Regional State Aid: Market Definition in Large Investment Projects of the Automotive Industry Journal Artikel Jan Philipp Otter, Baskaran Balasingham European State Aid Law Quarterly, Jahrgang 12 (2013), Ausgabe 3, Seite 516 - 522 I. Introduction Under the Guidelines on National Regional Aid for 2007–2013 (hereinafter ‘RAG’)1 the regional aid has been notified for a series of large investment projects (LIPs) in the automotive industry. In some cases, the Commission gave approval in the preliminary examination procedure without an in-depth assessment, e. g. in Ford Craiova,2 Ford Espana,3 or Jaguar (Tata).4 In other cases, the Commission opened the formal investigation procedure
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