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Aid to a regional airport: European Commission opens in-depth investigation into potential State aid at Beauvais airport

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 7 2012

On 30 May 2012, the Commission announced that it has decided to open an in-depth State aid investigation into whether financial arrangements between public authorities and the French airport of Beauvais, and rebates and marketing agreements between this airport and its customer airlines, are in line with EU State aid rules

European Commission approves decision on restructuring aid to ING

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 22 2012

On 11 May 2012, the Commission announced that it has approved a 2009 restructuring plan for ING, following a General Court judgment which had partially annulled the Commission’s previous clearance decision

Regulation on de minimis state aid for services of general economic interest (SGEI) published in the Official Journal

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 1 2012

On 26 April 2012, Regulation 3602012 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU to de minimis aid granted to undertakings providing SGEI was published in the Official Journal

Alumina delivers speech on competition policy and the financial crisis

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • December 7 2011

On 1 December 2011, Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the Commission responsible for competition policy, delivered a speech on the role of competition policy in relation to emergency state aid measures in the current financial crisis and the positive impact of competition enforcement on consumers

Commission publishes 2012 Work Programme

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 17 2011

On 15 November 2011, the European Commission (“Commission”) set out, in its 2012 Work Programme, the key initiatives it aims to deliver in 2012

ECJ rules that Italy failed to recover unlawful state aid as required by Commission decision

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union, Italy
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  • October 18 2011

On 13 October 2011, the ECJ ruled that Italy had failed to recover unlawful state aid granted to New Interline SpA , an Italian chair manufacturer

Commission approves grant of research and development state aid to Belgium company

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union
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  • October 11 2011

On 5 October 2011, the Commission announced that it had approved Belgium’s grant of state aid to an aeronautics company, SABCA, on the basis that the benefits of the research and development aid outweigh the possible detriment to competition

Commission issues staff working paper on temporary state aid to address the financial and economic crisis

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • October 11 2011

On 5 October 2011, the Commission published a staff working paper on the effects of temporary state aid rules adopted in the context of the financial and economic crisis

ECJ dismisses appeal by Mediaset about state aid for digital decoders in Italy

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • August 8 2011

On 28 July 2011, the ECJ dismissed an appeal by Mediaset SpA against a judgment of the General Court that upheld a Commission decision finding that subsidies granted to consumers in Italy for the purchase of certain digital terrestrial decoders constituted unlawful state aid

EU and UK antitrustcompetition group London bulletin

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 9 2010

On 9 November 2010 the European Commission ("Commission") fined 11 air cargo carriers a total of just under 800m for a worldwide cartel which affected cargo services within the EU