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30
Jun
2020
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Ivan BYKOVSKIY
European Law
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Spain International
Football Legal # 13

The General Court of the European Union Dismisses the Decision of the European Commission on State Aid to Valencia Club de Fútbol


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ECJ, 12 March 2020, Case T-732-16, Valencia Club de Fútbol, SAD v. European Commission
Date of the decision: 2020-03-12
On 12 March 2020, the General Court of the European Union annulled the European Commission’s decision in relation to Spanish club Valencia CF.

The preamble of the case goes back to 2009 and 2010 when the Instituto Valenciano de Finanzas (IVF) - the financial establishment of the Generalitat Valenciana (Regional Government of Valencia, Spain) - issued several guarantees to the associations related to three Spanish professional football clubs, Valencia CF, Hércules CF and Elche CF. The main purpose of those guarantees was to cover the bank loans that...

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Topics
  • European Law
Keywords
  • Competition Law
  • European Commission
  • European Law
  • State aid
  • European Court of Justice (ECJ)
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