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9. Januar 2024 | State Aid Uncovered von Phedon Nicolaides

National Court May Order Recovery of Illegal Aid that Is Considered Existing Aid

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Introduction The European Commission is required by Regulation 2015/1589 to order recover of State aid that it finds to be incompatible with the internal market. However, it may not order recovery of illegal aid – i.e. non-notified aid – until it assesses its compatibility with the internal market. By contrast, national courts have no competence to assess the compatibility of […]

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26. April 2022 | State Aid Uncovered von Phedon Nicolaides

Member States Must Recover of their Own Initiative Illegally Granted Aid

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Aid granted illegal must be recovered by the granting authority without any need for a prior Commission decision ordering recovery. The amount of recovered aid may be limited to that which is in excess of what is allowed by the GBER. Introduction It is a well-established principle in the case law that a “prudent market operator” is responsible to check […]

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28. Dezember 2021 | State Aid Uncovered von Phedon Nicolaides

Illegal Aid Cannot be Regularised a Posteriori

A Commission decision finding non-notified aid to be compatible with the internal market cannot remedy the illegality that existed before the Commission decision. Introduction In November 2021, the General Court rejected an appeal by the recipient of illegal aid who had asked the Commission to declare the aid compatible with the internal market even though the Member State concerned had […]

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