Christophe Galand

"The Resolution of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society"* 1. Introduction Of the banks that have received State aid during the financial crisis, few have received as much aid relative to their risk‑weighted assets as Anglo Irish Bank (Anglo) and Irish Nationwide Building (...)

The ABN AMRO restructuring decision* On 5 April 2011, the Commission took a final conditional decision approving the State aid package of the ABN AMRO Group and the restructuring of the company. This conditional decision followed the opening of a formal investigation on 8 April 2009, which, - (...)

"The Hellenic Shipyards decision: Limits to the application of Article 296 and indemnification provision in privatisation contracts"* On 2 July 2008, the Commission closed its investigation concerning 16 state measures implemented in favour Hellenic Shipyards S.A. (‘HSY‘) by ordering Greece to (...)

"Flemish region authorized to participate in the capital increase of the R&D company OCAS"* On 20 October 2004, the Commission authorized the region of Flanders, Belgium, to participate to the capital increase of O.C.A.S, whose initials stands in Dutch for Research Centre for the (...)

"Commission authorizes restructuring aid to Alstom under conditions"* 1. Introduction On 7 July 2004 the Commission adopted a decision to authorize State aid to Alstom under a series of important and innovative conditions. This decision closes the investigation procedure initiated in (...)