- Volume 9 (2010), Issue 1
- Vol. 9 (2010), No. 1
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- Pages 23 - 32
- pp. 23 - 32
Private State Aid Enforcement
I. Introduction The notion of private enforcement is already well established in the field of antitrust1, where national courts may be called upon to apply Articles 101 or 102 TFEU in litigation between private parties. “Private enforcement” in the area of State aids should in principle cover the same ground, namely genuine enforcement action by private companies against illegal State aid granted to a competitor. In practice, however, national court p