Luiss Guido Carli University (Rome)

Daniele Gallo

Luiss Guido Carli University (Rome)
Professor

Daniele Gallo is Full Professor of EU Law (Professore ordinario di diritto dell’Unione europea), Vice-Dean for International Programs and Jean Monnet Chair on Understanding EU Law in Practice : EU Rights in Action before Courts at the Luiss Law Department and School of Law. He is also Fellow at the University of Lisbon, and Of Counsel at Studio Legale Andrea Zoppini e Associati.

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Articles

1106 Bulletin

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Supreme Court annuls a ruling by the Piedmont Regional Tax Court which voided a decision requiring two companies to return illegal State aid (A.O. / A.A.)

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On 20 November 2020, the Supreme Court delivered Decision No. 26477 in a case concerning penalties imposed by the ITA on A.O. and A.A. for failure to comply with the implementing provisions of a Commission recovery order. Background & facts of the case By Decision 2005/315/EC of 20 (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Supreme Court decides, following a preliminary reference to the EU Court of Justice, that aid which predated EU market liberalisation can constitute new State aid (Fallimento Traghetti del Mediterraneo)

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On 16 October 2020, the Supreme Court delivered Decision No. 22631 in a case concerning alleged aid granted by the Italian Government to a company operating in the maritime cabotage sector. Background & facts of the case In 1981, Fallimento Traghetti del Mediterraneo S.p.A. (“TDM”) (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Regional Administrative Court of Trentino-Alto Adige issues a decision on the application of State aid provisions to public service compensation (SAD Trasporto Locale / Autonomous Province of Bolzano)

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On 26 November 2019, the Regional Administrative Court of Trentino-Alto Adige (“TAR Trentino-Alto Adige”) delivered Decision No. 285 in which it rejected the annulment action brought by SAD Trasporto Locale S.p.A. (“SAD”), a company operating within the public transport sector in the (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Council of State rules that the EU Commission’s decision to declare a provision of State aid legal cannot have a retroactive effect (Impresa Renato Murgia)

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On 15 July 2019, the Council of State delivered Decision No. 4962 in which it rejected the appeal brought by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia against a decision of the Regional Administrative Court of Sardinia (“TAR Sardinia”), which had upheld the annulment action brought by Re. Mu. S.r.l. (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Supreme Court orders the recovery of aid given to Sardinian hotels and dismisses arguments that the local government’s reassurances should provide the undertakings with protection due to legitimate expectations (Eurosarda Gestioni Turistiche)

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On 26 February 2019, the Supreme Court delivered Decision No. 5594 in a case concerning the reimbursement of aid unlawfully received by Eurosarda Gestioni Turistiche S.r.l. from the Sardinian regional government. Background & facts of the case In Decision 2008/854, the Commission (...)

Guido Bellenghi, Massimo Merola, Alessandro Cogoni, Daniele Gallo The Italian Regional Administrative Court of Lazio delivers a decision in which it rejects the annulment of state aid in the hospitality sector (Cinzia Hotel)

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On 18 February 2019, TAR Lazio delivered Decision No. 2198 in which it rejected an annulment action brought by Cinzia Hotel, a company operating in the hospitality sector in the Emilia Romagna region. Background & facts of the case In 2015, Cinzia Hotel applied for State incentives for (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Civil Court of Milan issues a decision on the factors a judge must take into consideration for the application of state aid to cases (Quanta Agenzia per il Lavoro / Associazione Sportiva dilettantistica Quanta Sport Village /Comune di Milano)

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On 2 July 2014, the Civil Court of Milan delivered Decision No. 3839 in which it rejected the damages action brought by Quanta Agenzia per il Lavoro S.p.A. (“Quanta”) and Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Quanta Sport Village (“ASD”) against the Municipality of Milan (Comune di Milano) and (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian TAR Veneto, Division I, issues a decision on the lawfulness of state aid granted to companies in Venice and Chioggia between 1995 and 1997 not eligible for state aid

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Methods of recovery **Identification of beneficiaries TAR Veneto, Division I, Decision No. 754 of 7 July 2016 On 7 July 2016, TAR Veneto delivered Decision No. 754 in the annulment action brought by Lucy S.r.l. against the National Social Security Authority (“INPS”) and the Italian (...)

Massimo Merola, Alessandro Cogoni, Daniele Gallo, Guido Bellenghi The Regional Administrative Court of Lazio issues a decision on the annulment of state aid in the tourism sector (Green Line Tours/Roma Capitale)

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On 7 July 2016 TAR Lazio delivered Decision No. 7030 in which it rejected the annulment action brought by certain tourism transport operators operating in the municipality of Rome. Background & facts of the case Trambus Open was a company created from the public-private partnership (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Court of Rome recalculates the correct amount of ’State aid’ to be recovered as zero and orders the State to repay undertakings the ’aid’ that has already been recovered (Mediaset)

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On 11 February 2016, the Court of Rome annulled the recovery order issued to Mediaset concerning unlawful aid it received and recalculated the aid amount at zero. Background & facts of the case The decision under review originates from a request for a preliminary ruling submitted by (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Council of State rules that collaboration between public universities and private companies for awards of State contracts does not fall within the purview of EU State aid rules because research by universities cannot be considered an ’economic activity’ (Baldoni and others)

