“Effect on trade” is seeing a renaissance in decisional practice in the field of state aid. The Commission is refining its approach to assessing whether potential aid measures affect trade between Member States such as to engage art.107 TFEU. The present contribution analyses the systemic...

In the post-accession period, a common feature of the international agri-food trade of the new Member States was a significant increase in the volume and value of export and import flows, thus contributing to the increase in intra- and extra-Community trade. Despite these increases in total...