Formal investigation procedure: The Court of Justice of the European Union confirms the partial annulment of a decision finding no State aid despite serious difficulties relating to public guarantees potentially qualifying as de minimis aids (Land Hessen)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. On 12 October 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered a judgment in the case of in Case C-242/15 (Land Hessen). In that case the Court dismisses the appeal brought by the Land Hessen against the judgment delivered on 17 March 2015 in Case T-89/09 (Pollmeier Massivholz GmbH & Co. KG v Commission of the European Communities), in which the Court of First Instance annulled the decision of 21 October 2008 (Germany, Abalon Hardwood Hessen GmbH), by which the Commission had decided, without initiating the formal investigation procedure provided for in Article 108(2) TFEU, not to raise any objections to the measures notified by the German