Press Release: State aid: Commission requests information from Spain on recovery of incompatible aid from Magefesa group (Indosa-CMD)

The European Commission has formally requested Spain to provide information concerning measures taken to implement a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling of 2 July 2002 (case C-499/99), condemning Spain to recover illegal and incompatible fiscal aid granted to the Magefesa Group in the 1990s. Although the ECJ judgement dates back to 2002, Spain has still not informed the Commission that the incompatible aid has been fully recovered from the beneficiaries. The Commission has therefore sent a so-called 'letter of formal notice' to Spain, the first step of EC Treaty infringement procedures for failure to respect Court judgements (Article 228).