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Document 62011TA0251
Case T-251/11: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2014 — Austria v Commission (State aid — Electricity — Aid for energy-intensive businesses — Austrian Green Electricity Act — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Concept of State aid — State resources — State imputability — Selective nature — General Block Exemption Regulation — Misuse of power — Equal treatment)
Case T-251/11: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2014 — Austria v Commission (State aid — Electricity — Aid for energy-intensive businesses — Austrian Green Electricity Act — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Concept of State aid — State resources — State imputability — Selective nature — General Block Exemption Regulation — Misuse of power — Equal treatment)
Case T-251/11: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2014 — Austria v Commission (State aid — Electricity — Aid for energy-intensive businesses — Austrian Green Electricity Act — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Concept of State aid — State resources — State imputability — Selective nature — General Block Exemption Regulation — Misuse of power — Equal treatment)
OJ C 46, 9.2.2015, 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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9.2.2015 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 46/42 |
Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2014 — Austria v Commission
(Case T-251/11) (1)
((State aid - Electricity - Aid for energy-intensive businesses - Austrian Green Electricity Act - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market - Concept of State aid - State resources - State imputability - Selective nature - General Block Exemption Regulation - Misuse of power - Equal treatment))
(2015/C 046/50)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer, J. Bauer, acting as Agents, assisted by T. Rabl, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: V. Kreuschitz and T. Maxian Rusche, then by T. Maxian Rusche and R. Sauer, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented initially by: S. Behzadi-Spencer and S. Ossowski, then by S. Behzadi-Spencer and L. Christie, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2011/528/EU of 8 March 2011 on State Aid C-24/09 (ex N 446/08) — State aid for energy-intensive businesses under the Green Electricity Act in Austria (OJ 2011 L 235, p. 42).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders the Republic of Austria to pay the costs; |
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Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs. |