BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany's exemptions for heavy industry to a green energy surcharge were legal, the European Union's top court said on Thursday, in a ruling that overturned a 2014 decision of the EU antitrust regulator.
The European Commission, which is responsible for competition policy, had ordered Germany to recoup some of the multi-billion euro reductions on the green surcharge it granted in 2013 and 2014 to some 2,000 heavy energy users.
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