#E2026P0004Fitness Group Nordic challenges ESA decision on municipal aid to Drøbak fitness centre
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Fitness Group Nordic is asking the EFTA Court to cancel an EFTA Surveillance Authority decision that approved municipal support for a competing fitness centre in Drøbak. The disputed aid covered losses at Bølgen Fitness in 2021 and 2022 and totalled NOK 6.12 million, about EUR 520,000. The case matters for companies competing with publicly supported municipal businesses. Fitness Group argues that ESA should have opened a deeper investigation before accepting the aid as COVID-19-related support, and says ESA did not properly explain or assess its decision.
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Key Changes
- Fitness Group Nordic has filed a case asking the EFTA Court to annul ESA Decision No 156/25/COL.
- The dispute concerns NOK 6.12 million in municipal aid used to cover losses at the Bølgen Fitness centre in 2021 and 2022.
- Fitness Group argues ESA should have opened a formal investigation before approving the aid as compatible COVID-19 support.