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EU State Aid Policy: Concealed Transfer of Competences?

Hettne, Jörgen LU (2023) p.133-158
Abstract
This chapter concerns the role of competition policy, and in particular EU State aid rules, in the European integration process. The Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union contains a ban on State aid. However, this ban is not without exceptions. Through a centralized system, there is scope for exceptions in many policy areas. This also applies to areas where the member states are reluctant to transfer powers to the EU. To illustrate this situation, three such areas will be described: tax policy, industrial policy and housing policy. It will be demonstrated that that the development of an increasing number of detailed exceptions to the State aid ban raises important questions of competence. While the member states have been careful... (More)
This chapter concerns the role of competition policy, and in particular EU State aid rules, in the European integration process. The Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union contains a ban on State aid. However, this ban is not without exceptions. Through a centralized system, there is scope for exceptions in many policy areas. This also applies to areas where the member states are reluctant to transfer powers to the EU. To illustrate this situation, three such areas will be described: tax policy, industrial policy and housing policy. It will be demonstrated that that the development of an increasing number of detailed exceptions to the State aid ban raises important questions of competence. While the member states have been careful to delimit the EU’s powers, this has not prevented the EU from indirectly steering these policies through the application of the State aid rules. (Less)
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subject
keywords
Competition policy, State aid, Transfer of powers
host publication
The EU between Federal Union and Flexible Integration
editor
Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Antonina ; Ekman, Per ; Michalski, Anna and Oxelheim, Lars
pages
26 pages
publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
external identifiers
  • scopus:85160499257
ISBN
978-3-031-22396-9
978-3-031-22397-6
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-22397-6_6
language
English
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yes
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295a7f12-eed3-4bc0-981a-01580b8566d0
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2023-02-05 18:05:30
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  author       = {{Hettne, Jörgen}},
  booktitle    = {{The EU between Federal Union and Flexible Integration}},
  editor       = {{Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Antonina and Ekman, Per and Michalski, Anna and Oxelheim, Lars}},
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  keywords     = {{Competition policy; State aid; Transfer of powers}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  pages        = {{133--158}},
  publisher    = {{Palgrave Macmillan}},
  title        = {{EU State Aid Policy: Concealed Transfer of Competences?}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22397-6_6}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-031-22397-6_6}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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