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Document 62019TA0233

    Joined Cases T-233/19 and T-234/19: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Infineon Technologies Dresden and Infineon Technologies v Commission (State aid — Aid scheme implemented by Germany for some large electricity consumers — Exemption from network charges in respect of the 2012-2013 period — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful, and ordering the recovery of the aid paid — Action for annulment — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Admissibility — Concept of aid — State resources)

    OJ C 471, 22.11.2021, p. 41–42 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    22.11.2021   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 471/41


    Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Infineon Technologies Dresden and Infineon Technologies v Commission

    (Joined Cases T-233/19 and T-234/19) (1)

    (State aid - Aid scheme implemented by Germany for some large electricity consumers - Exemption from network charges in respect of the 2012-2013 period - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful, and ordering the recovery of the aid paid - Action for annulment - Period allowed for commencing proceedings - Admissibility - Concept of aid - State resources)

    (2021/C 471/57)

    Language of the case: German

    Parties

    Applicant in Case T-233/19: Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG (Dresden, Germany) (represented by: L. Assmann and M. Peiffer, lawyers)

    Applicant in Case T-234/19: Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany) (represented by: L. Assmann and M. Peiffer, lawyers)

    Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Maxian Rusche and K. Herrmann, acting as Agents)

    Intervener in support of the applicants: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: D. Klebs, J. Möller, R. Kanitz, S. Heimerl and S. Costanzo, acting as Agents)

    Re:

    Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2019/56 of 28 May 2018 on aid scheme SA.34045 (2013/c) (ex 2012/NN) implemented by Germany for baseload consumers under Paragraph 19 StromNEV (OJ 2019 L 14, p. 1).

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the actions;

    2.

    Orders Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG and Infineon Technologies AG to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

    3.

    Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs.


    (1)  OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.


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