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Document 62018TN0745
Case T-745/18: Action brought on 20 December 2018 — Covestro Deutschland v Commission
Case T-745/18: Action brought on 20 December 2018 — Covestro Deutschland v Commission
Case T-745/18: Action brought on 20 December 2018 — Covestro Deutschland v Commission
OJ C 82, 4.3.2019, p. 57–58
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
4.3.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 82/57 |
Action brought on 20 December 2018 — Covestro Deutschland v Commission
(Case T-745/18)
(2019/C 82/69)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Covestro Deutschland AG (Leverkusen, Germany) (represented by: M. Küper, J. Otter, C. Anger and M. Goldberg, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul Commission Decision C(2018) 3166 final of 28 May 2018 on aid scheme SA.34045 (2013/C) (ex 2012/NN) implemented by Germany for baseload consumers under Paragraph 19 of the Stromnetzentgeltverordnung (Ordinance on Electricity Network Charges; ‘the StromNEV’), in particular the classification of the full exemption of baseload consumers from network charges in 2012 and 2013 as aid, the finding that it is incompatible with the internal market and the order for immediate recovery from the beneficiaries pursuant to the minimum charge rule under the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV in the version of 3 September 2010, and |
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order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
The action is based on the following pleas in law.
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Unreasonable length of the proceedings
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The exemption from network charges does not constitute aid under Article 107(1) TFEU
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Compatibility with the internal market (justification, Article 107(3) TFEU)
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Unlawfulness of the order for recovery
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(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ 2015 L 248, p. 9).