Giovanni Luchena – An overview of the main issues set forth in the Notice on the notion of State aid:
a new “code of conduct” for the States
Giovanni Luchena – Professore associato di Diritto dell’economia Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” – (giovanni.luchena@uniba.it) SOMMARIO 1. Introduction. 2. Coordinating State aid policies. 3. Correcting market failures only?. 4. A brief description of the Notice. 5. Some considerations about the practical effects of soft law in the field of State aids. 6. The origin of the measure: a broad notion of State and the meaning of “State resource”. 7. Taking advantage: the market economy investor principle. 8. Selectivity: reducing the policies of the States. 9. Effect on trade and competition or “the sensitive effect”. 10. Infrastructures: the promoter/owner, the operators and the end-users.Read More →