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SMEs and State Aid

In: Economic Growth in the European Union

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  • Eftychia Mouameletzi

    (Centre of International and European Economic Law)

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The present chapter discusses the relationship between small and medium enterprises and state aid. SMEs are very essential to promote competitiveness, job creation, economic growth, social stability and a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the EU. For that reason they are at the focus of EU policy which aims to benefit them by granting them the SME bonus, which in essence means more and easier State aid. It is therefore deemed important that an SME is properly classified as such, according to the provisions of Commission’s Recommendation 2003/361/EC on the SME definition, in order to have preferential access to state aid for investment and other activities. In this context, anti-circumvention measures have been established to prevent abuse of the SME definition and reserve the benefit of the SME bonus to genuine SMEs. EU Commission’s practice and EU case-law on the SME definition have greatly contributed to this purpose.

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  • Eftychia Mouameletzi, 2020. "SMEs and State Aid," Contributions to Economics, in: Christos Nikas (ed.), Economic Growth in the European Union, pages 59-68, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-030-48210-7_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48210-7_6
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    State aid; SMEs; European Union;
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