Pietro Stella specializes in EU law and focuses in particular on the field of competition law and State aid. Prior to joining Van Bael & Bellis, Pietro gained experience as a trainee at the European Commission, DG COMP. Before moving to Belgium in 2019, he worked for a number of years in the sphere of international and European public affairs.
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On 8 November 2022, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) delivered its judgment in Joined Cases C-885/19 P, Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe v Commission, and C-898/19 P, Ireland v Commission, annulling a 2015 Commission decision that had found that a transfer price tax (...)
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Russian invasion of Ukraine prompts ECN guidance on application of EU competition rules and European Commission’s adoption of State aid crisis framework The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has prompted European competition enforcers to reassess the application of the EU (...)
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UK High Court rules on sugar advance tariff quota On 24 February 2022, the United Kingdom High Court (the “High Court”) rejected British Sugar’s contention that the sugar advance tariff quota breached Article 10 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (the “Protocol”) on State aid or the (...)
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On 25 January 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) delivered its judgment in the long-running Micula case. Despite being issued by the highest EU Court, the ruling did not put an end to this long-standing saga, as the ECJ annulled the previous judgment of the General Court (...)
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On 16 December 2021, Advocate General Priit Pikamäe delivered an Opinion in Case C-898/19 P, Ireland v Commission and Others, concerning fiscal advantages granted by Luxembourg to a Fiat group subsidiary, which – if followed by the European Court of Justice – could substantially change the (...)
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On 15 December 2021, the Tenth Chamber of the General Court (Extended Composition) annulled a Commission decision that found the measures taken by Romania to support Oltchim – a petrochemical company – to be incompatible State aid (Case T-565/19, Oltchim v Commission). The facts of the dispute (...)
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On 6 October 2021, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ” or the “Court”) delivered a number of judgments (Case C-50/19 P Sigma Alimentos Exterior v Commission; Joined Cases C-51/19 P World Duty Free Group v Commission and C-64/19 P Spain v Commission; Case C-52/19 P Banco Santander v Commission; (...)
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On 6 October 2021, in joined Cases C-174/19 and C-175/19, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) dismissed the appeals against the judgments rendered by the European General Court (“EGC”) that partially annulled the Commission decision SA.39078 (2014/N) regarding the financing of an infrastructure (...)
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