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ECJ rules on recovery of unnotified aid later declared lawful

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • March 12 2008

On 12 February 2008, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gave a ruling on a preliminary reference from a French court (CELF C-19906) clarifying the obligations of a Member State to recover unnotified aid in a situation where the European Commission subsequently approves aid

General Court confirms that government statements of support do not constitute State aid

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • June 7 2010

On 21 May 2010, the General Court annulled a decision of the European Commission which had earlier concluded that certain statements, made by the French Minister of the Economy in 2002 indicating that the Government was considering making a shareholder loan to France Telecom (FT), constituted illegal State aid

ECJ rules on the recovery of aid from Scott and Kimberly Clark where there was a procedural defect

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • June 7 2010

On 20 May 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a ruling on a reference from a French court concerning the recovery of state aid granted to Scott SA and Kimberly Clark SAS in the form of a preferential land price and preferential rate of water treatment levy

ECJ hands down judgment on French State intervention in France Télécom

  • Roschier
  • -
  • 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

National court obliged to recover illegal state aid

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • March 22 2010

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in case C-109, re-emphasised the obligation upon national courts to recover unlawful State aid in its ruling on a French referral concerning aid granted to the Centre d'exportation du livre français (CELF

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

Advocate General gives opinion on the latest Scott SA appeal

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • March 4 2010

Advocate General Mengozzi's Opinion (in case C-29007 P) of 23 February 2010, generally supports the European Commission's findings regarding State aid to Scott SA

ECJ dismisses Bouygues Telecom’s appeal on 3G licences

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • April 24 2009

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld a Court of First Instance (CFI) judgment, which found that the retroactive reduction of fees due by Orange and SFR did not constitute State aid and was not discriminatory

Court upholds EC ruling in FT state aid case

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • December 4 2009

In a second development that involves France Telecom (FT), Europe’s Court of First Instance (CFI) upheld the European Commission (EC) on Monday with respect to a 2004 ruling in which the EC decreed that tax concessions extended to FT by the French government between 1994 and 2002 constituted illegal state aid

Advocate General recommends ECJ dismisses France Telecom appeal

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • September 26 2011

On 8 September 2011, Advocate General Jaaskinen handed down an opinion recommending that the ECJ dismisses an appeal by France Telecom