EU State Aid Control in the Broadband Sector – The 2013 Broadband Guidelines and Recent Case Practice journal article Annette Kliemann, Oliver Stehmann European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 12 (2013), Issue 3, Page 493 - 515 Based on more than 100 State aid decisions already taken, the Broadband Guidelines aim to reconcile the conflicting goals of fostering broadband development and minimising the crowding out of private investment. After a revision process of one and a half years, new State aid Broadband Guidelines entered into force in January 2013. Changes to the Guidelines became necessary to take into account technological progress and the Digital Agenda objectives. They also reflect re
The 2009 Broadcasting Communication and the Commission’s Decisional Practice Two Years after its Entry into Force journal article Ansgar Held, Annette Kliemann European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 11 (2012), Issue 1, Page 37 - 47 The Article gives an overview of the Commission’s policy concerning State aid to public service broadcasting, as outlined in the 2009 Broadcasting Communication, the changes it brought in relation to the 2001 Broadcasting Communication, and its differences with the 2005 package on the Commission’s general policy on support for services of general economic interest (SGEI). In this context it argues that public service broadcasting has special features
Judgment By Formula: Regulatory Form and the Differentiation of Fiscal Measures and Non-Fiscal Measures in EU State Aid Law Christopher McMahon