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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11990

28 March 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 35
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / State aid
Green light to German measure reducing offshore surcharge for certain energy-intensive companies
Brussels, 27/03/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 27 March, the European Commission approved a German plan to reduce the offshore surcharge applicable to energy-intensive and railway companies.

The German law on energy provides for funding for the costs of connecting offshore wind turbines to the electricity network from 2019, by means of an offshore surcharge to be invoiced to electricity consumers. Under the same text, reductions on these surcharges may be awarded to certain electricity-intensive and railway companies, thereby...

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