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)

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 November 1966. Background & facts of the case By Resolution No. 5066 of 29 April 1985, the Government commissioner for extraordinary aid to Southern Italy (Commissario del Governo per