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ECJ rejects retirement at 60 for airline pilots

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • September 28 2011

Since the abolition of the default retirement age of 65 from April 2011, employees can only be required to retire on the grounds of age where it can be objectively justified

In-depth investigation into air transport in France, Germany, Ireland

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France, Germany, Ireland
  • -
  • July 27 2011

On 13 July 2011 the European Commission opened three in-depth state aid investigations regarding the Marseille and Frankfurt Hahn airports and an investigation into lower taxes for air passengers in Ireland for domestic flights

In-depth investigation into plans for Germany’s LeipzigHalle airport

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • June 17 2011

Public financing of new infrastructure measures to upgrade Germany’s LeipzigHalle airport are currently under scrutiny by the European Commission

Commission extends Deutsche Post state aid case

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • May 12 2011

A formal investigation into whether Germany broke EU state aid rules by overcompensating the service obligations of Deutsche Post AG (DPAG) has been extended following complaints from competitors who allege that between 1990 and 2007, DPAG disproportionately benefitted from public transfers and pension subsidies

Dawn raid on Deutsche Bahn’s premises

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • April 26 2011

On 29 March 2011, officials from the European Commission and German competition authority undertook unannounced inspections at the premises of Deutsche Bahn AG and some of its subsidiaries

Rescue service contract is a service concession concludes court

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • March 29 2011

On 10 March 2011, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found that a contract for emergency rescue services was a 'service concession' and outside the scope of the procurement directive

Commission takes Germany to task over group pension scheme contracts

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • March 29 2011

The European Commission has initiated proceedings against Germany for not complying with a 2010 European Court of Justice ruling (C-27108

Corporate tax rule permitting offset of loses against future profits is illegal aid

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • February 3 2011

A rule in German corporate tax law, the so called 'reorganisation clause' that allows an ailing company to offset losses in one year against profits in future years, despite changes in its shareholder structure, amounts to state aid

Solar modules plant in Germany to benefit from 15.5m in approved state aid

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • January 18 2011

The European Commission has authorised 15.5m in regional investment aid for the German company Sovello AG for a new solar modules plant in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, to be situated adjacent to two existing plants

In-depth investigation into subsidies for German metal producers

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • November 29 2010

Germany has proposed a scheme to provide a 40m subsidy for producers of non-ferrous metals (aluminium, zinc and copper) to compensate for part of the CO2 costs included in their electricity prices in the second half of 2009