The EU Court of Justice reverses the General Court’s ruling and upholds the Commission’s decision according to which health insurance bodies operating under Slovak State supervision do not fall within the rules of EU law on State aid

The Court of Justice upholds the decision of the Commission according to which health insurance bodies operating under Slovak State supervision do not fall within the rules of EU law on State aid* The General Court’s judgment upholding an action brought against that decision is set aside By its judgment in Commission and Slovak Republic v Dôvera zdravotná poistʼovňa (C-262/18 P and C-271/18 P), delivered on 11 June 2020, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice set aside the judgment of the General Court of 5 February 2018, Dôvera zdravotná poistʼovňa v Commission, [1] and, giving final judgment in the case, dismissed the action for annulment brought by the Slovak health insurance body Dôvera zdravotná poistʼovňa a.s. (‘Dôvera’) against the Commission’s decision of 15 October 2014