Sentences with phrase «selective economic advantage»

This ruling provides guidance in particular on how to assess whether a measure confers a selective economic advantage.

The CJEU rightfully notes that this argument did not so much pertain to the question whether state resources were present in the current case, but if such access conferred a selective economic advantage.

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In sum, where an economic advantage could be found at the level of five different groups of operators, the Commission considered that only the EIGs and their investors benefited from a selective advantage flowing directly from State resources.

In order to support this finding, the GC based itself on recital 140 of the Decision, where the Commission found that, because of the tax transparent status of the EIGs, which enables different operators to join and finance any investment or carry out any economic activity, the tax status of the EIGs under Spanish law did not confer any selective advantage to the EIGs or to their members.

Shipyards and shipping companies did also benefit from an economic advantage, albeit not one which was selective or directly granted through State resources, according to the Commission.