The Principle of Subsidiarity and Innovation Support Measures

Arjan Lejour ()

CPB Memoranda from CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

Abstract: Innovation is a policy area in which the European Union (EU) has the competence to support, coordinate and supplement Member States’ policies according to the new Lisbon Treaty (2007). The Member States (MS) have the primacy in this area and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are applicable to decide whether EU support, coordination or supplementation of MS policies is justified.

This paper presents a detailed subsidiarity test. It is applied to three innovation support measures as part of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme of the European Commission. These measures are access to finance for the start-ups and growth of SMEs and investment in innovation activities, networks in support of business and innovation-community grants (new Enterprise Europe Network), and the Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk.

Keywords: innovation policy; subsidiarity; European Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O38 H77 H87 F15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008-10
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