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GDF Suez: legal case lost on Belgian nuclear tax of 1 billion euros
The Belgian unit of the French utility GDF Suez declared that a Brussels court had decided in favor of the government in a case concerning approximately 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) in taxes charged on its profits from producing nuclear power.
read more... 18/04/2014
German utilities might get 2.2 billion euros tax reimbursements
The German government might refund country’s utilities in nuclear fuel taxes estimated at over 2.2 billion euro ($3.06 billion), according to the preliminary decision of the Hamburg court.
read more... 15/04/2014
French court enacted backdated electricity price increases for households
Approximately 29 million French households and small businesses deal with a retrogressive increase in their power bills after the country's administrative Supreme Court annulled on Friday a 2012 ceiling on raises to regulated electricity prices. The pronouncement is applicable to power bills between August 2012 and August 2013.
read more... 14/04/2014
Germany files complaint against EU over energy subsidy survey
The European Court of Justice received from Germany a complaint against the decision of the European Commission to study exemption to green energy charges that the country offers to approximately 2000 industrial energy consumers, as stated by the Economy Ministry on Friday.
read more... 03/03/2014
France confirms its ban on fracking
France’s highest court has confirmed the government ban on hydraulic fracturing on fears the process may cause long-term environmental damage.
read more... 14/10/2013