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Document 62008TJ0384

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 November 2011.
Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki AE Chartofylakeiou, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG v European Commission.
State aid - Shipbuilding - Aid granted by the Greek authorities in the form of an indemnification guarantee - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Concept of State aid - Imputability to the State - State resources - Private investor test.
Case T-384/08.

European Court Reports 2011 II-00380*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2011:650





Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 November 2011 – Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki and Others v Commission

(Case T-384/08)

State aid – Shipbuilding – Aid granted by the Greek authorities in the form of an indemnification guarantee – Decision declaring aid incompatible with the common market – Concept of State aid – Imputability to the State – State resources – Private investor test

1.                     State aid – Concept – Aid granted by a public undertaking – State-controlled undertaking – Whether aid measure automatically attributable to the State – Not automatically attributable – Series of indicators to be taken into consideration (Art. 87(1) EC) (see paras 50-54, 63-69)

2.                     State aid – Concept – Guarantee given by the State – Included – State resources not immediately and certainly mobilised – Not relevant (Art. 87(1) EC) (see paras 89-90)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Article 16 of Commission Decision 2009/610/EC of 2 July 2008 on the measures C 16/04 (ex NN 29/04, CP 71/02 and CP 133/05) implemented by Greece in favour of Hellenic Shipyards SA (OJ 2009 L 225, p. 104).

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki AE Chartofylakeiou, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission and by Trapeza Peiraios AE.

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