62020CJ0179_SUM
Case C‑179/20
Fondul Proprietatea SA
v
Guvernul României and Others
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti)
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 January 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Internal market in electricity – Directive 2009/72/EC – Article 15(4) – Priority dispatch – Security of supply – Article 32(1) – Free third-party access – Guaranteed access to transmission systems – Directive 2009/28/EC – Article 16(2) – Guaranteed access – Article 107(1) TFEU – Article 108(3) TFEU – State aid)
Approximation of laws – Measures of approximation – Common rules for the internal market in electricity – Directive 2009/72 – Third-party access to the system
(European Parliament and Council Directives 2009/28, Art. 16(2)(b), and 2009/72, recital 5 and Arts 15(2), (3) and (4) and 32(1))
(see paragraphs 51, 55-58, 64-67, 69, 71-81, operative part 1)
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Jurisdiction of the Court – Limits – Examination of the compatibility of aid with the internal market – Not included – Providing the national court with full guidance on the interpretation of EU law – Interpretation of the concept of aid – Included
(Arts 107(1), 108 and 267 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 83-85)
Aid granted by a Member State – Concept – Grant of advantages imputable to the State – Public authorities involved in the adoption of the measure
(Art. 107(1) TFEU)
(see paragraphs 86-89)
Aid granted by a Member State – Concept – Aid from State resources – Public undertaking in which the State has the majority shareholding
(Art. 107(1) TFEU)
(see paragraphs 90-95)
Aid granted by a Member State – Concept – Grant of an advantage to the beneficiaries – State intervention mitigating the charges normally included in the budget of an undertaking – Included
(Art. 107(1) TFEU)
(see paragraphs 96, 97, 99)
Aid granted by a Member State – Effect on trade between Member States – Adverse effect on competition – Criteria for assessment – Measures allowing the installations of certain electricity producers to operate continuously
(Art. 107(1) TFEU)
(see paragraphs 100-106)
Aid granted by a Member State – Existing aid and new aid – Measures established by a government decision, consisting in the system operator giving priority to the dispatching of the electricity produced by certain electricity generators – Shareholding of that system operator majority owned by the State
(Arts 107(1) and 108(3) TFEU)
(see paragraphs 107, 109-112, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.