Nicola Pesaresi

"The SGEI Communication"* 1. Introduction : The Communication and its role in the new SGEI package This article is the second in a series explaining the rationale behind the new SGEI package, highlighting the most important features and novelties and introducing the new texts. The (...)

"The New State Aid Rules for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) : the Commission Decision and Framework of 20 December 2011"* 1. Introduction : the 2011 package On 20 December 2011, the European Commission adopted a new package of State aid rules for services of general (...)

"The New State Aid Rules for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI)"* On 20 December 2011, following extensive public consultations, the European Commission adopted a new package of State aid rules for services of general economic interest (SGEI). This article offers an overview of (...)

EU-Korea FTA : a stepping stone towards better subsidies’ control at the international level* On 15 October 2009 a free trade agreement (FTA) between Korea and the EU, the EU’s first with a trading partner in Asia, was initialled. It is the most ambitious FTA ever negotiated by the EU, (...)

"Restructuring banks in crisis — overview of applicable State aid rules"* 1. A complete set of State aid rules for financial institutions in the current crisis (1 The Communication of 22 July 2009 on the return to viability and the assessment of restructuring measures in the financial (...)

"Econometric and survey evidence in the competitive assessment of the Ryanair-Aer Lingus merger"* I. Introduction Recently, the Commission prohibited the hostile takeover by Ryanair of Aer Lingus. The facts of this case differ from previous airline mergers assessed by the European (...)