Effect on trade mintaszakaszok

Effect on trade. A State aid measure falls within the scope of 61(1) of the EEA Agreement only in as far as it affects trade between the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement. In the following, the Authority will assess whether the limitation of the scheme under assessment to certain legal persons and certain sectors hinders the aid from being capable of affecting trade between the Contrac- ting Parties and hence brings it outside the scope of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement. Whenever an aid measure strengthens the position of an undertaking compared to other undertakings competing in intra EEA trade, the latter must be regarded as affected by that aid (1). This is so even if the beneficiary undertaking is itself not involved in cross-border activities (2). This is because domestic production may be maintained or increased with the result that undertakings established within the area covered by the EEA Agreement have less chance of exporting their products to the market in the EEA State granting aid (3).