The US State Action Doctrine: An European point of view

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. 1. This article is part of the debate in Europe on the nature of public practices that can be controlled under competition law. It follows on from the work on State aid control presented at the colloquium held on the first anniversary of this Review [1]. Indeed, since taking office, the European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes has announced her wish to strengthen Community control of State practices restricting competition. These practices are subject to the provisions of Community competition law and more particularly to those of Article 87 EC on the control of State [2]aid. In the light of the discussions held in Brussels on the "modernisation"