Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589

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This text since 24 Sept 2015law://eu/reg/2015/1589/art_7__para_3@2026-11-14

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3.The undertakings or associations of undertakings providing information following a Commission's request for market information based on paragraphs 6 and 7 shall submit their answer simultaneously to the Commission and to the Member State concerned, to the extent that the documents provided do not include information that is confidential vis-à-vis that Member State.The Commission shall steer and monitor the information transmission between the Member States, undertakings or associations of undertakings concerned, and verify the purported confidentiality of the information transmitted.

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Key facts

Type: Regulation · Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 13 Jul 2015
In force: 14 Oct 2015
Made by: Council of the European Union
Official: EUR-Lex 32015R1589 · ELI

Topics

aid system codification of EU law control of State aid exchange of information fine infringement procedure (EU)principle of legal certainty reimbursement of aid State aid Procedural rules State aids

History · 1 version

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Interpreted by the courts in 10: Utiledulci – Comércio Internacional e Serviços, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. – Zona Franca da Madeira v Autoridade Tributária e Assuntos Fiscais da Região Autónoma da Madeira (C-545/24); Fremoluc NV and Association de Promotion des Droits Humains et des Minorités ASBL v Vlaamse Regering (C-58/25); Staten genom Sjöfartsverket v Stockholms Hamn AB (C-401/24); SIA „TOODE” v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (C-653/23); Scai Srl v Regione Campania (C-588/23); TS and HI v Ministar na zemedelieto, hranite i gorite (C-325/22); AS Veejaam and OÜ Espo v AS Elering (C-470/20); KW and SG v Autonome Provinz Bozen (C-102/21); Nelson Antunes da Cunha, Lda v Instituto de Financiamento da Agricultura e Pescas IP (IFAP) (C-627/18); Asociación Nacional de Grandes Empresas de Distribución (ANGED) v Generalitat de Catalunya (C-233/16)
Cited by 3: Laurent Merlin v European Commission (C-69/25 P)21 provisions; Utiledulci – Comércio Internacional e Serviços, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. – Zona Franca da Madeira v Autoridade Tributária e Assuntos Fiscais da Região Autónoma da Madeira (C-545/24)3 provisions; Fremoluc NV and Association de Promotion des Droits Humains et des Minorités ASBL v Vlaamse Regering (C-58/25)

Defined terms · 8

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aid
means any measure fulfilling all the criteria laid down in Article 107(1) TFEU;
aid scheme
means any act on the basis of which, without further implementing measures being required, individual aid awards may be made to undertakings defined within the act in a general and abstract manner and any act on the basis of which aid which is not linked to a specific project may be awarded to one or several undertakings for an indefinite period of time and/or for an indefinite amount;
existing aid
means:
individual aid
means aid that is not awarded on the basis of an aid scheme and notifiable awards of aid on the basis of an aid scheme;
interested party
means any Member State and any person, undertaking or association of undertakings whose interests might be affected by the granting of aid, in particular the beneficiary of the aid, competing undertakings and trade associations.
misuse of aid
means aid used by the beneficiary in contravention of a decision taken pursuant to Article 4(3) or Article 7(3) or (4) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 or Article 4(3) or Article 9(3) or (4) of this Regulation;
new aid
means all aid, that is to say, aid schemes and individual aid, which is not existing aid, including alterations to existing aid;
unlawful aid
means new aid put into effect in contravention of Article 108(3) TFEU;