Author Archives: Kelyn Bacon

Court of Appeal rules on State aid in Sky Blue No. 2

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Kelyn Bacon

On 12 October 2018 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the latest State aid challenge brought by the owners of Coventry City Football Club against Coventry City Council: R (Sky Blue Sports & Leisure Ltd) v Coventry City Council [2018] EWCA Civ 2252. This blog comments on this latest judgment in the Sky Blue saga. Continue reading →

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State aid and tax settlement cases

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Kelyn Bacon

Thank you to all who came to last week’s lecture by Max Lienemeyer on State aid and tax settlement cases. Here is the information pack prepared for the lecture (with thanks to Michael Papadakis for putting this together). Seminar on … Continue reading →

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Ombudsman rejects complaint of maladministration in relation to third party rights in Commission investigations

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Kelyn Bacon

Some of the readers of this blog will be aware of John Temple Lang’s complaint to the Ombudsman, and related article (“The Charter and the EU State Aid Procedure” in de Vries, Bernitz and Weatherill, The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights … Continue reading →

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Book launch on 10 October – “EU Renewable Electricity Law and Policy”

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Kelyn Bacon

UKSALA members are warmly invited to attend the launch of the book “EU Renewable Electricity Law and Policy” by Tim Maxian Rusche, a member of the legal service of the European Commission. Since a central topic of the book is State … Continue reading →

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Ferracci and Montessori: ecclesiastical aid and post-Lisbon admissibility

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Kelyn Bacon

On 15 September 2015 the General Court handed down two parallel judgments in the Ferracci and Montessori cases, concerning Italian rules granting tax exemptions for various “non-commercial” entities, including ecclesiastical institutions. The judgments are noteworthy for their comments on the … Continue reading →

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Berlin seminar slides and handouts

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Kelyn Bacon

The slides and other materials from the joint seminar with the Berliner Gesprächskreis zum Europäischen Beihilfenrecht, on 24 June 2016, are all available here for those who are interested (click on individual speaker names to obtain their slides or speeches). … Continue reading →

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AG opinion in Irish Air Travel Tax case

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Kelyn Bacon

This morning Advocate General Mengozzi handed down his opinion in the appeals in the Aer Lingus and Ryanair cases concerning the Irish air travel tax (Joined Cases C-164/15 P and C-165/15 P). The AG has recommended setting aside, in part, … Continue reading →

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Notion of aid notice finally published

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Kelyn Bacon

Hot off the press! The Commission’s long-awaited notice on the notion of aid has finally been published today. The full text of the notice is here: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/modernisation/notice_of_aid_en.pdf with a press release accompanying the notice here: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-1782_en.htm  

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Sky Blue Sports v Coventry City Council

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Kelyn Bacon

Those who have been following the above case, and who read George’s blog post on the first instance judgment of Mr Justice Hickinbottom, may be interested to know that the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment on this case … Continue reading →

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Joint seminar with Berlin Roundtable for State aid law

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Kelyn Bacon

The first ever UKSALA seminar to be held jointly with the Berliner Gesprächskreis zum Europäischen Beihilfenrecht (Berlin Roundtable for State aid law) will take place in Berlin on the auspicious date of 24 June 2016 (the day after the EU … Continue reading →

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