In case of unlawful State aid, Art. 24(2) of Regulation 2015/1589 guarantees the possibility to submit a complaint to "any interested party". The preamble to Regulation 2015/1589 even encourages the submission of such claims. Interested parties are defined by Art. 1(h) of this Regulation as "any...

Die wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen der Coronapandemie haben die Volkswirtschaften der EU schwer getroffen. Zur Unterstützung haben die Mitgliedstaaten erhebliche Finanzmittel in die Wirtschaft gelenkt und die EU hat die entsprechenden Beihilferegeln, die den Wettbewerb im Binnenmarkt schützen...

As the COVID-19 crisis unfolded, the European Commission (Commission) started labelling its enforcement of European Union (EU) competition law as exceptional. A Temporary Framework for State Aid was issued for the ‘current exceptional circumstances’ describing multiple types of aid dealing...

Helping the economy through state intervention is in principle forbidden in the European Union. Article 107(1) TFEU, contains a general prohibition of state aid, defined as aid granted by MS (MS) through state resources, which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain...

In the Covid pandemic, European State aid law was liberalised to guarantee member States the possibility of supporting the economy. In an economic crisis, the tension between the possibility to counteract and fair competition comes particularly to the fore. The European Commission gave priority...

Während der Handelskonflikt zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und der Volksrepublik China spätestens seit der Präsidentschaft Donald Trumps im Fokus einer breiten Öffentlichkeit steht, hat auch die Europäische Union (EU) China als Systemrivalen ausgemacht. Deswegen sah sich die...