EU State Aid Law As Applied to the Airline Industry : Pandemic Crisis and Long-Term Perspectives.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barbano, Mario.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Government aid.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Torino : Giappichelli, 2025.

Summary:

This book examines the application of European Union (EU) State aid law to the airline industry, focusing on its role in addressing market shocks and long-term challenges, such as environmental sustainability. Emphasis is placed on the regulatory framework governing State aid during the COVID-19 pandemic, analyzing its impacts on the aviation sector and proposing adjustments to EU policies to enhance market fairness and environmental commitments. The work draws on case law, Commission practices, and legal interpretations to assess the adequacy of aid schemes and their compatibility with EU objectives. It is aimed at legal scholars, policymakers, and professionals in aviation and EU law. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Eyelet

Table of Contents

Foreword

Executive Summary

List of abbreviations

List of tables and figures

Introduction

Research questions, structure and methodology

Part I. The aviation market and its current regulatory framework

1. The principle of State sovereignty over the airspace and its impact on civil aviation economic governance

2. The EU internal aviation market

3. Efforts on the way to achieve sustainable aviation

4. Concluding remarks

Part II. EU State aid law

1. General principles and main procedural rules

2. The definition of aid under Article 107(1) TFEU

3. Relevant exemptions in Articles 107, paras 2-3 TFEU

4. The external dimension of the level playing field: the attempt to counter-act third countries’ subsidies

5. Concluding remarks

Part III. State aid and market shocks: public support to airlines during the pandemic crisis

1. COVID-19: a different kind of crisis

2. Member States’ financial support to the aviation industry during the pandemic

3. The choice of the legal basis

4. The Commission’s practice and CJEU’s case-law: selected topics

5. State aid and environmental commitments: the case of ‘green conditionality’ in airline bailouts

6. Concluding remarks

Conclusions. Future horizons of State aid control: lessons learned from the case study of aviation industry

1. The pandemic case-law in a wider frame: possible implications for the evolution of State aid law

2. Adding the environmental perspective to State aid control Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

979-1-221-16286-8

OCLC:

1527722339