Annotation on the Judgment of the European Court of Justice of the 24 October 2013 in Joined Cases C-214/12 P, C-215/12 P and C-223/12 P, Land Burgenland, Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung AG and Republic of Austria v European General Court

I. Introduction Following a period of heavy debate, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) rendered its final decision on appeals in