{"id":4271,"date":"2025-01-17T10:06:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T08:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/2025\/01\/judgment-of-the-court-tenth-chamber-of-16-january-2025-scai-srl-v-regione-campania-reference-for-a-preliminary-ruling-recovery-of-unlawful-and-incompatible-aid-regulation-eu-20\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T08:06:50","slug":"judgment-of-the-court-tenth-chamber-of-16-january-2025-scai-srl-v-regione-campania-reference-for-a-preliminary-ruling-recovery-of-unlawful-and-incompatible-aid-regulation-eu-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/2025\/01\/judgment-of-the-court-tenth-chamber-of-16-january-2025-scai-srl-v-regione-campania-reference-for-a-preliminary-ruling-recovery-of-unlawful-and-incompatible-aid-regulation-eu-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 16 January 2025.Scai Srl v Regione Campania.Reference for a preliminary ruling \u2013 Recovery of unlawful and incompatible aid \u2013 Regulation (EU) 2015\/1589 \u2013 Article 16 \u2013 Beneficiary of individual aid identified in the European Commission recovery decision \u2013 Implementation of the recovery decision \u2013 Transfer of the aid to another undertaking after the recovery decision \u2013 Economic continuity \u2013 Assessment \u2013 Competent authority \u2013 Extension of the recovery obligation to the actual beneficiary \u2013 Audi alteram partem rule \u2013 Articles 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.Case C-588\/23."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This judgment concerns the interpretation of EU law regarding recovery of unlawful state aid in cases where the aid beneficiary transfers its activities to another company after the recovery decision.The key points of the judgment are:1. When implementing a Commission decision ordering recovery of unlawful state aid, national authorities can order recovery from companies other than the one identified in the Commission&#8217;s decision, if there is economic continuity between the original beneficiary and the new company.2. Economic continuity is assessed based on factors like: assets transferred, workforce maintained, transfer price, ownership\/shareholders, timing of transfer, and economic logic of the operation.3. National authorities must ensure the rights of defense of companies from whom they seek to recover aid, including the right to challenge recovery decisions before national courts.The judgment is important for Ukraine as it clarifies that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recovery of unlawful state aid can be pursued from companies that continue the economic activity of the original beneficiary<\/li>\n<li>National authorities have powers to identify such companies when implementing EU recovery decisions<\/li>\n<li>Companies subject to recovery must have their procedural rights protected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This creates a framework for effective recovery of unlawful state aid that Ukraine may need to implement as part of its EU accession process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/AUTO\/?uri=CELEX:62023CJ0588\"><strong>Full text by link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This judgment concerns the interpretation of EU law regarding recovery of unlawful state aid in cases where the aid beneficiary transfers its activities to another company after the recovery decision.The key points of the judgment are:1. 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