Enforcement of State Aid Law in the Netherlands, Legislative Initiative for Effective Recovery Procedures in Dutch Law

Abstract

After a brief overview of the principles underlying the enforcement of State aid law in the Member States (section 2), we will describe the problems affecting implementation practice in the Netherlands in recent years (section 3). Next, the outlines of the legislative proposal are described (section 4), followed by some remarks on the relationship between Community law obligations and the Dutch principle of legality (section 5). Next, we will examine the proposed changes in the light of the Dutch implementation practice (section 6). We will conclude with some final remarks (section 7).

Keywords: state aid, measures, dutch law