Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2013, 61(4), 1017-1021 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361041017

EU Courts' review of decisions imposing fines in EU state aids cases

Jana Mikušová
Department of Law and Social Sciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive view on the application of the principle of proportionality in the Commission's decisions imposing fines in the area of state aids as well as the EU courts exercise of the jurisdiction over these decisions.
The primary and secondary sources of law and the case law would be investigated in this article. The author would like to briefly describe the historical background of the application of the principle of proportionality and by analysing the case law follow the evolvement of the application of the principle. The study should bring the answer on question whether the rule of law (in this case principle of proportionality) is safeguarded enough by the courts review of the decisions imposing fines.

Keywords: state aid, court review, principle of proportionality, fines

Received: April 11, 2013; Published: July 13, 2013  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Mikušová, J. (2013). EU Courts' review of decisions imposing fines in EU state aids cases. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 61(4), 1017-1021. doi: 10.11118/actaun201361041017
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. BARAN, M., DONIEC, A., 2010: EU Courts' Jurisdiction Over and Review of Decisions Imposing Fines in EU Competition Law [online]. Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, 3, 3: 235-259. [cit. 25.4. 2012] Available from SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2130868.
    2. GERARDS, J. H., 2005: Proportionality review in European law. IVR Encyclopaedia of Jurisprudence, Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law [online]. 2005 [cit. 12.11. 2012] Available at: http://ivr-enc.info/index.php?title=Proportionality_review_in_European_ law.
    3. BĚHAN, P., 2008: Komunitární právní úprava zneužití dominance, kartelových dohod a veřejných podpor a její vývoj ve světle rozhodovací praxe. Ostrava: KEY Publishing, 276 s. ISBN 978-80-87071-67-0.
    4. CENGIZ, F., 2011: Judicial Review and the Rule of Law in the EU Competition Law Regime after Alrosa. European Competition Journal, 7, 1: 127-153. ISSN 1757-8396. DOI: 10.5235/174410511795887615 Go to original source...
    5. COMMON PRINCIPLES FOR AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPATIBILITY OF STATE AID UNDER ARTICLE 87.3, cited 21. 2. 2013, available online http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/reform/economic_assessment_en.pdf.
    6. EUROPEAN COMMISSION, 2008: Vademecum, Community Law on State Aid.
    7. LEGAL, H., 2005: Standards of Proof and Standards of Judicial Review in EU Competition Law [online]. [cit. 20. 11. 2012]. Available at: https://groupes.renater.fr/sympa/d_read/credaconcurrence/Art/LegalFordham2005.pdf.
    8. RYDELSKI, M. S., 2006: The EC state aid regime: distortive effects of state aid on competition and trade. London: Cameron May, 848 p. ISBN 1905017340.
    9. TICHÝ, L., ARNOLD, R., ZEMÁNEK, J., KRÁL, R., DUMBROVSKÝ, T., 2011: Evropské právo. 4. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 1005 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-333-2.
    10. TRIDIMAS, T., 2006: The general principles of EU law. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 591 p. ISBN 978-0-19-925806-2.
    11. SANTAMATO S., SALTO M., 2006: State aid to digital decoders: proportionality is needed to meet common interest, Competition Policy Newsletter [online]. [cit. 20. 11. 2012]. Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/publications/cpn/2006_1_97.pdf.
    12. NICOLAIDES P., RUSU I. E., 2010: The 'Binary' Nature of the Economics of State Aid. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 37, 1: 25-40. ISSN 1566-6573. Go to original source...

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY NC ND 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content