2024
Case | 458/36/2020 Canal Sea Services S.R.L. v Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Communications
National Court | Supreme Court of Romania
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 31 May 2024 (available in RO and EN languages)
National Court judgment |
Summary & background | Question on the nature as State aid of an exclusive concession of pilotage services
Case | 7.G.40.733/2024/10 (OTP bank / HU Ministry of Finance)
National Court | Budapest Municipal Court (Fővárosi Törvényszék)
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 15/04/2024 (available in HU and EN languages)
National Court judgment |
Summary & background | Question on the aid element in guarantees
2023
Case | SKA-356/2023
National Court | Senāts – Rīga
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 11/9/2023 (available in LV and EN languages)
National Court judgment |
Summary & background | Questions on the date of granting of aid under the COVID-19 temporary framework
Case | 2022/AR/561
National Court | Brussels Court of Appeal
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 22/3/2023 (available in NL and EN languages)
National Court judgment |
Summary & background | Questions on the interpretation of Commission decision authorising the Capacity Remuneration Mechanism in Belgium.
Case | AA-43-0734-22/5
National Court | Regional Administrative Court of Latvia
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 17/05/2023 (available in LV and EN languages)
National Court judgment |
Summary & background | Questions relating to the qualification of an undertaking as being a ‘financial institution’ within the meaning of pt 20 bis of the Temporary Framework – proportion of activities needed to qualify as such
2022
Case | 68 CG 22/20 x
National Court | Commercial Court Vienna
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 4/2/2022 (available in DE language)
National Court judgment |
Summary & background | Questions on the nature as unlawful State aid of exceptional support granted to the press during COVID
Case | 2022-06-03
National Court | Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 19/12/2022 (available in LV and EN languages)
National Court judgment |
Summary & background | Questions from the Constitutional Court on the duration of State aid to electricity producers as mentioned in the Commission decision regarding support to renewable energy and CHP
2021
Case |
National Court | Administrative division of the Senate of the Supreme Court of Latvia
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 15/07/2021 (available in LV and EN languages)
National Court judgment |
Summary & background | Questions from the Latvian Court regarding the interpretation of the notion of the Internal Return Rate (IRR) of the Guidelines on State aid for Environmental Protection.
Case |
National Court | Hof van Beroep te Gent
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 30/06/2021 (available in NL language)
National Court judgment |
Summary & background | Questions from the Belgian Court regarding the existence of State aid in a sale of certain land plots owned by the OCMW.
Case |
National Court | Corte dei Conti - Liguria
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 07/06/2021 (available in IT and EN languages)
National Court judgment | Court judgment of 13/09/2021 (available in IT language)
Summary & background | Question from the IT Corte dei Conti regarding the state aid character of a financing by the public authority in the context of a merger operation.
2020
Case |
National Court | Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, Afdeling Dendermonde
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 2/10/2020 (available in NL language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment of 29/03/2021 (available in NL language)
Summary & background | Questions from the Belgian Court regarding the existence of an aid element in a sale contract giving the possibility for the initial seller to buy back assets (law on economic expansion of 30/12/1970)
Cases | 3-16-1864 and 3-17-753
National Court | Supreme Court of Estonia
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 03/02/2020 (available in ET and EN languages)
National Court judgment | Court judgment of 02-05-2023 (available in ET language)
Summary & background | Question from the Estonian Supreme Court on the interpretation of the EEAG
2018
Case | SA.43140 Support to renewable energy and CHP
National Court | Latvian Administrative Court
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 12/12/2018 (available in LV and EN languages)
National Court judgment | Court judgment of 18/06/2019 (available in LV language)
Summary & background | Questions from the Latvian court in relation to SA.43140 Support to renewable energy and CHP.
Case | SA.34045
National Court | Thüringer Oberlandesgericht
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 14/06/2018 (available in DE language)
National Court judgment | [to be published by national court]
Summary & background | Questions on SA.34045 and the German § 19 StromNEV and § 171f EnWG
2017
Case | Implementation of RES scheme
National Court | Romanian court Court of Appeal of Bucharest
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 02/10/2017 (available in RO language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment (available in RO language)
Summary & background | In the context of the approval of the RES scheme, SA.39042, the Romanian court asked whether Romanian Authorities could legitimately modify/clarify the implementation rules of the scheme, respecting the EIU decision and EU State Aid rules and which one of the rules (implementation as from the exemption decision per each beneficiary or the year of reference) is in line with the Commission's decision.
