On 21 and 22 May 2007 the European State Aid Law Institute held its 5th Annual Experts’ Forum on new developments in European State aid control, once again, as in the two preceding years, in the Brussels Concert Noble. This year almost 300 delegates from all in all 23 different countries attended this regular event. Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes opened the conference by her keynote speech titled “Two years into the SAAP – State of Play and pro