Category Archives: Legislation

BEIS announces that the main parts of the Subsidy Control Act will come into force on 4 January 2023, and publishes the final versions of the regulations defining what subsidies are to be looked at by the CMA

BEIS announced yesterday, in an update to its website, that the substantive provisions of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 will come into force on 4 January 2023. Any subsidy given on or after that date will be subject to the … Continue reading

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The Subsidy Control Act 2022 – legislation to create a UK Statutory State Aid regime receives Royal Assent

By Jonathan Branton, Alexander Rose and Alex Eaton, DWF Law LLP The long awaited Subsidy Control Bill has been awarded Royal Assent, thereby putting into law a statutory UK State aid regime.  This will develop, change and build upon the … Continue reading

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Subsidy Control Bill: BEIS consults on what subsidies can be, or must be, referred to the CMA

On 25 March, BEIS issued a consultation on the regulations that will define what subsidies have to be referred to the CMA before implementation (“subsidies of particular interest”) and what subsidies can be referred, either by the granting authority or … Continue reading

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Subsidy Control Bill – Illustrative Guidance and Regulations (by Angelica Hymers and Alex Kynoch of Browne Jacobson)

It has been a turbulent couple of years for those involved in subsidy control, and 2022 will be equally challenging. The Subsidy Control Bill (Bill) will take effect in 2022. It will form the backbone of the UK’s new subsidy … Continue reading

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The Subsidy Control Bill and levelling up: a complex and murky picture

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               One concern that has been widely expressed during the passage of the Subsidy Control Bill through Parliament is its relationship with the current government’s “levelling-up” agenda.  Although that agenda is somewhat inchoate (although it may become a bit … Continue reading

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UK State Aid Law Association – Seminars on the Subsidy Control Bill

The UK State Aid Law Association invites you to attend two seminars on the Subsidy Control Bill currently before Parliament. The first seminar will be hosted at Shearman & Sterling offices in London on Wednesday, 24 November between 6:30–7:30 pm … Continue reading

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Resources on the Subsidy Control Bill

As the Subsidy Control Bill is now before Parliament, I thought it would be useful to collect together resources on the Bill, debates on it, and articles being written about it. I will also try to summarise key issues that … Continue reading

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The Subsidy Control Bill 2021: key questions for Parliament to consider (by Jonathan Branton and Alexander Rose, DWF)

Note: this article by Jonathan and Alex is particularly timely as the Subsidy Control Bill is getting its Second Reading in the House of Commons today (22 September).   The Subsidy Control Bill will have its second reading in Parliament … Continue reading

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The UK’s Proposed Revisions to Article 10 of the Northern Ireland Protocol: a Sensible Basis for Negotiation

This post, written by George Peretz Q.C. of Monckton Chambers and James Webber of Shearman & Sterling, assesses the UK’s proposed revisions to Article 10 of the NI Protocol. Introduction Subject to the qualification that it applies only to “measures which affect that … Continue reading

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The Subsidy Control Bill: a short summary

NOTE: the following blog is an adapted version of an earlier post on https://eurelationslaw.com/. Subscribers who have their own comments or thoughts on the Bill are invited either to comment below or to send more detailed thoughts, amounting to a … Continue reading

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