National court’s role: The ECJ specifies the conditions under which a national judge may examine the claim of a State aid recipient concerning the amount of the latter over a period antecedent to the decision of the Commission declaring the aid compatible (Wienstrom)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – ECJ, 18 December 2008, Wienstrom GmbH v Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit, Case C-384/07. Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ, 12 February 2008, Case C-199/06 - CELF).not yet published in the ECR - see new CELF case belowJurisprudence CELF : Le Conseil d'Etat pose une nouvelle question préjudicelle à la Cour de justice : le juge national peut-il sursoir à statuer en l'absence d'une décision de la Commission ? (Centre d'Exportation du Livre Français et Ministre de la culture et de la communication)! ) and Van Calster and Others (ECJ, 21 October 2003, Cases C-261/01 and C-262-01 [2003] ECR I-12249)