Sébastien Thomas is a référendaire (law clerk) at the Court of Justice of the EU, working for different judges at the General Court and at the Court since 2013. Previously, he used to work for the Commission Legal Service in the field of State aid and antidumping (2010-2013) and also briefly for the Council Legal Service. He also used to work as an academic assistant at the College of Europe (Bruges, 2007-2009). In addition, Sébastien Thomas regularly publishes academic articles and Case notes in the field of EU law, especially on State aid law
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The Spanish tax lease case: Identifying the beneficiary under the selectivity test in Fiscal aid schemes*In its judgment of 17 December 2015, Spain a.o./Commission the General Court once again annulled a Commission decision dealing with a fiscal State aid scheme on the grounds that the (...)
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The Leipzig-Halle judgment of the CJEU: is the financing of a transport infrastructure an economic activity subject to State aid rules?* The financing and construction of transport infrastructure has often been considered in the past to fall outside the ambit of State aid rules, on the basis (...)
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The EDF judgment of the CJEU in case C-124/10 P: towards a public investor test in EU State aid law?* On the 5th of June 2012, the Court of Justice of the EU (hereafter ‘CJEU’) delivered an important judgment in the field of European State aid law on the very notion of State aid and the (...)
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The prior control of the granting of State aid by an independent and supranational authority, the European Commission, constitutes the essential cornerstone of the creation of the internal market. However, State aid procedural rules have privileged Member States, whilst third parties, primarily (...)
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