11/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - Energy-intensive companies - Court rules against Austria. In a ruling delivered on Thursday 11 December, the General Court of the EU confirms the Commission's decision that the partial exemption from the obligation of purchasing green electricity, which Austria plans to grant to energy-intensive businesses, constitutes unlawful state aid. The Commission found, by decision of 8 March 2011, that the specific scheme for energy-intensive businesses constituted state...