Order — ECLI:EU:C:2017:494
Date: 2017-06-22
Language of the case: Romanian
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling - inadmissible
Origin: Romania

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Craiova (Romania) lodged on 28 October 2015 — Fondul Proprietatea SA v Societatea Complexul Energetic Oltenia SA (CE Oltenia) (Case C-556/15) Language of the case: Romanian Referring court Curtea de Apel Craiova Parties to the main proceedings Applicant and appellant: Fondul Proprietatea SA Defendant and respondent: Societatea Complexul Energetic Oltenia SA (CE Oltenia) Questions referred Must Article 107 TFEU be interpreted as meaning that the participation of the Complexul Energetic Oltenia SA in the capital of the project company Hidro Tarnița SA, whose object is to construct and operate the Tarnița-Lăpuștești hydroelectric power station, constitutes State aid to the producers of wind and photovoltaic energy in that the declared aim of the project is to guarantee optimal conditions for the installation of greater capacity in the power stations which produce those types of energy, that is to say: (i) is it a measure financed by the State or through State resources, (ii) is it selective in nature, and (iii) can it affect trade between the Member States? If the answer is in the affirmative, was such State aid subject to the notification [obligation] laid down in Article 108(3) TFEU? ____________