%A Ababou, Dounia %D 2011 %T The General Court Confirms The Commission’s Economic Approach Of State Aids %! The General Court Confirms The Commission’s Economic Approach Of State Aids %X I. Introduction The “more refined economic approach” of State aids has been largely commented since the State Aid Action Plan of 2005. Debates sparked again last year when the DG Competition launched a consultation on the “Common principles for an economic assessment of the compatibility of State aid under Article 87.3 EC-Treaty”. However, European Courts have had very rare opportunities to express their views on the new assessment methodology put int %U https://doi.org/10.21552/ESTAL/2011/1/219 %0 Journal Article %R 10.21552/ESTAL/2011/1/219 %J European State Aid Law Quarterly %V 10 %N 1