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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

11m aid injection for French biomass project approved

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • November 29 2010

A proposed grant of 11m for the construction of a 43MW boiler using renewable sources (biomass) by Roquette Frères (RF) won approval from the European Commission on 17 November

Commission authorises state aid for two new energy projects

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Austria, European Union, France
  • -
  • April 7 2010

State aid proposals for energy projects in Austria and France were both given European Commission approval on 24 March 2010

General Court annuls Commission decision declaring measures implemented by France for EDF to be incompatible with the common market

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • December 31 2009

On the 15 December 2009, the General Court of the European Union annulled a Commission decision against EDF which declared aid it had received from the French State as incompatible with the common market

Commission extends investigation into regulated electricity tariffs in France

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • March 16 2009

The European Commission has extended the in-depth investigation it began in 2007 under EC Treaty State aid rules into the regulated electricity tariffs enjoyed by certain large and medium-sized companies in France

Aid approved for hydrogen energy project

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • October 31 2008

France has successfully sought approval from the European Commission (Commission) for a plan to grant research and development aid worth 68m to Air Liquide and a number of partner companies to develop a hydrogen energy chain programme (H2E

French hydrogen energy project cleared

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • October 10 2008

On 8 October 2008, the European Commission approved under the EC Treaty State aid rules EUR 67.6 million in State aid granted by France for research and development

Commission concludes that French state guarantee for Finnish nuclear power plant operator TVO does not constitute aid

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union, Finland, France
  • -
  • October 31 2007

The Commission has closed an in-depth investigation under EC Treaty state aid rules, concluding that a guarantee of the French Government insuring a loan granted to the Finnish electricity producer TVO does not constitute state aid

Commission opens investigation into regulated electricity tariffs in France

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • July 10 2007

The Commission has opened under EC Treaty state aid rules a formal investigation into potential aid to large and medium-sized companies in France in the form of artificially low regulated electricity tariffs that are financed by the state directly or indirectly

State aid investigation into regulated electricity tariffs in France

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • July 9 2007

On 13 June, the European Commission announced that it had launched a formal state aid investigation into potential aid to medium and large sized companies in France via the provision of state financed regulated electricity tariffs

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