Economic assessment of State aid: The European Commission consults Member States on a staff working paper "Common principles for an economic assessment of the compatibility of State aid under Article 87.3 EC”

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – EC Commission, 15 May 2009, Consultation on a working document "Common principles for the economic assessment of the compatibility of State aid under Article 87(3)". In a consultation document, DG Competition attempts to develop in a more concrete, comprehensive and precise manner the instruments, or what it calls the economic analysis "tools", that it uses or could use for the assessment of the compatibility of State aid under Article 87(3) EC. In so doing, it clarifies a line which had been set out in the Action Plan for a "finer economic analysis" in the field of State aid control. This consultation document is issued by DG Competition and does not