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Document 62016TO0845
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 January 2018.
QG v European Commission.
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid granted by the Spanish authorities to certain professional football clubs — Preferential tax rate applied in connection with corporate tax — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market — No interest in bringing proceedings — Manifest inadmissibility.
Case T-845/16.
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 January 2018.
QG v European Commission.
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid granted by the Spanish authorities to certain professional football clubs — Preferential tax rate applied in connection with corporate tax — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market — No interest in bringing proceedings — Manifest inadmissibility.
Case T-845/16.
Court reports – general
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 January 2018 — QG v Commission
(Case T‑845/16)
(Action for annulment — State aid — Aid granted by the Spanish authorities to certain professional football clubs — Preferential tax rate applied in connection with corporate tax — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market — No interest in bringing proceedings — Manifest inadmissibility))
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Actions for annulment—Interest in bringing proceedings—Repeal of the contested act in the course of the proceedings—Application devoid of purpose—No need to adjudicate (Art. 263 TFEU) (see para. 18) |
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Actions for annulment—Interest in bringing proceedings—Meaning—Action capable of securing a benefit for the applicant—Interest having to subsist until the delivery of the court decision (Art. 263 TFEU) (see para. 25) |
Re:
Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C(2016) 4046 final of 4 July 2016 on the State aid SA.29769 (2013/C) (ex 2013/NN) implemented by Spain for certain football clubs.
Operative part
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The application for a decision that there is no need to adjudicate is dismissed. |
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The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible. |
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There is no longer any need to rule on the applications to intervene submitted by the Kingdom of Spain and Fútbol Club Barcelona. |
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QG shall pay the costs. |
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QG, the European Commission, the Kingdom of Spain and Fútbol Club Barcelona shall each bear their own respective costs relating to the applications to intervene. |