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Document 62008CA0507
Case C-507/08: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 December 2010 — European Commission v Slovak Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — State aid — Partial write-off of a company’s tax liability as part of an arrangement with creditors — Commission decision declaring that aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Failure to execute)
Case C-507/08: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 December 2010 — European Commission v Slovak Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — State aid — Partial write-off of a company’s tax liability as part of an arrangement with creditors — Commission decision declaring that aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Failure to execute)
Case C-507/08: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 December 2010 — European Commission v Slovak Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — State aid — Partial write-off of a company’s tax liability as part of an arrangement with creditors — Commission decision declaring that aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Failure to execute)
OJ C 63, 26.2.2011, p. 2–3
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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26.2.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 63/2 |
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 December 2010 — European Commission v Slovak Republic
(Case C-507/08) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - State aid - Partial write-off of a company’s tax liability as part of an arrangement with creditors - Commission decision declaring that aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery - Failure to execute)
2011/C 63/03
Language of the case: Slovak
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito, J. Javorský and K. Walkerová, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Slovak Republic (represented by: B Ricziová, acting as Agent)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to comply with Commission Decision 2007/254/EC of 7 June 2006 [notified under number C(2006) 2082], which found that aid granted by the Slovak Republic in favour of Frucona Košice in the form of a write-off of a tax debt by the tax office under an arrangement with creditors was incompatible with the common market and ordered its recovery (State Aid No C-25/2005 (ex NN 21/2005) (OJ 2007 L 112, p. 14).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Declares that, by failing to take within the prescribed period all the measures necessary to recover from the beneficiary the aid referred to in Commission Decision 2007/254/EC of 7 June 2006 on State aid C 25/2005 (ex NN 21/2005) implemented by the Slovak Republic for Frucona Košice a.s., the Slovak Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under the fourth paragraph of Article 249 EC and Article 2 of that decision; |
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Orders the Slovak Republic to pay the costs. |