HH Ferries and Others v Commission: ECFI 19 Sep 2018

(Public Financing Granted By The Swedish State and The Danish State To The Fixed Link Infrastructure Project – Judgment (Extracts)) State aid – Aid in favour of the Oresund road-rail fixed link – Public financing granted by the Swedish State and the Danish State to the Fixed Link infrastructure project across the Oresund – State guarantees – Tax aid – Decision not to raise any objection – Decision that there was no State aid – Action for annulment – Challengeable act – Admissibility – Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure – Serious difficulties – Concept of ‘aid scheme’ – Aid to promote the execution of an important project of common European interest – Assessment of the aid element in a guarantee – Whether the aid contained in a guarantee is limited – Proportionality – Legitimate expectations

Citations:

T-68/15, [2018] EUECJ T-68/15

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

Transport

Updated: 27 April 2022; Ref: scu.622616