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E.ON case for obstructing commission inspection: Advocate General opinion on E.ON Energie’s appeal against fine imposed for breaking a seal

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 26 2012

On 21 June 2012, Advocate General Bot gave an opinion on E.ON’s appeal against a General Court judgment which upheld the European Commission’s decision to fine E.ON 38m for breaking a seal during a Commission investigation

Italian banking tax aid case: European Court of Justice judgment on Italian banking tax aid scheme

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 26 2012

On 21 June 2012, the ECJ handed down its judgment on an appeal against a General Court ruling which dismissed an action by banks BNP Paribas and BNL against the European Commission’s decision that an Italian aid scheme in favour of restructured banks was incompatible with the EU

Clarification on motor block exemption: European Court of Justice ruling on meaning of “specified criteria” in definition of quantitative selective distribution in motor vehicle block exemption

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 21 2012

On 14 June 2012, the ECJ gave judgment on a reference from a French court on the meaning of “specified criteria”, in respect to a quantitative selective distribution system under Regulation 14002002, the motor vehicle block exemption

Access to leniency materials: Alstom appeals against European Commission decision to transmit documents to High Court of England and Wales

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • June 21 2012

On 9 June 2012, details were published of Alstom’s appeal against the Commission’s decision to transmit certain documents to the High Court of England and Wales

Cartel appeal dismissed: General Court dismisses Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd’s appeal against European Commission acrylic glass cartel decision

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • June 12 2012

On 5 June 2012, the General Court dismissed ICI’s appeal against the Commission’s decision in the acrylic glass (methacrylates) cartel

Private market economy investor: European Court of Justice dismisses European Commission’s appeal on the application of private market economy investor test

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 12 2012

On 5 June 2012, the ECJ dismissed an appeal by the Commission against the General Court’s judgment relating to the application of the private investor in a market economy test

Late implementation of EU law: European Commission refers five member states to European Court of Justice for late implementation of EU telecoms rules

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • June 7 2012

On 31 May 2012, the Commission announced that it has decided to ask the ECJ to impose penalty payments on Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia for failing to fully implement the revised EU telecoms reform package which was adopted in November 2009

Public service compensation for past bus services: European Commission opens in-depth investigation into proposed grant of public service compensation to Simet SpA

  • 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 opened an in-depth investigation into whether compensation granted by Italy to Simet for bus services provided between 1987 and 2003 is compatible with EU State aid rules

Access to leniency documents: General Court annuls European Commission decision to refuse access to documents in switchgear cartel case

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 29 2012

On 22 May 2012, the General Court upheld the appeal brought by EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG against the Commission’s decision to refuse it access to documents in the gas-insulated switchgear case

Advocate General recommends dismissal of AstraZeneca appeal

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 22 2012

On 15 May 2012, Advocate General Mazak gave an opinion on AstraZeneca’s appeal against a General Court judgment which largely upheld the European Commission’s decision to fine AstraZeneca for abusive patent misuse