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Advocate General Finds in Favor of Luxembourg in Engie State Aid Case

05 May 2023

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Luxembourg-European Union

On 4 May 2023, an opinion was issued from Advocate General (AG) Kokott of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding the appeals brought by Luxembourg and the Engie group against the judgment of the General Court of the European Union in the Engie State aid case. The appeal was made following the 12 May 2021 judgment of the General Court that upheld the European Commission's 2018 decision that Luxembourg granted illegal State aid (a selective advantage) of around EUR 120 million to the Engie group (formally GDF Suez). The decision concerned tax rulings granted in relation...