Sixty Years of EU State Aid Law and Policy

"[This book provides a review of] state aid, from its evolution to the practical implementation of current rules. If an EU industrial policy can be said to exist, its contours may be found in the complex and evolving concept of state aid. Because approaching any state aid issue can be fraught with multiple and sometimes conflicting interpretations, an in-depth analysis of the rationales, initiatives and regulations that constitute the state aid system is much needed. In response to this need, this book provides a...clarifying context through which recent reforms, policy shifts and judicial decisions concerning state aid can be understood and applied to specific situations."--