Annotation on the Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 in Joined Cases T-226/09 and T-230/09, British Telecommunications plc and BT Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd v European Commission (“BT and BTPS”)

In its recent judgment in the joined cases of BT and BTPS Trustees, the General Court of the European Union (“the GC”) further refined its case law on how compensation for so-called ‘legacy costs’ is assessed under State aid law. Legacy costs refer t