Michael Honoré, Asbjørn Godsk Fallesen

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Jahrgang 21 (2022), Ausgabe 4, Seite 453 - 454

Michael Honoré, Asbjørn Godsk Fallesen

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Jahrgang 19 (2020), Ausgabe 1, Seite 81 - 84

Michael Honoré

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Jahrgang 19 (2020), Ausgabe 2, Seite 111 - 114

Michael Honoré, Anne Louise Jespersen

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Jahrgang 17 (2018), Ausgabe 3, Seite 428 - 430

Michael Honoré

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Jahrgang 16 (2017), Ausgabe 2, Seite 181 - 192

Public authorities are increasingly engaging in economic activities. This may give problems of competitive neutrality, as also highlighted by the OECD. The purpose of this article is to illustrate some of the complex – and often overlooked - State aid issues that may arise when an economic activity is carried out by a public authority, with particular emphasis on the issue of aid (cross-subsidisation) at the level of the public undertaking. It is contended that State aid law is a potent instrument for private operators faced with competing public undertakings, and that State aid law may in fact impose requirements upon public authorities in terms of accounting separation and benchmarking, which go further than the requirements under e.g. the State Aid Transparency Directive and antitrust-law (including Articles 101, 102 and 106 TFEU). Keywords: Notion of Advantage; Cross-Subsidisation; Public Undertakings; Separation of Accounts; Implied and Unlimited Guarantees.

Michael Honoré

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Jahrgang 15 (2016), Ausgabe 2, Seite 306 - 307

Michael Honoré

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Jahrgang 14 (2015), Ausgabe 3, Seite 306 - 308

Michael Honoré, Charlotte Fornø

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Jahrgang 11 (2012), Ausgabe 2, Seite 527 - 531

On 2 December 2011 roughly 100 stakeholders from various member States were assembled in the Academic Building at the Leiden University for a day of talks and debates on a range of State aid issues. I. Introduction The EStAL autumn conference was held on Friday 2 December 2011 at the University of Leiden, following a State aid workshop held on Thursday 1 December 2011. The conference took place in the beautiful and historic setting

Michael Honoré, Nanna Eram Jensen

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Jahrgang 10 (2011), Ausgabe 2, Seite 265 - 286

In a series of recent judgments concerning unlawful State aid, the Court has emphasized that national courts may be required to uphold claims for compensation for damage caused by reason of the unlawful nature of the aid. Nevertheless, recent studies show that so far there have been no cases in which competitors have actually been awarded damages. The main obstacle to a successful action for damages seems to be the requirement to prove causation and/o

Michael Honoré

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Jahrgang 8 (2009), Ausgabe 4, Seite 11

I. Introduction The judgment of the Court of First Instance (CFI) in the British Aggregates Association received considerable attention, due to both its conclusions and its reasoning. It has been described as “highly innovative” and several commentators suggested that the case added a new dimension to the classic selectivity test in the area of taxation. However, the judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) made it clear that the CFI went too f