Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-438/16 PEuropean Commission v French Republic and IFP Énergies nouvelles
- Decided
- 2018-09-19
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2018:737
- CELEX
- 62016CJ0438
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Appeal — State aid — State aid scheme implemented by France — Unlimited State guarantee conferred on the Institut français du pétrole (IFP) by the grant of the status of publicly owned industrial and commercial establishment (EPIC) — Decision declaring that measure as partially not constituting State aid and as partially constituting State aid compatible with the Internal market, subject to certain conditions — Concept of ‘aid scheme’ — Presumption of the existence of an advantage — Burden and standard of proof.
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