates that the concept of aid is a 'living instrument' that has been applied in accordance with the main policy priorities of the European Commission. Second, contrary to what has been affirmed in other literature, the evolution of this concept has been influenced by the broader advancement of the case law of the Court of Justice in different periods of the integration process. Third, the author contends that the study of the evolution of the concept of aid in light of policy and case law provides a holistic outlook valuable to the decision making process of difficult cases. In this regard, the book provides criteria to interpret and discuss cases including Sloman Neptun, Philip Morris, and Azores, beyond the analysis traditionally adopted in this field.

Author : Kyriazis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198878292

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Fiscal State Aid Law and Harmful Tax Competition in the Euro by Kyriazis Pdf

The intersection between fiscal state aid and taxation has become more topical than ever. Mounting financial crises have left EU Member States scrambling to increase their tax revenue, balance their budgets, and attract capital. Taking advantage of these trends, multinational enterprises have lobbied for favourable tax arrangements, raising questions about the breadth of control the Commission can and should practise. To address egregious instances of favourable taxation, the Commission has tried to simultaneously use soft law and deploy Treaty rules on state aid. Fiscal State Aid Law and Harmful Tax Competition in the EU examines the use of state aid rules against national tax measures. Kyriazis's book presents a targeted investigation of these measures in two parts. The first part addresses Commission decisions and ECJ judgments of the early 2000s, which the author calls the "first wave". The second part consists of all the recent Commission decisions and investigations into tax schemes and individual tax rulings, most notably the Apple, Fiat, Starbucks, and Amazon investigations, which Kyriazis labels the "second wave". The characteristics and common threads of each wave are set out, their similarities and differences dissected, and their nexus to the EU's fight against harmful tax competition explored. Containing a thorough analysis of the legal concept of fiscal state aid under Article 107(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, this book will be of interest to scholars of European and International Tax law and practitioners working in the field of European competition law.

Author : Pamela Finckenberg-Broman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031101083

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Weaponizing EU State Aid Law to Impact the Future of EU Investment Policy in the Global Context by Pamela Finckenberg-Broman Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of how EU state aid law is shaping the future of EU investment policy in a global context. It examines in detail how EU state aid policy and practice interact with the EU investment regime on the internal market and affect the external trade relations of the Member States and the EU alike. The debate this book engages in concerns competence, i.e., which body delineates the scope of state aid law and policy (now and in the future) when and where it intersects and collides with another distinct legal field: investment protection. Pursuing a doctrinal approach to the topic in the light of EU law and international law, the book analyses the interaction of the EU’s trade, state aid and investment policy. This is done by posing the following research question: How is EU state aid law shaping the future of EU investment policy in a global context? Further, the book puts forward three corresponding arguments. First, this influence can be seen in the EU’s incorporation of clauses promoting fair competition and state aid policy in international trade agreements. Second, EU state aid law and policy contributed to recent internal developments which led the Member States to terminate their bilateral agreements with each other (intra-EU BITs) by the end of 2019. Third, the EU has been working to replace the BITs between its Member States and third countries (extra-EU BITs) with its own trade agreements, which are aligned with EU legislation. This combined analysis of EU law and international law yields a number of interesting conclusions. The book addresses a highly topical and rapidly evolving area of EU law and international investment law. It is also the first book to provide a comprehensive approach to the interplay of state aid rules and EU investment policy internally and externally, i.e., within the EU and on a global scale. As such, it closes an important gap in the extant literature on international and EU law.

Author : Caroline Wehlander
Publisher : Springer
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789462651173

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Services of General Economic Interest as a Constitutional Concept of EU Law by Caroline Wehlander Pdf

This book offers a legal understanding regarding the core elements of SGEI (Services of General Interest), and of how the post-Lisbon constitutional framework on SGEI affects the application of the EU market rules by the EU Court of Justice, including procurement rules, to public services. It is built up of three parts, namely Part I: No Exit from EU Market Law for Public Services, Part II: SGEI as a Constitutional Voice for Public Services in EU Law, and Part III: The cost of loyalty, the relationship between EU procurement and state aid legislation on social services and the Treaty rules on SGEI, ending with a case study of Swedish systems of choice. Analyses are also provided on how the EU legislator engages in the Europeanisation of social services through EU procurement and state aid rules that have an ambiguous relationship to the Treaty framework on SGEI. Some explanation to this ambiguity is proposed by studying how the application of EU state aid rules could hinder the development of Swedish systems of choice liberalizing publicly-funded elderly care and school education. Included are propositions on crucial but yet unsettled legal questions, in particular what the legal meaning and relevance of the notion of economic activity in EU market law are and which core elements characterize SGEI. This book is therefore mainly aimed at legal academics and practitioners but may also be of interest to political scientists. Caroline Wehlander studied at Umeå University and holds the title of Doctor of Laws. She lives and works in Sweden.

Author : Wolf Sauter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107066120

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Public Services in EU Law by Wolf Sauter Pdf

Comprehensive analysis showing that utilities and welfare services are important building blocks for the EU social market economy.

Author : Robert Böttner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1510 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031423611

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Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - A Commentary by Robert Böttner Pdf

Author : Hermann-Josef Blanke,Stelio Mangiameli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 364244489X

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The European Union after Lisbon by Hermann-Josef Blanke,Stelio Mangiameli Pdf

The book contains 24 contributions from European law scholars and practitioners analysing the constitutional basis of the European Union and the normative orientation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) as well as the central economic and monetary provisions (TFEU) after the Reform Treaty of Lisbon. Presenting the findings of a European research team, which is composed of authors from eight Member States, the publication underlines the aspiration of the editors to thoroughly analyse the constitutional law of the European Union currently in force.