Results for: 'subsidy control'

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Subsidy Control Regime - Enforcement

Part four in our four-part series 8 October 2021

This is the final note in our four-part subsidy control Bill series. In this note we summarise the Bill’s proposals for how the new subsidy control regime will be enforced, consider the context of the proposals, and conclude with a summary of the scope of challenges to subsidy decisions (judicial review) and the procedures and timescales for such challenges as currently set out in the Bill.

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The new subsidy control regime: new rules on competition and relocation

Part two in our four-part series 20 September 2021

The subsidy control bill introduced into Parliament at the end of June has included two potentially significant additional provisions over and above the requirements under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and indeed any other international obligations of the UK.  These are: a principle relating to competition in the UK with which subsidies and subsidy schemes must be compatible (Schedule 1, principle F); and introducing a new prohibition on the relocation of activities (clause 18). This note considers the potential impact of these new provisions.

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Subsidy Control Bill - freedom or confusion?

David Owens explores the new subsidy control Bill.

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Part One: The Subsidy Control Act 2022 and Updated Statutory Guidance

Recent amendments to the Statutory Guidance for the UK Subsidy Control Regime 9 August 2023

This is the first of two articles providing an overview of recent amendments to the Statutory Guidance for the United Kingdom subsidy control Regime. The Statutory Guidance accompanies the subsidy control Act 2022, which introduced the UK’s new subsidy control regime in January 2023.

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Subsidy Control - Referral to the Competition & Markets Authority

Part three in our four-part series 28 September 2021

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Levelling Up Fund Phase 2 – Subsidy Control Compliance

At last, the wait is over and the successful applicants in Round 2 of the Levelling Up Fund (LUF) have been announced. We were over the moon to learn that a number of the projects which the Bevan Brittan subsidy control team helped with have been awarded funding.  We have no doubt that these projects will each be truly transformational in their localities.

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The importance of subsidy control compliance for LUF applications and UK Shared prosperity fund

Edward Reynolds outlines the Government's recently published second round of the Levelling Up Fund and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and the impact on subsidy control

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ZEBRA 2 Funding – Subsidy Control Implications

Deadline for the Government’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) 2 scheme approaches 23 November 2023

ZEBRA 2 is a single-stage funding competition targeted at local transport authorities (LTAs) based in England (but outside London) who have made an enhanced partnership or else begun the statutory process to decide whether to implement franchising. The deadline for submission of applications is 4:00 pm on 15 December 2023.