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Another step in the EDF v Commission Case – The General Court of the EU upheld the unfavourable decision for the french company

• Another step in the EDF v Commission Case – The General Court of the EU upheld the unfavourable decision for the french company

  Despite several decades of application, the concept of the state aid is still not well defined enough and continues to generate extended legal battles throughout the European Union. This is well illustrated by a Judgment in Case T-747/15 of the General Court of the EU released January 16, 2018, confirming that the Commission had correctly applied the state aid rules to order France to require Électricité de France (EDF) to pay back €1.37 billion. Read more... (Petra Ágnes Kanyuk)