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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 | 31 May 2024 EN / RO

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 | 15/04/2024 HU / EN

National Court judgment | 

Summary & background | Question on the aid element in guarantees   

 

2023

Case | SKA-356/2023

National Court | Senāts – Rīga

Commission opinion | 11/9/2023 LV / EN

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 | 22/3/2023 NL / EN

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 | 17/05/2023 LV / EN

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 | 4/2/2022 DE 

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 | 19/12/2022 LV / EN

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 | 15/07/2021 LV / EN

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 | 30/06/2021 NL / EN

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 | 07/06/2021 IT / EN

National Court judgment | 13/09/2021 IT

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 |  458/36/2020 Canal Sea Services S.R.L. v Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Communications

National Court | Supreme Court of Romania

Commission opinion | 31 May 2024 EN / RO

National Court judgment | 

Summary & background | Question on the nature as State aid of an exclusive concession of pilotage services 
 

Case |

National Court | Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, Afdeling Dendermonde

Commission opinion | 2/10/2020 NL

National Court judgment | 29/03/2021 NL

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 | 03/02/2020 EE / EN

National Court judgment | 02-05-2023 EE

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 | 12/12/2018 LV / EN

National Court judgment | 18/06/2019 LV

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 | 14/06/2018 DE

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 | 02/10/2017 RO

National Court judgment | RO

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 | 14/12/2016 IT

National Court judgment | RG 34610/2013 IT

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 | 08/02/2016 DE

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 | 27/10/2014 NL

National Court judgment | NL

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 | 19/09/2014 DE

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 | 03/07/2014 HR

National Court judgment | Declaratory judgment HR

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 | 19/06/2014 FI

National Court judgment | FI

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 | 17/10/2013 DE

National Court judgment | www.juris.de, search for "OVG 6 B 3.12"

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 | 19/02/2013 IT

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 | 15/01/2013 EN

National Court judgment | www.finlex.fi

Summary & background | Notion of aid - de minimis aid insituation of a merger

 

2012

Case | Airport tariffs

National Court | Consiglio di Stato

Commission opinion | 30/11/2012 IT

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 | 14/11/2012 NL

National Court judgment | NL

Summary & background | Notion of undertaking
 

Case | Existance of State resources

National Court | Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf

Commission opinion | 11/10/2012 DE

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 | 02/10/2012 NL

National Court judgment | www.rechtspraak.nl, search for "ECLI:NL:RBROT:2013:BZ5824"

Summary & background | Compensation of companies falling under Services of general economic interest
 

Case | Airport case

National Court | Schleswig-Holsteinisches Oberlandesgericht

Commission opinion | 04/10/2012 DE

National Court judgment | https://openjur.de, search for "9 U 759/07"

Summary & background | Airport cases - notion of aid
 

Case |

National Court |

Commission opinion | 26/01/2012 DE

National Court judgment | DE

Summary & background | Notion of aid

 

2011

Case | Gemeinschaftsaufgabe Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftstruktur

National Court | Staatsanwaltschaft Rostock

Commission opinion | 18/07/2011 DE

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 | 20/07/2010 FI

National Court judgment | 06/04/2011

Summary & background |

 

2009

Case | Hellenic Shipyards

National Court | Athens Court of First Instance

Commission opinion | 29/07/2009 EN

National Court judgment | EL

Summary & background | Would a certain measure qualify as State aid?