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What to Expect from National Courts in the Fight against Unlawful State Aid?
I. Introduction Malta’s original and formal economic relations with the European Union mainly concerned trade issues. These were regulated by an Association Agreement with the then European Economic Community and its Member States, first signed on 5 December 1970, which came into force during April 19711. This Agreement sought to strengthen the commercial and economic relations between the parties by progressively eliminating barriers to trade as a fi