Tag: State Aid
EU’s Financial Watchdog Warns Airline Bailouts May Ignore Passengers
Airline passengers may have been unfairly treated while European Union’s regulators raced to approve bailouts to struggling carriers, the EU’s financial watchdog warned.
The European...
EU Approves €254M Romanian Aid
The European Commission has approved, under EU State Aid rules, Romanian plans to support the upgrade of the district heating system of the municipality...
EU OKs €1.4B Swedish Scheme For Companies Affected By Coronavirus Outbreak
The European Commission has approved an approximately €1.4 billion (US$1.7 billion) Swedish scheme to support the uncovered fixed costs of companies affected by the...
EC OKs €202M Croatian Scheme To Support Companies in Tourism
The Croatian government will soon have available an amount of approximately €202 million (US$245.4 million) to support companies of all sizes in the sectors...
EU Approves Germany’s Coronavirus “Umbrella” Scheme
The European Commission has approved a German “umbrella” scheme to support the uncovered fixed costs of companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme...
Antitrust Regulation in the Digital Economy
I distinguish between data-based digital antitrust cases and non data-based cases. So far, the emphasis has been on traditional cases where data did not...
The Long Arm of State Aid Law: Crushing Corporate Tax Avoidance
By Sandra Marco Colino (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
The sun is setting on the days when multinationals could establish intricate tax systems to...
Vestager To Allow More State Aid To Boost Green Projects
European Union governments may be allowed to grant more state aid to projects that help the bloc achieve its climate goals, Europe’s antitrust chief...
Apple v. Commission: The Verdict’s In
By: Mike Lane & Isabel Taylor (Slaughter & May)
The victory for Apple and Ireland in their €13bn State aid dispute with the European Commission raises...
Up in the Air: Airlines and Competition Policy in Times of...
By Georgiana Pop & Gonçalo Coelho (World Bank Group)1
Introduction
The COVID-19 outbreak took a swift but tremendous toll on the airline industry. In the course...