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Commission extends in-depth investigation into UK aid package for Northern Rock

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • May 11 2009

The European Commission has extended the scope of its in-depth investigation under EC Treaty State aid rules into a UK aid package for Northern Rock

Commission endorses temporary UK subsidised interest rates scheme to counter credit squeeze

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 19 2009

The European Commission has authorised under EC Treaty rules on State aid a UK scheme to relieve firms who may be encountering financial problems due to the current economic climate

ECJ orders UK customs to refund antidumping duties to IKEA

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 29 2007

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that furniture retailer IKEA has a right to repayment from UK customs authorities for invalid antidumping duties levied on imports of bed linen from India and Pakistan

Commission approves UK £113.7 million R&D aid to Short Brothers for development of composite wings

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 23 2009

The European Commission has approved, under EC Treaty State aid rules, a repayable cash advance of £113.7 million (120.59 million) that the UK plans to give to Short Brothers PLC, a 100 subsidiary of Bombardier, for the development of composite wings for Bombardier's new CSeries aircraft

Reference to ECJ in seizure of counterfeit goods case

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 10 2009

In the JulyAugust edition of this bulletin we reported on a decision of Mr Justice Kitchin in the case of Nokia Corporation v Her Majesty's Commissioners of Revenue & Customs (HMRC

Commission approves UK aid for feasibility studies on carbon capture and storage demonstration projects

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 14 2009

The European Commission has approved, under EC Treaty State aid rules, aid that the UK intends to grant to conduct two front end engineering and feasibility studies (FEED-studies) on two industrial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects

Commission approves UK measures in favour of Royal Mail

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • April 14 2009

The European Commission has decided that four state measures granted in favour of the UK postal incumbent Royal Mail between 2001 and 2007 are in line with EU State aid rules

Reference to ECJ in seizure of counterfeit goods case

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 30 2010

In the NovemberDecember 2009 edition of this Bulletin, we reported on the Court of Appeal's reference to the ECJ in the case of Nokia v Her Majesty's Commissioners of Revenue & Customs

Commission authorises restructuring package for Lloyds Banking Group

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 31 2009

The Commission has authorised under EC State aid rules, a package of support measures to assist the restructuring of Lloyds Banking Group ("Lloyds"

The Commission approves liquidation of Bradford & Bingley

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 30 2010

In 2008, the UK Government decided to nationalise and wind down Bradford & Bingley while it was still solvent