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Eesti Pagar AS v Ettevõtluse Arendamise Sihtasutus and Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium (C-349/17)
Consideration of the questions referred
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Eesti Pagar AS v Ettevõtluse Arendamise Sihtasutus and Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium (C-349/17)

Judgment of 5 Mar 2019law://eu/cjeu/2017/c-349-17/para_64@2026-11-10

64The criterion that the aid application must precede the start of work on the investment project is simple, pertinent and adequate, enabling the Commission to presume that the proposed aid has an incentive effect.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-349/17 · ECLI:EU:C:2019:172
Decided: 5 Mar 2019
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Tallinna Ringkonnakohus (Court of Appeal, Tallinn, Estonia)
Applicant: Eesti Pagar AS
Defendants: Ettevõtluse Arendamise Sihtasutus; Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium
Rapporteur: A. Arabadjiev
Advocate General: M. Wathelet
Bench: 11 judges
K. Lenaerts, A. Arabadjiev, M. Vilaras, E. Regan, C. Toader, E. Juhász, M. Ilešič, J. Malenovský, L. Bay Larsen, D. Šváby, C.G. Fernlund
Language: Estonian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62017CJ0349

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Interprets 3: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General block exemption Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance); Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests
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Cites 22: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); Congregación de Escuelas Pías Provincia Betania v Ayuntamiento de Getafe (C-74/16); HGA Srl and Others (C‑630/11 P), Regione autonoma della Sardegna (C‑631/11 P), Timsas srl (C‑632/11 P) and Grand Hotel Abi d’Oru SpA (C‑633/11 P) v European Commission (C-630/11 P, C-631/11 P, C-632/11 P, C-633/11 P); Residex Capital IV CV v Gemeente Rotterdam (C-275/10); Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC)No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty; Centre d’exportation du livre français (CELF) and Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication v Société internationale de diffusion et d’édition (SIDE) (C-199/06); Pfeifer & Langen GmbH & Co. KG v Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (C-52/14); Firma Ernst Kollmer Fleischimport und -export v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas (C-59/14); Ze Fu Fleischhandel GmbH and Vion Trading GmbH v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas (C-201/10, C-202/10); Unicredito Italiano SpA v Agenzia delle Entrate, Ufficio Genova 1 (C-148/04); Herbert Handlbauer GmbH (C-278/02); Corman SA v Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belge (BIRB) (C-131/10); Deutsche Lufthansa AG v Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH (C-284/12); Klausner Holz Niedersachsen GmbH v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (C-505/14); Administratīvā rajona tiesa v Ministru kabinets (C-120/17); Hellenic Republic v European Commission (C-431/14 P); Transalpine Ölleitung in Österreich GmbH and Others v Finanzlandesdirektion für Tirol and Others (C-368/04); Ministre de l’Intérieur, de l’Outre-mer, des Collectivités territoriales et de l’Immigration v Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de l'Indre (C-465/10); Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests; Georgi Ivanov Elchinov v Natsionalna zdravnoosiguritelna kasa (C-173/09); Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty