Aggregates levy could be deemed state aid

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has overturned a decision of the Court of First Instance in 2006 which held that the European Commission was justified in deciding that the British aggregates levy was not a state aid.

The judgment in British Aggregates Association v European Commission (C-487/06 European Court of Justice 22 December 2006) refers the issue back to the Court of First Instance (CFI), but the statement of legal