Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codification) (Text with EEA relevance) Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: October 14, 2015 Entry into force - Date pub. +20 See Art 36 Modified by All documents based on this document: Modifies Modifies: Repeal: Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania Council Regulation (EU) No 734/2013 of 22 July 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty Text with EEA relevance Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 October 2023. TS and HI v Ministar na zemedelieto, hranite i gorite. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad - Varna. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Aid granted by Member States – Article 107(1) TFEU – Concept of an ‘undertaking’ – Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 – Recovery of unlawful aid – Decision (EU) 2015/456 – Swaps of forest land – Determining the ‘market value’. Case C-325/22. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 12 January 2023. SIA 'DOBELES HES' and Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts). Reference for a preliminary ruling – State aid – Article 107(1) TFEU – National legislation imposing an obligation on the public operator to purchase from renewable energy producers at a price higher than the market price – Failure to pay a portion of the aid concerned – Application for compensation submitted by those producers to a public authority distinct from that which is, in principle, required, under that national legislation, to pay that aid and whose budget is intended solely to ensure its own operation – New aid – Notification requirement – De minimis aid – Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 – Article 5(2) – Cumulation – Taking into account the amounts of aid already received during the reference period on the basis of that national legislation. Joined Cases C-702/20 and C-17/21. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 April 2018. Asociación Nacional de Grandes Empresas de Distribución (ANGED) v Generalitat de Catalunya. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regional tax on large retail establishments — Freedom of establishment — Protection of the environment and town and country planning — State aid — Selective measure — Letter from the Commission stating that no further action will be taken on a complaint — Existing aid. Case C-233/16. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 30 April 2020. Nelson Antunes da Cunha, Lda v Instituto de Financiamento da Agricultura e Pescas IP (IFAP). Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Administrativo e Fiscal de Coimbra. Reference for a preliminary ruling – State aid – Article 108 TFEU – Aid scheme that is incompatible with the internal market – Decision of the European Commission ordering the recovery of unlawful aid – Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 – Article 17(1) – Limitation period of 10 years – Application to the recovery powers of the Commission – Article 16(2) and (3) – National legislation laying down a limitation period of a lesser duration – Principle of effectiveness. Case C-627/18. Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 7 April 2022. KW and SG v Autonome Provinz Bozen. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht, Autonome Sektion für die Provinz Bozen. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Aid granted by Member States – Aid scheme for the construction of mini-hydroelectric power plants – Alpine and mountain huts without connection to an electricity grid – Authorisation by the European Commission – Expiry. Joined Cases C-102/21 and C-103/21. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 December 2022. AS Veejaam and OÜ Espo v AS Elering. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus. Reference for a preliminary ruling – State aid – Renewable energy subsidy – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 – Incentive effect of aid applied for after work has started on the project concerned – Article 108(3) TFEU – Obligation to notify – Consequences of breach of the obligation to notify. Case C-470/20. Case C-325/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad — Varna (Bulgaria) lodged on 13 May 2022 — TS, HI v Ministar na zemedelieto, hranite i gorite Case C-653/23, TOODE: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa (Latvia) lodged on 6 November 2023 — SIA TOODE v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests article 1 point (b) point (ii) Case C-453/23, Prezydent Miasta Mielca: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 19 July 2023 — E. sp. z o.o. v Prezydent Miasta Mielca Case C-470/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus (Estonia) lodged on 29 September 2020 — Veejaam AS, Espo OÜ v Elering AS Case C-702/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts) (Latvia) lodged on 22 December 2020 — SIA DOBELES HES v Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija, Ekonomikas ministrija, Finanšu ministrija article 1 point (c) article 1 point (b) point (iv) article 1 point (b) article 2 paragraph 1 article 2 paragraph 3 article 17 paragraph 2 Case C-103/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrative Court, Autonomous Section for the Province of Bolzano (Italy) lodged on 18 February 2021 — SG v Autonomous Province of Bolzano Case C-627/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Administrativo e Fiscal de Coimbra (Portugal) lodged on 5 October 2018 — Nelson Antunes da Cunha, Lda v Instituto de Financiamento da Agricultura e Pescas IP (IFAP) article 16 paragraph 2 article 17 paragraph 1 article 17 Case C-17/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts) (Latvia) lodged on 11 January 2021 — Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija, Ekonomikas ministrija, Finanšu ministrija v SIA GM article 1 point (b) article 2 paragraph 3 article 17 paragraph 2 article 2 paragraph 1 article 1 point (b) point (iv) article 1 point (c) Case C-401/24, Stockholms Hamn: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Stockholms tingsrätt (Sweden) lodged on 7 June 2024 – Sjöfartsverket v Stockholms Hamn Aktiebolag article 1 point (b) point (i) Case C-588/23, Scai: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale della Campania (Italy) lodged on 25 September 2023 — Scai Srl v Regione Campania Case C-102/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrative Court, Autonomous Section for the Province of Bolzano (Italy) lodged on 18 February 2021 — KW v Autonomous Province of Bolzano Case C-700/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 15 November 2022 — RegioJet a. s., STUDENT AGENCY k.s. v České dráhy, a.s., Správa železnic, státní organizace, Česká republika, Ministerstvo dopravy article 17 paragraph 1 article 17 paragraph 3 article 1 point (b) point (iv) Case C-152/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts) (Latvia) lodged on 9 March 2021 — SIA ‘Ogres HES’ v Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija, Ekonomikas ministrija, Finanšu ministrija article 1 point (b) article 2 paragraph 1 article 1 point (c) article 17 paragraph 2 article 2 paragraph 3 article 1 point (b) point (iv) Legal basis Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS TITLE VII - COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION, TAXATION AND APPROXIMATION OF LAWS Chapter 1 - Rules on competition Section 2 - Aids granted by States Article 109 (ex Article 89 TEC) Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS TITLE VII - COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION, TAXATION AND APPROXIMATION OF LAWS Chapter 1 - Rules on competition Section 2 - Aids granted by States Article 108 (ex Article 88 TEC) EuroVoc Vocabulary Infringement procedure (EU) Principle of legal certainty State aid Reimbursement of aid State aids and other subsidies Aid system Exchange of information Fine Procedural rules State aids Control of State aid Codification of EU law