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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10839

3 May 2013
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) state aid
Commission re-opens inquiry into tax aid for EDF

Brussels, 02/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 2 May, the European Commission reopened an inquiry into certain tax measures for Electricité de France (EDF) related to the electricity grid. The aid of around €1.2 billion dates back to 1997. The European Court of Justice issued a ruling in June 2012 stating that the Commission should have checked whether a prudent private investor would have acted in the same way as the French authorities. The Commission has therefore re-opened the...

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