CASELEX:EU:2010:30 - competition law - unlawful aid and misuse of aid

This reference for a preliminary ruling has been made by the Conseil d'État (Council of State) (France) in the course of proceedings between the applicants, the Centre d’exportation du livre français (French Book Export Centre; ‘CELF’) and the Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication (Minister for Culture and Communication), on the one hand, and the defendant, the Société internationale de diffusion et d’édition (International Distribution and Publishing Company; ‘SIDE’), on the other, concerning aid paid to CELF by the French State.