Crisis, what crisis? Business as usual for EU competition policy and regional aid control

摘要

This paper aims to provide a review and assessment of EU competition policy control of regional State aid. The paper has been prepared by the European Policies Research Centre (EPRC) under the aegis of EoRPA (European Regional Policy Research Consortium), which is a grouping of national government authorities from countries across Europe. The Consortium provides sponsorship for the EPRC to undertake regular monitoring and comparative analysis of the regional policies of European countries and the inter-relationships with EU Cohesion and Competition policies.