Richard Masquelier

The Commission adopted on 4 October 2018 a decision (SA.44865) concluding that no aid was involved for a German measure in favour of beverage stores located on the German border. Background It concerned the non-imposition of a deposit obligation on certain drinks packaging sold by German (...)

The Commission adopted on 31 July 2020 a decision not to raise objections to a Spanish scheme providing for recapitalisation measures to support systemic and strategic companies for the Spanish economy. Background The decision (SA.57659) is based on Article 107(3)(b) TFEU and on the ’Temporary (...)

On the same day, 14 April 2021, the Court of First Instance delivered its first three judgments on actions brought by Ryanair against Commission decisions granting individual measures to airlines. The three judgments will be examined together because the pleas put forward by the Irish company (...)

The national disputes leading to the references for preliminary rulings in question concern a request for payment of fees sent by Poste Italiane to two concessionaires responsible for collecting a municipal property tax (l’imposta comunale sugli immobili, [’ICI’]) for the management of their (...)

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 450 "no objections" decisions (decisions in preliminary examination phase) have been adopted by the Commission to approve aid schemes and individual aid notified by Member States (see, in particular, Jacques Derenne, Catalina Chilaru, (...)

On 19 March 2020, the European Commission adopted an interpretative communication on the application of Article 107(3)(b) TFEU (with elements touching on Articles 107(2)(b) and 107(3)(c) TFEU), entitled "Temporary Framework on State aid measures to support the economy in the current context of (...)