Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 6 October 2021

AZ v European Commission

State aid – Aid scheme implemented by Germany for some large electricity consumers – Exemption from network charges in respect of the 2012-2013 period – Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful, and ordering the recovery of the aid paid – Action for annulment – Period allowed for commencing proceedings – Admissibility – Concept of aid – State resources – Selectivity – Equal treatment – Legitimate expectations

Case T-196/19



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
29/10/2021 AZ v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2021:646		 06/10/2021 AZ v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
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EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2021:646		 06/10/2021 AZ v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
07/06/2019 AZ v Commission
Competition
- State aid
  • Competition
  • - State aid
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.05 Limitation periods
      3.02.05.01 Starting point
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.02 Use of State resources
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.01 Imputability to a public body
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.02 Use of State resources
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.02 Use of State resources
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.04 Selective nature of the measure
        4.09.01.04.01 Selective nature of national tax measures
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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
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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


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 04/04/2019

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

06/10/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

AZ v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Aides d'État - Notion d'aide et ressources d'État, Europe Europe 2021, nº 12 Décembre, comm. 453 (FR)
  2. Vuitton, Raphaël: Notion d’aide : Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne confirme la décision de la Commission européenne déclarant que l’exonération de redevances de réseau, dont ont bénéficié de grands consommateurs d’électricité allemands en 2012 et 2013, constituait une aide d’État illégale et incompatible avec le marché intérieur (Covestro Deutschland / AZ / Infineon Technologies Dresden / Wepa Hygieneprodukt), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2022, nº 1, p. 148-150 (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

troisième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Csehi

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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