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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10886
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COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / (ae) state aid

Is obligation to buy wind power in France questioned?

Brussels, 11/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - In conclusions issued on Thursday 11 July, Advocate General Jääskinen calls on the Court of Justice of the EU to equate to state aid the French mechanism which, since 2008, has provided funding from end-user contributions to cover the extra charges entailed for electricity companies by the obligation to buy electricity produced by wind power, which is above the market price. This measure may, in his view, be imputed to the state in question as the...

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