On 13 March 2001, the European Court of Justice handed down its ruling in the landmark PreussenElektra case: it ruled in substance that imposing transfers of funds from one private company to another did not amount to State aid for lack of use of State resources. A decade and many cases later, the Court struggles to maintain coherence in the heritage of PreussenElektra. The Vent de Colère! case, which, just like its illustrious predecessor, deals with purchasing oblig