Orange v Commission: ECJ 26 Oct 2016

ECJ Judgment – Appeal – Competition – State aid – Aid granted by the French Republic to France Telecom – Reform of the arrangements for financing the retirement pensions of civil servants working for France Telecom – Reduction of the compensation to be paid to the State by France Telecom – Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market under certain conditions – Definition of aid – Definition of economic advantage – Selective nature – Adverse effect on competition – Distortion of the facts – No statement of reasons – Substitution of grounds

ECLI:EU:C:2016:798, [2016] EUECJ C-211/15
Bailii
European

Commercial

Updated: 24 January 2022; Ref: scu.570589