State Aid in Market Economy Conditions

Abstract

The article presents a definition and specific characteristics of the state aid: the state resources, the economic advantage, the selectivity, the distortion of competition and the affect trade between Member States. Moreover, the article presents a division of state aid for its active and passive forms, and discusses the implications of granting the state aid in the form of subsidies and tax preferences. The article includes a hypothesis that the granted state aid in the any form can cause the price cut on the market, ceteris paribus, what will affect trade between the EU Member States in a long-term perspective