Foreign Subsidies’ Mystery Box

Foreign Subsidies’ Mystery Box

February 7, 2024, Politico

Carole Maczkovics’ commentary was included in Politico’s “Fair Play” newsletter highlighting the growth in foreign subsidies notifications in the wake of the EU’s implementation of new rules on unfair competition via foreign state funding for companies. The newsletter also covers how a lack of transparency around the new rules poses complications for businesses.

Carole addresses concerns that the lack of information on the process and the Commission’s thinking on foreign subsidies enforcement will make it hard for companies to plead their case. She says that companies will have to “anticipate and develop their assessment and line of arguments to persuade the Commission that the foreign subsidies they received are unproblematic without the benefit of precedents to rely on.”

To find out more about The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation enforcement expectations for 2024 read our blog.