The fourth edition of Conor Quigley's highly acclaimed book provides lawyers, regulators and public officials with a definitive statement of the law and practice of State Aid. The book places State Aid law and policy in its economic, commercial and industrial context, exploring the concept of State Aid and its function as a tool of EU law.



All of this is achieved by a thorough examination of the jurisprudence of the European Courts and the decisions, legislation and guidelines of the Commission in declaring aid compatible or incompatible with the internal market.



The fourth edition includes new chapters on:

- COVID-19 and Ukraine emergency measures

- Brexit

- EU foreign subsidy regulation

- UK Subsidies Control



and updated guidelines and block exemption regulations on:

- Regional aid

- R&D&I

- Environmental protection and climate change

Part I: STATE AID AND ARTICLE 107 TFEU

1. The Notion of State Aid in EU Law

2. State Aid within Article 107(1) TFEU

3. Taxation and State Aid

4. Market Transactions and State Aid

5. Compatibility of State Aid with the Internal Market

6. Services of General Economic Interest



Part II: EUROPEAN UNION STATE AID POLICY

7. Structure of EU State Aid Policy

8. Regional Aid

9. State Aid for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

10. Training and Employment Aid

11. State Aid for Research and Development and Innovation

12. State Aid for Environmental Protection

13. Rescue and Restructuring Aid

14. Sectoral Aid

15. State Aid and Economic Crises



Part III: SUPERVISION AND ENFORCEMENT: ARTICLE 108 TFEU

16. Assessment of State Aid by the European Commission

17. Recovery of Unlawful Aid

18. Enforcement of State aid law in National Court Proceedings



Part IV: JUDICIAL REVIEW OF EU STATE AID DECISIONS

19. Judicial Review of EU Decisions: Admissibility

20. Judicial Review of EU Decisions: Substance



Part V: FOREIGN AND UK SUBSIDY CONTROL

21. Subsidy Control and Third Countries

22. Subsidy Control in the UK