Examples of using Contested aid in English and their translations into Danish
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Computer
Given that the total contested aid.
The contested aid was abolished by the French authorities in 2002.
According to the applicant, when the contested aid was granted, small orders were not defined.
In the present case, the relevant point of reference is when the decision on the compatibility of the contested aid was adopted.
In this case, it is common ground that the contested aid was not notified in 1988 or in the following years.
By letter of 7 August 1992, the Commission confirmed to the applicant that certain aid granted to CELF,including the contested aid.
The applicant thereby concludes that the contested aid was in actual fact used to finance CELF'S overall activities.
In the light of the foregoing, the second part of the third plea, alleging a manifest error of assessment in the examination of the compatibility of the contested aid.
Finally, the Commission established that the contested aid did not overcompensate the costs of processing of small orders.
In the further alternative, annul the last sentence of Article 1 of the contested decision in so far as it declares the contested aid compatible before 1 November 1993;
The first part of the third plea alleges that the contested aid is discriminatory, whereas the second part is based on alleged manifest errors of assessment.
It must be pointed out that the Commission calculated the costs directly associated with processing small orders on the basis of explanations provided to it by the French Republic in the procedure in which the contested aid was examined.
In the contested decision, the Commission concluded that the contested aid was State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) EC recital 127.
The contested aid consisted of a package of annual subsidies, each of which was specifically intended to offset the extra costs incurred each year in handling orders from booksellers established abroad to the value of FRF 500(EUR 76.22) or less, excluding costs of carriage(‘small orders'), which were considered to be below the break-even point.
The first plea alleges that there is no legal basis for declaring the contested aid compatible with the common market prior to 1 November 1993.
Finally, it took the view that the contested aid had a cultural objective for the purpose of Article 87(3)(d) EC, which provides that aid to promote culture and heritage conservation where such aid does not affect trading conditions and competition in the Community to an extent that is contrary to the common interest may be considered to be compatible with the common market recitals 134 and 139.
As a consequence, the Commission simply checked the compatibility of the contested aid on the export agency market under Article 87(3)(d) EC recital 186.
It is therefore difficult to assess the contested aid by considering it in isolation, because it is the expression of a consistent line of policy pursued by the Federal Republic of Germany.
The applicant is of the view that, since that provision was introduced by the EU Treaty, which entered into force on 1 November 1993, the contested aid could have been declared compatible with the common market only with effect from that date.
That is particularly so in the present case, since the contested aid was awarded and granted by the French Republic and used by CELF in order to offset the extra costs of processing small orders on an annual basis.
First, it considers that the Commission committed an error by calculating the costs directly associated with small orders during the whole period in which the contested aid was paid on the basis of an extrapolation of the data for 1994 alone.
Secondly, it verified that the justification for the contested aid was genuine, namely that there were extra costs directly associated with the processing of small orders.
It is apparent from the last sentence of Article 1 of the contested decision that the contested aid was declared compatible with the common market under Article 87(3)(d) EC.
Since no consistent method of calculation was used, the contested aid should be regarded as an operating subsidy, granted irrespective of the extra costs incurred in processing small orders.
The only subsidy which is the subject of the present case(‘the contested aid') was granted on an annual basis from 1980, although the amount of the subsidy varied as of.
It follows from the foregoing that the Commission erred in law in considering that the contested aid was compatible with the common market under Article 87(3)(d) EC as regards that part of the aid paid to CELF before the date on which the EU Treaty entered into force.
Secondly, when examining the compatibility of the contested aid with the common market in coal and steel, it explains why the application of Article 87(2)(c) EC to a steel undertaking is automatically ruled out paragraphs 110 to 120.