State Aid
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| 1 | Competition regime: State aids Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provide the European Commission with wide-ranging powers to investigate illegally paid subsidies and to order member state governments to recover subsidies which distort the market in favour of state-aided enterprises. This Practice note considers the types of state aids subject to EU rules; the requirements on the part of governments, local authorities and other public bodies to notify state aids to the Commission for prior approval; the remedies that are available to companies affected by unlawful subsidies; the "block exemption" regulations; and state aid notification procedures, as well as recent reforms of the state aid rules. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 2 | EU enlargement and competition law This Practice note considers the impact of the European Union's enlargement on the enforcement of EU competition policy. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | State aid modernisation: consultation tracker This note contains a table to track the progress of the various consultations issued by the European Commission in relation to the review and revision of state aid secondary legislation and guidance, in the context of the state aid modernisation project. | Practice notes | Maintained |