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European Union
Association nationale des opérateurs détaillants en énergie (ANODE) v Premier ministre and Others (C-121/15)
Judgment
Consideration of the questions referred
Question 2
64

Association nationale des opérateurs détaillants en énergie (ANODE) v Premier ministre and Others (C-121/15)

Judgment of 7 Sept 2016law://eu/cjeu/2015/c-121-15/para_64@2026-11-10

64Thirdly, the method of intervention used must not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objective of general economic interest being pursued (judgment of 20 April 2010, Federutility and Others, C‑265/08, EU:C:2010:205, paragraph 36).

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Fifth Chamber
Case: C-121/15 · ECLI:EU:C:2016:637
Decided: 7 Sept 2016
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Conseil d’État (France)
Applicant: Association nationale des opérateurs détaillants en énergie (ANODE)
Defendants: Premier ministre; Ministre de l’Économie, de l’Industrie et du Numérique; Commission de régulation de l’énergie; ENGIE
Rapporteur: A. Borg Barthet
Advocate General: P. Mengozzi
Bench: 5 judges
J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, F. Biltgen, A. Borg Barthet, E. Levits, M. Berger
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62015CJ0121

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Approximation of laws Competition Energy

History · 1 version

7 Sept 2016Reading

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Interprets 2: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
Cited by 7: Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL and Bond Beter Leefmilieu Vlaanderen ASBL v Conseil des ministres (C-411/17); Engie România SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Reglementare în Domeniul Energiei (C-205/23); Repsol Butano SA and DISA Gas SAU v Administración del Estado (C-473/17, C-546/17)3 provisions; Viesgo Infraestructuras Energéticas SL v Administración General del Estado and Others (C-683/19)3 provisions; „Оvergas Mrezhi“ AD and „Balgarska gazova asotsiatsia“ v Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane (KEVR) (C-5/19)3 provisions; Engie Cartagena S.L. v Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica (C-523/18)3 provisions; GRDF SA v Eni Gas & Power France SA and Others (C-236/18)
Cites 9: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC (Text with EEA relevance); Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 98/30/EC; Federutility and Others v Autorità per l'energia elettrica e il gas (C-265/08)2 provisions; Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (C-220/07); European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-36/14); Albany International BV v Stichting Bedrijfspensioenfonds Textielindustrie (C-67/96); Enel Produzione SpA v Autorità per l'energia elettrica e il gas (C-242/10)