The French administrative supreme Court ruled that a new tax aimed at replacing an unlawful State aid is not by itself an other unlawful State aid (SNIP)

Berkani, Elias

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3 Dec 2001

The French administrative supreme Court ruled that a new tax aimed at replacing an unlawful State aid is not by itself an other unlawful State aid (SNIP)

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French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d'État), 3 December 2001, Syndicat National de l'Industrie Pharmaceutique, Case n° 226514 http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspa... This French State's Council case Syndicat National de l'Industrie Pharmaceutique is well known for its contribution to the relationship between EC law and French law. In this ruling, the State's Council established the supra-legislative value of the general principles resulting from EC law (see the comment of A.-L. Valembois, AJDA 2002, p. 1219). This comment concentrates however on the State aid issue at stakes. In 1996, the French Government imposed to pharmaceutical laboratories several so-called exceptional taxes in

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Elias Berkani
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Elias Berkani, The French administrative supreme Court ruled that a new tax aimed at replacing an unlawful State aid is not by itself an other unlawful State aid (SNIP), 3 December 2001, e-Competitions Bulletin December 2001, Art. N° 13762

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