Programme
Wednesday, 8 March
9.00
Registration
09.30
Welcome from Lexxion
- Introductions to the speakers and participants
- Today’s learning objectives
9.45
Session 1: Overview of the new Subsidy Control regime
What rules currently apply?
- The Subsidy Control Act 2022
- Secondary Legislation
- The role of the Statutory Guidance
What steps need to be taken to properly assess the compliance of a measure?
- Flow chart of steps to take
The Notion of Subsidy
- The four cumulative criteria at Section 2
- No subsidy routes (such as CMO)
- Group Exercises: How to assess if a Subsidy is present in your Scheme/Project?
Interactive discussion using worked examples to illustrate points
Alexander Rose, Legal Director, DWF Law LLP, United Kingdom
10.45
Coffee Break
11.15
Session 2: Prohibited categories and special rules
- The meaning of “ailing or insolvent”
- The difference between absolute and conditional prohibitions
- Supporting relocation projects
- The Energy and Environmental Guidelines
Interactive discussion using worked examples to illustrate the points.
Alexander Rose, Legal Director, DWF Law LLP, United Kingdom
11.45
Session 3: Routes to compliantly award subsidies
- Minimal Financial Assistance
- Service of Public Economic Interest Assistance
- Streamlined Routes
- The Subsidy Control Principles
- Service of Public Economic Interest
Sattam Al-Mugheiry,
13.15
Lunch
14.45
Session 4: Referring a subsidy to the Subsidy Advice Unit
Maria Marsden, CMA
15.30
Session 5: Transparency Requirements
- How to satisfy the TCA requirements
- How to get log in codes to upload information
- Implications of setting up schemes rather than awarding subsidies
Alexander Rose, Legal Director, DWF Law LLP, United Kingdom
15.45
Coffee Break
16.15
Session 6: Challenges under the new Subsidy Control regime
Areas that are commonly overlooked (inc. prohibited categories)
How challenges are brought and what public bodies can do to protect themselves
Andrea Biondi,
Professor of European Union Law and Director of the Centre of European Law at King’s College, London.
17.00
Session 7: Question and Answer Session
All Speakers
18.00
Reception