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Document 62000TA0308
Case T-308/00 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — Salzgitter AG v European Commission (State aid — Steel industry — Tax incentives for the development of the border zone between the former German Democratic Republic and the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic — Non-notified aid — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Recovery — Delay — Legal certainty — Calculation of the aid to be repaid — Aid falling within the scope of the ECSC Treaty — Investments for the protection of the environment — Discount rate)
Case T-308/00 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — Salzgitter AG v European Commission (State aid — Steel industry — Tax incentives for the development of the border zone between the former German Democratic Republic and the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic — Non-notified aid — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Recovery — Delay — Legal certainty — Calculation of the aid to be repaid — Aid falling within the scope of the ECSC Treaty — Investments for the protection of the environment — Discount rate)
Case T-308/00 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — Salzgitter AG v European Commission (State aid — Steel industry — Tax incentives for the development of the border zone between the former German Democratic Republic and the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic — Non-notified aid — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Recovery — Delay — Legal certainty — Calculation of the aid to be repaid — Aid falling within the scope of the ECSC Treaty — Investments for the protection of the environment — Discount rate)
OJ C 63, 2.3.2013, p. 17–17
(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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2.3.2013 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 63/17 |
Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — Salzgitter AG v European Commission
(Case T-308/00 RENV) (1)
(State aid - Steel industry - Tax incentives for the development of the border zone between the former German Democratic Republic and the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic - Non-notified aid - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Recovery - Delay - Legal certainty - Calculation of the aid to be repaid - Aid falling within the scope of the ECSC Treaty - Investments for the protection of the environment - Discount rate)
2013/C 63/32
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Salzgitter AG (Salzgitter, Germany) (represented by: J. Sedemund and T. Lübbig, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially by V. Kreuschitz and M. Niejahr, and subsequently by V. Kreuschitz and T. Maxian Rusche, Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: M. Lumma and A. Wiedmann, Agents, assisted by U. Karpenstein, lawyer)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2000/797/ECSC of 28 June 2000 on State aid granted by the Federal Republic of Germany to Salzgitter AG, Preussag Stahl AG and the group’s steel-industry subsidiaries, now known as Salzgitter AG — Stahl und Technologie (SAG) (OJ 2000 L 323, p. 5).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Salzgitter AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, both before the General Court and before the Court of Justice; |
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Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs both before the General Court and before the Court of Justice. |