Economic activity: The General Court draws a line between economic and the not economic activities of nature conservation organisations (Germany)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. While the judgment commented on may be welcomed by environmental protection associations, others will recognize it, in terms of law, as a fine synthesis. Indeed, it makes it possible to combine a large number of the elements identifying the European concept of economic activity identified by the judge over the last twenty years or so. In the present case, Germany criticised before the Court of First Instance of the European Union the classification as State aid of a measure aimed at the transfer of natural heritage areas to Länder, to foundations established by the Länder, to the German Environmental Foundation and to other environmental protection