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Nicolaides, Phedon Alexander was born on August 28, 1958 in Nicosia, Cyprus. Son of Alexander N. Nicolaides and Aphrodite P. Enotiades.
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Following directly on from the completion of the European Commission’s State Aid Action Plan, this thorough guide provides a concise review of the current state aid policy of the European Community. Certain kinds of state aid are no longer allowed, some other kinds are now possible, while certain types and amounts of aid are now subject to more detailed and rigorous assessment. Increasingly, Member States tend to shift emphasis from supporting individual companies or sectors, towards pursuing horizontal policy objectives. The book not only explains the principles on which European state aid policy is based and how it is applied in practice, but also highlights recent legislation adopted with the ultimate aim of directing Member States towards meeting the Lisbon objectives and responding to successive European Council calls for ‘less and better targeted aid’. The authors identify the most recent sources of EC law on state aid, and analyse the latest landmark European Commission decisions and judgements of EU Courts. They also offer useful guidance on how to design state aid measures. Among the many specific topics covered are the following: • the balancing test for compatibility with the common market; • exceptions for transport and ‘services of general economic interest’; • the Commission’s supervisory control; and • state aid monitoring procedures. Numerous revealing case studies are presented, and useful appendices offer legislative texts and insights into defined areas of practice such as de minimise aid, the SME definition, risk capital for SMEs, aid for research and development and innovation, aid for rescue and restructuring, regional aid, or finally aid for agricultural, environmental or transport purposes. The guide has developed from seminars on EC state aid law and policy organised during the past decade by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA). In line with those seminars, this book will be of great practical value for policymakers and practitioners managing state aid in the public administrations of the EC Member States and its partner countries.
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As full market integration in the EC comes into clearer perspective, the danger of distortions of competition become more evident. Although state aid may be provided to undertakings for a variety of reasons that may be considered to be beneficial to the economy, effective liberalisation may be undermined by state interventions, which weaken competition and prevent the achievement of market integration. State aid is thus considered to be in principle incompatible with the common market, although the well-known qualifications in Article 87 EC imply that certain exceptions are possible.
This guide, which has grown out of seminars conducted by the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht, provides a concise overview of the state aid policy of the European Community. It explains the principles on which this policy is based, and how it is applied in practice. It also identifies the primary and secondary sources of EC law on state aid and makes references to landmark Commission decisions and Court cases, both of which sources it cites extensively.
Among the many important issues the book addresses in depth are the following:
The presentation focuses on those issues that are of practical relevance to policymakers and practitioners managing state aid in the public administrations of the EC Member States and its partner countries. It offers the quickest and most reliable guide to applying Commission decisions and Court rulings on state aid, as well as to practice in the various Member States.
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Nicolaides, Phedon Alexander was born on August 28, 1958 in Nicosia, Cyprus. Son of Alexander N. Nicolaides and Aphrodite P. Enotiades.
Bachelor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1981; Master of Arts, Clark University, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy, Clark University, 1986.
Research fellow London Business School, 1986-1987. Senior research fellow Royal Institute International Affairs, London, 1987-1991. Senior lecturer European Institute Public Administration, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 1991-1993.
Minister plenipotentiary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1993-1994. Secretary general Cyrpus Shipping Council, Limassol, Cyprus, 1994-1995. Professor European Institute Public Administration, Maastricht, since 1996.
Consultant Organization Economic Cooperation & Development, Paris, 1991-1993, United Nations Center for Transnat. Corporation, New York City, 1992, United Nations Food & Agricultural Organization, Rome, 1993, Cyprus Development Bank, Nicosia, since 1995.
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Member European Studies Association (founder), European Economics Association, World Superior vena cava syndrome Forum (founder).
Married Anneke Ida Emilie Bouman, December 30, 1983. Children: Alexander, Ilse.