– State Aids – Judicial Competition Training

4 October, 2021

Judgement of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) of September 02, 2021 NeXovation Inc. v Commission, in the Case C-665/19 P (ECLI:EU:C:2021:666). State aid. Obligation to state reasons. Doubts about the compatibility of one measure with the internal market. Potential competitors are Interested party. The doubts within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation No 659/1999 about the non-discriminatory nature of a national tender process, in so far as one concurrent had received preferential treatment oblige the Commission to open the formal investigation procedure to initiate the procedure referred to in Article 108(2) TFEU and prohibits the Commission adopt a decision not to raise objections. (JIRP)

The Nürburgring complex (‘the Nürburgring’), located in the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany), consists of a motor-car race track (‘the Nürburgring race track’), a leisure park, hotels […]

13 September, 2021

Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 14 July 2021 Ryanair DAC and Laudamotion GmbH v European Commission in the Case T-677/20 – Ryanair and Laudamotion v Commission (Austrian Airlines; Covid-19) (JIRP)

CONTEXT: Austrian Airlines AG (‘AUA’) is a company which is part of the Lufthansa group. On 23 June 2020, the Republic of Austria notified the European […]

6 September, 2021

Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 9th June 2021 in Case T‑665/20, Ryan Air DAC v European Commission ECLI:EU:T:2021:344 (JIRP).

When the formal investigation procedure about a State Aid is not initiated by the Commission, interested parties, who could have submitted comments during that stage, are […]

12 July, 2021

Proposition of Notice dealing with cooperation between Commission and national courts on State Aids subjects by Prof. Dr. Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris, Mrs. Justice Mercedes Pedraz Calvo and Mrs. Justice Purificación Martorell Zulueta (UVEG’s State Aids Group).

At the end of 2020, the Commission has submitted to public consultation a proposal of Commission Notice on enforcement of State aid rules by national courts, […]