State Aid

Five Spanish industrial manufacturers saw their challenge of a state aid measure for power prices dismissed at the EU top court on Thursday. PGI Spain, Berry Superfos Pamplona, Promens Packaging, RPC Envases and Zeller Pla...(read more)

Italian defense company Leonardo tried to convince the European Commission that the relevant geographical market to assess its acquisition of Iveco's defense division was European-wide, and not national, according to the f...(read more)

The EU's top court has been asked to specify which criteria member states can use to decide whether two companies should be considered as a single state aid recipient. The dispute is related to a legal challenge started by...(read more)

A foreign-backed company bidding for a tender in Greece's energy sector must notify the European Commission of financial contributions it has received from outside the EU, even though the bid falls below mandatory notifica...(read more)

EU competition chief Teresa Ribera pledged to step up efforts to make Europe's cross-border state aid projects faster and easier for companies to navigate, warning that procedural delays could cost promising technologies t...(read more)

Austrian retailer Spar has filed a fresh complaint with the European Commission over Hungary’s retail tax, arguing that a July amendment leaves foreign supermarket chains facing discriminatory burdens despite formally allo...(read more)

Three companies are blocked from submitting tenders in two public projects in the Greek energy sector after the European Commission said they'd failed to provide enough information on foreign subsidies, MLex has learned. T...(read more)

The European Commission will extend Metsaf — its temporary state aid framework for energy-intensive industries — allowing EU countries to continue providing subsidies to companies hit by elevated energy prices linked to th...(read more)