The Private Investor Principle Applied to Loans [Commission Decision 2013/528]
Introduction The State aid issue in this case is relatively straightforward. Nauta, a Polish shipyard, […]
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Private Vendor Principle: How to Organise a State-Aid-Free Sale of Public Assets
Introduction The private investor principle (PIP) or market economy investor principle is well established […]
A Public Authority Can Behave Like a Private Investor even when the Beneficiary Has Little Prospect of Future Profitability
Introduction When a public authority invests in an undertaking, it must earn a return at […]
A Case of Public Funding of Infrastructure that Does not Constitute State Aid: But Many Questions Remain
Introduction After the landmark judgment in Leipzig-Halle, public authorities are justifiably careful to ensure that […]
The Offsetting of a Structural Disadvantage Is still State Aid
Introduction Normally it is conceptually and technically fairly easy to determine whether an undertaking benefits […]
Privatisation of Aeroportos de Portugal: Conflict between the National Economic Adjustment Programme and State Aid Rules?
Background Portugal notified to the Commission the privatisation of the “Aeroportos de Portugal” [ANA] for […]
Public Support without State Aid
Public measures that do not constitute state aid are as interesting as the measures that […]
PuState Resources and Payments between Undertakings
Introduction A couple of years ago, the big issue in State aid law was the […]
Fiscal Leveraging: Donations and State Aid for Culture and Sports
Introduction In this blog I examine primarily a Dutch measure that supports cultural institutions by […]
Ex Post Evaluation of State Aid: A New Instrument
Introduction: The need for evaluation The State Aid Modernisation that was launched by the European […]