Court of Justice 1 February 2007, C-260/05 P (Sniace SA v Commission of the European Communities.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. If the Commission approves aid or does not object to it, the question arises as to the conditions under which potential competitors of the beneficiary may be able to bring an action against that decision. Here the issue of whether the approval of aid is of individual concern to the competitor is often problematic.