The EU Court of Justice declares a Commission decision void waiving a State aid recovery order and in doing so sets out the hierarchy of jurisdiction in the EU (Foto-Frost)
On October 22nd 1987, in a preliminary ruling requested by the Finance Court of Hamburg, the CJEU found in favour of Foto-Frost and declared void a Commission decision on the post-clearance recovery of State aid. The judgement sets out the hierarchy of jurisdiction between different courts in (...)