EU GENERAL COURT ANNULS BIOMETHANE SUBSIDY SCHEME AND REQUESTS REVIEW OF MARKET EFFECT OF CROSS-BORDER CUMULATION OF SUBSIDIES
December 22, 2022 Success for fair competition on the European biomethane market: The EU General Court annuls the decisions of the EU Commission on the Swedish biomethane support scheme, due to non-consideration of a potential distorting effect on competition.The EU General Court ruled: The decisions of the EU Commission of 29 June 2020 on Swedish biomethane subsidy scheme do not comply with European law. The EU Commission failed to evaluate and consider the effect resulting from a cumulation of the Swedish subsidy with subsidies granted by other EU Member States (Case T-626/20 –