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EU state aid investigation into German renewable energy law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • June 11 2013

The European Commission (Commission) is likely to open a formal EU State aid investigation into the German Renewable Energy Source Act. According to

European Commission opened formal state aid investigation into the German exemption of large electricity consumers from network charges

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 22 2013

On 6 March 2013, the European Commission ('the Commission') decided to investigate in-depth the German exemption of large electricity consumers from

More alternative PPA structures seem to develop - are we seeing a paradigm change?

  • Kromann Reumert
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • November 9 2012

Just a few years ago, almost all European renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPA) were based on fixed prices and an off-take obligation by the grid operator

European Commission to sue Germany over water services costs

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • November 7 2012

The European Commission is involved in a dispute with Germany over the correct tariff to be charged for water use

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Production and wholesale of conventional electricity in Germany exempted from EU public procurement rules

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • June 19 2012

On 24 April 2012, the European Commission adopted a formal decision generally exempting from the EU procurement rules all public companies active in the production and wholesale of conventional electricity in Germany

Shale gas: no new EU laws required

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden
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  • February 1 2012

The European Commission has just released its study on the legal framework for shale gas in Europe

Firm wins case at German Federal Labour Court after ECJ ruling on TUPE

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • November 30 2011

A team from our Frankfurt office has won a long-running transfer of undertakings case, Klarenberg v Minteq International GmbH

Environment, planning and regulatory news

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union, France, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • September 21 2011

Following the publication of the Commission's new energy efficiency plan (EEP) in March, it has now published a proposal for a directive on energy efficiency

European Commission publishes White Paper "Transport 2050" - Germany adopts "government program electric mobility"

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • May 31 2011

With the White Paper "Transport 2050", the EU Commission presented a roadmap for a major reform of the European transport system ("Roadmap") at the end of March this year