Equal treatment - State aids: The ECJ holds lawful, on the basis of the principle of equal treatment a Commission’s decision not to raise objections a State aid regime (Nuova Agricast)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – ECJ, 15 April 2008, Nuova Agricast Srl v. Ministero delle Attività Produttive, case C-390/06 By a preliminary ruling delivered by the Grand Chamber, the Court recognises the validity of a Commission decision not to raise objections to a State aid scheme concerning investment in the less-favoured regions of Italy. As this aid scheme is the successor to a previous aid scheme, which had also been authorised by the Commission, transitional provisions were provided for and approved by the Commission. Taking the view that it was wrongly excluded from the benefit of those transitional provisions, a company established in the region of Apulia brought various