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Document 62021TA0167
Case T-167/21: Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — European Gaming and Betting Association v Commission (State aid — State measure extending gambling licences granted by the Netherlands — Decision finding no State aid — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Serious difficulties — Procedural rights of interested parties)
Case T-167/21: Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — European Gaming and Betting Association v Commission (State aid — State measure extending gambling licences granted by the Netherlands — Decision finding no State aid — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Serious difficulties — Procedural rights of interested parties)
Case T-167/21: Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — European Gaming and Betting Association v Commission (State aid — State measure extending gambling licences granted by the Netherlands — Decision finding no State aid — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Serious difficulties — Procedural rights of interested parties)
OJ C, C/2024/726, 22.1.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/726/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
- Date of document:
- 15/11/2023
- Date lodged:
- 29/03/2021
- Author:
- General Court
- Form:
- Judicial information
- Authentic language:
- English
- Type of procedure:
- Action for annulment
- Applicant:
- Person
- Defendant:
- Institutions, Commission
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Official Journal |
EN Series C |
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C/2024/726 |
22.1.2024 |
Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — European Gaming and Betting Association v Commission
(Case T-167/21) (1)
(State aid - State measure extending gambling licences granted by the Netherlands - Decision finding no State aid - Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure - Serious difficulties - Procedural rights of interested parties)
(C/2024/726)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: European Gaming and Betting Association (Etterbeek, Belgium) (represented by: T. De Meese, K. Bourgeois and M. Van Nieuwenborgh, lawyers)
Defendants: European Commission (represented by: B. Stromsky and J. Carpi Badía, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by M. Bulterman, J. Langer and C. Schillemans, acting as Agents)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 8965 final of 18 December 2020 in Case SA.44830 (2016/FC) — Netherlands — Prolongation of gambling licences in the Netherlands (‘the contested decision’), referred to in the Official Journal of the European Union of 15 January 2021 (OJ 2021 C 17, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls Commission Decision C(2020) 8965 final of 18 December 2020 in Case SA.44830 (2016/FC) — Netherlands — Prolongation of gambling licenses in the Netherlands; |
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by European Gaming and Betting Association; |
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Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear its own costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/726/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
