24/01/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 24 January, the General Court of the European Union annulled the European Commission’s decision of June 2021 (see EUROPE B12734A21) to classify as State aid the German ‘Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsgesetz’ (KWKG) scheme to support the production of electricity by high-efficiency cogeneration plants (excluding coal- and lignite-fired cogeneration plants) (Case T-409/21). In particular, the Court noted that this system does not oblige electricity...