In a judgment handed down on Thursday, 26 June, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld judgments made by the EU’s General Court in May 2023 that approved the European Commission’s February 2019 decision (see EUROPE B12202A17) to authorise the acquisition of certain nuclear and renewable electricity generation assets owned by the German energy company E.ON by RWE, a fellow energy company.
Nine German municipal utilities appealed the General Court’s May 2023 rulings.