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

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
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  • 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

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

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

ECJ upholds Commission appeal in Scott PaperKimberly-Clark state aid case

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • September 23 2010

The Commission won its appeal (C-29007P) before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against a General Court judgement annulling part of a decision in 2000 that France had granted State aid to the American manufacturer, Scott Paper

Appeal against Commission’s DHL training aid decision dismissed

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • July 16 2010

On 8 July 2010, the General Court dismissed an appeal by the German Government against the Commission’s finding that the grant of 7.7m of aid to parcel delivery company, DHL, in order to cover the costs of training 485 employees at a new logistics hub was incompatible with the state aid rules

Refusal of access to documents may be justified

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • July 7 2010

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that refusal of access to administrative documents in a State aid procedure may be justified by the general presumption that disclosure would undermine the Commission's investigation activities

Appeal against Commission decision on State aid for digital decoders in Italy dismissed

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • June 24 2010

On 15 June 2010, the General Court dismissed an appeal by Mediaset SpA against a European Commission decision finding that subsidies for consumers in Italy for the purchase of certain digital terrestrial decoders constituted unlawful State aid