On 22 September 2020, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered a judgment confirming the prior ruling by the General Court that validated the European Commission’s (EC’s) decision that the UK government could lawfully grant State aid to support the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, England.

This is the first time that the European Courts have been called on to clarify whether the construction of a nuclear power station may benefit from State aid approved by the EC pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).