State Aid, the Criterion of State Resources and Renewable Energy Support Mechanisms: Fresh Wind from Luxembourg in EEG 2012

(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2019 4(2), 629-640 | European Forum Insight of 21 June 2019 | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. Brief overview of the criterion of State resources. - III. The main characteristics of the EEG 2012. - IV. The reasoning of the Court of Justice. - IV.1. Assimilation of the EEG surcharge to a levy. - IV.2. Dominant Influence of the public authorities over the EEG surcharge. - IV.3. Action of the TSOs as administrators of aid. - V. Potential Implications of the Judgment. - V.1. Implications for the notion of State aid.... Mehr ...