State aid is a legal matter which, even though it is based on clear principles, in practice is being governed by a number of secondary regulations and guidelines. Practice is acquired by the know-how gained in notification procedures with the European Commission and the decisions taken by the...

The aim of this note is to provide the information necessary to prepare the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) report on cross border cooperation (CBC) in the Mediterranean region, covering the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) member countries. This report, divided into five...

The Committee of the Regions regularly publishes a monitoring report on the development of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation - EGTC as the European legal entity for cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation of public bodies. The present report analyses the latest...

The Committee of the Regions regularly publishes a monitoring report on the development of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation - EGTC. The present report analyses the latest developments from 2013 and builds on the findings from the earlier EGTC Monitoring Reports of 2010, 2011 and...

Debates over Schengen governance and the management of the EU's external borders took centre stage in 2011 and 2012. Mobility flows linked to what has come to be known as 'the Arab Spring' sparked a chain of national actions affecting free movement in 2011 and, coupled with wider perceived...

The 2012 EGTC Monitoring Report is the result of a yearly exercise commissioned by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and carried out in connection with the Platform of the European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC). In line with Regulation (EC) 1082/2006, the Monitoring Report aims to...

The CoR regularly publishes a monitoring report of the development of EGTC as the European legal entity for cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation of public entities. The present report is an update of the EGTC Monitoring Report 2010. The objective of the update is to provide...