ABSTRACT
Treaty rules and guidelines are complemented by a composite system of secondary regulations. It is worth remembering that Art. 109 TFEU allows for the adoption of secondary legislation in the field of State aid. Under this provision, the Council adopted Regulation 994/98,26 i.e. the Enabling Regulation, which has empowered the Commission to adopt individual regulations in which it declares certain types of aid to be lawful and exempts them from the obligation of prior notification.27
