Modernisation of State aid block exemptions

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-281
Author(s):  
René Plank
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Central Element ◽  
State Aid ◽  
Policy Response ◽  
Eu Policy ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Block Exemption ◽  
The Eu

AbstractEU State aid rules were subject to a major parallel overhaul between 2012 and 2014 in the context of „State Aid Modernisation“. With most of the rules recently adopted, the present article aims to shed light on the context and objectives of this reform, in particular the financial crisis, and take stock of the EU policy response in numerous new Council and Commission Regulations, Guidelines and Notices. A central element of the reform and focus of this article are the new State aid block exemption rules adopted on 17 June 2014.

scholarly journals Eu Policy Appraisals and Public Opinion: A Tale of Sophistication and Interdependence?

World Affairs ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 182 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-34
Author(s):  
Pierre Philippe Balestrini
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Present Article ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Eu Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
Income Dispersion ◽  
The Eu

Although the literature about European Union (EU) public opinion is quite extensive, much of it focuses on general indexes of support for the EU or one specific EU policy area. The study of citizens’ appraisal of the EU contribution across socioeconomic policies and its interdependence is uncharted territory. The present article addresses this gap in the research. Using Eurobarometer data, it is demonstrated that national publics tend to be dissatisfied with the EU contribution across policies and that this assessment is consistent and interrelated from one policy to another. Education is found to have only a relatively modest impact on this assessment while the degree of an EU member state’s integration in the world economy is not found to sway the latter. The findings finally show that national levels of unemployment, immigration, income dispersion, and the positioning of party leaderships on social redistribution influence public opinion on EU policy input. In the light of these findings, implications are drawn.

Participation through the Lisbon strategy: comparing the European Employment Strategy and pensions OMC

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Natali ◽  
Caroline de la Porte
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Social Partner ◽  
Lisbon Strategy ◽  
Limited Participation ◽  
Social Partnership ◽  
Open Method Of Coordination ◽  
Amsterdam Treaty ◽  
Social Partners ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
The Eu

The present article aims to shed light on the concrete implementation of the Lisbon strategy with regard to its governance framework and to participation (of social partners) in particular. The focus is on the European Employment Strategy (EES) (defined in the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997 and then integrated into the broader Lisbon strategy that emerged in 2000) and the open method of coordination on pensions (the process of soft coordination of pension reforms agreed at the Stockholm Council of 2001). While the EU discourse has a strong emphasis on social partnership, evidence from the two cases in this article shows limited participation. While social partner access varies considerably between coordination processes, it is evident that expectations concerning increased participation have not been fulfilled in the Lisbon strategy.

The Icesave Dispute in the Aftermath of the Icelandic Financial Crisis: Revisiting the Principles of State Liability, Prohibition of State Aid and Non-discrimination in European Law

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Elvira Méndez-Pinedo
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
State Aid ◽  
European Law ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Border Dispute ◽  
State Liability ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Bank Collapse ◽  
The Eu

This study focuses on the Icesave dispute and Icesave agreements between Iceland, the UK and The Netherlands in the light of European law (EU and EEA law) and explores two main issues: 1) the State liability for breaches of EU/EEA law on the basis of Directive 94/19/EC following a systemic bank collapse in Iceland; and 2) the principle of non-discriminatory interplay between the nationalisation of Icelandic banks (State aid) and the payment of the minimum guarantee of €20.887 to depositors of Icesave accounts in the branches of Landsbanki in the UK and The Netherlands. This dispute was handled through diplomatic negotiations. The author is highly critical of the methodology followed. This cross-border dispute brought to light new complex problems in a grey area of European law which should have been brought before the highest European courts. Icesave also seems to have turned Icelanders against the process of European integration and the EU.

scholarly journals EU LAW AND STATE AIDS IN AGRICULTURE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
Martin Janků
Keyword(s):  
Legal Framework ◽  
State Aid ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
The Common ◽  
Special Rules ◽  
Eu Commission ◽  
State Aids ◽  
Block Exemption ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Regulation of state aids form an integral part of the EU law from its very origin. Various special rules on provision of state aids were created as secondary law rules by the EU Council and EU Commission. They distinguish between horizontal and sectoral state aid. Horizontal aid concerns schemes potentially benefiting all undertakings regardless of their industry. Sectoral aid is targeted at specific industries or sectors. The paper deals with the legal framework of state aid rules in the agriculture sector. As first, it discusses the extent to which the State aid rules have been generally applied in the agriculture sector by the EU Council under Article 36 of the Treaty, together with the extent to which they have been specifically applied under the regulations which govern both the .common organizations of the market and rural development. Following chapter analyses the agriculture de minimis Regulation, which sets out circumstances in which agricultural aid is sufficiently small that Article 107/1 TFEU will be not applied. Thereafter the paper focuses on the provisions of the Agriculture Block Exemption Regulation and, finally, on agricultural aid that falls to be notified to the Commission as being authorized under the Agriculture Guidelines.

Las funciones del interregionalismo en la relación UE-CAN

Oikos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (29) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Olga María Cerqueira Torres
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Present Article ◽  
The Political ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
Political Rationality ◽  
Article Analysis ◽  
Andean Community ◽  
The Eu

RESUMENEn el presente artículo el análisis se ha centrado en determinar cuáles de las funciones del interregionalismo, sistematizadas en los trabajos de Jürgen Rüland, han sido desarrolladas en la relación Unión Europea-Comunidad Andina de Naciones, ya que ello ha permitido evidenciar si el estado del proceso de integración de la CAN ha condicionado la racionalidad política del comportamiento de la Unión Europea hacia la región andina (civil power o soft imperialism); esto posibilitará establecer la viabilidad de la firma del Acuerdo de Asociación Unión Europea-Comunidad Andina de Naciones.Palabras clave: Unión Europea, Comunidad Andina, interregionalismo, funciones, acuerdo de asociación. Interregionalism functions in the EU-ANDEAN community relationsABSTRACTIn the present article analysis has focused on which functions of interregionalism, systematized by Jürgen Rüland, have been developed in the European Union-Andean Community birregional relation, that allowed demonstrate if the state of the integration process in the Andean Community has conditioned the political rationality of the European Union towards the Andean region (civil power or soft imperialism); with all these elements will be possible to establish the viability of the Association Agreement signature between the European Union and the Andean Community.Keywords: European Union, Andean Community, interregionalism, functions, association agreement.

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