Green Energy Certificates
Introduction Certificates that confirm that an undertaking has bought a certain amount of electricity from […]
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Obligations Imposed by the State Cannot Justify Tax Exemptions
Introduction Over the past decade or so, the European Commission has found that multiple port […]
Member States May Grant State Aid to Single Beneficiaries
Introduction The European Court of Justice confirmed, once more, on 30 May 2024, in case […]
Special Tax Treatment for a Major Infrastructure Project
Introduction In April 2013, the Commission received a complaint alleging that State aid had been […]
A Research Project Based on Collaboration with a Research Organisation
Introduction After pre-notification contacts, Croatia notified, in March 2023, State aid amounting to a EUR […]
Authorisation of State Aid after the Start of a Project
Introduction In June 2021, the European Commission, in decision SA.55526, approved an amount of EUR […]
Restructuring State Aid
Introduction State aid to failing undertakings is the most distortionary form of public subsidies. They […]
Public Procurement and State Aid
Introduction A faulty public procurement procedure or the use of discriminatory selection criteria can confer […]
A Case of a Narrow Tax that Is Not Selective
Introduction On 17 April 2024, the General Court ruled, in case T-112/22, Ideella föreningen Svenska […]
Pricing of Access to Infrastructure for the Treatment of Waste Water
Introduction It is not unusual for EU courts to refer to the Commission’s 2016 Notice […]