Selectivity – Recovery : The General Court validates the Commission’s assessment on a tax exemption measure granted by Italy (Italian Republic)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. General Court, 13.09.12, Italian Republic v. Commission, Case T-379/09 At the beginning of the 2000s, the Italian Republic introduced a partial exemption from excise duty for gas oil used for heating greenhouses. Having received information on this scheme, the Commission, after requesting explanations from the Italian Republic, decided to open a non-notified State aid file. Having considered that the measure in question appeared to be incompatible State aid, the Commission notified the Italian Republic of the opening of the formal investigation procedure. In a decision adopted in 2009, the Commission concluded that there was incompatible State aid and