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Case C-817/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 September 2020 — Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten in Nederland and Others v European Commission and Others (Appeal — State aid — Aid scheme relating to the subsidised acquisition or free granting of nature land — Preliminary examination procedure — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 1(h) — Concept of ‘serious difficulties’ — Service of general economic interest — Secondary activities — Related actions)
Case C-817/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 September 2020 — Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten in Nederland and Others v European Commission and Others (Appeal — State aid — Aid scheme relating to the subsidised acquisition or free granting of nature land — Preliminary examination procedure — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 1(h) — Concept of ‘serious difficulties’ — Service of general economic interest — Secondary activities — Related actions)
Case C-817/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 September 2020 — Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten in Nederland and Others v European Commission and Others (Appeal — State aid — Aid scheme relating to the subsidised acquisition or free granting of nature land — Preliminary examination procedure — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 1(h) — Concept of ‘serious difficulties’ — Service of general economic interest — Secondary activities — Related actions)
OJ C 378, 9.11.2020, p. 5–6
(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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9.11.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 378/5 |
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 September 2020 — Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten in Nederland and Others v European Commission and Others
(Case C-817/18 P) (1)
(Appeal - State aid - Aid scheme relating to the subsidised acquisition or free granting of nature land - Preliminary examination procedure - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Article 1(h) - Concept of ‘serious difficulties’ - Service of general economic interest - Secondary activities - Related actions)
(2020/C 378/06)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicants: Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten in Nederland, Stichting Het Groninger Landschap, Vereniging It Fryske Gea, Stichting Het Drentse Landschap, Stichting Het Overijssels Landschap, Stichting Het Geldersch Landschap, Stichting Flevo-Landschap, Stichting Het Utrechts Landschap, Stichting Landschap Noord-Holland, Stichting Het Zuid-Hollands Landschap, Stichting Het Zeeuwse Landschap, Stichting Het Noordbrabants Landschap, Stichting Het Limburgs Landschap (represented by: P. H. L. M. Kuypers and M. de Wit, advocaten)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: S. Noë and P.–J. Loewenthal, acting as Agents
Vereniging Gelijkberechtiging Grondbezitters, Exploitatiemaatschappij De Berghaaf BV, Stichting Het Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe, BV Landgoed Den Alerdinck II, Landgoed Ampsen BV, Pallandt van Keppel Stichting, Landgoed Kasteel Keppel BV, Baron van Lynden, Stichting het Lijndensche Fonds voor Kerk en Zending, Landgoed Welna BV, BV Landgoed ‘Huis te Maarn’, Vicariestichting De Vijf Capellarijen/Ambachtsheerlijkheid Kloetinge, Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van het Landgoed Tongeren onder Epe BV, Landgoed Anderstein NV, Landgoed Bekspring BV, Landgoed Nijenhuis en Westerflier BV, Landgoed Caprera BV, Landgoed Schapenduinen BV, Stichting Schapenduinen, Landgoed de Noetselenberg BV (represented by: D. Gillet, T. Ruys, P. Wytinck and A. A. Al Khatib, advocaten)
Party intervening in support of the applicant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. K. Bulterman and M. L. Noort, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the order
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal; |
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Orders Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten in Nederland, Stichting Het Groninger Landschap, Vereniging It Fryske Gea, Stichting Het Drentse Landschap, Stichting Het Overijssels Landschap, Stichting Het Geldersch Landschap, Stichting Flevo-Landschap, Stichting Het Utrechts Landschap, Stichting Landschap Noord-Holland, Stichting Het Zuid-Hollands Landschap, Stichting Het Zeeuwse Landschap, Stichting Het Noordbrabants Landschap and Stichting Het Limburgs Landschap to pay the costs of the proceedings; |
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Orders the European Commission and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear their own costs. |