Tax climate change: are Brexit’s side effects state aid-proof? Any special tax treatment to just a handful of companies is a way to distort competition. In the Netherlands the government is planning to scrap dividend withholding tax for multinationals. But is the measure state aid-proof? Maarten Aalbers • April 05, 2018 • 2 comments
The Duvel is in the details: cultural diversity on the internal market What is so special about special beer from Belgium?” “Is professional football about culture or cash?” This blog will discuss these questions by investigating to what extend invoking cultural interests can result in a free pass from EU internal market law. Maarten Aalbers • January 17, 2018 • 1 comment
Euroseaneamientos: the latest waltz from the ECJ on public interests in EU substantive law. The interpretation of EU law takes two to tango: the ECJ and national courts. In Euroseaneamientos the ECJ waltzes over important legal questions on internal market law without taking into consideration the programme du bal of the national courts. Maarten Aalbers • December 19, 2016
Fireworks or back-fire? The Austrian Chimney Sweeper Case In a recent judgment the European Court of Justice clarified the scope of the Services Directive. The outcome of the Hiebler case shows that the Court relies on competition law case law when balancing public interests and fundamental freedoms. Maarten Aalbers • January 21, 2016
How State Aid saved Borgen In two recent judgments, the European Court of Justice clarified the scope of EU state aid law towards services of general economic interest, providing insight in the conditions for state aid to public broadcasting companies. Maarten Aalbers • October 03, 2015
