The Notice explicitly recognises that ‘the focus of assessment in State aid cases is the aid recipient and the industry/sector concerned rather than the identification of competitive constraints faced by the aid recipient’.
Teatises on selgesõnaliselt öeldud, et „riikliku abi juhtudel on hindamise keskmes abisaaja ja/või asjaomane tööstusharu/sektor, mitte aga abisaaja suhtes kehtiv konkurentsisurve”.