This course aims at providing legal practitioners with a comprehensive analysis of the enforcement of EU state aid rules.

Course description

State aid control is the cornerstone of the proper functioning of the internal market. State aid cases primarily concern the recipient States. Secondly, they concern companies that gain a selective advantage affecting or likely to affect trade between Member States and market competition.

The first difficult aspect lies with determining whether or not an action taken/programme constitutes aid and then assessing whether the given aid is to be considered compatible with the common market. Despite the general prohibition of State aid, the legislation specifies many exemptions for aid that enhances the efficiency of the single market and boosts the European economy. The Commission’s implementation of the State aid policy has progressively resulted in a strengthening of the Commission’s control over the most complex forms of aid and an increased liability of the Member States in granting forms of aid.

This course will cover the following crucial topics:

• The notion of State aid
• State aid procedures: notified aid, unlawful aid (recovery), misuse of aid and existing aid
• The compatibility of State aid
• The Block Exemption Regulations
• The horizontal and sectoral aid rules

And will, accordingly, focus on:

• The concept of State aid.
• The crucial judgments of the CJUE on State aid.
• The European Commission’s enforcement priorities.
• The revision of State aid instruments.
• The enforcement of State aid rules by national courts.

What will you learn:

Participants will learn about the

• Basic principles of EU State aid policy.
• Latest developments on State aid rules.
• Recent case law of the CJUE.
• Enforcement of State aid rules by national court.

Course methodology/highlights:

The sessions will be delivered by experts providing a presentation on key topics. All sessions will be followed by Q&A periods allowing for the exchange of ideas and discussion periods where participants will have the possibility to share professional experiences.

Participants will be provided with the opportunity to test their knowledge on enforcement of EU State Aid rules through workshops and interactive presentations.

How will it help you?

The course will :

• update you on the most recent and important case law of the CJUE.
• raise awareness of the European Commission’s enforcement priorities.
• Provide you with  a practical approach of the role of the Commission and national courts in the enforcement of State aid rule

Target group

EU and national civil servants. Lawyers and in-house counsel dealing with state aid cases.

Practical information

Online Course
For this online course we make use of Zoom

Programme Organiser
Ms Juliette Mollicone-Boussuge
Tel: +352 426 230 304
j.boussuge@eipa.eu

Discounts
EIPA member fee
EIPA offers a discount to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s supporting countries, and civil servants working for an EU institution, body or agency

Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden.

For all other participants, the regular fee applies

Early bird discount
The early bird discount is not cumulative with other discounts or promo codes, except for the EIPA member fee.

Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden.

For all other participants, the regular fee applies.

Confirmation
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed online registration form.

Payment
Prior payment is a condition for participation.

Cancellation policy
For administrative reasons you will be charged € 50 for cancellations received within 7 days before the activity begins. There is no charge for qualified substitute participants.

EIPA reserves the right to cancel the activity up to 1 week before the starting date. In that case, registration fees received will be fully reimbursed.