Reports of Cases

2009 II-04503

Subject-matter

Annulment of Articles 3 and 4 of Commission Decision C(2003)4637 Final of 16 December 2003 on State aid granted by France to EDF and to the gas and electricity industry sectors in the form of non-payment in 1997 of corporation tax on part of the provisions created for the renewal of the general supply network ("GSN") (State aid No C 68/2002, N 504/2003 and C 25/2003 – France).

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Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 87 : paragraphs 143 - 148, 221 - 286
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 88 -P2 : paragraphs 103, 106
• Directive 80/723 : paragraph 281
• Regulation 659/1999 -A06 : paragraph 109
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -234/84 : paragraphs 224, 230
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/85 : paragraph 101
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -67/85 : paragraph 224
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/87 : paragraph 224
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -305/89 : paragraph 224
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -278/92 : paragraphs 223, 227, 256
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -364/92 : paragraph 229
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -387/92 : paragraph 225
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/93 : paragraph 224
• General Court - Judgment T -67/94 : paragraph 225
• General Court - Judgment T -371/94 : paragraph 103
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/94 : paragraph 224
• General Court - Judgment T -129/95 : paragraph 227
• General Court - Judgment T -16/96 : paragraph 224
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -342/96 : paragraph 224
• General Court - Judgment T -204/97 : paragraph 224
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -6/97 : paragraph 225
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -75/97 : paragraph 225
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -156/98 : paragraph 225
• General Court - Judgment T -55/99 : paragraph 145
• General Court - Judgment T -228/99 : paragraphs 101, 103, 221, 231
• General Court - Judgment T -269/99 : paragraph 109
• General Court - Judgment T -354/99 : paragraph 108
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -328/99 : paragraphs 221 - 222, 230
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -334/99 : paragraphs 227, 254 - 256
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -74/00 : paragraph 102
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/00 : paragraphs 223 - 226
• General Court - Judgment T -198/01 : paragraphs 227, 256
• General Court - Judgment T -217/02 : paragraph 125
• General Court - Judgment T -309/04 : paragraph 110
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/04 : paragraphs 144 - 148
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/05 : paragraphs 106 - 107

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 27/04/2004

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

15/12/2009

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 179 from 10.07.2004, p.12

Judgment: OJ C 37 from 13.02.2010, p.32

Name of the parties

EDF v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Aubert, Michel ; Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Donnat, Francis: Chronique de jurisprudence communautaire. Aide d'Etat, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2010 p.256
2. Idot, Laurence: Notion d'aide et critère de l'investisseur privé en économie de marché, Europe 2010 Février Comm. nº 81 p.29
3. Philippe, Jérôme ; Trabucchi, Maria: Jurisprudence du Tribunal de l'Union européenne, Gazette du Palais 2010 nº 155-156 I Jur. p.21-22
4. Koller, Tanja: Privatinvestortest und Steuern - der Fall EDF, Jahrbuch Beihilferecht 2013 p.405-420

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - State aid
  

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Frimodt Nielsen

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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