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Document 62020TA0626
Case T-626/20: Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2022 — Landwärme v Commission (State aid — Biogas market — Tax exemptions compensating for additional production costs — Decisions not to raise objections — Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Serious difficulties — Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU — Article 4(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 — Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 — Cumulation of aid — Aid granted by several Member States — Imported biogas — Principle of non-discrimination — Article 110 TFEU)
Case T-626/20: Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2022 — Landwärme v Commission (State aid — Biogas market — Tax exemptions compensating for additional production costs — Decisions not to raise objections — Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Serious difficulties — Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU — Article 4(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 — Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 — Cumulation of aid — Aid granted by several Member States — Imported biogas — Principle of non-discrimination — Article 110 TFEU)
Case T-626/20: Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2022 — Landwärme v Commission (State aid — Biogas market — Tax exemptions compensating for additional production costs — Decisions not to raise objections — Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Serious difficulties — Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU — Article 4(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 — Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 — Cumulation of aid — Aid granted by several Member States — Imported biogas — Principle of non-discrimination — Article 110 TFEU)
OJ C 83, 6.3.2023, p. 16–17
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- Date of document:
- 21/12/2022
- Date lodged:
- 12/10/2020
- Author:
- General Court
- Form:
- Judicial information
- Authentic language:
- German
- Type of procedure:
- Action for annulment - successful
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6.3.2023 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 83/16 |
Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2022 — Landwärme v Commission
(Case T-626/20) (1)
(State aid - Biogas market - Tax exemptions compensating for additional production costs - Decisions not to raise objections - Action for annulment - Interest in bringing proceedings - Admissibility - Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure - Serious difficulties - Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU - Article 4(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 - Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 - Cumulation of aid - Aid granted by several Member States - Imported biogas - Principle of non-discrimination - Article 110 TFEU)
(2023/C 83/18)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Landwärme GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: J. Bonhage and M. Frank, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Blanck, A. Bouchagiar and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: O. Simonsson, C. Meyer-Seitz, A. Runeskjöld, M. Salborn Hodgson, H. Shev, H. Eklinder and R. Shahsavan Eriksson, acting as Agents)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment, first, of Commission Decision C(2020) 4489 final of 29 June 2020 on State aid SA.56125 (2020/N) — Sweden — Prolongation and modification of scheme SA.49893 (2018/N) — Tax exemption for non-food based biogas and bio-propane in heat generation, and, second, Commission Decision C(2020) 4487 final of 29 June 2020 on State aid SA.56908 (2020/N) — Sweden — Prolongation and modification of biogas scheme for motor fuel in Sweden.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls Commission Decision C(2020) 4489 final of 29 June 2020 on State aid SA.56125 (2020/N) — Sweden — Prolongation and modification of scheme SA.49893 (2018/N) — Tax exemption for non-food based biogas and bio-propane in heat generation; |
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Annuls Commission Decision C(2020) 4487 final of 29 June 2020 on State aid SA.56908 (2020/N) — Sweden — Prolongation and modification of biogas scheme for motor fuel in Sweden; |
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Landwärme GmbH; |
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Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to bear its own costs. |
