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Pollmeier Massivholz v European Commission ∙ Case T-89/09 ∙ Annotation by Lucyne Ghazarian
Annotation on the Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of March 17th 2015 in Case T-89/09, Pollmeier Massivholz v European Commission
The General Court (GC) clarified that the judgement of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on December 11th 2008 in Freistaat Sachsen/Commission does not apply to existing State aid according to Article 1 (b) (ii) of Regulation 659/1999. Therefore, the European Commission (EC) has to apply the law that was valid at the time the measure was granted. Further, the judgment contributes to the assessment of the ratione temporis and ratione materiae of the
Keywords: Advantage, General Issues, New Aid v Existing Aid, Procedure before the Commission