Press Release: State aid: Commission streamlines handling of state aid complaints

On 9 April 2014, the European Commission introduced a new mandatory complaint form that would enable complainants to provide the Commission with the core elements necessary to investigate possible illegal aid in a single submission. This would make it easier for complainants to identify which information the Commission needs for its investigation and enable the Commission to act faster on suspected violations of the state aid rules. With the adoption of the form, the last building block of the reform of state aid procedures was put in place. The streamlining of procedures is one of the key objectives of the Commission's State Aid Modernisation (SAM) agenda.

European Commission: Competition: State Aid http://ec.europa.eu/competition/forms/download_en.html

Find further information in ESO on State Aid Modernisation (SAM) http://www.europeansources.info/advSearchLink?keyword=SAM%20&searchOption=all

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