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EU Law on State Aid to Airlines : Law, Economics and Policy.

Hauptbeschreibung State intervention in air transport is omnipresent. Airlines, in particular, are major beneficiaries of State aid. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the law regulating State aids to airlines, which includes sections on Articles 107 TFEU and 108 TFEU as well as an overv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schmauch, Magnus
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Content; Foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Presentation of the topic; 1.2 Methodology; 2. A Single Sky
  • Airline Regulation in the EU; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The era of regulated air transport (1944-1984); 2.2.1 The Chicago system; 2.2.2 Bilateral Air Service Agreements; 2.2.3 Inter-airline Pooling Agreements; 2.2.4 The IATA and the tariff-fi xing regime; 2.3 Deregulation in the United States
  • Inspiration and rolemodel; 2.4 Liberalization of the airline industry in Europe (1984-1997); 2.4.1 Introduction; 2.4.2 Air transport in EU law.
  • 2.4.3 The fi rst liberalization package and other developments (1984-1990)2.4.4 The second Package and other developments (1990-1993); 2.4.5 The third package and developments after 1993; 2.4.5.1 The third package of liberalization: Open Skies in Europe; 2.4.5.2 Regulation 1008/2008; 2.4.5.3 The Directive on Airport Charges; 2.5 The Low-Cost Revolution in Europe; 2.6 Other developments after liberalization
  • the 1996 and 1999 Communications from the Commission; 2.7 External relations
  • International aspects of the airline industry.
  • 2.7.1 The Commission on the move: Bilaterals between theUnion and Third Countries2.7.2 Subsidies to airlines in the USA; 2.7.3 EU protection against subsidization of foreign airlines; 2.8 How do airlines make money?; 2.9 Conclusions; 3. State aid control in the European Union; 3.1 State aid policy and State aid control; 3.1.1 EU Law and the Role of the ECJ; 3.1.2 EEA Law and the Role of the EFTA Court; 3.2 The interdisciplinary context of State aid law:economics and policy analysis; 3.2.1 Economics; 3.2.1.1 The relevance of economics; 3.2.1.2 The Contestable Market theory.
  • 3.2.1.3 Effi ciency in economics3.2.1.4 Market Failure in economics; 3.2.2 Policy Analysis; 3.2.2.1 Market failure in policy analysis; 3.2.2.2 Paternalist intervention; 3.2.2.3 Transaction cost; 3.2.2.4 New Growth Theories; 3.3 Finding the balance: economic efficiency vs. equity; 3.4 The State Aid Action Plan; 3.5 Commission Guidelines and their application; 3.6 Article 107(1) TFEU
  • The definition of State aid; 3.7 The resources must be attributable to the state; 3.8 Advantage; 3.8.1 The aid must confer an advantage on the undertaking; 3.8.2 The Market Economy Investor Principle.
  • 3.8.2.1 Introduction3.8.2.2 The application of the MEIP; 3.8.2.3 Criticism against the MEIP; 3.8.3 Services of General (Economic) Interest; 3.8.3.1 Introduction; 3.8.3.2 Article 106 TFEU and Services of General Economic Interest; 3.8.3.3 The line between Articles 106 and 107 TFEU; 3.8.3.4 Services of General economic interest, Public ServiceObligations and the airline industry; 3.9 The notion of an undertaking and the selectivity criteria; 3.9.1 The notion of an undertaking; 3.9.2 Selectivity; 3.10 The effect on trade and distortion of competition; 3.10.1 Introduction.