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Case T-100/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11. December 2018 — BTB Holding Investments and Duferco Participations Holding v Commission (State aid — Steel industry — Aid granted by Belgium in favour of a number of undertakings in the iron and steel industry — Decision declaring that aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Obligation to state reasons — Concept of State aid — Advantage — Private investor test)
Case T-100/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11. December 2018 — BTB Holding Investments and Duferco Participations Holding v Commission (State aid — Steel industry — Aid granted by Belgium in favour of a number of undertakings in the iron and steel industry — Decision declaring that aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Obligation to state reasons — Concept of State aid — Advantage — Private investor test)
Case T-100/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11. December 2018 — BTB Holding Investments and Duferco Participations Holding v Commission (State aid — Steel industry — Aid granted by Belgium in favour of a number of undertakings in the iron and steel industry — Decision declaring that aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Obligation to state reasons — Concept of State aid — Advantage — Private investor test)
OJ C 72, 25.2.2019, p. 23–24
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
25.2.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 72/23 |
Judgment of the General Court of 11. December 2018 — BTB Holding Investments and Duferco Participations Holding v Commission
(Case T-100/17) (1)
((State aid - Steel industry - Aid granted by Belgium in favour of a number of undertakings in the iron and steel industry - Decision declaring that aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery - Obligation to state reasons - Concept of State aid - Advantage - Private investor test))
(2019/C 72/29)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: BTB Holding Investments SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) and Duferco Participations Holding SA (Luxembourg) (represented by: J.-F. Bellis, R. Luff, M. Favart and Q. Declève, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Bottka, G. Luengo and É. Gippini Fournier, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicants: Foreign Strategic Investments Holding (FSIH) (Liège, Belgium) (represented by: A. Verheyden and P. Laconte, lawyers)
Re:
Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU and seeking partial annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/2041 of 20 January 2016 on State aid SA.33926 2013/C (ex 2013/NN, 2011/CP) granted by Belgium to Duferco (OJ 2016 L 314, p. 22).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the action; |
2. |
Orders BTB Holding Investments SA and Duferco Participations Holding SA to pay the costs. |