The present second amended and supplemented publication of the community texts on state aids follows the first edition which was published in 2003, as over the last five years the developments in the state aid sector have been constant, numerous and important.
This second edition comprises two volumes. Volume I contains the substantive provisions regulating the various categories of state aids and the measures that have been adopted in the framework of the ongoing credit crisis, while Volume II contains the provisions regulating the (i) state aid control procedure and (ii) Structural Funds.
The present edition is updated until January 2009 and comprises all community texts on state aids that are today in force. It was decided that not only the texts adopted after the publication of the first edition should be included, but also those that predated the first publication and have not yet been abolished. Thus the totality of the community legislation in force is made available to every interested party, e.g. Ministries, lawyers, judges or entrepreneurs. In this way the present edition will be a useful tool mainly for the public authorities that grant aids, but also for those who are active in the state aid sector.