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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9924

19 June 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Spain referred to Court of Justice for failing to recover illegal aid from Magefesa Group

Brussels, 18/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 18 June, the European Commission decided to refer Spain to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failure to comply with a Commission decision of 14 October 1998. The decision ordered Spain to recover illegal and incompatible state aid from Indosa-CMD, a subsidiary of the Magefesa Group. To date, Spain has not achieved full recovery of the illegal aid.

On 20 December 1989, the Commission found that the Magefesa Group, a producer of...

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(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Angela Merkel hopes EU will make gesture in favour of milk producers
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Agreement on Baltic interconnection plan
(EU) EU/ENERGY: EESC calls on EU to export its nuclear safety model
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(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves aid to Volvo Aero Corporation for GEnx aeroengine component R&D
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(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission wants to improve airspace surveillance over Atlantic
(EU) EU/EIB: €300 million EIB loan to Safran to develop new generation cleaner aircraft engines
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(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Imitations infringe intellectual property rights even where they do not create confusion in the minds of consumers
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in EU Official Journal
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