Existing aid: The General Court of the European Union dismisses an appeal against a Commission’s decision qualifying of State aid the authorisation to pursue operations given by the Slovak State to a bankrupt company (Fortischem)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article in French, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. On 24 September 2019, the General Court of the European Union delivered a judgment in Case T-121/15 (Fortischem a.s. v. European Commission).. Dismisses the action brought against the Commission's decision of 15 October 2014 in that case.The Commission has received a complaint from the Slovak Republic concerning the authorisation given by the Slovak State, under the Strategic Companies Act, to continue the operation of a bankrupt chemical company. The Commission considered that the granting of strategic company status to the company constituted a selective advantage in favour of the company, was imputable to the State, led to the use of State