Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 16 October 2014

Eurallumina SpA v European Commission

State aid — Electricity — Preferential rate — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Concept of State aid — New aid

Case T‑308/11


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
07/11/2014 Eurallumina v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2014:894
16/10/2014 Eurallumina v Commission
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2014:894
16/10/2014 Eurallumina v Commission
Application (OJ)
29/07/2011 Eurallumina v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Decision C(2011) 956 final of the Commission of 23 February 2011 declaring incompatible with the internal market the aid granted by Italy for metal producers Portovesme, ILA and Eurallumina, in the form of a preferential electricity scheme implemented in 2004 and planned for 2005 for these companies and also for Syndial.

Systematic classification scheme

1.
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.04 Pleas in law
      3.02.04.04 Infringement of essential procedural requirements
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.03 Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.08 Implementation of the Commission decision and recovery
        4.09.04.08.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.03 Advantage conferred on an undertaking
        4.09.01.03.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.02 Damage to competition and effect on trade
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.03 Exceptions to the prohibition of aid
      4.09.03.02 Aid that may be considered to be compatible with the internal market (Article 107(3) TFEU)
        4.09.03.02.02 Regional aid
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.41 Right to good administration


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 13/06/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

16/10/2014


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 421 from 24.11.2014, p.30

Application: OJ C 238 from 13.08.2011, p.30

Name of the parties

Eurallumina v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Notion d'aide et tarif préférentiel d'électricité, Europe 2014 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.30 (FR)
  2. Verney, Céline: Pas de dessert pour les gros ... électro-intensifs, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2015 nº 43 p.41-42 (FR)



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 : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

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Judge-Rapporteur

Wetter

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

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