The 2011 Almunia Package and the Challenges Ahead: Are the New Rules Flexible Enough to Fit the Wide Variety of SGEI? journal article Massimo Merola, Tecla Ubaldi European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 11 (2012), Issue 2, Page 17 - 35 I. Introduction This article is based on a paper written for the Conference “The Reform of State aid rules on services of general economic interest – From the 2005 Monti-Kroes Package to the 2011 Almunia Reform” organised by the Global Competition Law Centre (“GCLC”) of the College of Europe and the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, at the College of Europe, Bruges, on 30 September 2011. A few months later, on 20 December
Regional Aid: Recent Trends and Some Historical Background – with special Focus on large Investment Projects journal article Massimo Merola European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 9 (2010), Issue 3, Page 28 I. Introduction After more than 50 years since the entry into force of the Treaty of Rome, several aspects of State aid law still seem (rather increasingly so), and probably objectively are, subject to huge uncertainties. For instance, it has been acutely observed that the more one is involved with, and goes deeper into, the notion of State aid, “the more one realises how elusive it is”1. When compared with the notion of aid and other aspects of State
Judgment By Formula: Regulatory Form and the Differentiation of Fiscal Measures and Non-Fiscal Measures in EU State Aid Law Christopher McMahon