2016
Case | Milano sport
National Court | Tribunale di Milano
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 14/12/2016 (available in IT language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment RG 34610/2013 (available in IT language)
Summary & background | Does the measure constitute State aid?
Case | State aid case involving free of charge use of land
National Court | Verwaltungsgericht Berlin
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 08/02/2016 (available in DE language)
National Court judgment | Case is pending (VG 18 K 421.15)
Summary & background | Calculation of aid amount – free of charge use of land – Block-exemption – Services of general economic interest – Calculation of recovery interest
2014
Case | Overcompensation
National Court | Raad van State
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 27/10/2014 (available in NL language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment (available in NL language)
Summary & background | Does overcompensation due to a calculation error made under an approved scheme constitute State aid and is it covered by the principle of legal certainty?
Case | SA.37113 (2013/NN)
National Court | Landgericht Münster
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 19/09/2014 (available in DE language)
National Court judgment |
Summary & background | Does the contract contain State aid and is it exempted under GBER?
Case | Write-off debts
National Court | Commercial Court, Zagreb
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 03/07/2014 (available in HR language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment - Declaratory judgment (available in HR language)
Summary & background | Write-off of debts – pre-bankruptcy settlement – market economy creditor test; Does the write off of the debts by the state in the pre-bankruptcy settlement fulfil the criteria of the market economy creditor test or does it constitute state aid?
Case | Calculation method
National Court | Administrative Court of Kuopio
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 19/06/2014 (available in FI language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment (available in FI language)
Summary & background | Method to determine market price for sale of shares
2013
Case | Calculating the net grant equivalent
National Court | Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 17/10/2013 (available in DE language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment search for "OVG 6 B 3.12" (available in DE language)
Summary & background | Calculation of net grant equivalent in regional aid – Regional aid – Regional aid Guidelines
Case | Notion of aid
National Court | Consiglio di Stato
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 19/02/2013 (available in IT language)
National Court judgment | No judgment on the merits
Summary & background | Notion of aid
Case | Notion of aid and de minimis aid
National Court | Administrative Court of Kuopio
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 15/01/2013 (available in EN language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment (available in FI language)
Summary & background | Notion of aid - de minimis aid insituation of a merger
2012
Case | Airport tariffs
National Court | Consiglio di Stato
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 30/11/2012 (available in IT language)
National Court judgment | N/A
Summary & background | Airport tariffs - Does their reduction represent State aid to airline(s) an airport operator?
Case | Notion of undertaking
National Court | Raad van State
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 14/11/2012 (available in NL language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment (available in NL language)
Summary & background | Notion of undertaking
Case | Existance of State resources
National Court | Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 11/10/2012 (available in DE language)
National Court judgment | N/A
Summary & background | Existence of State resources in legislation for electricity tariffs
Case | Application of State aid rules to the inland waterways sector
National Court | Rechtbank Dordrecht
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 02/10/2012 (available in NL language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment search for "ECLI:NL:RBROT:2013:BZ5824"
Summary & background | Compensation of companies falling under Services of general economic interest
Case | Airport case
National Court | Oberlandesgericht KOBLENZ
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 29/02/2012 (available in DE language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment search for "9 U 759/07"
Summary & background | Airport cases - notion of aid
Case | Airport case
National Court | Schleswig-Holsteinisches Oberlandesgericht
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 08/03/2012 (available in DE language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment search for "6 U 54/06”
Summary & background | Notion of aid
2011
Case | Gemeinschaftsaufgabe Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftstruktur
National Court | Staatsanwaltschaft Rostock
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 18/07/2011 (available in DE language)
National Court judgment
Summary & background | Was aid granted under this scheme for a given project possibly illegal?
2010
Case |
National Court | Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (Korkein Hallinto-Oikeus)
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 20/07/2010 (available in FI language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment of 06/04/2011 (available in FI language)
Summary & background |
2009
Case | Hellenic Shipyards
National Court | Athens Court of First Instance
Commission opinion | Commission opinion of 29/07/2009 (available in EN language)
National Court judgment | Court judgment (available in EL language)
Summary & background | Would a certain measure qualify as State aid?