The volume examines the lessons learned and challenges identified during the almost two years of application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) by the European Commission, legal practice and contracting authorities, and places them in the context of an assessment of the FSR's conceptualisation, international reactions and the proliferating criticism in the academic literature. The contributions to this volume present the various challenges of the FSR through different lenses, thus providing a complex view of the FSR.

Assesses the implementation experiences and challenges of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation Presents EU responses to current challenges in international trade Offers a cutting-edge approach to challenges ahead of the EU trade policy

Autorentext

Wolfgang Weiß is Professor of Public Law, European Law and Public International Law and holds a Chair at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. His research interests pertain to EU and International Economic Law.

Albrecht von Graevenitz is Professor of Civil Law at the Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences in Mannheim. His research areas of interest include public procurement and competition law.

Ulrich Soltész is a partner of the Law firm Gleiss Lutz based in Brussels. He advises clients on European competition and state aid law. He represents clients before the European Commission and national competition authorities as well as before the EU Courts.

Inhalt

Introduction: The Foreign Subsidies Regulation.- Part I General Concepts.- The Notion of Foreign Financial Contribution and of Foreign Subsidy.- 'Distortion of Competition' in the Age of Industrial Policy: An Examination of Interpretations across EU Competition Instruments.- Balancing.- Part II Challenges in Implementation.- The Role of the Commission in the Public Procurement tool.- The FSR in Public Procurement A View from Industry.- The Role of the European Commission in the Concentrations Tool.- The FSR in concentrations A view from legal practice.- Part III FSR Fit for Purpose?.- International Reactions to the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.- The FSR a critical view.