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Asociación Nacional de Grandes Empresas de Distribución (ANGED) v Generalitat de Catalunya (C-233/16)
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The second question
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Asociación Nacional de Grandes Empresas de Distribución (ANGED) v Generalitat de Catalunya (C-233/16)

Judgment of 26 Apr 2018law://eu/cjeu/2016/c-233-16/para_47@2026-11-10

47Article 107(1) TFEU defines State interventions on the basis of their effects, independently of the techniques used (judgment of 22 December 2008, British Aggregates Association, C‑487/06 P, EU:C:2008:757, paragraph 89).

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

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Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-233/16 · ECLI:EU:C:2018:280
Decided: 26 Apr 2018
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court, Spain)
Applicant: Asociación Nacional de Grandes Empresas de Distribución (ANGED)
Defendant: Generalitat de Catalunya
Rapporteur: J.-C. Bonichot
Advocate General: J. Kokott
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, C.G. Fernlund, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, E. Regan
Language: Spanish
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62016CJ0233

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Freedom of establishment State aid Taxation

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Interprets 3: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; 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 (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)
Cited by 15: Braila Winds SRL v DGRFP București - Administrația Fiscală pentru Contribuabili Mijlocii București and Others (C-391/23); Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága (C-323/18); Ideella föreningen Svenska Bankföreningen med firma Svenska Bankföreningen, Näringsverksamhet and Länsförsäkringar Bank AB v European Commission (T-112/22)2 provisions; Ryanair DAC and Airport Marketing Services Ltd v European Commission (C-758/21 P); Região Autónoma da Madeira v European Commission (T-131/21); Portuguese Republic v European Commission (T-95/21); European Commission v Hungary (C-596/19 P); European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-562/19 P); Vodafone Magyarország Mobil Távközlési Zrt. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága (C-75/18); Asociación Española de la Industria Eléctrica (UNESA) and Others v Administración General del Estado (C-105/18, C-106/18, C-107/18, C-108/18, C-109/18, C-110/18, C-111/18, C-112/18, C-113/18)2 provisions; Port autonome du Centre et de l'Ouest SCRL and Others v European Commission (T-673/17); Havenbedrijf Antwerpen NV and Maatschappij van de Brugse Zeehaven NV v European Commission (T-696/17); Le Port de Bruxelles and Région de Bruxelles-Capitale v European Commission (T-674/17); Hungary v European Commission (T-20/17)3 provisions; Republic of Poland v European Commission (T-836/16, T-624/17)3 provisions
Cites 20: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)5 provisions; Fernand Ullens de Schooten v État belge (C-268/15); Congregación de Escuelas Pías Provincia Betania v Ayuntamiento de Getafe (C-74/16); Eric Libert and Others v Gouvernement flamand (C‑197/11) and All Projects & Developments NV and Others v Vlaamse Regering (C‑203/11) (C-197/11, C-203/11); European Commission v Kingdom of Spain (C-400/08); Unión General de Trabajadores de La Rioja (UGT-Rioja) and Others v Juntas Generales del Territorio Histórico de Vizcaya and Others (C-428/06); Athinaïki Techniki AE v Commission of the European Communities (C-521/06); Portuguese Republic v Commission of the European Communities (C-88/03); British Aggregates Association v Commission of the European Communities and United Kingdom (C-487/06); European Commission and Kingdom of Spain v Government of Gibraltar and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-106/09 P, C-107/09 P); European Commission v World Duty Free Group SA and Others (C-20/15 P, C-21/15 P); Territorio Histórico de Vizcaya - Diputación Foral de Vizcaya (C-465/09 P and C-468/09 P), Territorio Histórico de Álava - Diputación Foral de Álava (C-466/09 P and C-469/09 P) and Territorio Histórico de Guipúzcoa - Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa (C-467/09 P and C-470/09 P) v European Commission (C-465/09); Ireland v European Commission (C-369/16); Scott SA v Commission of the European Communities (C-276/03 P); Hervis Sport- és Divatkereskedelmi Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Közép-dunántúli Regionális Adó Főigazgatósága (C-385/12); P Oy (C-6/12); Test Claimants in Class IV of the ACT Group Litigation v Commissioners of Inland Revenue (C-374/04); Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty; France Télécom SA v European Commission (C-81/10 P); 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)