The General Block Exemption Regulation: A Giant on Feet of Clay journal article Michael Berghofer European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 8 (2009), Issue 3, Page 14 Commission Regulation (EC) 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation/ GBER) is significantly extending Member States’ possibilities to grant aid without prior notification: although the unification of block exemptions into one single and coherent document is to be welcomed, as are the steps towards greater clarity of the provisio
The New De Minimis Regulation: Enlarging the Sword of Damocles? journal article Michael Berghofer European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 6 (2007), Issue 1, Page 13 Commission Regulation 1998/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to de minimis aid is doubling the de minimis ceiling, but forgoing to address the inherent risk of voidness. I. Introduction From 1 January 2007, a new regulation is replacing Regulation 69/2001 on de minimis aid: Commission Regulation (EC) 1998/20061 is introducing important changes by doubling the de minimis ceiling whilst widening the scope of this category of ai
Judgment By Formula: Regulatory Form and the Differentiation of Fiscal Measures and Non-Fiscal Measures in EU State Aid Law Christopher McMahon