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Case T-316/18: Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2020 — První novinová společnost v Commission (State aid — Postal sector — Universal service obligation — Decision not to raise any objections — Safeguarding procedural rights — Duration of the procedure — Complete and sufficient examination of the case by the Commission — Compensation for the discharge of the universal service obligation — Service of general economic interest — Directive 97/67/EC — Net avoided cost methodology — Obligation to state reasons)
Case T-316/18: Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2020 — První novinová společnost v Commission (State aid — Postal sector — Universal service obligation — Decision not to raise any objections — Safeguarding procedural rights — Duration of the procedure — Complete and sufficient examination of the case by the Commission — Compensation for the discharge of the universal service obligation — Service of general economic interest — Directive 97/67/EC — Net avoided cost methodology — Obligation to state reasons)
Case T-316/18: Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2020 — První novinová společnost v Commission (State aid — Postal sector — Universal service obligation — Decision not to raise any objections — Safeguarding procedural rights — Duration of the procedure — Complete and sufficient examination of the case by the Commission — Compensation for the discharge of the universal service obligation — Service of general economic interest — Directive 97/67/EC — Net avoided cost methodology — Obligation to state reasons)
OJ C 433, 14.12.2020, 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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14.12.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 433/42 |
Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2020 — První novinová společnost v Commission
(Case T-316/18) (1)
(State aid - Postal sector - Universal service obligation - Decision not to raise any objections - Safeguarding procedural rights - Duration of the procedure - Complete and sufficient examination of the case by the Commission - Compensation for the discharge of the universal service obligation - Service of general economic interest - Directive 97/67/EC - Net avoided cost methodology - Obligation to state reasons)
(2020/C 433/51)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: První novinová společnost a.s., successor in law to Mediaservis s.r.o. (Prague, Czech Republic) (represented by: D. Vosol and C. Schneider, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, D. Recchia and K. Blanck, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Vláčil, T. Müller and I. Gavrilová, acting as Agents), Česká pošta s. p. (Prague) (represented by: P. Kadlec, lawyer)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2018) 753 final of 19 February 2018, State aid SA.45281 (2017/N) and State aid SA. 44859 (2016/FC), declaring that the compensations granted by the Czech Republic to Česká pošta for the performance of its postal activities under a universal service obligation for the period 2013 to 2017 constitute State aid compatible with the internal market, pursuant to Article 106(2) TFEU.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders První novinová společnost a.s., successor in law to Mediaservis s. r. o., to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; |
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Orders the Czech Republic and Česká pošta s. p. to bear their own costs. |