Commission v Council C-122/94: ECJ 29 Feb 1996

(Judgment) 1. Agriculture – Competition rules – Provisions of the Treaty relating to aid granted by States – Applicability in the wine sector – Consequence – Power of the Council to authorize aid by derogation in view of exceptional circumstances
(EC Treaty, Art. 42 and Arts 92 to 94; Council Regulation No 822/87, Art. 76)
2. Agriculture – Competition rules – Aid – Authorization of aid by derogation by the Council – Judicial review – Limits – Decision authorizing special aid for the distillation of certain wines in Italy and France in the 1993/94 wine year – No manifest error of assessment
(EC Treaty, Arts 39 and 93(2), third subpara.)
3. Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope
(EC Treaty, Art. 190)

[1996] ECR I-881, [1996] EUECJ C-122/94
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European, Agriculture

Updated: 01 January 2022; Ref: scu.161343