The Finnish Administrative Court approves the applicant’s claim on alleged State aid and rules that the measures may not be put into effect before the EC Commission has made its final decision on compatibility (Mikkeli City Council)

Factual Background The City Council of Mikkeli had on 8 December 2008 made a decision, by which it granted deferments to amortizations of a debt to an company operating within food manufacture subject to reorganization proceedings. In addition, the City Council had decided to postpone some amortizations of a security debt and to grant a suretyship of 2,750,000 euros to the company. As the company was insolvent and therefore subject to reorganization proceedings, a reorganization program had been established