Competition weekly news summary
23 January 2015


State aid

  • Commission authorises UK aid for Teesside biomass CHP plant
    22 January 2015
    The Commission has found that UK plans to support the building of the Teesside combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plant are in line with EU state aid rules. The plant will use biomass to provide electricity to the national grid and heat to local customers. The Commission concluded in particular that the project would further EU energy and environmental objectives without unduly distorting competition in the Single Market.
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Court

  • T-355/13 easyJet antitrust complaint
    21 January 2015
    The EU General Court ruled on an appeal by the UK airline easyJet against a Commission decision of May 2013 rejecting a complaint lodged by easyJet. The complaint alleged that airport charges at the Dutch Schiphol airport were excessive and discriminatory and amounted to an abuse of a dominant market position. The Commission rejected the complaint, as it had already been dealt with by the Dutch competition authority, with which easyJet had brought several complaints on the matter in 2008. The GC has now dismissed easyJet's claims and upheld the Commission's findings. The GC held, in particular, that the Commission may reject a complaint which has previously been rejected by a competition authority of a Member State on priority grounds.
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