About this case:
State aid – Exemptions from energy tax for the manufacturing and mining industries – Admissibility – Selectivity – Effect on trade and distortion of competition – Existing aid and new aid – Recovery – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations – Proportionality
Case E-5/04, Action brought on 31 August 2004 by Fesil ASA and Finnfjord Smelteverk AS against the EFTA Surveillance Authority, Case E-6/04, Action brought on 31 August 2004 by Prosessindustriens Landsforening, Borregaard, Elkem ASA, Norsk Hydro ASA, Eramet Norway AS, Norske Skogindustrier ASA, Södra Cell Folla AS, Tinfos Titan & Iron KS, and Yara International ASA against the EFTA Surveillance Authority, Case E-7/04, Action brought on 1 September 2004 by the Kingdom of Norway against the EFTA Surveillance Authority. Decision to join the cases taken on 13 October 2004.