ARTICLE · 12 OCTOBER 2018

Preparations For Post-Brexit UK State Aid Regime

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The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has provided some insight into its preparations it is making to take on the role of the UK state aid regulator post-Brexit.

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The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has provided some insight into its preparations it is making to take on the role of the UK state aid regulator post-Brexit.

In a presentation to the Competition Section of the Law Society on 9 October 2018, Janette Enser, the Interim Director for state aid explained that:

Draft legislation is expected to be presented "in the Autumn" to transpose the EU state aid rules (with only technical adjustments) as the UK's domestic state aid regime after Brexit;
If there is an Implementation Period after 29 March 2018 (rather than a no deal scenario), the European Commission will continue to receive notifications of aid and make assessments on aid measures until 31 December 2020:

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