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 or 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, as 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 and the horizontal and sectoral aid rules.
Accordingly, it will 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.
- Teacher: Godefroy de Moncuit
- Teacher: Juan Diego Ramirez-Cardenas
This comprehensive online seminar will provide you with an understanding of the principles and procedures of European public procurement policy, focusing on the Public Procurement Directives and relevant case law. You will be guided through the Public Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU and the Utilities Directive 2014/25/EU. During the seminar you will receive insights into the application of professional procurement practices.
The four-day programme will begin with an ‘Introductory Seminar: European Public Procurement for Newcomers to Procurement’, which will be held on 21 September 2021. The three-day ‘Practitioners’ Seminar: European Public Procurement Rules, Policy and Practice’ will commence on the following day.
Course methodology/highlights and level:
This introductory and advanced course includes exercises and cases. Participants would benefit from reading Directive 2014/24/EU in advance prior to the course.
If you are confident of all the basics, and do not feel that you need any further training on it, you can also register for the Practitioners’ Seminar only.
Since 2012, EIPA’s
European Centre for Judges and Lawyers (ECJL) in Luxembourg has held annual conferences
on the theme ‘European Union Civil Service Law’. These events have been a great
success and attracted the enthusiasm of many participants, including judges
from the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (now defunct) and General Court,
legal representatives of the European institutions, university professors and
lawyers specialised in this field. In light of this, EIPA wishes to repeat the
experience by organising the 10th Annual Conference. This will be an
occasion to explore some of the recent developments in both substantive and
procedural law.
The aim of the conference is twofold: first, to inform participants about
recent developments in the case law of the General Court and to look in more
detail at specific issues regarding civil service litigation in the EU,
including those which are currently on the agenda; and secondly, to provide
scope for a debate and a critical assessment of this case law among the key
actors concerned, namely judges, lawyers and staff of the institutions.
This annual conference reviews and comments on a selected number of judicial decisions issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union during the past 12 months. These judicial decisions are regarded as significant for:
- They offer a first-time interpretation on certain EU legal instruments;
- They give a new meaning to existing legal rules;
- Or they adapt or re-examine past jurisprudence.
The program of this new edition will feature a number of key decisions in the field of the Rule of Law, the EU legal system and procedural law and on the application and interpretation of fundamental EU law principles.
It will also present an analysis of major recent judgements on substantive EU law matters such economic and monetary policy, employment and social affairs, taxation and competition. The program will then move on to discuss Court’s key rulings in external relations and the area of freedom of security and justice. The conference will conclude with a description of how the Court and its work adapted to the particular contingencies of the COVID-19 pandemic situation.