The dataset comprises annual allocations of state aid, including crisis aid to the financial sector (2008-09), by year, country and objective, between the years 1992-2009. The raw data has been obtained from the European Commission's EU State Aid Scoreboard, available on the Commission's website. The State Aid Scoreboard indicates aid expenditure made by Member States which falls under the scope of Article 107(1) TFEU. based on annual reporting by Member States. Expenditure refers to all existing aid measures to manufacturing industries, services, agriculture and fisheries allocated by national authorities, and for which the Commission adopted a formal decision or received an information fiche from the Member States in relation to measures qualifying for exemption under the General Block Exemption Regulation.The ESRC Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) undertakes interdisciplinary research into competition policy and regulation that has real-world policy relevance without compromising academic rigour. It prides itself on the interdisciplinary nature of the research and the members are drawn from a range of disciplines, including economics, law, business and political science. The Centre was established in September 2004, building on the pre-existing Centre for Competition and Regulation (CCR), with a grant from the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council).

Data are derived from existing data available via the DG-Comp’s Scoreboard of the European Commission, resulting from annual surveys as reported to the European Commission by Member States. The State Aid Scoreboard comprises aid expenditure made by Member States which falls under the scope of Article 107(1) TFEU. The data are based on the annual reporting by Member States pursuant to Article 6(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) 794/2004.