Ferri, Delia (2021) The Role of EU State Aid Law as a “Risk Management Tool” in the COVID-19 Crisis. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 12 (1). pp. 176-195. ISSN 1867-299X

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This article discusses the role of European Union (EU) State aid law in the COVID-19 crisis. It contends that different Treaty derogations have played unique roles in addressing the core determinants of the economic risk linked to the pandemic (ie the “exposure” to lockdown measures and the “vulnerability” of certain sectors to them), and in increasing the resilience of national economies. Moreover, this article examines the extent to which EU State aid law has been used to manage and mitigate health risks, by allowing Member States to enhance the preparedness and capacity of their healthcare sector (broadly conceived) to respond to the pandemic. On the whole, this article maintains that State aid control has been used by the European Commission as an important “risk management tool”, and it highlights the role of the Commission as the crisis management authority.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: FERRI, D. (2021). The Role of EU State Aid Law as a “Risk Management Tool” in the COVID-19 Crisis. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 12(1), 176-195. doi:10.1017/err.2020.71 Copyright: This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
Keywords:	Covid-19; healthcare sector; EU State aid law; European Union;
Academic Unit:	Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Centre for European and Eurasian Studies Faculty of Social Sciences > Law
Item ID:	16714
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1017/err.2020.71
Depositing User:	Delia Ferri
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2022 10:42
Journal or Publication Title:	European Journal of Risk Regulation
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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