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EU competition law: General Court annuls European Commission’s rejection of Lithuanian public broadcaster State aid complaint; merger clearances and notifications; DG COMP Merger Brief published

Published on: 21 May 2025

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State aid General Court overturns Commission decision dismissing State aid complaint concerning alleged new aid by Lithuania to a Lithuanian public service broadcaster

The General Court delivered its judgment in Case T‑72/22, Interneto žiniasklaidos asociacija and Others v Commission, in proceedings challenging the Commission’s letter of 25 November 2021, by which it refused a complaint asserting that Lithuania had granted new aid to Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija VšĮ (LRT), the Lithuanian public service broadcaster. The Court upheld the appeal and annulled the Commission’s letter in full.

Background

LRT is a public service broadcaster owned by the Lithuanian State. Created by statute in 1990, it was subsequently reorganised by legislation in 1996 (the Law on LRT). That Law on LRT was later amended in 2015 (the 2015 amendments) and again in 2020 (the 2020 amendments). Under the version of the Law on LRT applicable when Lithuania joined the EU, it was clear that LRT was to be financed from the State budget, revenue from taxes levied by the State for LRT’s services to the public, revenue from sales of radio and television programmes, advertising and publishing, and revenue from commercial activities...

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