On the 23rd and 24th of March 2010, Mr. A. Petsetas, member of the State Aid Unit, attended an EIPA seminar in Maastricht concerning “State aid policy in the European Union: An integrative and interactive approach”. The main issues covered during the first day were the concept of state aid, the de minimis aid and the General Block Exemption Regulation. During the second day, the issues of state aid to SMEs, risk capital, aid for RDI and aid for environmental protection were discussed. The last two lectures were about the designing of state aid measures.
