Re: EU ratification !
Originally Posted by
Cinderella
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https://www.trowers.com/insights/202...and-complaints
The EU Commission, as arbiter of State aid rules in the EU had generally interpreted this quite broadly, so it will be interesting to see if the UK implementation takes a narrower approach which may limit who can complain/challenge a subsidy.
Catch-22.
Wish I had your optimism Zaphod, hey-ho.
From that link you gave:
Following the conclusion of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) and the passing of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (EUFRA), from 1 January Great Britain said goodbye to the concept of "State aid" (for new public sector support) and hello to the new concept of "Subsidy Control".*
The TCA requires both the EU and UK to each have in place an "effective system of subsidy control" in compliance with the principles set out in the TCA. It is implied that the EU's current state aid framework satisfies this obligation.
The UK has not had time to set out the details of its own approach; instead the EUFRA effectively incorporates the TCA's subsidy control provisions .
Not had time? Ever since 2017 you could have known this! It seems nobody did truly believe the UK would leave, and so didn't prepare.
Or is this the speed of british civil service? That would also explain why french fishers are still waiting. Alas, now british fish are also waiting. On the quays.....