Role of National Courts: The Court of Cassation seems reluctant to award damages for violation of State aid rules (Ecomax and Boétie)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Cass. com, September 23, 2008, Ecomax Corporation, No. 06-20.945 – Cass. com, 23 September 2008, Société immobilière et de services Boétie, No. 06-20.947 On 23 September 2008, the Court of Cassation overturned two rulings of the Basse-Terre Court of Appeal, which on 18 June 2008 had rejected the claim by the applicant companies against the customs administration for restitution of the sums they had paid under