Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 March 2022

European Commission v Freistaat Bayern and Others

Appeal – State aid – Aid in favour of the German dairy sector – Financing of milk quality tests – Article 108(2) TFUE – Decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure – Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 – Article 6(1) – Obligation for the European Commission to summarise the relevant issues of fact and law in that decision – Scope – Rights of interested parties to be involved in the administrative procedure – Breach of an essential procedural requirement – Consequences for the lawfulness of the final decision

Joined Cases C-167/19 P and C-171/19 P

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• (Appeal Case before the General Court T-683/15)