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Italian Court Awards Damages to Beneficiaries for Unlawful Implementation of Aid  ∙ Court of Appeal of Cagliari of 13 June 2017 ∙ Annotation  by Francesco Maria Salerno and Federico Macchi journal article

Annotation on the Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Cagliari of 13 June 2017

Francesco Maria Salerno, Federico Macchi

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 17 (2018), Issue 2, Page 311 - 315

The case in comment illustrates the application of State aid rules by a national court. Moreover, the case deserves to be brought to the attention of a wide readership because it concerns a rare case of award for damages to the beneficiary of the aid. By adjudicating in favour of the beneficiary, the Italian court recognized the peculiarities of the case at issue. At the same time, the ruling raises general questions of consistency with EU law, which are likely to become even more salient as the cooperation between Commission and national courts in the enforcement of State aid rules increases. Keywords: National courts; Damages; State liability; Legitimate expectations.


The Restructuring of the Automobile Industry: A European Solution for a European Problem? journal article

Francesco Maria Salerno

European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 9 (2010), Issue 1, Page 101 - 103

I. Introduction Car building is not for the faint-hearted. After surviving two oil crises (1973-1975 and 1980-1984), car manufacturers experienced record registration of new vehicles (1989), only to find themselves in a period of uncertainty, followed by an abrupt and very severe fall in sales (1993).1 Then came a relatively long period of stability, but within the space of just two months – between June and August 2008 – sales dropped to an unprecede

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