- Volume 12 (2013), Issue 2
- Vol. 12 (2013), No. 2
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- Pages 330 - 340
- pp. 330 - 340
State Aid Policy in the EU Member States
It’s a Different Game They Play
The European Union is almost the only international organisation with a system of State aid control. The main reasons for the existence of this system are ensuring a level playing field within the EU internal market, avoiding subsidy races between EU Member States and preserving economic and social welfare. Despite this EU system of control and a WTO agreement documenting a wider international consensus to limit State aid, large amou