ECJ (Judgment) Appeal – State aid – State aid scheme in favour of the national public broadcast organisation – Public service obligations – Set-off – Article 106(2) TFEU – Decision declaring the aid scheme compatible with the internal market – Alteration of the method of financing – Tax measures – Tax imposed on pay-television operators – Decision declaring the amended aid scheme compatible with the internal market – Taking into account of the method of financing – Existence of hypothecation between the tax and the aid scheme – Direct impact of the revenue from the tax on the amount of the aid – Coverage of the net costs of fulfilling the public service mandate – Competitive relationship between the person liable to pay the tax and the beneficiary of the aid – Distortion of national law
ECLI:EU:C:2016:848, [2016] EUECJ C-449/14
Bailii
European
Media
Updated: 25 January 2022; Ref: scu.571270
