The Supreme Administrative Court of Austria holds that standstill obligation does not prevent the granting of aid in respect of a period prior to the Commission's retroactive approval of the underlying aid scheme (Wienstrom)

Zöchling, Julia

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24 Jun 2009

The Supreme Administrative Court of Austria holds that standstill obligation does not prevent the granting of aid in respect of a period prior to the Commission’s retroactive approval of the underlying aid scheme (Wienstrom)

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Supreme Administrative Court of Austria, Wienstrom, Court decision, 24 June 2009

Background & Facts of the case Pursuant to § 13(1) of the Green Electricity Act, [1] operators of existing and modernised CHP (combined heat and power) plants were compensated by the competent authority for the costs required to maintain operation in an amount to be determined annually by the Federal Minister of Economics in cents per kWh of electricity

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Julia Zöchling
University of Vienna

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Julia Zöchling, The Supreme Administrative Court of Austria holds that standstill obligation does not prevent the granting of aid in respect of a period prior to the Commission’s retroactive approval of the underlying aid scheme (Wienstrom), 24 June 2009, e-Competitions June 2009, Art. N° 106756

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