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On 21 July 2015, the Council of State delivered Decision No. 3616 in which it rejected the appeal brought by a partnership between several private limited liability companies (“SCAI”) against Decision 1288/2013 of the Regional Administrative Court of Lombardy (“TAR Lombardy”). The TAR Lombardy (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Council of State rules that the national res judicata principle cannot be used to shield a company from an action to recover illegal State aid because of the primacy of EU law (INPS)

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On 21 July 2015, the Council of State delivered Decision No. 3596 concerning the appeal brought by the National Social Security Authority (“INPS”) against Decision 897/2014 issued by TAR Veneto, Division I, which annulled the obligation for the company Principessa S.r.l. to repay unlawful, (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Council of State overturns a ruling which annulled a EU Commission State aid recovery order on the grounds of limitation periods because such a ruling undermines the European legal principle of effectiveness (INPS)

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On 16 June 2015, the Council of State delivered Decision No. 3036 in the appeal brought by the National Social Security Authority (“INPS”) against a decision issued by TAR Veneto that annulled orders to repay unlawful, incompatible aid. Background & facts of the case Between 1995 and (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Council of State overturns a decision which blocked a recovery of State aid order by the EU commission on the grounds that there was negligible room for discretion by national authorities, thus the Regional Administrative Court of Veneto was acting ultra vires by blocking it (INPS)

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On 16 June 2015, the Council of State delivered Decision No. 3036 in which it partially upheld the appeal brought by the National Social Security Authority (“INPS”) against a decision issued by the Regional Administrative Court of Veneto (“TAR Veneto”). The TAR Veneto decision annulled certain (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Council of State upholds a ruling by the Regional Court of Lazio which held that payments to intellectual property rights holders, in this case, does not constitute State aid because the payments were not made using State resources (Nokia Italia)

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On 18 February 2015, the Council of State issued a non-final decision in which it partially rejected the appeals against a TAR Lazio decision brought by several companies that produce and sell personal computers, recorders, storage media, mobile telephones, and cameras. The Council of State (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Regional Administrative Court of Lazio delivers a decision on the annulment of state aid in transformation and marketing of agricultural products (Parmalat)

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On 2 July 2014, TAR Lazio delivered Decision No. 7035 in which it rejected the annulment action brought by Parmalat S.p.A. (“Parmalat”) regarding the decree whereby it was denied access to certain subsidies. Background & facts of the case In 2008, Parmalat applied for subsidies under (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Regional Administrative Court of Sardinia issues a decision on the annulment of state aid in the hospitality sector (Grand Hotel)

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On 16 June 2014, TAR Sardinia delivered Decision No. 00438 regarding the annulment action brought by Grand Hotel Abi D’Oru S.p.A. against the revocation order regarding the aid provided by the Sardinian regional government and against the related repayment order. Background & facts of (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Council of State rejects a claim that a tax on large electricity providers constitutes State aid in favour of smaller providers on the grounds that there is no transfer of State resources (Eridis)

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On 20 July 2011, the Council of State delivered Decision No. 4388 in which it upheld several TAR Lombardy decisions. Those decisions had partially rejected 14 annulment actions brought by several producers and distributors of electricity, gas, and oil products. Background & facts of the (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Council of State rejects a request for annulment of State aid recovery order because the aid was not notified and approves by the EU Commission which is exclusively competent in assessing legitimacy of State aid (Ori Martin)

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On 17 May 2010, the Council of State delivered Decision No. 3046 in a case concerning the Italian Ministry of Industry’s revocation of aid granted to Ori Martin Acciaieria S.p.A. (“Ori Martin”) in violation of European Coal and Steel Community (“ECSC”) High Authority Decision 22/66 of 16 (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Supreme Court rules that a non-profit banking foundation is not eligible for a tax exemption because an Italian law permitting the tax break for non-profits must be disapplied in cases where the entity is clearly an undertaking within the meaning of Article 107 TFEU (Agenzia delle Entrate / Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Carpi)

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On 4 February 2010, the Supreme Court delivered Decision No. 2592 in which it upheld the appeal brought by the Italian tax authority (“ITA”, Agenzia delle Entrate), the entity responsible for collecting taxes and revenue in Italy, against a decision issued by the Regional Tax Court of Emilia (...)

Guido Bellenghi, Massimo Merola, Alessandro Cogoni, Daniele Gallo The Italian Constitutional Court rules that national courts may use preliminary ruling tool to obtain clarification from the Court of Justice on the notion of state aid

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On 15 April 2008, the Italian Constitutional Court delivered Decision No. 102 regarding the action brought by the Italian Prime Minister’s Office (Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri) claiming that certain provisions of Sardinian Regional Law No. 4 of 11 May 2006 were unconstitutional. (...)

Massimo Merola, Daniele Gallo, Alessandro Cogoni, Guido Bellenghi The Italian Regional Administrative Court of Lombardy (Brescia Division) rules on the status of damages in state aid in the aviation sector (Sacbo Società per l’Aeroporto civile di Bergamo)

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Regional Administrative Court of Lombardy (Brescia Division), Interim Injunction No. 577 of 21 March 2006, in Sacbo Società per l’Aeroporto civile di Bergamo S.p.A. v Ministero Trasporti infrastrutture, ENAC and Alitalia S.p.A. TAR Lombardy did not exclude prima facie that Law 248/05, which (...)

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