Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the timetable is for the UK to respond to the application made by the Austrian government to the European Court of Justice against the decision by the European Commission to grant state aid status for the Hinkley Point C project.

The Austrian challenge is against the European Commission’s state aid approval decision for Hinkley Point C. The timetable for the case will be in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice of the European Union which are published in the Official Journal of the European Union.