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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7922

14 March 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 54
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) court of justice
Obligation to purchase electricity at minimum price does not constitute State aid merely because it is imposed by statute

Luxembourg, 13/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - A press release from the Court of Justice recalls that all aids granted by a State are not State aid according to the meaning of the Treaty and that the present regulation of the electricity market does not oppose the German regulation, which requires an obligation to purchase electricity produced from renewable sources.

The German law from 1990 forces public electricity supply undertakings to buy electricity produced within their area of supply from...

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