The European Court of Justice’s Paks II judgement
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https://doi.org/10.32980/MJSz.2025.2.35Keywords:
appeal, action for annulment, European Court of Justice, state aid, compliance of the aid with EU law other than State aid law, parallel conduct of infringement proceedings, obligation to state reasonsAbstract
The Court of Justice set aside, following an appeal lodged by Austria, the judgment delivered by the General Court of the European Union in a case, and annuled the decision of the European Commission approving aid from Hungary for the development of two new nuclear reactors at the Paks nuclear power station site. Since the construction of the two reactors forms part of the object of the aid and the direct award of the construction contract to a Russian undertaking is inextricably linked to that object, the Commission should have ascertained whether that direct award, made without a public tender procedure, complies with EU public procurement rules.
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