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Case T-217/17: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2019 — FVE Holýšov I and Others v Commission (State aid — Market for electricity generated from renewable sources — Measures setting a minimum purchase price for electricity generated from renewable energy sources or granting a bonus to producers of that electricity — Amendment of the initial measures — Decision declaring the aid scheme compatible with the internal market at the end of the preliminary examination stage — Article 107, paragraph 3(c) TFEU — Beneficiaries of the aid and shareholders of the beneficiaries — Legitimate expectations — State resources — Commission’s competence to examine the compatibility of the measures with other provisions of EU law than State aid)
Case T-217/17: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2019 — FVE Holýšov I and Others v Commission (State aid — Market for electricity generated from renewable sources — Measures setting a minimum purchase price for electricity generated from renewable energy sources or granting a bonus to producers of that electricity — Amendment of the initial measures — Decision declaring the aid scheme compatible with the internal market at the end of the preliminary examination stage — Article 107, paragraph 3(c) TFEU — Beneficiaries of the aid and shareholders of the beneficiaries — Legitimate expectations — State resources — Commission’s competence to examine the compatibility of the measures with other provisions of EU law than State aid)
Case T-217/17: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2019 — FVE Holýšov I and Others v Commission (State aid — Market for electricity generated from renewable sources — Measures setting a minimum purchase price for electricity generated from renewable energy sources or granting a bonus to producers of that electricity — Amendment of the initial measures — Decision declaring the aid scheme compatible with the internal market at the end of the preliminary examination stage — Article 107, paragraph 3(c) TFEU — Beneficiaries of the aid and shareholders of the beneficiaries — Legitimate expectations — State resources — Commission’s competence to examine the compatibility of the measures with other provisions of EU law than State aid)
OJ C 413, 9.12.2019, p. 42–42
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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9.12.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 413/42 |
Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2019 — FVE Holýšov I and Others v Commission
(Case T-217/17) (1)
(State aid - Market for electricity generated from renewable sources - Measures setting a minimum purchase price for electricity generated from renewable energy sources or granting a bonus to producers of that electricity - Amendment of the initial measures - Decision declaring the aid scheme compatible with the internal market at the end of the preliminary examination stage - Article 107, paragraph 3(c) TFEU - Beneficiaries of the aid and shareholders of the beneficiaries - Legitimate expectations - State resources - Commission’s competence to examine the compatibility of the measures with other provisions of EU law than State aid)
(2019/C 413/49)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: FVE Holýšov I s. r. o. (Prague, Czech Republic) and the 27 other applicants whose names appear in the Annex to the Judgment (represented by: A. Reuter, H. Wendt, C. Bürger, T. Christner, W. Schumacher, A. Compes and T. Herbold, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Armati, P. Němečková and T. Maxian-Rusche, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Vláčil, T. Müller and O. Serdula and L. Dvořáková, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Spain (represented initially by: A. Gavela Llopis, and subsequently by A. Rubio González and S. Centeno Huerta, acting as Agents), Republic of Cyprus (represented by: E. Symeonidou and E. Zachariadou, acting as Agents), Slovak Republic (represented by: B. Ricziová and M. Kianička, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for the partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2016) 7827 final of 28 November 2016 on State aid SA.40171 (2015/NN), concerning the promotion of electricity production from renewable energy sources, a summary of which has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ 2017 C 69, p. 2).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders FVE Holýšov I s. r. o. and the other applicants whose names are included in the annex to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; |
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Orders the Czech Republic, the Republic of Spain, the Republic of Cyprus and the Slovak Republic to bear their own costs. |