EDF "
took note
" on Sunday February 5 in the evening of the judgment of the Council of State which deemed legal the government's decision to force the group to sell more cheap electricity in 2022 to its competitors to contain the bill the French.
The administrative court had been seized by EDF and organizations of employees and shareholders.
The applicants requested the annulment of a decree of March 2022 providing for the raising of the Arenh ceiling ("Regulated access to historical nuclear electricity"), a mechanism allowing EDF's competitors to buy part of its production of nuclear electricity at low cost.
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“
EDF takes note of the decision of the Council of State,
reacted the group in a press release on Sunday.
The compensation procedure initiated by EDF before the Administrative Court of Paris to obtain full compensation from the State for the damage suffered by EDF (...) is continuing
”.
State aid, according to EDF
The government had decided to raise from 100 to 120 terawatt hours (TWh) the Arenh allocated for 2022 to competitors of EDF, which has since claimed compensation of more than 8 billion euros.
Before the Council of State, EDF had qualified this measure of State aid, considering that it should have been notified to Europe.
But for the court, "
this measure is compliant
" because it "
does not create a new device, but only increased the maximum overall volume of electricity likely to be transferred
".
This increase "
meets the objectives of the 2010 law - to guarantee the free choice of supplier and price stability -, and is not excessive to achieve them given the exceptional context
" of rising energy prices, added the Council of State, in its decision announced on Friday.