The EU Commission opens a 88 § 2 procedure into aid in favor of the producers of energy from renewable sources resulting from the impact of a new electricity tax in Germany (Stromeinspeisungsgesetz)

Tilmans, Madeleine

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20 Jul 1999

The EU Commission opens a 88 § 2 procedure into aid in favor of the producers of energy from renewable sources resulting from the impact of a new electricity tax in Germany (Stromeinspeisungsgesetz)

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EU Commission, German electricity tax, 20 July 1999

"Germany - Commission opens the 88 § 2 procedure into aid in favour of the producers of energy from renewable sources resulting of the impact of a new electricity tax on Grid Feed-In Law (Stromeinspeisungsgesetz)"* On 20 July 1999, the Commission decided to initiate a state aid investigation pursuant to Art. 88 (2) EC into the impact of the new German electricity tax, which was introduced on 1 April 1999, on the amount to be paid pursuant to the Grid Feed-In Law for feeding in energy from renewable sources. The investigation is concerned solely with the increase in the feed-in price resulting from the electricity tax, and not

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Madeleine Tilmans
European Commission - DG COMP (Brussels)

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Madeleine Tilmans, The EU Commission opens a 88 § 2 procedure into aid in favor of the producers of energy from renewable sources resulting from the impact of a new electricity tax in Germany (Stromeinspeisungsgesetz), 20 July 1999, e-Competitions July 1999, Art. N° 39304

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