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Domestic courts must fulfill their role as a filter before referring a question to the European Court of Justice concerning the validity of a Commission decision

  • Dentons
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • May 23 2013

In an order of April 18, 2013 (Case C-36812 - Adiamix v. DDFP de l'Orne), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) recalled that, when referring a

Antitrust and competitionthe EU weekly briefing, vol. 1, issue 28

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • European Union, France, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 20 2013

On 14 May 2013, the Commission announced that Visa Europe had proposed commitments to reduce its inter-bank fees for credit card payments further to a

The European Court of Justice qualifies declarations of government support as State aids

  • Dentons
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • April 22 2013

In the France Télécom judgment of March 19, 2013, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) addressed the sensitive

ECJ hands down judgment on French State intervention in France Télécom

  • Roschier
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  • European Union, France
  • -
  • March 20 2013

The Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") overruled the judgment of the General Court ("GC"), which annulled the Commission's decision

Car imports to be monitored under EU-Korea FTA?

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France, South Korea
  • -
  • September 28 2012

There have been many developments since the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement celebrated its first anniversary on July 1 2012

French law fixing wind power pricing to be subject to state aid review by European Court of Justice

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • July 11 2012

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed earlier this month that it will undertake a formal review as to the legality, under the current EU State aid rule, of a 2008 French law under which the additional cost which non nationalised distributors and Electricité France incur in purchasing energy produced through wind power are recovered

European Commission approves extension of French aid scheme for video game creation

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union, France
  • -
  • May 1 2012

On 25 April 2012, the Commission announced that it has decided to approve the extension of a French tax credit scheme for the creation of video games with cultural content

Commission opens in-depth State aid investigation into support for Carcassonne airport

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • April 10 2012

On 4 April 2012, the European Commission announced that it has opened an in-depth investigation to examine whether financial arrangements between the French public authorities and France’s Carcassonne airport, and rebates and marketing arrangements between Ryanair and the airport, are in line with EU State aid rules

Commission opens in-depth investigations into aid to airports in Belgium, France and Germany

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union, France, Germany
  • -
  • March 27 2012

On 21 March 2012, the European Commission announced that it has opened an in-depth investigation into whether financial arrangements between public authorities and airports Charleroi (Belgium), Angoulême (France) and Dortmund (Germany), and certain rebates and marketing agreements concluded between these airports and airlines using them, are in line with EU State aid rules

Commission orders recovery of French aid to Sernam

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union, France
  • -
  • March 13 2012

On 9 March 2012, the European Commission announced that it has decided that 642m of state aid granted by France to Sernam, the former road and rail transport services operator of France’s national railway company (SNCF), is unlawful and must be recovered