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Case T-1/12: Judgment of the General Court of 15 January 2015  — France v Commission (State aid — Aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty — Restructuring aid planned by the French authorities for SeaFrance SA — Capital increase and loans granted by the SNCF to SeaFrance — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market — Concept of State aid — Criterion of private investor — Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty)

OJ C 65, 23.2.2015, p. 29–30 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

23.2.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 65/29


Judgment of the General Court of 15 January 2015 — France v Commission

(Case T-1/12) (1)

((State aid - Aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty - Restructuring aid planned by the French authorities for SeaFrance SA - Capital increase and loans granted by the SNCF to SeaFrance - Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market - Concept of State aid - Criterion of private investor - Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty))

(2015/C 065/40)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: French Republic (represented by: initially E. Belliard, G. de Bergues and J. Gstalter, then G. de Bergues, D. Colas and J. Bousin, Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Di Bucci, B. Stromsky and T. Maxian Rusche, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2012/397/EU of 24 October 2011 on State aid SA 32600 (2011/C) — France — Restructuring aid to SeaFrance SA granted by the SNCF (OJ 2012, L 195, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1)

Dismisses the action;

2)

Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 80, 17.3.2012.


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