The European Commission opened, on Thursday 30 June, an in-depth investigation to assess whether public support that the Czech Republic plans to grant for the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Dukovany is in line with EU State aid rules.
The beneficiary of the aid would be Elektrárna Dukovany II (‘EDU II’), a company set up to carry out the project, which is fully owned by the ČEZ group (the main incumbent in the Czech Republic, with the government holding around 70% of...