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ECJ confirms France Télécom received a selective advantage under the tax rules

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 16 2011

The ECJ upheld the General Court’s decision that the special tax regime afforded to France Télécom (FT) between 1994 and 2002 constituted state aid

Gibraltar’s tax advantages for offshore companies amount to state aid says the ECJ

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Gibraltar
  • -
  • December 1 2011

Gibraltar’s status as a tax haven has suffered a blow after the ECJ upheld a Commission decision that the proposed corporate tax reforms conferred material selective advantage on offshore companies

ECJ confirms that Italian tax reductions to newly-listed companies constitute illegal aid

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • December 1 2011

The ECJ has confirmed on appeal (C-45809P) that an Italian aid scheme to grant tax reductions to newly-listed companies was unlawful

Commission fails to act in response to Ryanair complaints

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 21 2011

The General Court (in T-44207) has found that the European Commission failed in its obligation by not defining its position in response to complaints by Ryanair that the Italian government had granted state aid to Italian airlines Alitalia and Volare

ECJ rules that Italy has failed to recover illegal state aid

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • July 27 2011

On 14 July 2011, the ECJ ruled that Italy had failed to fulfil its obligations to recover illegal state aid granted under a scheme to promote investments in municipalities affected by natural disasters

Decision not to declare steel company bankrupt was not state aid says General Court

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Poland
  • -
  • May 31 2011

On 17 May 2011, the GC annulled a Commission decision requiring recovery of state aid from Polish steel producer Technologie Buczek (TB

Counterfeit goods in transit can be seized by Customs in the EUsometimes

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 30 2011

The Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has just published his Opinion in Nokia Corporation v HMRC

Counterfeit goods in transit can be seized by customs in the EUsometimes

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 9 2011

The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has just published his Opinion in Nokia Corporation v HMRC

Commission asks ECJ to penalise Italy for State aid breaches

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • November 16 2010

The European Commission has referred Italy to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to comply with a previous Court ruling requiring Italy to recover illegal State aid from publicly-owned utilities companies

DHL appeal against the Leipzig-Halle airport warranties dismissed

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • October 11 2010

DHL has lost its attempt to overturn the European Commission's 2008 decision which found that DHL benefited from State aid in the context of regional assistance in relation to Leipzig-Halle airport and ordered recovery of the aid