The EU General Court dismisses an appeal by emphasising that an infringement of EU law may be simultaneous with a violation of national law (Diputación Foral)

Social housing, State aid and procurement show up again in EU Courts' case law (T-397/12)* In its Judgment in Diputación Foral de Bizkaia v Commission, T-397/12, EU:T:2015:291 (only available in ES and FR), the General Court (GC) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has decided a case involving State aid and public procurement for social housing. The issues raised in this case are technically different from those discussed in previous cases and, particularly, in Libert and Others (joined cases C-197/11 & C-203/11, EU:C:2013:288). However, there are some elements worth discussing. As a preliminary point, it is worth stressing that the case only concerned violations of State aid rules under Arts 107 and 108 TFEU. However, there was a very significant violation of EU