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… is all this talk about Airport infrastructure? The gradual encroachment of the State Aid rules in the Aviation Sector. State aid & Public procurement in the European Union IER 4014 Oliver Hateley Friederike Neuhaus Chris Hartsuike 2 Abstract This paper consists of legal research that deals with the evolution and encroachment of the state aid rules in the aviation sector. The paper centres on the notion of what constitutes an economic activity and how this has evolved in parallel to the … was on state aid to airlines or air carriers. For instance the guidelines covered activities that are accessory to air transport that may benefit airlines through direct or indirect subsidies i.e. flight schools, airport facilities, and duty free shops. The guidelines define the limits within which such subsidies could be granted15 and also the subject of operational aid, in particular the subsidisation of operational aids for particular air routes.16 Therefore the guidelines were specifically … para 89(a). 27 recent decision approving investment aid for UK airports St Mary’s and Land’s End, that was important for connecting the remote archipelago of the Isles of Scilly with the British mainland, to the benefit of both residents and visitors.109 In conclusion the guidelines not only, as noted, show the development of state aid in the financing of infrastructure, but also their impact and that they are stricter in the field of financing the construction of infrastructure for …