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Case T-140/13: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014  — Netherlands Maritime Technology Association v Commission (State aid — Spanish scheme of early depreciation of certain assets acquired through financial leasing — Decision finding no State aid — Formal investigation procedure not initiated — Serious difficulties — Circumstances and length of the preliminary examination — Insufficient and incomplete examination)

OJ C 34, 2.2.2015, pp. 34–35 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

2.2.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 34/34


Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Netherlands Maritime Technology Association v Commission

(Case T-140/13) (1)

((State aid - Spanish scheme of early depreciation of certain assets acquired through financial leasing - Decision finding no State aid - Formal investigation procedure not initiated - Serious difficulties - Circumstances and length of the preliminary examination - Insufficient and incomplete examination))

(2015/C 034/39)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Netherlands Maritime Technology Association, formerly Scheepsbouw Nederland (Rotterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: K. Struckmann, lawyer, and G. Forwood, Barrister)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Afonso, L. Flynn and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by N. Díaz Abad and A. Sampol Pucurull, abogados del Estado)

Re:

Application for annulment of the Commission Decision of 20 November 2012 relating to State aid SA 34736 (12/N) concerning the implementation by the Kingdom of Spain of a tax scheme permitting the early depreciation of certain assets acquired through financial leasing.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1)

Dismisses the action as being unfounded;

2)

Orders Netherlands Maritime Technology Association to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3)

Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 147, 25.5.2013.


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