Brussels, 08/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 8 January, the European Commission published an assessment report of the first five years of the block exemption regulations for State aid. The report concludes that experience has been largely positive, allowing the adoption of over 1600 State aid measures, without prior notice. The Commissioner with responsibility for competition matters, Neelie Kroes, explained that lightening the bureaucratic burden should "enable the Commission to focus its...