Brussels overruled on ‘illegal’ state aid

Competition regulators in the European Commission suffered an embarrassing defeat on the 1 July 2008 when the European Court of First Instance overturned a 2002 decision that €572m of state aid given to Deutsche Post had been illegal.

European Court of Justice: ECFI case T-266/02 http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&num=T-266/02

ESO: Background information http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-state-aid-commission-opens-formal-investigation-against-germany-concerning-possible-subsidies-to-deutsche-post/

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm

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