State Aid Control in the European Union

Abstract

European Union aims to establish an Internal Market, where the factors of production move freely and the competition among the producers is maintained. One of the obstacles before the free movement is the provision of state aids by the member states to their own producers. State aids strengthen the competitiveness of the producers and therefore influence the trade among the other member states. In order to control the state aids and therefore to ensure the proper functioning of the Internal Market, a mechanism which consists of Commission, Court of Justice of the European Union and the national courts, has been established. That mechanism aims to achieve a balance between the aim to maintain the competition and the aim to economical developement

Keywords

• Internal Market
• state aid
• competition
• Commission
• Court of Justice
• national courts

Avrupa Birliği’nde Devlet Yardımlarının Denetimi

Öz

Avrupa Birliği, üretim faktörlerinin serbestçe dolaştığı ve rekabetin korunduğu bir İç Pazar oluşturmayı hedeflemektedir. Serbest dolaşım önündeki en büyük engellerden biri de, üye devletlerin kendi üreticilerine sağladığı devlet yardımlarıdır. Üye devletler, kendi üreticilerine çeşitli şekillerde ve yardım yaparak, onların rekabet gücünü artırmakta, bu da dolaylı olarak üye devletler arasındaki ticareti etkilemektedir. İç Pazar’ın etkin bir şekilde çalışabilmesi için gerekli olan devlet yardımlarının denetimi, Komisyon, Avrupa Birliği Adalet Divanı ve ulusal mahkemelerden oluşan bir mekanizma ile sağlanmaktadır. Bu mekanizma hem İç Pazar’daki rekabetin korunması hem de ekonomik kalkınma hedefleri arasında bir denge yaratmayı hedeflemektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İç Pazar
• devlet yardımı
• rekabet
• Komisyon
• Divan
• ulusal mahkemeler

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