Procedure - Legal protection
5 important questions on Procedure - Legal protection
Regarding the legal protection, what is the participation in COM procedure?
- Preliminary and main examination procedure: bilateral, between COM and MS
- Interested parties (in particular: recipient of aid): not a party to procedure, no right to be heard; no right to see the file; but right to utter opinion and right to file a complaint with COM
Regarding the legal protection, what is the reaction to a COM-decision bringing procedure to an end?
- Action for annulment (art 263 TFEU)
- privileged claiments
- MS, Parliament, Council
- non-privileged claimants
- requirements: direct an individual concern
Regarding legal protection, what is the proceeding before national courts?
- Basis: prohibition to grant aid has direct effect (art. 108 para 3 TFEU)
- Infringement against art 108 para 3 TFEU: invalidity of legal acts by means of which aid is granted
- claims for omission, elimination and damages
- obligation to request recovery in case of positive COM-decision during national proceedings?
- Higher grades + faster learning
- Never study anything twice
- 100% sure, 100% understanding
ECJ case C-199/06, judgement of 12 Feb 2008, CELF. What were the facts of the case?
- French undertaking CELF received subsidies from France to offset the extra costs of handling small orders of French books placed by booksellers established abroad and in overseas departements of France
- Complaint to COM by competitor SIDE •
- Several phases
- approval by COM
- repeal by General Court
- In parallel: SIDE initiated proceedings before national courts
ECJ case C-199/06, judgement of 12 Feb 2008, CELF. What was the decision of the ECJ?
- effectiveness of Art 108 para 3 TFEU as an instrument for the protection of competition before national courts
- state aid turns out to be lawful (substantially) acc to compatibility regime (Article 107 paras 1 f)
- Objective of Art 108 para 3 last sentence TFEU: only aid which is in accordance with common market may be implemented
- No obligation under EU law for national courts to request the recovery of aid which has meanwhile been approved by the COM
- For period up to authorisation by COM: interest
- A national law duty for national courts to request recovery in such a case is acceptable, though
The question on the page originate from the summary of the following study material:
- A unique study and practice tool
- Never study anything twice again
- Get the grades you hope for
- 100% sure, 100% understanding